✊😔💂 today 😢 The submersible that had 5 passengers on board with all billionaires went to see the titanic under water but the submersible imploded and now is the size of a baseball with them inside
@@cherry.aviation Ohio class subs can reportedly go to a max depth of 1500 feet. Titanic wreckage is at the depth of 12000 feet! And most likely they would have not been able to get there in due time anyways…
My son is in the Navy (still in training) and spent a few days on a submarine to feel it out. After that experience he is absolutely committed to serve on a submarine. Different strokes for different folks.
No offense, but dont understand the comment - submarine selection is not like that. you dont volunteer to be in a sub. it's a selection process and 2% or less of the applicants go through. 😕😕😕😕
@@DedesFewscres Interesting. He made it sound as if few folks want to serve on a submarine. For him it will have to be a submarine or aircraft carrier due to his type of job. He originally enlisted as a nuclear propulsion technician, but 12 months into the training he applied for the navy college in Annapolis. He is now 2 years into his training there. Once finish at the college he wants to complete the nuclear propulsion training. My understanding is that there are way more submarines than aircraft carriers, so I guess it might be easier to get selected for submarine service?
@@madmaximus2836 ah I see. it makes more sense now. If he's going through the Naval Academy, on his senior year - he will be asked what his preference is since he's going as an officer junior grade. Enlisted doesn't get these choices (that's why I was confused). Still, it's a preference depending on performance in the academy - unless his granpa or dad is an admiral then he can choose what he wants to do and which ship he goes to.
@@DedesFewscres He (we) have no family in the US military. He and his brother (in the US Army) are the first in our family line to enter the US military. My wife and I immigrated to the United States 25 years ago. His current standing at the Naval Academy is roughly 180 out of 1100 mids in his class. He gave me the exact standing, but I don't remember it. If it was me I'd try for an aircraft carrier, but I guess he and I watched The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide and Das Boat one time too often 😉
Me neither. I think I would be claustophobic. Also the thought if something goes wrong, there is absolutely no escape. RIP the crews of _Scorpion_ _Thresher_ _Minerve_ _Kursk_ .
Time in the shower isn't monitored because you do it in your free time. The amount of water you use is. Turn the water on, get wet, turn it off and soap up. Then turn on again to rinse off. When they're doing a citric acid cleaning of the evaporator, it has to run continuously for a while so "Hollywood showers" are authorized. Use as much water as you want. There are small electric heaters for each shower so the water is warm but never hot. That's my insight on that part of submarine life.
@@jzjzjzj Absolutely! The idea is not being stingy with water, but what it costs to make the water. You'd have to have a watchstander who has other important responsibilities start up the evaporator or RO unit, run pumps, and use up steam and electrical power. The reactor lasts for decades before refueling but that refuel is like, a billion dollars. So conserving that energy is prioritized. This whole evolution makes noise and is costly in several other ways. In the military, if a problem can be solved by making a sailors/soldiers life slightly more miserable, then it's an easy call.
@@CaptainBooch you’re not wrong but also not right. It also has to deal with tactics. The more water is used the more waste you have to pump off which makes a lot of noise and could possibly get you counter detected by enemy subs or surface ships. Only good submarine is a quiet one.
Served on all three classes of Submarines; diesel Electric, Fast Attack, and missile submarines. From 1969-1985, was the shops "Doc", Corpsman. All of the ones I served on have been scrapped, sunk or are museum pieces. I loved it!
@@papadopp3870They have a good rotation with two crews for each submarine. My brother in law was an STC on boomers starting in the early 60s. My brother started the same time and got out as an STC. He was on a diesel boat first and then a fast attack,the 650. Myself, I served on land based aircraft.
My Dad was a Submariner in USN for 15 years in the 50's and 60's, on some of the old deisel submarines and did he have stories! He served his country for 26 years total
I served in the US Coast Guard I discovered I'm claustrophobic from something that traumatized me in childhood. All submarine Duty is Volunteer and are the Best and Brightest in the Navy
Actually there is 5 showers onboard for a crew of about 120. The watch rotation is 3 (8) shifts to make one 24 day. This is accompanied by 3 meal . Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There is a dining area for enlisted and officers. You can fit 10-12 in officer dining. While the enlisted dining can fit 28. One table of 4 and four tables of 6. Hope this helps, active submariner here.
What boat are you on that does 8 hour shifts? I was going to say his facts are too generalized. We had 4 six hour shifts a day on our boat, but some were fortunate enough to be in a four watch rotation. Either permanent time schedule each day, or more often one permanent "MOF" (midnight operator forever) with three rotating with their section then getting a 30 hour off rotation every fourth day. Showers and mess decks facilities sound much like the trident I was on.
@@pault726 I was on both fast attack VA and 688 class. A few times for certain events we would do (4) 6 hour shifts. Which includes adding a midrats meal. But more to an 90% of the time we did (3) 8 hours shifts. I think there was a bigger navy shift to the 8 hour because they said the guaranteed 8 oncoming for sleep protected sailors. But not 100% if that’s the reasoning. From what I’ve seen on fast Boats that’s how it is. I cannot speak for the BN/GN. But the same goes for the heads. What I described is what you see in the fast attack design. That idea of midnight operator forever is insane. We had some awesome ideas of either rotating sections or meals so it wasn’t same everyday especially for breakfast. But yeah it’s nice when you can do 4 section on 6’s. The few times I was on 6’s we were still maintaining 3 section but few got a “kicker” with a fourth. Like myself as RMOW and our aux of the watch was kicked as well. Now that was a blessing for sure. But 30 off is insane. Idk what I would do with that time. Can’t spend it in the rack for sure, lol you get that rack burn. I did see one of those AOW’s sleep 18 hours which is insane also!
@@MRXYZ1ER that’s nuts. Carriers scare me in general because I’m so used to open classified spaces and smaller ship. I couldn’t imagine being on that city with all those people. And on top of that a 12 hour shift is insane. I only ever did 12’s a few times when port and stbd which always blew. But on the regular I couldn’t imagine. I like the 8’s while the watch does drag on, the off going and oncoming being 8 hours each as well is a blessing!
When I joined the Navy, they sent me with the Marines as a front line medic. Not sure what’s worse. Salute to those that can do it underwater for months!👍🏼
It,s called mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter. Spent 22years and road 6 different nuke boats. It's the only way to fly. And at the end , 16 missiles away, a mushroom cloud and it's miller time.
I did it for 7 years on nukes and diesels - it ain’t so bad… it doesn’t suck - only for people who don’t know what they are talking about! And… the submarine service is voluntary voluntary!
