What is everyday life like on an LSV? As pertaining to the Atmy

I would suggest looking into the railroads in the Atlanta area. CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Omnitrax all service the Atlanta area. CSX had their REDI center (training school) in Atlanta. And NS has their training school just south of Atlanta, in McDonough. They all like to hire Veterans. I have been with CSX for almost 8 years now, and couldn't be happier with it. I am employed by CSX and do contracting work (diesel powered refrigeration systems maintenance and repair) for NS and Omnitrax. They are all great companies.

I was an 88L20 from 7/98-7/07. I spent a lot of time throughout the boat field, and on the LSV's. When I was assigned to the LSV at Ft Eustis, we did a few JLOTS missions, and a few small missions supporting the schoolhouse, but no deployments. I got transferred to a unit with LCU's, which allowed me to do a USARSO rotation in the Caribbean for 5+ months. We also did a lot of JLOTS, and schoolhouse support work. The LSV's in Hawaii sail a lot more than those in Eustis. Over there we sailed almost weekly between the islands. While sailing, the crew generally works 4 hours on and 8 hours off. I always had the 12-4 shift. So I was in the engineroom taking readings, transferring fuel, making repairs etc from noon to 1600, and Midnight to 0400. Life on the boats was awesome! I loved it. While sailing there are cooks assigned to the vessel, to prepare all meals. The sleeping quarters were 2 man staterooms, consisting of a bunk bed, 2 wall lockers, and a desk. They can go to sea for up to 30 days, as long as their food and fuel will allow them to be out of port. Life in port consisted of a lot of maintenance. It is the normal Army life while in port. PT, work call, 24 hr Duty... Duty happens more often because your unit has a total of 32 people, from the CO on down.

if you want inspiration - a great-uncle of mine was a crewman on an Army tugboat in the Aleutians during WWII ended the war as a CW2 - he was a Dutch Harbor where the Zero was shot down by ground fire (rifles)
and the Perpetual Bad Boy of American Literature -Gore Vidal was a CW2 on an Army Supply ship in the pacific
wikipedia - Army ships in WWII for fun info -Army had 3x as many Hospital ships as Navy