My Navy nephew has his orders to report in January to the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) as a tactical action officer. He’ll be working below decks in a room like this one coordinating weapons and sensors. Sounds like fun. Not as personal as the infantry, of course, but he will have plenty to do whilst being part of a large weapons platform that also makes a big target. The 45-year-old Big E, BTW, is not named for the starship (although its unofficial nickname is "the starship") but for a WW2 carrier and, going back to 1755, a single masted sailing vessel that fought in the American Revolution.
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