Safest job in the military is to be a submariner, you’re lobbing nukes safely while everyone is receiving them. You have a surviving chance after a nuclear holocaust.
What is your take on ignorance of warnings for a submarine that is likely not safe? What could have been improved? Do all submarines got gamecobtrollers?
@@LOVEBABY138 I knew that submersible was deathtrap just by looking at it. OceanGate cut too many corners. The manufactures of nuclear submarines are very safety conscious..
@@anms2023I heard that everyone that willingly joins a submarine crew is gay, or at least bi-curious. 🤔 Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Good for them! 🤗🏳️🌈
I always found it interesting it's very hard on the human body to be in space and to be underwater, only on land does it balance itself out. I have tons of respect for the men and women that do that type of duty.
@@MrCk1234567890 Most definitely. My military career started with; do you want to fly with the Air Force, swim with the Navy, or ride with the Navy (Marines), or would like pound the sand all day with the Army. I said I'll take Army but I want to be a tanker (Armor) because I am not that fond of digging my foxhole or bedding down every night with those tanker guys that don't see so good at night and at least I won't get shot by bullets.Thirty years later I think I made the right decision but I do have to say that Marines absolutely have the best fitness policy and look the outstanding in their dress uniforms.
I served on a Los Angeles class submarine back in the late 1980’s. It didn’t seem too bad. Then again, I was 22 years old. What really impresses me is when I visit one of those WW2 diesel sub museums. I don’t know how those men could have lived in those conditions. My sub was a hotel compared to those.
Bruh no it doesen't. I'm not mentally tougher than normal and I'd be able to do it just fine. From inside perspective it would be the same as being inside a house, but with less space.
@kiekkokala1928 being stuck with 100 people you can't get away from for several months can get hairy, especially after some first class chokes out some other first class because a couple stupid third classes pranked them
@@spencernun-ya8462 they aren’t, morale is super important in a submarine and so they make the best food in the entire navy, and as for the crew, I guess it just depends
I guarantee these brave men and woman love what they do and love serving their country. They don't do it for comfort or admiration, they do it because it keeps the rest of us safe.
@@vim2286 yes but they are much larger today, than the ones I worked on. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Adams, Ethan Allen, Teddy Roosevelt, all the cut in half fast attacks and made into SSBNs or boomers as you say. 67-69. USS SIMON LAKE RAD-CON
@@vim2286 no back then there weren't any but MM ELTs on the boats. I was an Engineman . E-2 when I arrived in my division, 14 months làter EN-2 (E-5). We had an ET, 4 MMs, a Boswains Mate, a MR, and an Electricians Mate. Two Chiefs, one MM, one pigboat Engineman. And a black shoe Lt. To LCDR when I left. It was very early Nuke..58 was the first Nuke boat, the NAUTILIS. Oh, a Diver and a couple seaman firsts. Went to Rad-Con school in April 68 and was beat out of 1st in my class by a E-8 Senior Chief MM that was on the Enterprise by 2 tenths of a point. He had been on the Enterprise from first launch.
My grandfather was on a UBoat in the Great War. I think it's why he owned a candy shop after he moved to the United States. I had a friend who was going to be on a UBoat in WWII. He told me that you had to be crazy to be on one. He didn't make the cut. It probably saved his life as I think that UBoat ended up at the bottom of the sea.
Sometimes the sub surrendered and the crew became POWs. My friends dad was a farmer on Long Island and he was assigned these POWs as farm labor. My friend was a child. He learned German. He said the men marched in perfect military formation to the fields. They were lucky because they survived the war
@@Bobcrowly1488 I honestly think that MOST of the youtube videos made in the last few years are like this. TH-cam is now the king of misinformation. We have all sorts of people making videos about topics they know absolutely nothing about. Drives me nuts. Doesnt even matter what the subject is, 70% of youtube is complete BS presented as if its fact.
Depends on how you define spacious. Personally? I'd consider an average RV with no slideouts to be perfectly adequate for my space needs. I rather like things to be in arms reach or even just a short few steps away. In my younger days I could see being able to be a submariner for a stretch. Nowadays I'm too old, round and stiff to handle the smaller apertures. But the close quarters wouldn't bother me too much.
My father removed the steering wheel from an old Japanese submarine when they arrived to a port in Korea after the end of WWII, and he said he would never want to serve in one those stinking death tombs, but of course it was an early, small and crude submarine compared to these modern ones. I don't think I would do well in one of those.
Honestly you get use to it and when you deploy your in one of the safest ships in the world. No sleeping in a fox hole eating MRE’s. No freezing or sweating to death. Odds of in coming fire less than 1%. Hot showers clean uniforms. Play video games watch movies eat hot chow. Yup you get use to it.
Thank God for these people, because the anxiety I just got from watching this video was crazy!! I felt like I couldn’t breathe from just watching them sleep in that tiny space 😩
My recruiter told me we get paid more, and i did indeed get an extra 75 dollars my first check in san diego sea and sub pay stack up though, and if you can move out and add some bah on top? it looks a whole lot nicer like that
@@rodolfoaguilar7756yes true fast attack submarines hot rack boomers do not because they have the extra space that nobody has too.And yes I know what I am talking about I am an MT about to graduate from submarine school and go to my A school.
@@TreDaDonUSN I’m also a MT! Can we chat a bit? I’m hearing a lot of different things about my job and I don’t know if it’s true or not. Pls if you can, talk about everything about my job.
@@TreDaDonUSN There are times when hot-bunking happens on Boomers. There aren't any "extra" bunks. This is usually during acceptance testing before the Navy accepts the newly constructed boat from the yard, testing of new or upgraded equipment, test launches etc. MTC(SS) LT, USN (Ret)
4 & 2 hour shifts in 24 guard duty sucked the big one. Don’t know if they were just short of bodies or what but 4 in 2 off in some of the coldest night time temps we saw at Ft Jackson. No heat no sitting standing with requirement to cover the ground between the guard posts every few minutes. No cold weather gear. Jus fatigue coat, standard wool glove liners and dress/multi preposterous black leather outers. For some reason they would not allow us to wear our used heavy cotton snow pants. But the shift rotation was what really sucked for me as I could barely get to sleep in two hours knowing I had to be back in station in two hours which meant our sleep time with transit to and from locations made it more like 1.5 hour of possible sleep time if you didn’t need to crap or get chow.
