Going subsurface Navy makes on think you’ll not have those long gaps between port calls. Boy was I a fool. Our shortest underway periods were as short as a couple of day, up or down the coast, but woah, the longest was too long.

Few things were quite as exciting as pulling into port, any port. Heck, I was happy enough to pull into port for a few hours to load stores. That few hours of daylight was worth the heavy lifting.

My longest underway was about 89 or 90 consecutive days. On a sub you begin to think they outside world is full of ominous clouds and action music. (um, one too many movies?)

What about you? Months? Weeks? Just a few hours with your spouse? Do a quick tour of the bay with your son?