at the earliest possible convenience.

Appalled at the loss ofhuman life, the President of the United States...

But there's no excuse. At the time I was fighting the fire in the galley...

On Tuesday, at 10::00 in the morning Moscow time...

- Your name was at the top of the list. - Well, that's good to know, sir.

- What's goin' on? - We're not gonna let this go down with the X.O. At the helm.

But wrong or right, the captain can't just replace you at will.

- How about Linkletter? - Nah, you won't be able to talk to the TSO. He's at the conn.

There'll be a memorial service in the enlisted men's mess at 1100 hours.

At the Naval War College, it was metallurgy and nuclear reactors, not 19th-century philosophy.

that he would launch his land-based nuclear weapons at the United States and atJapan.

Now, why in the world would we do that if they weren't prepared to launch at us?

- I have the conn. - The captain has the conn.

- The guy with the ears... - Four. - And the little moustache.

- Get the authenticator. - Get the authenticator.

Fire in the galley! Fire in the galley! Chief of the watch, sound the general alarm!

Chief of the boat, dismiss the crew.

- The X.O. Ordered us... - Fuck the X.O.!

have been deployed near the Caucasus since the beginning of the crisis.

The only safeguard was that the Russian government controlled the launch codes.