THATS HORRIBLE!!! I'M GLAD I DIDN'T JOIN THE SERVICES!! I DON'T THINK THEY TREAT PEOPLE WELL AND YOU'RE JUST A NUMBER!! NOT FOR ME! BUT GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
I definitely don’t think I could. I joined the U.S. Navy at 18 and although I wanted to see the world I was terrified of being stationed abroad a ship and I knew I was not smart enough to get a job on a submarine. 😜 Anyways during my A school days I was given orders to Spain. From that point on it was either TAD, detachment liberty to bases across Europe, the Med, Middle East and Gulf region. To say I DID NOT MISS being on a ship or submarine is an understatement. Thank you U.S. Navy and America for allowing me to serve you. It was my honor and pleasure. Thank you America for offering me a safe place to live, raise a family, be married and spend the few years I have left with you. 🇺🇸✌🏽🙏
Some notes from a submariner. I've been in 2 classes, the Ohio class ballistic missile sub and a newer Virginia class. 1) we have moved away from 18 hour days and now do 24 hours. This is due to studies showing the 18 hour shift was too taxing on the physical and mental state of the crew. 2) hot bunking, or hot racking, is generally only if absolutely necessary. Mostly happens when more than just the crew is underway. We do everything we can to minimize this practice but sometimes it is unavoidable. 3) showers are split between lower enlisted, E-6 and below, E-7 and above, officers, and the commanding officer and executive officer share one. Laundry however there are 2 washing machines and dryers on an Ohio class but only 1 of each on a Virginia class 4) crews mess, where we eat can sit about 40 on an Ohio class submarine and 28 on a Virginia class during meals.
@@CBrando89 yea, it used to be you would do 6 hours of watch, ensuring the equipment is operating correct, 6 hours of training, maintenance, and off time, then 6 hours for sleep. But they evaluated that increasing everything to 8 hours was better for the mental health and alertness for operations
I know nothing about submarine like ZERO. When I see the words Ohio and Virginia I was thinking the states lol. I have no idea what you're referring to. Very interesting though. Thanks for educating me
Awesome video and about working hours while underway it's 16 hours. 8 hours on watch, 8 hours off-going, and then 8 hours on-coming or rack time before you start the whole day all over again. Most subs have switched to that rather than 4 6 hour shifts for better circadian rhythm. Also for better productivity.
Yes, but that would allow a lack of training in different parts of the say, night is different than day, different evolutions, blowing sans, dumping TDU cans, ventilating, training cycles such as fire drills, flooding drills, battlestations, meals. A crew must cycle thru all these evolutions consistently to remain trained and vigilant.
@@Chinfo32when my boat switched from four sixes to a 24 hour schedule, we rotated each watchsection through the shifts about once a month. on top of that, drills were all hands anyway, so no real training value was lost because some mm3 didn't blow sans for a couple weeks
How does a crew prepare to go from a 24 hour day to a 18 hour day. Is there advance preparation or do they just jump in and start doing it. What is it like to go from a 18 hour day back to a 24 hour day.
Just starts as soon as you go out to sea. 6 hours watch, six hours off watch support, 6 hours downy time/rest. Repeat. Though when going past international date line and major differences in time zone then there modified watches that might be 4 hours. Overall sucks. That said 18 hour day being phased out for 24 hour days.
Former navy myself...Gator Navy specifically, but surface or subsurface, one thing is fleet wide: don't no one "nibble' their food. You get 12 minutes in bootcamp from the last man sitting down, and I swear on all three ships I was on, it's like we never forgot it no mater how long ago basic training was.
Quite generous 5 mins on a shower . I remember when I was in Iraq. We had in Basra ship shower routine also, it was 10 seconds get wet, lather up then 10 seconds get wet again to remove said suds. 3-5 mins is very generous.
I did three 6 month deployments in 5 years on a boat. Easily the best part of my career. The only thing that was hard was being 6'5" with wide shoulders.
You can do the same on a surface ship. They get basket leave after a cruise also. This is only on the fast attack subs… the boomers it’s different more room to roam. Also when you move up in rank then you get your own rack. An incentive to make rate and move up the chain…. On carriers we had are own coffin rack but we had to share the head with hundreds of other shipmates. I finally made my way up to a berthing that had 1 shower for 25 men 2 sinks 2 toilets….
I did from 1974 to 1977. Not all crew members hot bunk. Just a few depending on the number of riders, non-crew members. Usually when new crew members come on board. the non-qualified personnel hot bunk.
I worked with a guy in the oil field who was a submariner cook. He got kicked out the navy cause he broke in to some area that had alcohol for the officers or some shit if I remember correctly. They found him passed out hammered in side 😂. He always had a problem with alcohol and drugs afterwords too but he’s sober now and has been for many years. It’s just hilarious if you hear him tell the story though.
Just working on subs was enough for me. One of the roomiest places was actually inside the missile silos when we were working inside them to upgrade to bigger and better boom-booms.
My boyfriend is in one of those scary things right now. I miss him every every day and I text him everyday so he can see when he gets back. He’s all alone with only his crew mates and those cramped beds ugh it just makes me cry. I understand that we have to be stealthy but can’t they make a call exception for girlfriends?!? I mean those are our man’s out there, they need love. Oh the things I would do for one last call with him. I know he’s coming back soon and I pray everyday he’s safe and ok. But each day without him is misery. My brave soldier, I miss you everyday and I’m waiting for you everyday to come back to me.
Well there are several reasons to this. First off phones can make calls when the sub is not submerged, but you have to be near a reciever in a costal area and that's very rare, the only way to make calls while submerged is a radio buoy that's limited to the depth, and that's limited by the depth and is only used by commanders and officers Even if you could use phones underwater it would probably not be allowed to not expose the position of the sub. Hope your boyfriend gets back safe!
Love you man. Sorry our country is failing you through greedy politicians and fucked up media such as news and music. Seems like business is our own enemy considering the power they have without having to hurt anyone for it.
@@anonymous-yl3pd I mean if I bring up the entertainment biz as a whole, then I have to include clothing aswell. There's this unknown force, pushing the new generation to accept Satan, whether he's real or not, the idea of evil and accepting and indulging in what is wrong is fucked up. In short this evil bs needs to end.
No you'd get there and depending on your rate have to learn everyone else's systems that don't pretain to you and they treat you like shit doesn't matter how hard you work or what you do until you get your fish there's zero morale on a boat and it's just a cancerous environment with a bunch of immature adults who play the my dick is bigger then yours 24/7
@@Conflict_Zone then do not speak in abosolutes, as the saying goes "only fools and experts speak in abosolutes" You have shown yourself not to be an expert
TH-cam please stop people from saying negative things about something they don’t know about. It’s like being in a basement. And the only people that know about getting information while on a submarine is people like me who served on SSN722 ✌🏾❤️
My dad was a nuc. He told me a story about how a guy killed himself on the sub. They had to just stuff is body in a freezer because they couldn’t surface. One of the most stressful jobs out there
The food and showering wouldn’t be a problem. I grew up with older brothers so we had to eat and shower fast. The sleeping situation though…that would suck. That’s why I joined the army!
