Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

complaints about the food and his inability to get a good meal until invited to the captain's table Stuart J. Schwartz This is my very first review of a book purchased from Amazon even though I have purchased hundreds of such books over the years; however, I feel that potential readers deserve a warning about this book. I am avid reader of books about military life and equipment, and was looking forward to this book as a current first person account of the operations of a modern air. W. Brandt said Wonderful description of life aboard a Nimitz carrier, but his attitudes. I have learned to have an appreciation of Naval Aviation through the writings of a great blogger, the late Carroll Lefon.Look up "Neptunus Lex" on the web to see the influence he had.So I wondered how I could possibly learn more about carrier operations by reading this book.Well, it is a perfect companion to Lex's writings, because while Lex (who was XO of the TOPGU. Amazon Customer said I bet they gave him a good call sign. Although the author's time aboard the carrier was voluntary, one would have thought it was surely not. The book is a collection of whining, snarky comments and condescending remarks. I wonder why he did not embark on a Royal Navy ship insteadbut then he would have had one less inconvenience (lack of alcohol) upon which to constantly dwell. The facts that US Navy shi

Dyer currently lives in Venice, California.. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and, most recently, a National Book Critics Circle Award for the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society

A lanky Englishman in a deeply American world, Dyer brilliantly records daily life aboard this floating fortress, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity become forms of self-expression. Bush. Part deft travelogue, part unerring social observation, and part finely honed comedy, Another Great Day at Sea is the inimitable Dyer’s account of his time spent wandering the ship’s maze of walkways, hatches, and stairs, and talking with the crew—from the Captain to the ship’s dentists. So as an adult, naturally he jumped at the chance to spend a week onboard the aircraft carrier the USS George H.W. At the same time we are reminded why Dyer is celebrated as one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.. As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes

But this is not an ordinary city. Fascinating. Most of the crew handle the pressures of constant drilling necessary to maintain military readiness, but Dyer notes some cases of burnout and attempted suicide. It is a city where an outsider immediately becomes aware that it is primed for high-tech warfare. Their onboard leisure activities are limited, which is understandable since 14-hour workdays are common. --Jay Freeman . W. As Dyer indicates, the officers, as expected, are highly trained; but even men who used to be referred to as swab jockeys are technologically proficient in specialized areas. From Booklist An aircraft carrier has frequently been described as a floating city. The physical environment of the ship ranges from claustrophobic mazes of narrow passages on the lower decks to the immense open surface of the flight deck. That