SBT Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 If you haven't been there, done that (and I have, several times), here's a well-written, factual description of life on a Submarine, written by a Navy nuke submariner. If you're offended by real Sailor-speak, move on. This isn't for you. Without further ado, the Six Things Movies Don't Show You About Life on a Submarine - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BX77 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 OK, I will cross that off my Bucket list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj808 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I crossed that off my todo list my first 4 yrs in the Navy. I worked with enough submariners (nukes and diesels) to know I didn't want a part of that no matter how much better the money was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 So you're really retired now? Haven't seen you since Sandy Eggo. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj808 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Yup, the last 4 yrs i was on the USS Reagan so life was VERY busy. All done now! Hows everything with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Living in SoCar - company moved me here in 2009. Really like it here. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I never needed to read what it was like. I have enough of an imagination that I can figure out I didn't want to die in a torpedo tube when my shipmates decided they were tired of my weirdness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Considering the possibility to automate most things I'm a bit surprised that a modern sub has more than 4 or 5 in the crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 There's something to be said about redundancy.... Human redundancy, especially when you're talking several $B USD in equipment and armament and a nuclear propulsion plant that could do a lot of damage if not properly managed and controlled. Beyond that, there's the issue of command and control at depth and speed. They're not drones that you can pilot from an easy chair half-way around the world. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj808 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Yea, but humans were never designed to be confined like that. Does weird things to mind and body. I knew one submariner that had recurring nightmare (underway) that they had flooding from a torpedo tube and he was in the room while it flooded. Alone. Ill pass on shit like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 If you haven't been there, done that (and I have, several times), here's a well-written, factual description of life on a Submarine, written by a Navy nuke submariner. If you're offended by real Sailor-speak, move on. This isn't for you. Without further ado, the Six Things Movies Don't Show You About Life on a Submarine "showering means something terrible. Something unspeakable. It means constantly getting slammed face-first into a wall covered in the crusted semen of crusty seamen." BWUAHAHA! couldnt stop laughing when i got to that part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yeah - found that one particularly funny as well. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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