HA! My son spent over 4 years on an SSN. The only thing that was plentiful was the coffee. After 60 days underwater the crew is reduced to eating canned food, macaroni & cheese, a variation of canned meats, and canned chicken. Seriously, one time the only reason the sub went into port was to get coffee.
My oldest son was Nuke Machinist Mate 1st class in two different submarines. We got to see his rack on the USS Alabama, luckily he didn’t have to hot rack it. Now on the USS Albuquerque, it might have been a different story.
I can live this way BUT not underwater. I would always dream that we are sinking or whatever Subs do. All I have to say is I better get a bed mate that is equally as clean as I. Imagine following up on someone that doesn't bathe? We had a few in my unit... Yuk!
On my old diesel boat, we only got to take a submarine shower once a week 😊 DBF. I loved every minute of my time on the boats I served on, and I would do it all over again if i could. I still miss going to sea.
Very old info, the submarine force has switched to a 24 hour day. I was on Trident subs, the current US ballistic missile boats. In 20 years onboard, I never had to hotrack, had my own personal space each patrol.
✊😔💂 today 😢
The submersible that had 5 passengers on board with all billionaires went to see the titanic under water but the submersible imploded and now is the size of a baseball with them inside
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They weren’t ALL billionaires
@@Conflict_Zone bro why don't they send an Ohio class submarine to search
@@cherry.aviation Ohio class subs can reportedly go to a max depth of 1500 feet. Titanic wreckage is at the depth of 12000 feet! And most likely they would have not been able to get there in due time anyways…
@@Conflict_Zone then what type of sub can reach there
My son is in the Navy (still in training) and spent a few days on a submarine to feel it out. After that experience he is absolutely committed to serve on a submarine. Different strokes for different folks.
he sure is stroking some different folks for sure. lol
No offense, but dont understand the comment - submarine selection is not like that. you dont volunteer to be in a sub. it's a selection process and 2% or less of the applicants go through. 😕😕😕😕
@@DedesFewscres Interesting. He made it sound as if few folks want to serve on a submarine. For him it will have to be a submarine or aircraft carrier due to his type of job. He originally enlisted as a nuclear propulsion technician, but 12 months into the training he applied for the navy college in Annapolis. He is now 2 years into his training there. Once finish at the college he wants to complete the nuclear propulsion training. My understanding is that there are way more submarines than aircraft carriers, so I guess it might be easier to get selected for submarine service?
@@madmaximus2836 ah I see. it makes more sense now. If he's going through the Naval Academy, on his senior year - he will be asked what his preference is since he's going as an officer junior grade. Enlisted doesn't get these choices (that's why I was confused).
Still, it's a preference depending on performance in the academy - unless his granpa or dad is an admiral then he can choose what he wants to do and which ship he goes to.
@@DedesFewscres He (we) have no family in the US military. He and his brother (in the US Army) are the first in our family line to enter the US military. My wife and I immigrated to the United States 25 years ago. His current standing at the Naval Academy is roughly 180 out of 1100 mids in his class. He gave me the exact standing, but I don't remember it. If it was me I'd try for an aircraft carrier, but I guess he and I watched The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide and Das Boat one time too often 😉
I could not do it. Thanks to those who did, and those that are doing so now.
Bro its not that bad, it's like being on a plane with windows
@@vim2286OK kiddo 💀💀
Thanks for what?
You missing out on the wet towel pop fights in the showers .
Me neither. I think I would be claustophobic. Also the thought if something goes wrong, there is absolutely no escape. RIP the crews of _Scorpion_ _Thresher_ _Minerve_ _Kursk_ .
Time in the shower isn't monitored because you do it in your free time. The amount of water you use is. Turn the water on, get wet, turn it off and soap up. Then turn on again to rinse off. When they're doing a citric acid cleaning of the evaporator, it has to run continuously for a while so "Hollywood showers" are authorized. Use as much water as you want. There are small electric heaters for each shower so the water is warm but never hot. That's my insight on that part of submarine life.
Thanks a lot for sharing.
They’ve got RO units now and make over a tonne of water a day, the only down side to that is you have to make noise pumping it out?
You wouldn't think a submarine would be so stingy on water considering it's in the ocean
@@jzjzjzj Absolutely! The idea is not being stingy with water, but what it costs to make the water. You'd have to have a watchstander who has other important responsibilities start up the evaporator or RO unit, run pumps, and use up steam and electrical power. The reactor lasts for decades before refueling but that refuel is like, a billion dollars. So conserving that energy is prioritized. This whole evolution makes noise and is costly in several other ways. In the military, if a problem can be solved by making a sailors/soldiers life slightly more miserable, then it's an easy call.
@@CaptainBooch you’re not wrong but also not right. It also has to deal with tactics. The more water is used the more waste you have to pump off which makes a lot of noise and could possibly get you counter detected by enemy subs or surface ships. Only good submarine is a quiet one.
I used to be a submariner and loved it, the only downside to it was the time spent away from home 😊
Agree
The lack of sunlight can got tonme sometimes
There was one point during my first deployment where I was like "I need the sky and beach"
What was your salary?
@@lycky3054 with tier three seagoing allowance plus base wage for my category $99K
Served on all three classes of Submarines; diesel Electric, Fast Attack, and missile submarines. From 1969-1985, was the shops "Doc", Corpsman. All of the ones I served on have been scrapped, sunk or are museum pieces. I loved it!
Sunk?
@@lennybrewster4673 used as sonar targets. The Grey back, early regulus missile submarine, was sunk in 86
From one brother of the phin to another DBF
I have never met a submariner who served aboard a boomer say he didn’t like it.
@@papadopp3870They have a good rotation with two crews for each submarine. My brother in law was an STC on boomers starting in the early 60s. My brother started the same time and got out as an STC. He was on a diesel boat first and then a fast attack,the 650. Myself, I served on land based aircraft.
My Dad was a Submariner in USN for 15 years in the 50's and 60's, on some of the old deisel submarines and did he have stories! He served his country for 26 years total
Make an interview vid for us? Get those stories if you can.
