As indeed it was for all of us who were ready............
Sleeping 25 yards from "your" nuke at night was not exactly fun.
Yes, it became somewhat less than academic when you first found out where you were expected to take it.
Later in my career I became a "link" in the release chain. That to was a sobering experience. The inoccuous phrase "six for carriage six for use" that foretold approaching armageddon. Thank goodness the signals were always headed "exercise".
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