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To: Jedidah
Love your post, except for this..If someone wants to live like a sleazeball in private, that’s between him and his Maker.

On a Trident submarine, the E-6 and below live in 9 man bunkrooms. That means nine bunks (three high on three walls) in <100 square feet. If a sailor has to lie in his rack and listen to a couple of qu33rs slurping on one another 18" over his head, where is his respite? Good order and discipline? Prolly not. Murder, mayhem, loss of self-control? likely. Same problem with putting split tails on subs. The "who's boinking my boy/girl friend while I'm on watch" question will only lead to the total destruction of the finest submariners under God's green oceans. If you've read this far, you should know I have 20 years in Uncle Sam's underwater canoe club.

171 posted on 01/04/2011 8:24:09 PM PST by j_tull (I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.)
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To: j_tull

Your point is well taken, except that I truly didn’t mean for “in private” to apply to bunks or barracks or submarines or any other place on military property. That, in my book, is not private.

I was referring in that sentence to civilian life.

The behavior you describe would surely merit military discipline.

Thanks for your service. I can’t imagine how hard life would be in close quarters on a sub, although I have a close relative who spent a career under the Pacific. Hats off to you and your buddies.


176 posted on 01/04/2011 9:45:43 PM PST by Jedidah
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