Still better than sharing an apartment with 4 roommates
Been there done that! 🤣
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No.. are you sharing bed with your roommates? That’s what it likes to live inside a submarine
Well its not nearly as painful than having to sleep with your worst enemy in THE SAME BED
Happened to me
@@hpnssn773yeah but at least the submariners won’t leave their dirty dishes in the sink for a week😂
My son joined the Navy about 3yrs ago and volunteered for sub duty. My hats off to him and all submariners. I’m very proud of my son.❤️🙏
I don't even have to ask you if he hates his life, because I know he does lol
@@PISStopherNolan Nope, he’s pretty excited, enjoying his time. Travel, port calls, making good friends, he’s living it up👍
@dbcooper030
Only gay dudes enjoy the submarine life 😆 😆
You son is getting drilled 😆 🤣 😂 😹
@@User_92020 dude, after 16 hours on your feet sex is last thing you think about. You're confusing real military with some cheap gay porn plot.
@@User_92020takes one to know one
I served in the US Coast Guard I discovered I'm claustrophobic from something that traumatized me in childhood. All submarine Duty is Volunteer and are the Best and Brightest in the Navy
Had I known tho, I woulda taken the surface life in the CG instead, as I always say "jokes or not, the coast guard will always have the last laugh"
Actually there is 5 showers onboard for a crew of about 120.
The watch rotation is 3 (8) shifts to make one 24 day. This is accompanied by 3 meal . Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There is a dining area for enlisted and officers. You can fit 10-12 in officer dining. While the enlisted dining can fit 28. One table of 4 and four tables of 6. Hope this helps, active submariner here.
Aircraft Carrier here. We had two 12 hour shifts when we were out at sea.
What boat are you on that does 8 hour shifts? I was going to say his facts are too generalized. We had 4 six hour shifts a day on our boat, but some were fortunate enough to be in a four watch rotation. Either permanent time schedule each day, or more often one permanent "MOF" (midnight operator forever) with three rotating with their section then getting a 30 hour off rotation every fourth day.
Showers and mess decks facilities sound much like the trident I was on.
@@pault726 I was on both fast attack VA and 688 class.
A few times for certain events we would do (4) 6 hour shifts. Which includes adding a midrats meal. But more to an 90% of the time we did (3) 8 hours shifts.
I think there was a bigger navy shift to the 8 hour because they said the guaranteed 8 oncoming for sleep protected sailors. But not 100% if that’s the reasoning. From what I’ve seen on fast Boats that’s how it is. I cannot speak for the BN/GN. But the same goes for the heads. What I described is what you see in the fast attack design.
That idea of midnight operator forever is insane. We had some awesome ideas of either rotating sections or meals so it wasn’t same everyday especially for breakfast. But yeah it’s nice when you can do 4 section on 6’s. The few times I was on 6’s we were still maintaining 3 section but few got a “kicker” with a fourth. Like myself as RMOW and our aux of the watch was kicked as well. Now that was a blessing for sure. But 30 off is insane. Idk what I would do with that time. Can’t spend it in the rack for sure, lol you get that rack burn. I did see one of those AOW’s sleep 18 hours which is insane also!
@@MRXYZ1ER that’s nuts. Carriers scare me in general because I’m so used to open classified spaces and smaller ship. I couldn’t imagine being on that city with all those people. And on top of that a 12 hour shift is insane. I only ever did 12’s a few times when port and stbd which always blew. But on the regular I couldn’t imagine. I like the 8’s while the watch does drag on, the off going and oncoming being 8 hours each as well is a blessing!
@@wpaolino424 I would have loved to try a smaller ship. Who knows I may have become a lifer!
When I joined the Navy, they sent me with the Marines as a front line medic. Not sure what’s worse. Salute to those that can do it underwater for months!👍🏼
Thanks for your service Hector. Serving the country is an honor.
It’s not as bad as you think
Bro its not that bad, it's like being on a plane without any windows
It,s called mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter. Spent 22years and road 6 different nuke boats. It's the only way to fly. And at the end , 16 missiles away, a mushroom cloud and it's miller time.
You mean a corpsman???
I did it for 7 years on nukes and diesels - it ain’t so bad… it doesn’t suck - only for people who don’t know what they are talking about! And… the submarine service is voluntary voluntary!
🙏 We appreciate your service sir.
Nice.
Safest job in the military is to be a submariner, you’re lobbing nukes safely while everyone is receiving them. You have a surviving chance after a nuclear holocaust.
What is your take on ignorance of warnings for a submarine that is likely not safe? What could have been improved? Do all submarines got gamecobtrollers?
@@LOVEBABY138 I knew that submersible was deathtrap just by looking at it. OceanGate cut too many corners. The manufactures of nuclear submarines are very safety conscious..
It’s the camaraderie that keeps you going. It’s the guys around you.
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@Theo-yp4unso childish.
especially if the guys are hot
@@anms2023I heard that everyone that willingly joins a submarine crew is gay, or at least bi-curious. 🤔
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Good for them! 🤗🏳️🌈
I always found it interesting it's very hard on the human body to be in space and to be underwater, only on land does it balance itself out. I have tons of respect for the men and women that do that type of duty.
It’s almost as if we evolved to be on land, weirdest thing huh
@@MrCk1234567890 Most definitely. My military career started with; do you want to fly with the Air Force, swim with the Navy, or ride with the Navy (Marines), or would like pound the sand all day with the Army. I said I'll take Army but I want to be a tanker (Armor) because I am not that fond of digging my foxhole or bedding down every night with those tanker guys that don't see so good at night and at least I won't get shot by bullets.Thirty years later I think I made the right decision but I do have to say that Marines absolutely have the best fitness policy and look the outstanding in their dress uniforms.
All about pressure
I think you talking about space
I would not mind being on a submarine butidont know if I. Could do it for months at a time.
I served on a Los Angeles class submarine back in the late 1980’s. It didn’t seem too bad. Then again, I was 22 years old. What really impresses me is when I visit one of those WW2 diesel sub museums. I don’t know how those men could have lived in those conditions. My sub was a hotel compared to those.
It takes a special mental toughness to be a submariner. I couldn’t do it, claustrophobia.
Bruh no it doesen't. I'm not mentally tougher than normal and I'd be able to do it just fine. From inside perspective it would be the same as being inside a house, but with less space.
@kiekkokala1928 being stuck with 100 people you can't get away from for several months can get hairy, especially after some first class chokes out some other first class because a couple stupid third classes pranked them
Did you know that your claustrophobia is irrational?
No it's not, it's a survival instinct. Claustrophobia subconsciously prevents us from being trapped.@@relaxative2006
@@Niilo2.2Stop yapping and join up then you pillock
The food is great the environment is great the crew is great .
