Actual_Tom

I thought I said I wasn't discussing classified information.

Wow, what a great question -

To be honest, i'm not sure! I was in Boot Camp for 9/11/2001, and didn't understand what had really happened until after. I didn't see the footage until after I was out, about a month later.
My dad passed away while I was on one deployment. My uncle another. My son was born during one. The biggest things to adjust to are the things that affect you directly - the loss of a loved one, the road construction project that finishes while you're gone, the business that closes.
The new stories always happen. The conflicts in Syria from 2012-2013 were probably the biggest new stories that happened while I was deployed.

Well, that really depends on your meaning. I spent over 90 days completely submerged before, without surfacing. In 2018, I spent 323 days away from my homeport. Some of those days were in foreign countries, some were under the polar ice, and some were doing missions vital to our national security.

Accurate in what way? For the attitudes of the people on board, definitely Down Periscope.

The chances of a reactor plant meltdown are extremely miniscule due to the design differences between reactor plants like ours and plants like Chernobyl and Fukushima. But yes, it could possibly happen. The Navy's Nuclear Power Program prides itself on over 50 years of safe reactor operation, and it's through our rigorous training program that we've achieved that.