The Master Chief’s amazing journey continues as he perfectly performs his extraordinary duty leading enlisted sailors and officers in the Top-Secret mission of hunting and tracking nuclear-armed Soviet Union submarines. A mission critical to national security during the Cold War’s waning years.

With his “superior technical expertise and intense determination,” Moye was reported as being “one of the finest leaders in the Navy today,” as he inspected, revamped, and improved the communication posture of Atlantic Ocean submarine-hunting.

Sailing, this time by air, Moye’s task was to inspect six European- and North American-based U.S. Naval Facilities and a dozen Surface Towed Array Sensor Ships designed to hunt, locate, classify, and track Soviet submarines, many equipped with enough nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles to create an apocalypse. With sweeping enhancements, Moye personally improved Integrated Undersea Surveillance System communications—the primary deterrent to that threat. This is a real story.

In this, the fifth volume of these Sea Stories, we continue following the master chief’s incredible journey as he evolves into a “leader of leaders”—as too was written in official reports. Given extraordinary responsibilities, the boy from the Hoosier hills, who always knew he’d be a sailor, found extraordinary success, leading to further increased national security and additional opportunity to excel—as he will.

The master chief continues to expertly detail his story as he enters a level of leadership and responsibility known by few, setting the stage for continued challenges and growth—all as he clings to his anchor at home, his Navy wife.

Pay close attention, because remarkable as they are, these stories too are no-shitters.