Hot racking is not too bad. It sucks but there are many other aspects of sub life that suck a little worse. Hot racking is seen as a sort of rite of passage. I personally hated cranking (kitchen duty) as a junior sailor. 12-15hr shifts filled with dishes, peeling, and diving in the AUX tank for the last damned can of green beans.

Most shipmates were cool when you cranked but others simply were d*cks to you. It would try your patience.

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Posted by LSUAlum2001

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Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:58 am to Tigeralum2008

Terd was a nuke like myself.

I liked being about to walk out onto the flight deck, see the sun, the deep blue water and get some fresh air. You could jog on the flight deck when flight ops were not being performed.

We also had a full gym and the galley's served meals 4x per day.

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Posted by terd ferguson

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Posted on 5/22/15 at 9:02 am to Tigeralum2008

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Most shipmates were cool when you cranked but others simply were d*cks to you. It would try your patience.

I was an A-ganger so the only people that gave me shite were other A-gangers. This one guy named Dean Marvin was my fricking nemesis. The dude taught me A LOT about being an A-ganger but he went out of his way to make my life shite when I was a NUB.

I stayed in my little hole washing dishes the entire time I cranked b/c I couldn't stand the stupid fricking cooks. Every single time Marvin came through he would throw his plate into the sink at just the right angle to soak me with dirty arse sink water. It got to a point where I was constantly looking for him and I'd try to run... but he was like a dish throwing ninja.

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