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I can remember, back in the Clinton years, when things were much more open and during a safety meeting at Norfolk, VA we drove over to the military Naval base.  Sadly there were no Carriers in to see but there was a Nuclear Sub being fueled or loaded and we stopped to view just what was going on there.

Before we knew it some guy in an officer's uniform crept behind the vehicle that we were in and it was noticeable he was writing down information about our vehicle.   I'm quite sure we were on someone's radar for the next few hours/days/weeks but nothing was ever said.  I would have loved to have been able to arrange a tour of either a working, active, Carrier or Sub but I know that was impossible then (at least for me) and now is totally out of the question what with everything going on in the world today.    

Then I hear about a delegation of folks getting to actually ride on an active nuclear sub out around Hawaii and they actually allowed someone to set at the helm up and until they did an emergency blow directly under a Japanese touring vessel hitting it.   

I had a co-worker that served on the Independence Carrier and he would talk about when the Nukes would be moved and how they were constantly under Marine guard and how the guards would accompany them where ever they would go.  He said you didn't want to get caught out of place during one of those moves because of the seriousness of the security surrounding them.  

Truth is there are many highly secured places around that none of us will ever really know the truth about and I guess it has to be that way in a world like we live in.  Still many are interesting to think about.


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