[CaptainHaplo]

Mark - the patrol orders are there for you to follow -they keep the brass happy. However, once you complete a mission - don't radio in! Go hunting - they dont care! Its only when you tell em your done with the job that they send you another! So if you pick up an aerodale who couldnt keep holes outta his plane - dont radio in - just putter off and go huntin. Tell the flyboy your lookin for a japanes jackalope and he will get back to his airbase when its time. Don't radio nuthin to nobody - loose every fish ya have into the belly of whatever enemy ship you can find that suits your tastes, THEN radio home. The brass will say - durn - he's outta torps (or low on fuel as the case may be) and we better bring him home. 1 or 2 "missions" from HQ completed per patrol is enough to keep em off your backs. The rest of the time is yours to do whatever you want - as long as you dont tell em you've already scrubbed the latrines to a bright and shiny polish. (Yes - I know we are all navy now but I just cant get used to callin it a "head" cuz when I go I wish me head could be elsewhere due to the smell....but thats what gettin old does to a fella.)

Anyways - thats what I do - and I ain't been tossed to a desk as yet.