What was your biggest hurdle going back to sea duty from shore duty?

Getting there fast enough! Seriously, shore duty was just someplace I had to go to reset the detailer's clock. After my 1st shore tour (recruiting) I was ready to stay at sea for the rest of my life.

You mean to tell me there there was such a thing has shore duty what is this thing you speak of you must tell me more of it,,, you mean where the ground is not wet and there is no color of gray all around or the shrill of pipe every 4 or 8 hours nay nay I say you jest off with your head and I cast you to the depths of the deep for a sailor belongs at sea,,,, there is no such place has shore duty for my detaler would have told me of such places

Two things always struck me. First was the work in the CIC and EW Shed was so different from what you did ashore and it was real work vs. busy work. Second was you have to force yourself not to bring crap with you that you don't need. Amazing how you get by fine with a Walkman, cribbage board, and darts. Guess people need their iStuff now. So when I got commissioned, had a wife, and deployed to Antarctica, I upped the ante to letter writing stuff.

Always had to go with the Two Seabag Rule.