Sunbathing

[Jake]

This is CWO Brett sun bathing on Steel Beach.  And then comes this announcement.....EMERGENCY BLOW -- DIVE, DIVE, DIVE!

Edited August 12, 2022 by Jake
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[BrettGC]

1 minute ago, Jake said:

This is CWO Brett sun bathing on Steal Beach.  And then comes this announcement.....EMERGENCY BLOW -- DIVE, DIVE, DIVE!

We used to do this on the rare occasions we were surfaced but with a beer (Aussie navy isn't "dry") and a BBQ.  The most memorable was in transit to Guam and we had a swim over the Marianas trench (deepest water on the planet).

[Jake]

11 hours ago, BrettGC said:

We used to do this on the rare occasions we were surfaced but with a beer (Aussie navy isn't "dry") and a BBQ.  The most memorable was in transit to Guam and we had a swim over the Marianas trench (deepest water on the planet).

Triple LIKE Brett.  I often wonder how that works with all the Queen's ships allowing alcohol rations.  I guess it started out with rum back in the day?  I will assume a maximum daily ration but I see a loophole in that, I think.  Can you save the beer(s) you hid under your pillow from the previous day and then get totally plastered while taking the helm?  I mean, who's gonna pull you over when you're speeding anyway?  Also, what kind of beverage are allowed?  

All kidding aside, you bubbleheads are the silent warriors.  I've been in a Los Angeles class.  Shock and awe would be a minimum adjective on how I felt.  It was so damn cold down there.  You guys live and work within an actual warhead, prowling the seas like a ninja warrior in the dark.  

Respectfully Jake 

Edited August 12, 2022 by Jake

[OnMyWay]

Jake, you post a pic of half-naked sunbathing sailors and then mention "Emergency Blow".  I think you or Brett need to clarify in detail what "Emergency Blow" means on a sub full of half naked male sailors.  

[Jake]

1 minute ago, OnMyWay said:

Jake, you post a pic of half-naked sunbathing sailors and then mention "Emergency Blow".  I think you or Brett need to clarify in detail what "Emergency Blow" means on a sub full of half naked male sailors.  

Hundred sailors go down and fifty couples return to port.  By the way, they now allow female sailors in the silent navy.  Hot racking has a whole new meaning these days.  

[gbmmbg]

7 hours ago, Jake said:

Hundred sailors go down and fifty couples return to port

like the old joke"what's long and hard and full of seamen?" That's why i spent my navy time working on S-3's, the the silent navy is just strange..............

[Gator]

9 hours ago, Jake said:

....EMERGENCY BLOW -- DIVE, DIVE, DIVE!

 

Thanks for the clarification as I thought that was something sailors only did in the cr (read into that whatever you want). 🤣

[jimeve]

7 minutes ago, Gator said:

Thanks for the clarification as I thought that was something sailors only did in the cr (read into that whatever you want). 🤣

Now I know why sailors can't march. 

[Jake]

1 hour ago, gbmmbg said:

like the old joke"what's long and hard and full of seamen?" That's why i spent my navy time working on S-3's, the the silent navy is just strange..............

Wow, didn't realize you were involved as sub hunters.  The S-3 Viking also served as a tanker, right?  Watch out Brett, Gbmmbg will stick one up your butt.  

Well done Shipmate.  Respectfully Jake ETCM(sw)-CMC USS TRUXTUN CGN-35 retarded

[BrettGC]

53 minutes ago, Jake said:

Wow, didn't realize you were involved as sub hunters.  The S-3 Viking also served as a tanker, right?  Watch out Brett, Gbmmbg will stick one up your butt.  

Well done Shipmate.  Respectfully Jake ETCM(sw)-CMC USS TRUXTUN CGN-35 retarded

Whilst I respect the guys dropping to sonabuoys, personally I was never "bounced" by them.  We were in diesel/electric boats, the quietest on the planet.  Much harder to find in free play than a nuke boat.    

One of our proudest moments was doing and "underwater look" (taking photo's, audio and video of their screws etc) on USS Ronald Reagan that had a full screen of ASW destroyers and frigates around it and they had no idea we were part of the exercise.  That was the point of it, it was pre-deployment prep before we went on patrol playing for real in places we were not supposed to be.