A True Story from
the Military Spouse Trenches
Laden with pictures of my husband’s
latest naval assignment onboard an amphibious assault ship, I returned to my landlocked
(and Navy-ignorant) hometown prepared to brag about our exciting Navy life. One day at lunch with my parent’s friends, I
proudly showed off the pictures of the ship and explained, in what I thought were
layman’s terms, about the floodable well deck in the back which opened up and filled
with water, enabling sea-going equipment to float in and out as needed.
