I did the tour of the USS MIDWAY now docked for good at San Diego, and read the stories about the scores of sailors killed and injuried over the years, not to mention the hard life on board with no A.C., crowded bunking, high noise levels and months at sea.
I’m glad I enlisted in the Air Force after that tour.
Yes, life at sea can be both hard and dangerous. Not what is advertised in recruiting offices.
The two most dangerous places to work in the sea going navy is the flight deck of an aircraft carrier or the engine room/engineering spaces of a ship. Always see fatalities or serious injuries on extended deployments from the flight deck or engineering spaces. Accidents always happen sooner or later.
One of the biggest bright sides of duty as sea is you get to visit exotic ports and countries that you would never have gone had you not been in the Navy.