SILVERDALE, Wash., Feb. 8 -- Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news release:
When Trident Refit Facility, Bangor, team member Eon Carter-Tripp, a day shift work lead for Repair Department, checked aboard ballistic missile submarine, USS Alabama (SSBN 731), he had only anticipated a 3-day underway. That three days quickly became 10.
"I thought it was going to be just a quick trip, super easy, but after I got my rack (bed and locker) and my TLD (Thermoluminescent Dosimeters), I found out it was going to be a lot more intense than I thought," said Carter-Tripp. "I knew about the added time before I left, but I didn't realize the intensity would be dialed up too."
"I've been at sea for years, as a surface Sailor, but work on Ala...