After my papa was finished with college, instead of going out to get a job,
he decided to attend a place called Watch Hill Naval Academy. He had to take
more classes in order to learn how to be an officer in the Navy and work in
a submarine. From the records that my dad found, papa first took a 3 month
course to teach him what it’s like to be a military officer. After that, he
spent another 6 months learning about nuclear power, which sounds really
scary and cool. Then after that, he spent another 6 months using what
he learned working at an actual nuclear power plant. Finally, after all
that, he got on a sub to learn to operate it with a crew of other officers.
Submarines are really dangerous, and hard to use. That’s why he had to spend
so much time learning these skills, because if someone messes up on a
submarine, it could mean everyone on it dying all at once. Unlike the way it
is on a ship, if something goes wrong in a sub, you can’t jump off and swim
away. Not only can you not breathe underwater, but the water is really
heavy, and it hurts for it to be on top of you when you go deeper and
deeper. My papa was really smart, and he also cared about people, which is
why he wanted to use his engineering degree to protect this country, and
make the world a better place. I’m so proud of him, and I wish I had known
all of this about him before. The military is a noble and difficult
profession. Probably no one in our class will join the military, but if it
turns out to be true, it will only probably be one of us, according to the
math.
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