They Threw His Property Overboard and Made Him Miss Ship’s Movement
Doc received a phone call at 3 am informing him that he was deploying on a ship for a period of six months and to be ready by 6 am. This was not a surprise to Doc as he had received these phone calls before. At the airport Doc was looking at the plane and wanting to go back home because he did not like airplanes. The two people with him, Will and Keith had no such fears. After a five hours flight from Honolulu to San Diego, the three reported to the ship. They would sail the next morning, so Doc had lots of work to do to ensure everything was up and running. The first thing Doc noticed was that the maintenance man, Rich, was nowhere to be found. No work had been done in the spaces, and they were not ready to go. Doc found Rich coking and joking with staff members and to him that wasn’t a good sign. Doc advised Rich to go to the spaces but he never did. Doc had to prepare the spaces by himself. After getting underway the Intel was always giving Doc a hard time about what
