When a carrier goes to sea, those who work on the dangerous flight deck are at an average age of twenty years old. To add to the danger, those who work with aircraft ordnance, the bombs and missiles of these planes, are at even more risk of injury on the pitching deck. This is a true story of one young man, an aviation ordnanceman, who went to sea on his second cruise in 1978 at age twenty. What he discovered in the hot Pacific and Indian Oceans would change his life forever and set him on a path to discovery. Follow the author on his personal and poignant journey as he explores the universal truths of those who must succeed under arduous conditions.

Scott F. Schmidt spent four years in the 1970s working the flight deck of three aircraft carriers, including the USS Enterprise. He has a master’s in creative writing from Northern Michigan University. A native of northern Minnesota, he currently resides in the Pacific Northwest. Writing thriller novels under the name Trevor Scott, he has been published in seven countries. He has traveled to more than 45 countries.