![]() ![]() The navigator, though, has learned to reach out for help, realising he doesn't need to play to the military's 'tough guy' stereotype. to in fact be there for each other when we have been struggling." " emails and satellite phone, with big delays and dropping in and out, it's very difficult to have what most people would call a normal relationship. There were also challenges at home, where he had left his wife with three children under six. He didn't know whether she would survive the deployment. ![]() For Lieutenant McPherson, this deployment is particularly tough.Ī week before Arunta sailed, his mother was diagnosed with end-stage lung failure and was on oxygen 24 hours a day. "It's just that feeling of isolation that you have," Lieutenant McPherson says.Įveryone onboard misses someone somewhere. ![]()
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