What do you miss most about being out at sea?

It might have been fast passed but it was so much easier deployed than at home work wise. Everyone knew what they had to do, work, eat, sleep for 180+ days. Fewer personal headaches. Love ONREP, I had me a stoop on the starboard catwalk and i could clear my head and get my thoughts together. Carrier life was great.

I have deployed 5 times with the MEU and spent time on 6-7 ships. Can't say much for my first deployment. We were on the USS Anchorage LSD 36. She was HOT!!!!!! a/c went out all the time, sewage backed up several times to the point of running into the berthing areas. To top it off, we were by Somalia in the summer time. The others were fun.
I do miss the easy rocking, star filled nights and most of all, loading out for an operation. Nothing gets you going more on a float then getting a mission statement then prepping for what we do best.
(No not sleeping 13 hours a day on ship) thats our second mission

I use to sit on the Port catwalk on the Enterprise forwar watching the water pass under. Hearing the ship cut through the water with the warm breeze in my face. Very relaxing.

I miss sitting on the fantail in heavy seas and watching the power of the sea

I'll tell you what I DONT MISS- the afterhead on a SAM ADAMS class DDG- If you've been there underway, you know exactly what I mean!

Well I don't miss being out to sea, for each time I came back I kissed the ground that was on U.S soil. The smell was pretty bad with the amine, diesel, body oder, and just plain old funk.

If you spend 21 years, most of it sea duty, it tends to lose its luster, trust me.

Absolutely nothing

The sunrise and morning star time. Would go back to that in a New York Minute.