Reply #30: Generally the subs have two full crews

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One is stationed on the sub -- and the other one is undergoing training and retraining.

The sub can be out for nearly a year -- but with two crews -- generally they aren't out longer than 6 months at a time.

This applies to the Trident fleet -- but I am told that the fast attack sub fleet has similar 2 full crews per sub. UNLESS the Navy is having staffing problems just like the rest of the branches of the military.

I'm a Navy brat -- when 6 month deployments were standard. Pappy bush changed that -- and his son shares his father's contempt for military families.