EVERY NIGHT MY FATHER WOULD COME IN FROM HIS SHED FOR DINNER, THEN AFTER WE ATE HE WOULD GET IN HIS CAR AND LEAVE. WE NEVER QUESTIONED THIS, UNTIL WE WERE OLDER. WHEN I WAS 18 HE TOOK MY BROTHER AND I OUT FOR DINNER AND EXPLAINED THAT WHEN HE LEFT AT NIGHT, HE WOULD GO TO THE NAVAL BASE AND WORK WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDED SATELITE INFORMATION FOR THE ARMED SERVICES.