27 Incredible Photos Of Life On A US Navy Submarine

A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine is one of the most mysterious places in which a member of the military could serve.
Armed with advanced technology and enough firepower to destroy civilizations, it's no wonder that every sailor aboard these vessels must have a secret clearance or better.

WATM scoured the Navy's official website and asked the sailors of the Submarine Bubblehead Brotherhood for personal pictures to come up with these 27 incredible photos of life under the sea.

Deployment starts with departing from home port...

Submarine life is cramped...


Hatches are smaller than on surface vessels...


Bubbleheads – Navy speak for submariners – go without sunlight for weeks at a time.


Sailors as young as 18 years-old drive the ship...


Seriously, even midshipmen get a turn...


Any sailor on a submarine can pull off Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" lean move. Here's a photo of a skipper pulling it off...


There are no windows on a submarine; sonar technology is the eyes and ears of the crew.


Submarines have some of the same amenities as surface ships...


... but, everything in a submarine is modified to limit noise. These are rubber shock absorbers under the treadmill...


Here is a close-up of a rubber shock absorber...


It pays to keep the cook happy...


Submarine chow is some of the best in the Navy...

Swim calls on a submarine are awesome. . .


After months in the ocean depths, a little Vitamin D (sunlight) could be just what the doctor ordered . . .


This is what a steel beach picnic looks like on a submarine . . .


Life-long friendships are made...


Shipmates become an extended family...


Submarines sometimes break through the ice to surface on the North Pole.