[connectthedots]

This is a riot. You will not want to miss out on this

[Colt .45]

And here are my four homes in 10 years of Sea Duty!

USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), USS NITIMTZ (CVN-68), USS BOXER (LHD-4)

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks it brings back warm memories like trying for your 3.5 hours of sleep each 24 hour cycle, during daylight and the temp is 100 and the humidity is 100%. The ship is moving and crashing through waves, and there are 100 Hells Angels banging on the pipes, the equipment and the side of the ship~!

The thing that is missing in the article or I missed it, is: While at sea, you realize that your ship is really a sea going prison that is harder to escape than Alcatraz!

In the old Navy, the only part of the ship that had air conditioning were areas with electronic gear. Then take the ship and operate in out of Gitmo with high humidity naturally and high temps naturally!

Having said the above! Go Navy! The history channel had a great two part series on the history and tradition of our Navy since 1776! Our Navy has protected and served this country for 225 years. This current war again shows the ability and capability of our Navy, and the great sailors who live the life highlighted in this article!

[connectthedots]

Check this out.

[RnMomof7]

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[Non-Sequitur]

On the plus side, imagine you are on a destroyer standing an underway OOD watch on a sunny summer day in the Caribbean. You're steaming independently, knocking off 24 knots or so. Wind is abeam at about 15. Sea state is about 3 so you're rolling just a little bit. The captain is below and you look around and know that you are in charge of driving this thing and there is no better, more satisfying feeling in the world. I truly miss it some times.

[exDemMom]

Aww, sniff, sniff, sniff, the memories... Of course, with my little problem (I'm female), they never sent me on board a ship, but the powers-that-be assigned me to the next best thing, a windowless building. I never knew what time of day or night it was.

I guess my retired Navy chief husband failed to communicate the true horrors of the Navy to our son...poor misguided kid is in boot camp now, and he's opted for sub duty (we're still shocked).

[okie01]

Thanks for the thread. Even a dryland Okie can get a kick out of it.

Especially if his dad was a Seabee...

[mitch5501]

The only thing I know about this sort of life is from what I've seen in movies...ie:I don't have the foggiest notion.

But it sure sounded funny...I expect it was being pushed a little...or was it?

God bless and thanks for the laugh

[RaceBannon]

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