I can't begin to tell you whilst on NIMITZ, America, Saratoga and JFK, we were called to raise steam and proceed to somewhere. One time we were in port St Thomas for chrissake when a "fishing" boat of ours lost power and was drifting into Cuban waters (circa 1985). A lot of us were on the beach [bleep] when we saw NIMITZ go by with a rooster tail. I [bleep] not. Sameshit different day after Lebanon blew up and we were off Livorno. The three fossil burners couldn't come close. 37 kts is realistic....

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”