They took a 40-degree roll.

No matter what profession you're in, there are boxes to check. For mariners, one has to be crossing the Atlantic. That's a life check.

For me, the best time of the year is the start of the second semester. They sit in the mess desk and catch up with one another. They have amazing stories to tell.

What you see in that document is the traditional powers exercised by the president at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

The challenges that I see at the high end are anti-submarine warfare. There are about 140 diesel submarines that operate in the Pacific. We, as a Navy, are good at anti-submarine warfare. We can always get better, and that's what we're doing because we have to be able to dominate that growing submarine capability.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.