A Personal Observation

In the middle of Patrol 5, around late October of 1984, I was handed a paperback copy of “The Hunt for Red October.”  It was not required reading, but many of the folks aboard who had already read it were effusive in their praise for it. They assured me that it would “help” with the final days of my ships quals, which were quickly coming to completion.

As I recall, it did not provide any specific assistance in my final quals and my board. What it did do was open my eyes to the open discussion of things that I, at least to that point, believed were never to be discussed. Not even the idea that there might be something – anything whatsoever – to even discuss. Continue reading “Spyron” →