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1 posted on 12/06/2018 10:26:34 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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A Starbucks? From what I read about the navy, this sounds about right.


2 posted on 12/06/2018 10:30:44 AM PST by doorgunner69
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My grandfather was 1st Lieutenant on the Bunker Hill. A lot less creature comforts on a carrier back then, but still the challenges of keeping a floating small town running.
3 posted on 12/06/2018 10:32:53 AM PST by dirtboy
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A Nimitz class carrier has a compliment of over 6,000 sailors including the personnel for the air wing.


4 posted on 12/06/2018 10:38:56 AM PST by C19fan
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I'm an old Army guy (enlisted,with encouragement from my draft board,in 1969) who loves to watch the many youtube videos showing operations on a carrier's flight deck.But not many that I've found show what goes on below decks.
5 posted on 12/06/2018 10:41:09 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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I learned to cut hair on the ship (USS Tripoli LPH-10)because the Squid barbers purposely screwed up Marine hair cuts.


7 posted on 12/06/2018 10:48:30 AM PST by sean327 (God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
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SNL short film from 1979: "Port of Call, Bayonne, NJ"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhioeOeOHsA

The Navy. It's not just a job, it's $96.78 a week."

9 posted on 12/06/2018 11:09:10 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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OK, Listen up "ground pounders":

Most sailors have two "jobs." One is their vocation, like barbering, the other is some kind of "fighting the ship." By that I mean manning (sorry snowflakes) a gun, torpedo or missile, standing by to do fire fighting, standing watches, the list is long. And often dangerous.

20 posted on 12/06/2018 1:53:29 PM PST by Ace's Dad
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