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you must be a comedian
@@spencernun-ya8462 you served? What sub and occupation from what year. Could you give us a brief overview of what your role entailed?
@@spencernun-ya8462 they aren’t, morale is super important in a submarine and so they make the best food in the entire navy, and as for the crew, I guess it just depends
If we get the best food I shudder to think of what the rest of the navy gets
@@juandelacruz8462 Surface gets literal leftovers.
I guarantee these brave men and woman love what they do and love serving their country. They don't do it for comfort or admiration, they do it because it keeps the rest of us safe.
It is not as cramped as he makes it sound. FBMs are quite large now compared to the ones I worked on in the 60s
Is FBM a boomer term? I only did fast attack
@@vim2286 yes but they are much larger today, than the ones I worked on. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Adams, Ethan Allen, Teddy Roosevelt, all the cut in half fast attacks and made into SSBNs or boomers as you say. 67-69. USS SIMON LAKE RAD-CON
@Jerry Newberry Radcon, You were a nuke?
@@vim2286 no back then there weren't any but MM ELTs on the boats. I was an Engineman . E-2 when I arrived in my division, 14 months làter EN-2 (E-5). We had an ET, 4 MMs, a Boswains Mate, a MR, and an Electricians Mate. Two Chiefs, one MM, one pigboat Engineman. And a black shoe Lt. To LCDR when I left. It was very early Nuke..58 was the first Nuke boat, the NAUTILIS. Oh, a Diver and a couple seaman firsts. Went to Rad-Con school in April 68 and was beat out of 1st in my class by a E-8 Senior Chief MM that was on the Enterprise by 2 tenths of a point. He had been on the Enterprise from first launch.
@@jerrynewberry2823that’s really interesting, what was it like working on those old nuclear subs
My grandfather was on a UBoat in the Great War. I think it's why he owned a candy shop after he moved to the United States. I had a friend who was going to be on a UBoat in WWII. He told me that you had to be crazy to be on one. He didn't make the cut. It probably saved his life as I think that UBoat ended up at the bottom of the sea.
I think something like 75% of U-boat sailors in WWII perished.
Sometimes the sub surrendered and the crew became POWs. My friends dad was a farmer on Long Island and he was assigned these POWs as farm labor. My friend was a child. He learned German. He said the men marched in perfect military formation to the fields. They were lucky because they survived the war
Rather sitting all day watching shorts and worrying about my future but still doing nothing
I'd rather die in a submarine
but excuse me queen! your already dead!
Why is this relatable and going to be me very soon. Why yours say 69 years ago?
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Bro the claustrophobia just watching this lol
Most subs are actually pretty spacious everything this guy said in the video is not true except for hot bunking
@@Bobcrowly1488probably depends on the class of ship. SSBNs are nice and spacious.
@@Bobcrowly1488 I honestly think that MOST of the youtube videos made in the last few years are like this. TH-cam is now the king of misinformation. We have all sorts of people making videos about topics they know absolutely nothing about. Drives me nuts. Doesnt even matter what the subject is, 70% of youtube is complete BS presented as if its fact.
Kinda feel the same 😱🤣♥️♥️♥️
Depends on how you define spacious. Personally? I'd consider an average RV with no slideouts to be perfectly adequate for my space needs. I rather like things to be in arms reach or even just a short few steps away.
In my younger days I could see being able to be a submariner for a stretch. Nowadays I'm too old, round and stiff to handle the smaller apertures. But the close quarters wouldn't bother me too much.
My father removed the steering wheel from an old Japanese submarine when they arrived to a port in Korea after the end of WWII, and he said he would never want to
serve in one those stinking death tombs, but of course it was an early, small and crude submarine compared to these modern ones.
I don't think I would do well in one of those.
It may suck to live on one but the food is really good!
I believe the food is what makes it bearable.
I served on an SSBN in the mid 70's. I never hot racked.
They stay out on patrol for three months at a time. Those guys come back looking pale as ghosts. They can stay submerged for the entire patrol.
I was thinking about fresh air and sun lol no thanks
@@vibranium1581 They have the freshest air ever breathed. They making from H2O, so not even a plant has breathed it.
What about the women?
@@Lolalee87 where do you think the men's energy go?
@@geshscale6068 into there work where its supposed to.
Honestly you get use to it and when you deploy your in one of the safest ships in the world. No sleeping in a fox hole eating MRE’s. No freezing or sweating to death. Odds of in coming fire less than 1%. Hot showers clean uniforms. Play video games watch movies eat hot chow. Yup you get use to it.
Working in submarine is really courageous
Working on building one can be pretty hazardous too
Thank God for these people, because the anxiety I just got from watching this video was crazy!! I felt like I couldn’t breathe from just watching them sleep in that tiny space 😩
💀💀💀 couldn’t breathe, the timing of this comment I’m dead
Bro why the actual fuck did I sign up for this 💀
Same submate 🤞🏾 7/22
@@seanasiaspradley5378damnnn good luck. looks cool
My recruiter told me we get paid more, and i did indeed get an extra 75 dollars my first check in san diego
sea and sub pay stack up though, and if you can move out and add some bah on top? it looks a whole lot nicer like that
Hotbunking happens in smaller diesel electric subs. In the big nuclear subs have their own personal bed.
Not true lol
@@rodolfoaguilar7756yes true fast attack submarines hot rack boomers do not because they have the extra space that nobody has too.And yes I know what I am talking about I am an MT about to graduate from submarine school and go to my A school.
@@TreDaDonUSN I’m also a MT! Can we chat a bit? I’m hearing a lot of different things about my job and I don’t know if it’s true or not. Pls if you can, talk about everything about my job.
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There are times when hot-bunking happens on Boomers. There aren't any "extra" bunks. This is usually during acceptance testing before the Navy accepts the newly constructed boat from the yard, testing of new or upgraded equipment, test launches etc.
MTC(SS)
LT, USN (Ret)
tbh those bunk beds look cozy af.
4 & 2 hour shifts in 24 guard duty sucked the big one. Don’t know if they were just short of bodies or what but 4 in 2 off in some of the coldest night time temps we saw at Ft Jackson. No heat no sitting standing with requirement to cover the ground between the guard posts every few minutes. No cold weather gear. Jus fatigue coat, standard wool glove liners and dress/multi preposterous black leather outers. For some reason they would not allow us to wear our used heavy cotton snow pants. But the shift rotation was what really sucked for me as I could barely get to sleep in two hours knowing I had to be back in station in two hours which meant our sleep time with transit to and from locations made it more like 1.5 hour of possible sleep time if you didn’t need to crap or get chow.
