In addition he is also the winner of the award for editing and congratulations on that which is a prestigious award for editing in challenging circumstances so congratulations on that and we appreciate you being here. Is also one of the few journalists that have had a large amount of first hand experience going to see on ships and watching naval courses operate and practice their work. Most recently he was up in norway with the marines as part of the expansion of the state wide range of practical and as a reporter so were happy to have mike here his new book heavy metal the hard daysand nights of the Shipyard Workers who build americas supercarriers. Well talk a little bit about that but thank you mike for being here. Thanks for having me. To start with i wanted to ask you kind of a big overarching action. Why did you want to write a book about newport news . Youve got a large history there, i assume thats part of the decision. Way back when when we first got married in the late 80s i
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