My Dad was in the Navy for almost 30 years on Submarines.  He retired as a Captain and served as commander of the USS Shark and the USS Sam Houston and many other subs  -his last tour of duty was commander of Guantanamo Cuba Base (before it was a prison!)

he graduated from the US Naval Academy -in the same class as Jimmy Carter. We moved all the time so I understand what moving is like and understand the complexity of that process.