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Anyone ever serve on a submarine?

Give me a year and I can tell you.

I've really only heard good things though and its not like I really see the sun anyway.
 
My dad did.

He points out that only the smartest guys get on one and that this has the effect of drastically improving your intelectual discourse. He also said that they get the best food in the navy. Finally he says that he almost ended the world, being a fire-control-tech, because a malfunction told them to nuke russia in the 70s.

So its got its good points and its bad points.
 
My brother served on the SSBN Ohio for 3 years back in the day. He turned out pretty normal 🙂
 
20 years on boomers here. Best part of the Navy IMO. Good food, good pay, great crews (more like a family). No sun for 90 - 120 days not a big deal for most people. The biggest issue is No Mail, Phone Calls etc with the outside world for 90 - 120 days.

It is a great time when I was in. I wish I could go back to those days!
 
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20 years on boomers here. Best part of the Navy IMO. Good food, good pay, great crews (more like a family). No sun for 90 - 120 days not a big deal for most people. The biggest issue is No Mail, Phone Calls etc with the outside world for 90 - 120 days.

It is a great time when I was in. I wish I could go back to those days!
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When was this? I'd assume they have a lot of ways to communicate except for maybe mail.
 
I built three Los Angeles class subs, then took one of them to sea for her maiden sea trials as an initial manning member. The sun is overrated. They actually keep you so tired you spend every waking moment plotting how you can get more sleep.

For example, you know drills are going to be happening soon...but if you jump in your rack for 5 mins of sleep between each drill...and there are 5 drills, that is 25 mins of sleep! And if for some reason one drill is canceled, well, that is the motherload of score! 🙂
 
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When was this? I'd assume they have a lot of ways to communicate except for maybe mail.
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1972 - 1993. No. Boomers (SSBNs) do not transmit when they are on patrol. The only radio communications are to receive "flash traffic (launch orders)" via a floating wire antenna. The reasons are for stealth and remain hidden.
 
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Silent service!
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So it is OK with you that lazy bastards mooch from you without putting forth any effort to help themselves? If so you are a fool.

Note that I made NO Reference to handicapped people or people that cannot work. You are projecting your own thoughts into my signature quote. Don't add crap to my sig.

This was a response from the post above that was edited while I was responding. The original is below, which I edited to bold his comment.
 
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No fair editing your post while I was responding. Here is your original:

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@pcgeek11: love your sig!
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How to annoy a liberal: Work Hard and be Happy. In the words of John Smith who saved the Jamestown settlement: Those that don't work; will not eat. We need to learn from history.

Sure you do, GT. Ugly minds think alike. You two really do need to learn a little from history.

From the huge mass murder Joseph Stalin's 1936 Russian Constitution:

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ARTICLE 12. In the U.S.S.R. work is a duty and a matter of honor for every able-bodied citizen, in accordance with the principle: "He who does not work, neither shall he eat."
From Adolf's Nazi Germany:

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On July 14, 1933, the German government instituted the “Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases.” This law called for the sterilization of all persons who suffered from diseases considered hereditary, including mental illness, learning disabilities, physical deformity, epilepsy, blindness, deafness, and severe alcoholism. With the law’s passage the Third Reich also stepped up its propaganda against the disabled, regularly labeling them “life unworthy of life” or “useless eaters” and highlighting their burden upon society.

The term “euthanasia” (literally, “good death&#8221😉 usually refers to the inducement of a painless death for a chronically or terminally ill individual. In Nazi usage, however, “euthanasia” referred to the systematic killing of the institutionalized mentally and physically disabled. The secret operation was code-named T4, in reference to the street address (Tiergartenstrasse 4) of the program's coordinating office in Berlin.
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A good friend of mine did. Whenever he told his stories he always repeated the seamen/semen joke *groan*
 
yes, i did 8 strategic deterrent patrols, they average 70 days each, normally we are submerged for all but a few of those days, so i spent about 520 days submerged
the longest was about 75 days

no submarine stays submerged for 6 months, i don't know what the actual record is

i think the 'six months' you are thinking of is the 'normal' length of a fast attack boat's deployments, but they actually go places/ports, at least sometimes. SSBN's just go out into the middle of the ocean and hide/drive around in circles
 
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FoBoT said:
yes, i did 8 strategic deterrent patrols, they average 70 days each, normally we are submerged for all but a few of those days, so i spent about 520 days submerged
the longest was about 75 days

no submarine stays submerged for 6 months, i don't know what the actual record is

i think the 'six months' you are thinking of is the 'normal' length of a fast attack boat's deployments, but they actually go places/ports, at least sometimes. SSBN's just go out into the middle of the ocean and hide/drive around in circles
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My longest was 110 days. Cold war and unusual circumstances were involved.
 
I'm sure it's wonderful and unique experience but what does it feel like to see daylight after constant long stretches submerged having been cut off from the world and finally breathing fresh air? Is it blinding when you see the sun again? Does it mess with your sleep patterns? Do you lose track of days because you're up for odd hours?
 
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