Dyer takes on another weirdly strange assignment and hits another home run.  Two weeks on the US aircraft carrier visiting the flight deck, the Carrier Control Approach Room, the Hangar Deck, flying circles in the helicopters, eating the terrible fuel-smelling food, and summoning his ensign by farting, Dyer gives a compassionate and supportive account of the men and women of today’s Navy and how they go about their war-time duties on a ship carrying 5000 sailors, 90 something jet aircraft, and nuclear reactors to power it.  Dyer finds serious religion and conservative politics dominate the 20 somethings who predominate as well as their older officer leaders.  The steps taken to combat boredom and maintain readiness in this hellish environment receive detailed attention, but Dyer is mostly overwhelmed by the scale, scope, and sheer power of the sea, the ship, and the mission.  Another Dyer masterpiece.