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? 😊
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.