I have been in the world's greatest navy for just over 17 years now. For the most part it has been pretty good to me. I love the travel. I have been around the world several times on a hand full of ships. Ive been to the Persian Gulf to many times and I will be there again. I have been to Sasebo, Hong Kong, Italy, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Dubai, Perth, Brisbane, Pusan, Guam, Jordan, Thailand and all over the US. The hardest part about being in the navy is the time away from the family. I miss my wife and my three boys. Every time I go away it gets harder and harder. But I am a sailor and sailors were meant for ships and ships were meant for the sea. I realized that when I joined, but then