S on ▁of ▁a ▁b itch ! ▁He ' s ▁got ▁his ▁father ▁on board ." ▁Put ting ▁his ▁bin oc ular s ▁to ▁his ▁eyes , ▁he ▁saw ▁Lloyd ' s ▁borrow ed ▁two - star ▁flag , ▁so ▁big ▁it ▁could ▁not ▁f url . ▁In ▁no ▁time , ▁the ▁Sar at oga ▁sound ed ▁hon ors , ▁to ▁the ▁delight ▁of ▁Lloyd , ▁H ank , ▁and ▁the ▁Bun ting ▁crew . ▁ ▁Naval ▁Post grad uate ▁School ▁ ▁A ware ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁placed ▁himself ▁in ▁a ▁relative ▁back water , ▁H ank ▁had ▁been ▁cont empl ating ▁his ▁next ▁professional ▁move . ▁" My ▁whole ▁career ▁was ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁batt les ▁with ▁detail ers ▁about ▁where ▁I ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁go , ▁what ▁I ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁do ; ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁I ▁won , ▁and ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁which ▁I ▁got ▁advice ▁from ▁my ▁d ad ▁on ." ▁Lloyd ▁acknowled ged ▁the ▁fun ▁H ank ▁was ▁having ▁and ▁the ▁leadership ▁experience ▁he ▁was ▁gain ing , ▁but ▁he ▁ad vised ▁that ▁at ▁some ▁point ▁H ank ▁would ▁need ▁a ▁technical ▁degree ▁before ▁he ▁got ▁too ▁senior . ▁Bun ting ▁qualified ▁as ▁H ank ' s ▁second ▁sea ▁tour , ▁meaning ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁sl ated ▁for ▁a ▁shore ▁posting . ▁" I ▁had ▁got ten ▁some ▁offers ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁Flag ▁Lieutenant ▁some place ▁and ▁my ▁d ad ▁said , ▁' You ▁don ' t ▁want ▁to ▁do ▁that . ▁You ▁want ▁to ▁stay ▁away ▁from