Well, I'm currently on my last deployment in the US Navy. It's amazing how much has changed in 17 short years, from women being onboard our combatants to the loss of the F-14 Tomcat on the carriers (being replaced by the much inferior F-18 Super Hornet) to the way we train.
But this will be about the way our work up/training cycles used to be, compared to the way we train now. I'm not going to say it's a bad thing, where we constantly train year round vice how we used to "surge" our training in the few months prior to a deployment but you sure do get tired of all the drills that come out of the wood work that continue as we are deployed. I really haven't noticed a down turn in the quantity of the drills we do compared to a few months ago... this is just a simple thing I've noticed...
This being my last deployment, and most likely my last time being 2000 miles away from land and nothing but the deep blue sea surrounding me I'm sure going to miss it..
But this will be about the way our work up/training cycles used to be, compared to the way we train now. I'm not going to say it's a bad thing, where we constantly train year round vice how we used to "surge" our training in the few months prior to a deployment but you sure do get tired of all the drills that come out of the wood work that continue as we are deployed. I really haven't noticed a down turn in the quantity of the drills we do compared to a few months ago... this is just a simple thing I've noticed...
This being my last deployment, and most likely my last time being 2000 miles away from land and nothing but the deep blue sea surrounding me I'm sure going to miss it..
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