Posted on Jul 14, 2014
What do you miss most about being out at sea?
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Landlubbers feel free to pipe in about your deployments. I realize its apples and oranges, but as they say in the Navy, "Choose your rate, choose your fate."
Personally, I miss sleeping in my berthing above the screws while the ship is at flank speed. It is quite simply the best sleep I have ever had. That and being out on the fantail after a mid-watch on a moonlit night and a glass-like sea - beautiful.
Personally, I miss sleeping in my berthing above the screws while the ship is at flank speed. It is quite simply the best sleep I have ever had. That and being out on the fantail after a mid-watch on a moonlit night and a glass-like sea - beautiful.
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0400 to 0800 - Fresh hot stick buns (complements of the night baker) washed down with a cup of good, strong main control (engine room coffee) then when relieved a break topside to catch the morning breeze and then followed by breakfast in the CPO mess. Also the give and take in the mess between the good guys (engineers/snipes) and all the other non-believers. If there is no turning and burning they have to understand there is no power, but of course it is all good natured except when you have blown boiler tubes on the 0400 watch and the Officer of the deck did not tell the ships bos'n. Oh well I would go back in a minute if I could.
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PO1 Cliff Heath
LOL OK I WILL GIVE YOU THAT SENIOR BUT AS A GMG, COMBAT DEPARTMENT WAS THE WHOLE REASON FOR GOING ANY WHERE LOL.
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SCPO Ken Badoian
Your a round barrel so you are OK. Just could not take some GMM's. Too much like nukes. I was a hot shell man on a 5"38 Mount 52 so I go back a little way.
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I miss the relief of stress, when i was at sea, i had next to no worries,i miss doing unreps, and mid rats,i miss the friendship
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1. Coming home. 2. Morning coffee on the fantail. 3. Midnight stars in mid-ocean. 4. Shipmates. 5. Mail call! (this is probably no big deal in the era of e-mail, facebook, etc, but in my day it was)
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Even when we're not out at sea, I still take Carnival cruises just to satisfy my love of being out to sea and just having fun and relaxing. I still have a good bit of time left in the Navy, though. I sleep better on the ship, I like the deep Navy blue sea, and I really enjoy watching the water as we move through at full speed. No matter how many times I've seen it, I still think it's impressive that a beast like a super carrier can move as it does. :-)
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I have only been on a fishing boat in the atlantic and spent most of my time hanging my head of the edge and puking. That was some 25 years ago. More power to you folks who don't get sea sick.
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Shipmates, beautiful sunrises, amazing sunsets, standing out on the bridge wing while cruising along on a nice day, great port calls, and pizza night. I always enjoyed watching how the different departments would creative on those Saturday nights and what they would come up with for food ideas.
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Standing at a porthole in the aft end of the ship at night, watching the bioilluminescence roiled up in the wake..So peaceful..
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