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Henry Rausch

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Henry Rausch graduated from Stanford University and after earning a commission at Officer Candidate School reported to USS L Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) in August 1985. There he served as an Engineering Assistant, Communicator, and Sonar Officer. The ship conducted four classified missions for which they were awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation, two Navy Expeditionary Medals, and the Arctic Service Ribbon. After that tour he served as Weapons Officer onboard USS Sunfish (SSN-649) which conducted deployments in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean. He left active service and served in the Reserves, primarily in NATO Submarine Command and Control. He retired as a Commander in 2005 with 22 years of service and lives with his wife in Harpers Ferr ...more

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Feb 1 and winter keeps us in its icy grip. The temperature remained in the single digits at night and barely drifted into the teens and twenties during the day, here in West Virginia. A hardship to some, and not minimizing the trouble and pain the snowfall caused, but I find beauty and joy in winter’s harshness. Like a hurricane or a heatwave, Mother Nature’s way of reminding us who is in charge.

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“Experience is the teacher that gives you the test before the lesson.”
― Henry Rausch, How to Hotwire an Airplane

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“Rule 22 of Robert Greene’s ‘The 48 Laws of Power’: If beaten, surrender quickly.”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

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“took a week to get my first ass chewing from”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

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