I might be a little too claustrophobic to go on a ride myself, although I have never tried. And I feel immense respect towards people that do serve onboard submarines. With all my claustrophobia, I have this positive prejudice that it must be amazingly cosy to sleep onboard: feeling slight motions as the submarine moves, hearing the engine hum, having a “sleepover” with people you trust with your life…
Do any of you have any experience sleeping in (why do I want to say “on”…) a submarine? What’s the actual feeling like? 😊
Not many fat sub sailers then?
Is it 12h shifts?
Oh quite the opposite… one treadmill. All the way aft. In the smoking area.
Depends if you are forward or aft, nature of mission/ training, and how many stations/ personal your division has for any given underway.
Standard is when I was enlisted was actually 6 hour shifts on a rotating 18 hour day. 18 hour days you say? But wouldn’t that make Homer something something…
I think its now 8 hour standard shifts and sailors are far less suicidal and depressed, at least so I’ve heard.