In the summer of 1985, as a second-class midshipman, I spent four days underway on a nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine. It was an awesome experience that left me with a deep appreciation for the men (and now women) of the submarine force. The complexity and responsibility of operating a 400-plus-foot-long ship, hundreds of feet beneath the waves, with a crew of 120, powered by a nuclear reactor, armed with 16 ballistic missiles possessing more than the combined firepower of all the munitions expended in World War II was a bit beyond my 20-year-old brain's ability to grasp.

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