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"Harvard women's swimming and diving has unfinished business," Peluse said. "The Ivy League is getting faster but so are we. We had an amazing year because of the team dynamic we maintained and the attitude we kept. This was a team of leaders."
"Dive, make your depth eight-zero feet," a lieutenant in the control room commanded. The diving officer behind me patted my shoulder and ordered me to pull the wheel slowly to my chest. We were taking the sub up to 25 m below the water's surface so the Nebraska...
The control room was quiet except for the diving officer who called out depths as the sub ascended. "One-zero-zero feet ... nine-five feet." "Push the wheel forward so the sub begins leveling out," he whispered to me. The planes now had to move in the opposite direction to...
For half an hour, I drove the U.S.S. Nebraska, a Trident submarine that can fire nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. No, correct that. I sat nervously in the inboard seat, my hands gripping the steering wheel in front of me tightly. A young sailor and diving officer behind me actually drove...
The crew told me it was like driving Dad's car. You learn the basics after a week. After three months, a sailor should be proficient enough so the diving officer doesn't constantly have to prompt. Dad's car, however, didn't weigh 17,000 tons. The sub responded...