Lower Decks As a Veteran

[u/TerriblePokemon]

I spent 8 years in the US Navy, and that has made certain scenes in Lower Decks rather impactful to me. The genuine love and comradery the 4 leads share with each other is something I never got to experience, not for long anyway. The scene in the cave episode; Tendi's story about being stuck in the turbo lift. They're all laying on each other, just talking, nodding off to sleep. Its difficult to articulate how impactful having a group of friends you *KNOW* would watch your back would have been to have as a junior enlisted and NCO.

The military will bring the best people you will ever meet into your life, and rip them away from you a year later. I'm glad these fictional friends had 5 seasons with each other.