Smarter Everyday visits a submarine.

[woowoo2]

They offered me STS 'A' when I rocked out of FC 'A', I went AO instead. No underwater stuff for me.

FC A School was rough, I barley made it out myself back in 1984

 

[smittygj]

I was told an AO was trying to get a job at Pepsi bottling corp as a fork lift operator.
He was asked why he thought a job in the navy qualified him to move crates of bottles around.
He told them his job was moving 500 pound, and thousand pound bombs.

True that, we are looked upon as knuckle dragger's, but in reality, we do many missions. We load aircraft with ordnance, we maintain the ordnance hardware and software, we test, upgrade and maintain aviation ordnance and related equipment. We are a source rating for range master, and do fill billets that normally would be filled by a Gunners Mate. My first duty station was as an armorer at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, and I spent many a day dissembling and reassembling all sorts of weapons (M-14, M-16, M-60, M-2, M1911A1, M92A1, and the old .38's) still in service at the time for monthly maintenance.

Yes, I "rocked out" as I was a 16 year old high school dropout who managed to score high enough on his ASVAB to qualify for an advanced electronics program, and got waivered in when I turned 17. Only reason I rocked out was because I failed the write up three times in a row. I could find and fix the fault on the final exam (huge table full of circuit cards with faults installed), but could not explain it in good enough terms to pass the University of Chicago civilian instructors (guys in the blue lab coats) that we had.

Been a long road, as military, military contractor and now GS, but happy to say now I am a GS-13 and working with aviation ordnance in an AOR that puts warheads on foreheads.

 

[actaeon277]

Our firearms were maintained by the Torpedomen.

 

[maxwelhse]

It was Paganini.

That bait sat out there for a LONG time.

 

[actaeon277]

And the latest one.
He says it's the next to the last episode.

This one discusses..
Cribbage
Mustaches
Yeoman
Sleeping
Breakfast
Pressure
Medical
Shower
Toilet





Of course, I have stories about most of those.
But, it's 1:30 AM, so maybe they'll wait till later.

 

[actaeon277]

Punching through the ice.






I never did this.
But, we did have to "hover".. a LOT due to the missions we did.
So, when he describes how hard it is, I agreed, and grinned.
Also the part about keeping people from moving though the sub while hovering.

And we did the string across the compartment also. It bowed a LOT more than what I saw here.

 

[Doug28450]

As a Navy Pilot, I spent 4 days on a Sub. I'll take the airplane anyday.

 

[actaeon277]

As a Navy Pilot, I spent 4 days on a Sub. I'll take the airplane anyday.

I had more than 4 days on the shitter.

 

[Doug28450]

I had more than 4 days on the shitter.

Figgered you'd like that. I'll take the airplane.

 

[actaeon277]

Figgered you'd like that. I'll take the airplane.

Spend a few months on that airplane, and you might find it a bit cramped.

 

[Doug28450]

Spend a few months on that airplane, and you might find it a bit cramped.

12 hours at a time on the airplane was enough. When that happened, we landed, debriefed, went to the Q and took a shower, then to the club for an adult beverage and chow.

 

[actaeon277]

And now Mike Rowe is doing a series on a Carrier.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[actaeon277]

Okay, maybe not a 'series'. Looks like 2 episodes.

 

[actaeon277]

Just found this one.

One of my stories in the Military BS stories thread, involved someone slipping on the ladder up to the Bridge, and snapping his leg.
This ladder can be seen about 9:30