THATS HORRIBLE!!! I'M GLAD I DIDN'T JOIN THE SERVICES!! I DON'T THINK THEY TREAT PEOPLE WELL AND YOU'RE JUST A NUMBER!! NOT FOR ME! BUT GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
I definitely don’t think I could.
I joined the U.S. Navy at 18 and although I wanted to see the world I was terrified of being stationed abroad a ship and I knew I was not smart enough to get a job on a submarine. 😜
Anyways during my A school days I was given orders to Spain.
From that point on it was either TAD, detachment liberty to bases across Europe, the Med, Middle East and Gulf region.
To say I DID NOT MISS being on a ship or submarine is an understatement.
Thank you U.S. Navy and America for allowing me to serve you. It was my honor and pleasure.
Thank you America for offering me a safe place to live, raise a family, be married and spend the few years I have left with you.
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Now I see why the navy has the reputation that it does
You ever met someone who lived on a submarine? 🤔 Yea, me neither.. 😒 "Hey, where are them submarine dudes at?" On a submarine. "Oh" 😂😮💨
Part of my enlistment contract when I volunteered back in 75 was submarines.
The way he emphasized the singular use of the word "months" took me back. Lol
Wrestling with my tongue! 😝
Most of the info from the narrator is incorrect
Somebodys got to do it. Much respect to the Submarine Fleet.
Me : man i need some air
*opens window*
I did it for 10 years. And I’d do it all over again without thinking twice. ☺️
Some notes from a submariner. I've been in 2 classes, the Ohio class ballistic missile sub and a newer Virginia class.
1) we have moved away from 18 hour days and now do 24 hours. This is due to studies showing the 18 hour shift was too taxing on the physical and mental state of the crew.
2) hot bunking, or hot racking, is generally only if absolutely necessary. Mostly happens when more than just the crew is underway. We do everything we can to minimize this practice but sometimes it is unavoidable.
3) showers are split between lower enlisted, E-6 and below, E-7 and above, officers, and the commanding officer and executive officer share one. Laundry however there are 2 washing machines and dryers on an Ohio class but only 1 of each on a Virginia class
4) crews mess, where we eat can sit about 40 on an Ohio class submarine and 28 on a Virginia class during meals.
Thanks a lot Robert for the great info you shared with us. 🙏🫡
Thank you for the insight sir! I'm confused, they moved from 18 hour shifts to 24 hour shifts?
@@CBrando89 yea, it used to be you would do 6 hours of watch, ensuring the equipment is operating correct, 6 hours of training, maintenance, and off time, then 6 hours for sleep. But they evaluated that increasing everything to 8 hours was better for the mental health and alertness for operations
I know nothing about submarine like ZERO. When I see the words Ohio and Virginia I was thinking the states lol. I have no idea what you're referring to. Very interesting though. Thanks for educating me
How many people are typically on each sub?
If it wasn’t so rushed, this would sound like a dream being in a small space like this.
If I can play Zelda in my free time, I'm in
Awesome video and about working hours while underway it's 16 hours. 8 hours on watch, 8 hours off-going, and then 8 hours on-coming or rack time before you start the whole day all over again. Most subs have switched to that rather than 4 6 hour shifts for better circadian rhythm. Also for better productivity.
Yes, but that would allow a lack of training in different parts of the say, night is different than day, different evolutions, blowing sans, dumping TDU cans, ventilating, training cycles such as fire drills, flooding drills, battlestations, meals. A crew must cycle thru all these evolutions consistently to remain trained and vigilant.
@@Chinfo32when my boat switched from four sixes to a 24 hour schedule, we rotated each watchsection through the shifts about once a month. on top of that, drills were all hands anyway, so no real training value was lost because some mm3 didn't blow sans for a couple weeks
I assume this popped into my algorithm because of the missing submersible. TH-cam you have no shame 😂
This mom is incredibly proud of her submariner ❤
June 2023 -- I think we ALL know what brought me here. 🛸
Rode the boats for 8 years, still the best people I ever worked with.
U gotta thank those men it’s not easy . I wonder what’s the average age for a submariner
Did you not see the women too ?
@@LeviJamesRE good question
Around 24ish
All the new and recently qualified guys like myself are around 18-21 on average
How does a crew prepare to go from a 24 hour day to a 18 hour day. Is there advance preparation or do they just jump in and start doing it. What is it like to go from a 18 hour day back to a 24 hour day.
Just starts as soon as you go out to sea. 6 hours watch, six hours off watch support, 6 hours downy time/rest. Repeat. Though when going past international date line and major differences in time zone then there modified watches that might be 4 hours. Overall sucks. That said 18 hour day being phased out for 24 hour days.
It wouldn't bother me much. I bet I would have moments but I think I would do well in that situation
Former navy myself...Gator Navy specifically, but surface or subsurface, one thing is fleet wide: don't no one "nibble' their food. You get 12 minutes in bootcamp from the last man sitting down, and I swear on all three ships I was on, it's like we never forgot it no mater how long ago basic training was.
I've heard the simulation where they drop to depths that crush the sub and that terrified me 😅 God I'm scared of those things
Quite generous 5 mins on a shower . I remember when I was in Iraq. We had in Basra ship shower routine also, it was 10 seconds get wet, lather up then 10 seconds get wet again to remove said suds.
3-5 mins is very generous.
I did three 6 month deployments in 5 years on a boat. Easily the best part of my career. The only thing that was hard was being 6'5" with wide shoulders.
That is unless you're on a Russian submarine with even swimming pools.
My who is 4'11 loves small spaces: sounds like a vacation.
If your in a submarine. You do not know where you are. Only the Captain the X O and fire control know where the sub is at.
Wrong. That's only on the bombers
You can just walk to control and look at vms lol
“Several month” got me.
You can do the same on a surface ship. They get basket leave after a cruise also. This is only on the fast attack subs… the boomers it’s different more room to roam. Also when you move up in rank then you get your own rack. An incentive to make rate and move up the chain…. On carriers we had are own coffin rack but we had to share the head with hundreds of other shipmates. I finally made my way up to a berthing that had 1 shower for 25 men 2 sinks 2 toilets….
Thanks so much for sharing your own experience. 🫡
I did from 1974 to 1977. Not all crew members hot bunk. Just a few depending on the number of riders, non-crew members. Usually when new crew members come on board. the non-qualified personnel hot bunk.
