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re: Navy guys: how do you fill your down time?
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:24 am to terd ferguson
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:24 am to terd ferguson
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So you were on a 24 hr day? What were you doing on a surface ship that had you working 18 hrs a day
2 section watch, 6 on 6 off. No late sleepers.
So working 6am to 5pm regardless, and either 6 to mid or mid to 6 depending on section. So had one 6hr window of free time a day to either work out or sleep
I was mostly mid to 6, and was in a gym phase. So I'd hit the gym around 1700, eat, shower, and be in my rack by about 1900 then wake up at 2300 to eat and do it all over again. Would catch up on sleep on Sundays, but never more than 5hrs straight as still 6 on 6 off.
So pretty much same work schedule you had, no worse. I was on a ship full of people bitching without standing watch, or about their 3 to 4 section watch that sometimes included late sleepers. I felt the same way towards them as y'all do, just saying not every surface guy had it easy.
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 8:35 am
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Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:32 am to SlapahoeTribe
we'd work 12 hours on, 12 hours off during deployments when I was still in in 2008. during our 12 hours off, we could go work out, watch TV, get on the internet (slow as shite but it was something), call home, etc. Internet service was terrible underway and really all we could do is send e-mails. It was also limited to certain hours depending on rank (the lower ranked you were, the less hours you had), but it sure beat the shite out of having to send snail mail like they did in the older days 
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:33 am to terd ferguson
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If you were a coner I'm going to slap the shite out of you.
*A-Ganger* I don't wanna hear coner shite coming from your mouth anymore.
Our senior chief had a hard-on for the HPAC's and the Diesel. So when not on watch I was working one of the two. The occasional clogged scullery drain made for fun times.
Nice to know there's some brothers on here.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:34 am to Lsuchs
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2 section watch, 6 on 6 off. No late sleepers.
I guess 1 major difference between subs and surface is the whole sunlight thing. On subs it was just an 18 hour day... the boat was always lit up by florescent lighting except for berthing which was always lights out. On the surface you're still basing everything off a normal 24 hour day.
I heard that subs were either testing out or had already switched over to 24 hour days now. That's probably a good thing because 18 hour days really fricks with your circadian rhythm. Most sub guys end up with some sleep disorder or another by the time they get out.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:36 am to terd ferguson
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I guess 1 major difference between subs and surface is the whole sunlight thing
I hear you for sure on that. Had to mess with you after a while. I was SAR so at least I would get to go on boat ops and get a swim in the sunlight every once in a while.
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Then I went to a surface ship (repair department on a sub tender). I was a planner and stood 6 section duty in port and had no duty section at all at sea. At sea I went to my office at 8am and left around 3pm.
Most of my TAD stints were like that.
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It was AHHH-MAZING
absolutely
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 8:45 am
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:37 am to voodoodawg
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Our senior chief had a hard-on for the HPAC's and the Diesel.
Mine had a hard-on for dry bilges... until I threw a fricking crescent wrench at his head and missed by a c unt hair. I had been on watch, off watch I spent the entire 12 hours rebuilding a hydraulic accumulator, then back on watch. Toward the end of my watch he came in to AMR and lifted up a deck plate. He said there was oily water in the bilge and when I got off watch I needed to clean all the bilges. Needless to say I lost my shite...
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 8:38 am
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:37 am to voodoodawg
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voodoodawg
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Nice to know there's some brothers on here.
It seems like the past few months Turd, Tigeralum2008, and I have had a sub circle-jerk once a month or so reliving old stories. Had a good thread last month where we all told our "OMG WE'RE GOING TO DIE" stories that we all have from various close calls on a sub.
Nuke? My man.
I was a nuke electrician. When were you in Charleston? My A School class was 351 and Power School/Prototype 0404.
I'm from Charleston so my first 1.5 years in the Navy I spent in my hometown. Got out and went back to CofC for undergraduate.
This city can't shake me
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 8:44 am
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:39 am to TheGasMan
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voodoodawg
Nuke? My man.
He said A-ganger. Do not confuse us with your shitty fricking World of Warcraft playing nuke weirdo fricks.
WE ARE GODS!
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:43 am to TheGasMan
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Nuke? My man.
Terd and I are both nuke waste
My A-school (EM) class was 9652, power school was 9701
I completed Power School training but failed the RP final by 4 points!!! In my era there were no academic rollbacks so I was processed out where I became a radioman.
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 8:44 am
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:43 am to terd ferguson
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Do not confuse us with your shitty fricking World of Warcraft playing nuke weirdo fricks.
TheGasMan - EM
WoW weirdo fricks - ET
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:47 am to Tigeralum2008
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In my era there were no academic rollbacks so I was processed out where I became a radioman.
Started nuke MM and requested out in A-school. The MMCS told me and another guy who wanted out that we'd have to be academic drops and then could pick another sub rate. We flunked out and had the choice of missile tech or cook. I went through MT school and cross-rated to A-gang when I got to my first boat.
I can almost guarantee I'm the only person that has ever followed that career path.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:58 am to terd ferguson
My "sea dad" was a MT that crossed over to MM. Cool dude and taught me how not to take shite in the work place.
There's a ton of sub related FB groups are you guys in any of them?
There's a ton of sub related FB groups are you guys in any of them?
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:59 am to SlapahoeTribe
Been in almost 9 years and I have never been on a ship. Deployed 3 times and I've stayed in a hotel room with internet and cable tv with per diem. Can't beat jt
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:00 am to terd ferguson
A-gangers are some of the smartest and some of the dumbest people on the boat. It's a proverbial mixed bag. There's always that one who is dumber than a box of rocks.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:01 am to voodoodawg
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My "sea dad" was a MT that crossed over to MM
Oh lawd... I hope I wasn't your sea daddy.
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There's a ton of sub related FB groups are you guys in any of them?
Yep.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:04 am to voodoodawg
I think I'm only on the boat's alumni page.
There used to be a great blog called The Stupid Shall Be Punished that I checked out and took part in a lot. He hasn't posted in 2 years though. Check it out, it's a great blog still: LINK
There used to be a great blog called The Stupid Shall Be Punished that I checked out and took part in a lot. He hasn't posted in 2 years though. Check it out, it's a great blog still: LINK
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 9:05 am
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:04 am to RollTide1987
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There's always that one who is dumber than a box of rocks.
We had one that would make you wonder how he survived childhood... but that sumbitch was strong as frick. I swear that dude could cross-thread a 1" bolt with his bare hands.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:07 am to TheGasMan
TSSBP was pretty good back in the day. Have you guys watched all the Hey Shipwreck/Tube Daze videos from back in the day? If you're a sub guy they're funny as frick... if you're not then they don't make sense.
Hey. Shipwreck.
Hey. Shipwreck.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:14 am to Darth_Vader
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Well that confirms my suspicions about the navy.
Now Darth...
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:18 am to terd ferguson
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We had one that would make you wonder how he survived childhood... but that sumbitch was strong as frick. I swear that dude could cross-thread a 1" bolt with his bare hands.
Yep, there's one in every bunch.
We had a nuke MM who we called "scooter" because he looked like the Muppet. How he was allowed on subs idk because I swear he was like 6'7. If you needed help breaking a hydro hose union he was your guy. I saw him bend a ford wrench once
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