Good road trip: NRL, - first job after college. Spent 3 years there in the mid 60s in the Radio Navigation Branch - 5440 if my memory serves me. One of our studies took us on the USNS Mizar out of Bayonne, New Jersy to north of Bermuda. I got sea sick before we got past the Verrazano Narrows Bridge but was recovered by midweek when the ship lost power during a storm and went broadside to the waves. It was a converted ice breaker and had a round bottom. It was not good. Fortunately, they somehow regained power & we rode out the rest of the storm in a more satisfactory manner. I think all the non-crew had retreated to our bunks. My boss, who had been ok earlier got sea sick from this ride. I did not. I concluded that the earlier experience must have inoculated me against this ailment.
As I recall our per diem was pretty low since we had government furnished housing and government furnished food.
Round Keel vessels suck on the surface, but that keeps them from getting ice bound and crushed.
Welcome to the Canteen, Western Phil...thanks for sharing your experiences.
Good morning Western Phil
Thanks for sharing. Sounds like it was an adventure.
NRL still brings in students - some while finishing the senior year in HS, some that are in college - to work and learn.
Of course, there is no longer a Radio Navigation Branch or 5400 branch, but your story is a part of that history.