I worked with a guy in the oil field who was a submariner cook. He got kicked out the navy cause he broke in to some area that had alcohol for the officers or some shit if I remember correctly. They found him passed out hammered in side 😂. He always had a problem with alcohol and drugs afterwords too but he’s sober now and has been for many years. It’s just hilarious if you hear him tell the story though.
Just working on subs was enough for me. One of the roomiest places was actually inside the missile silos when we were working inside them to upgrade to bigger and better boom-booms.
Funny i had a personal bed well kinda i was corpsman on one for sea trials
My boyfriend is in one of those scary things right now. I miss him every every day and I text him everyday so he can see when he gets back. He’s all alone with only his crew mates and those cramped beds ugh it just makes me cry.
I understand that we have to be stealthy but can’t they make a call exception for girlfriends?!? I mean those are our man’s out there, they need love.
Oh the things I would do for one last call with him. I know he’s coming back soon and I pray everyday he’s safe and ok. But each day without him is misery. My brave soldier, I miss you everyday and I’m waiting for you everyday to come back to me.
It’s unfortunate, but you still have needs sexually. Nothing wrong with fulfilling them in the meantime
If they made call exception for girlfriends so how will they call there wife's and other family members oh I forget gf is not a family member 🤣
Well there are several reasons to this.
First off phones can make calls when the sub is not submerged, but you have to be near a reciever in a costal area and that's very rare, the only way to make calls while submerged is a radio buoy that's limited to the depth, and that's limited by the depth and is only used by commanders and officers
Even if you could use phones underwater it would probably not be allowed to not expose the position of the sub.
Hope your boyfriend gets back safe!
@@shift7199 ... yeah don't listen to this guy. This is how you hurt people. (Unless you meant by yourself?)
@@shift7199i hope you aren’t alluding to cheating
Respect to those serving in those conditions. I joined the Air Force for a reason.
I met a guy who had served submarine duty as a CPO. He told me he had spent two years of his life under water.
"You guys have it easier than us." - German U-boat crews.
Thats right it's horrible, the smell itself is unbelievable.
Sucks? I'll do anything for my country. No amount of fear is enough to question a man's nationality, WE WERE BORN FOR THIS.
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Love you man. Sorry our country is failing you through greedy politicians and fucked up media such as news and music. Seems like business is our own enemy considering the power they have without having to hurt anyone for it.
@@bioheart09 not just music but whole entertainment business
@@anonymous-yl3pd I mean if I bring up the entertainment biz as a whole, then I have to include clothing aswell. There's this unknown force, pushing the new generation to accept Satan, whether he's real or not, the idea of evil and accepting and indulging in what is wrong is fucked up. In short this evil bs needs to end.
No you'd get there and depending on your rate have to learn everyone else's systems that don't pretain to you and they treat you like shit doesn't matter how hard you work or what you do until you get your fish there's zero morale on a boat and it's just a cancerous environment with a bunch of immature adults who play the my dick is bigger then yours 24/7
Did it for 13yrs. ⚓ 💪 🇺🇸 💚
Depends on navy and class of sub
Agreed... just was not able to cover in 1 min video.
@@Conflict_Zone then do not speak in abosolutes, as the saying goes "only fools and experts speak in abosolutes"
You have shown yourself not to be an expert
@@Conflict_Zone leave it to the keyboard warriors to find an issue with every and anything
TH-cam please stop people from saying negative things about something they don’t know about. It’s like being in a basement. And the only people that know about getting information while on a submarine is people like me who served on SSN722 ✌🏾❤️
They better be set for life financially when they come back up.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
No.
More like set to make a couple payments on that 24% car loan
Knew a guy that served on a submarine. According to him, most of the submariners go slightly crazy very quickly.
Absolute best duty in the Navy. Miss it so much. MM2(SS)
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While the Akula (Typhoon class submarine) be like: wait...
You don't have a gym?
You don't have a swimming pool?
You share beds?
My father would laugh at this- he served on fleet boats in WWII...
Its not as bad as youre making it sound, or else who would volunteer for it???
Well instead you get the best food ever! :)
@@Conflict_Zone True... My service aboard a surface ship eons ago would wholeheartedly agree- the chow was great!!
You are correct - it’s a voluntary service and people compete for positions!
have you ever watched das boot while on the submarine? 😂
SECOND beat place in this world is under water the FIRST one is space
Loved your comment! Thank you!
Isn't space supposed to be "Out of This World"?????????
Everyone wants to be tall until they have to walk around in a submarine.
Nuclear submarines are not this way - at least the ones I know about.
God bless all of our service men and women, and God bless America. Amen.
I did it for 16 years...
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Sucks for you
Did you see any mermaids?
My dad was a nuc. He told me a story about how a guy killed himself on the sub. They had to just stuff is body in a freezer because they couldn’t surface. One of the most stressful jobs out there
USS Kentucky Gold Crew!
Your crew is dogshit but chief galeote is the goat
The food and showering wouldn’t be a problem. I grew up with older brothers so we had to eat and shower fast. The sleeping situation though…that would suck. That’s why I joined the army!
Wow, it's like being in prison, lol.
I play poker for a living and I bet I make more than most of these sailors. Respect to them for living and working on that thing.
Honestly, I would 100% do it, and when I graduate high school in 6 months, I’m going to sign up!
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HA! My son spent over 4 years on an SSN. The only thing that was plentiful was the coffee. After 60 days underwater the crew is reduced to eating canned food, macaroni & cheese, a variation of canned meats, and canned chicken. Seriously, one time the only reason the sub went into port was to get coffee.
And they have men and women stuck down there!
My oldest son was Nuke Machinist Mate 1st class in two different submarines. We got to see his rack on the USS Alabama, luckily he didn’t have to hot rack it. Now on the USS Albuquerque, it might have been a different story.
I can live this way BUT not underwater. I would always dream that we are sinking or whatever Subs do. All I have to say is I better get a bed mate that is equally as clean as I. Imagine following up on someone that doesn't bathe? We had a few in my unit... Yuk!
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On my old diesel boat, we only got to take a submarine shower once a week 😊 DBF. I loved every minute of my time on the boats I served on, and I would do it all over again if i could. I still miss going to sea.
So pretty much a jail underwater 😐🤣
Exactly a jail underwater!😂
Fortunately for the nation, some people see it as an adventure.
Very old info, the submarine force has switched to a 24 hour day. I was on Trident subs, the current US ballistic missile boats. In 20 years onboard, I never had to hotrack, had my own personal space each patrol.
Been there done that
Thanks for your service to the country. 🇺🇸
Did you see any mermaids, just curious?