I also knew one of these Nuc type bubble heads. He would speak of sticking a officer to a bulkhead with EB Green tape, and other such sea stories.
True? Who knows? This kind of unique duty imposes social stresses that a liberal would never understand. Naturally, stirring sexual cripples, women and teenage techs/nerds in a no-escape pipe with fusion warheads is a fascinating lifestyle experiment. Only a Lib would see no problem with this.
If you are around submariners then one thing you will notice is how they can zone out mentally, they can disappear from a room, without ever leaving the bar stool or chair, they just mentally separate totally for a few minutes.