 Captain the ship is rigged for dive request permission to submerge the ship very well submerge the ship Diving officer of the watch submerge the ship make your depth six zero feet Cheap the watch on the 1mc dive dive son of diving mom twice Dive dive Three degree down angle three group indicates open after group indicates open. All right officer deck ball vents indicate open for a group venting after group venting three five feet four zero feet Dex our watch we'll dive on the fair waters Five zero feet All vents indicate shut zero bubble all vents indicate shut sir All vents indicate shut eye conditions normal on the dive Take charge your planes maintain six zero feet six zero feet on All stages report conditions normal on the dive eye Officer deck ships at six zero feet conditions normal on the dive sir very well Look around number two scope raising number two scope Number two scope indicates up No close contact lowering number two scope Tom come right stick course two seven zero come right steer course two seven zero i Excel i'll be in radio and then back in control So let's set officers call in the ward room in say 30 minutes so the 0800. Aye sir 0800 Zero seven thirty hours in the north atlantic aboard a nuclear attack submarine Just ahead patrol duty Defending the outer perimeter of a naval battle group A battle group which is already forming up Once on station she will act as a protective listening platform Actively seeking out and taking action against all possible aggressors Her adversary one of her own kind another submarine ASW anti-submarine warfare as a naval exercise It's often been called the truest test of survivability for this country's at sea combatants For the attack sub it is and has remained a silent evolution This is the captain For some of you this will be a first time experience working with us in associated support defending a battle group during an ASW exercise So let's get up to speed as quickly as possible. We'll need everyone's best effort Now during this exercise, we'll be facing off against one of our own attack boats. There may even be more than one Oh and one other bit of important information Early this morning. We received intelligence indicating the presence of at least two soviet cruisers Just to the northwest of the grid. We'll be operating in That being the case there's a chance. We may have a real-time victor class sub dropping in on us If that happens our job will be to find him On making sure that he doesn't detect us That's about it. Let's everyone just give it our best shot and good hunting There's a dramatic suddenness to it, but it's all happened before to every nuclear trained officer who's ever served here Management and leadership responsibilities that would come at a much slower pace in the outside world are there from the beginning He's an integral part of an elite team Responsible not only for the management and upkeep of a massive amount of equipment But for the continuing education and training of the men under him seeing to their professional advancement In addition, he spends considerable time behind this door Qualifying as an engineering officer of the watch on the submarine's nuclear propulsion plant Simultaneously, he also serves in the attack or control center Qualifying as diving officer of the watch And ultimately as officer of the deck Surfaced and submerged Order depth 150 feet head to third steering 270 normal power and normal indications I'll leave you the dive. All right, sir. I stand relieved Just over four years ago. He was on a college campus Now he's here con sonar. I have a possible submerged contact bearing 248 Sonar con possible submerged contact bearing 248 I What have we got Submerged contact captain bearing 248. How long they had at you less than a minute, sir came and went them back again Sounds like one of ours. Oh, it looks like we're in the game. Just stay with it. Yes, sir Captain Yeah, chief. We had another contact real short Just before we picked up this one. It was different faded and I lost it It was probably in a convergent zone Let's see if he can regain it while we're working this contact. What did you? Hi, sir Dive make your depth 200 feet use a five down Make my depth 200 feet using five down full dive fair waters. Give me a five down Man battle stations man battle stations For the purposes of the exercise the selected torpedo will not carry a warhead Its onboard computer and sensor will guide it beneath its intended target Its engine wine as it passes close to the intruder's hull will be the only indication to its commanding officer That the game is over Fire control party. We have a good solution. Let's see if we can get a shot off before our people's top side get to him All stations control firing point procedures tube two Weapons, this is the captain match generated bearing and shoot set Stand by Shoot. This is the captain mission accomplished. Well done A successful exercise, but out here success is often temporary Con sonar, I have a new sonar contact bearing two seven zero initial classification submerged submarine Sonar, this is the captain Con sonar. I Does it look like a reacquire of the earlier contact? Con sonar could be sir. It's definitely not one of ours Roger sonar Fire control. We have a real-time visitor Exo take us to ahead two-thirds. Helm all ahead two-thirds. I had two-thirds. I Still holding the contact. Yes, sir. We're most five minutes now We haven't been counter-detected Could be we're sitting right in the baffle. She hasn't changed course or altered speed since we picked her up Con captain Con eye, sir Aye, aye, sir Helm all stop all stop. Aye And your nances all stop. All right chief of the watch rig ship for patrol quiet rig ship or patrol quiet. Aye Rig ship or patrol quiet This is the captain. I have the con. She still doesn't hear us. I don't think she's a victor Let's find out what's going on. Helm all ahead one-third all ahead one-third. I Possible target maneuver Con sonar possible target maneuver may be increasing speed Con eye possible maneuver Con sonar target increasing speed again target speed indicates she may be an alpha She's an alpha All right, let's show what we've got and give her proper escort out of here All ahead full make a depth 400 feet 10 degrees down angle Under a seemingly benign expanse of open ocean a momentary confrontation It's all happened before and it may happen again within hours But each time it does It will be well and carefully orchestrated by the teams of professionals aboard our nuclear attack submarines For the young officer, it's a community like no other in the military He learns through example that he is part of a rare breed All self starters leaders men with a sense of self And a sense of purpose