Cory French Immigrant

He is the safest place I know, he is the champion in the white hat who saves the day. This is the only way I know how to describe my husband Cory French. He is not only a protector, but a nurturer and teacher who puts his family before everything else. Cory lives his life according to his principles, he believes in honesty, hard work, leading by example, and doing the right thing. For all the years that I have known him, I have discovered many reasons to admire him. However, his patriotism and his service to our country, as a submariner in the United States Navy, fills me with pride. This is one of the many reasons I hold him in the highest regard.
Cory was part of the elite submarine service. He was a nuclear missile technician, served alongside a crew of 119 other sailors who depended on each other to stay alive, hundreds of feet underwater, for months at a time. Most of the time his days consisted of endless training and standing watch, but part of his job was to climb inside of the missiles to equip them with nuclear warheads or remove them when the orders came in. It …show more content…
Cory’s job terrified me, because it not only consisted of arming the missiles but targeting and firing them also. Just the magnitude of it all, sitting in front of that control panel day after day, knowing what its primary function is. I knew there were security measures and protocols in place but, I finally understood why Cory said he had a different type of mentality when he was out to sea. The responsibility he had chosen to undertake, how he dealt with the crazy reality of it all, gave me a new appreciation and deeper respect for my husband. We talked about chances of a missile actually being fired, Cory explained although they would not hesitate to return fire, America will not fire first. Submarines functioned as a nuclear deterrent, they kept other countries from using nuclear