We pulled in from the longest underway of the deployment. It's good to be on a ship that is fulfilling operational commitments. We got to lead a large liquified natural gas tanker on a route with another mine countermeasure vessel (MCMV) from the UK. We and the UK mcmv were abreast at 500 yards and the tanker was five hundred yards behind the center of us (close for open ocean). This simulates leading through a cleared route through a mine field. We work very well with the UK mcmv's.
I am happy with how cool it has been. I know it can get much hotter out here, so I am standing by for that.