"Today's navy looks very different from the navy of a few years ago. The end of the Cold War and the fleet drawdown have resulted in more missions - and less of nearly everything else. In travels that took him around the globe, Navy Times reporter Bradley Peniston sought out the ships, aircraft, bases, and people of this new navy. "--BOOK JACKET. "This book captures the triumph, frustration, excitement, and boredom of life in the modern navy. Vivid eyewitness accounts describe the navy at work: hunting submarines above the Arctic Circle, flying over the white-hot Persian Gulf, racing with special boat squadrons off San Diego, prowling in an attack submarine, driving ships off Chile, and painting an orphanage in Romania. Along the way, officers and crews explain what they like and dislike about the navy and their jobs. Their candid wit and wisdom reveals what it's like to be 'out there. '"--BOOK JACKET.
