ericsson is leaning back in the reclining chair fixed to the deck in the middle of a rectangle of tables with small plastic seats attached , and his mouth is open and he is staring at the overhead and without looking at you he says kieffer did you know that this is my fourth fucking cruise and not knowing what to say you say yea and then he says , still staring at the ceiling yup , this is the sixth week of my second deployment on this bitch , out of six years in this navy , i have now been at sea for four years and two months [ 110 ] and then he sits up all the sudden and stares at the diagrams of the ships firefighting systems on the far wall and then says i just figured that out , four years and two months , and before i get off this piece of crap , i can add another five months to that if we dont get extended like i have been twice , and i have never once gotten beer at sea [ 111 ] .