This is the second Geoff Dyer book I have read. He spent two weeks aboard the carrier HW Bush describing what he saw there. It is not as funny as the "Where Eagles Dare" book mainly because of the no nonsense environment of an aircraft carrier. However he did manage to ham it up with his words. We spent a day on the USS Midway in San Diego in 2012. What I read in the book was similar to we did on the Midway as far as touring the facility, except his boat was operational. They are large ships but still cramped by what's packed in. We spoke to a fighter pilot in Fiji one time. The US Navy flies him anywhere in the world for leave, twice per year. Dyer did not like the food, did not like the noise but thought the experience was worth it and could not wait to get back on land.
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| this boat travelled the Pacific for years |
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