Take a look at where Sailors sleep and live onboard US Navy destroyers in this short excerpt from our longer documentary about life onboard destroyers!
Hell no. Wake up for balls to 4 or balls to 6 watch with headache and sick stomach and everyone's boots and coveralls all over the compartment floor. FFG sailor here.
1:51-12:02 Ironically sailors on the Belfast used to say that sleeping in a hammock was such a gentle sleep as the ship would virtually rock you off to sleep
It's been about 50 years since I slept in a bunk if I did it now I last about 15 minutes before I have claustrophobia and had to get out of there! But somehow it was a comfortable home back in the day I guess you get used to anything if you have to
I did that once and someone came along and lifted my rack while I was sleeping. They lift inboard, not from head to toe. If that makes sense. And there’s a prop rod that’s used to hold the surface panel that the mattress lays on. When the prop rod is holding the mattress up, your stuck in your rack until they or someone else lets the mattress back down. I hope all that makes sense. If not, maybe one day it will! Lol
So you’d rather go army or marines and sleep outside with the bugs, rain, heat or cold? Navy you get a bed, 3 hot meals. Never thought about the chair force.
Lol back in the day we didn't have breathing apparatus issued. I remember the birthing units kept at a setting between artic and your balls just froze. Every unit that had TV & VCR featured 24/7 adult entertainment... which made no sense to me. You're stuck why torture yourself.
Oh my God, I can only imagine that’s worse I’m going to be sick in August and I see this is what I have to look forward to. It doesn’t bother me long as I’m not on the submarine I rather be above water than below
Omg! Yall has 2 curtains and a safety strap... I had 1 curtain, I traded music it and no strap... top rack, heavy rolls and medicated, bad combination🤣
Curious: do they assign people on the same watches the same rack room? Makes sense as you would want to avoid people coming and going at all hours of the watch
This is why I never let anyone record me. Because then everyone has the right to make fun of my shitty looks! Rocha hasn't hurt anybody, but was stupid enough to go on camera!
