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We were Submariners once, and young – Part 1: Boot to Boat
From 1982 to 1986 I served in the United States Navy as a Fire Control Electronics Technician on the Blue crew of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Nathanael Greene, SSBN 636. One of the original 41 for freedom boats during the cold war.