Almost 7 months underwater pushes UK nuclear submariners to the limit
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/life-on-britains-nuclear-subs-as-record-patrols-push-sailors-to-limits-m5m7q58p8
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Almost 7 months underwater pushes UK nuclear submariners to the limit
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/life-on-britains-nuclear-subs-as-record-patrols-push-sailors-to-limits-m5m7q58p8
Posted by 457655676
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These people make real sacrifices for all of us. We’re lucky that there are any people prepared to do it.
Physically and mentally tough i certainly couldn’t do it.
Missed misinfo opportunity, should have had a map picture of them in a stream next to putler’s bunker
A friend from school did this and he was a psychopathic lunatic beforehand. I haven’t seen him since but sometimes wonder if it fixed him or drove him over the edge.
7 months in hostile conditions crammed in with people from work, with life and death hanging in the air, with the responsibility of a nation on your back and with a nuclear reactor strapped on your chest and nuclear weapons in your hands, and with food quality lowering day by day, and the knowledge and longing that your family is growing without you for a large part of the year.
It takes a very special kind of courage and dedication to do what these people do.
Unbelievably respectful that these people are prepared to do this. No pomp, no circumstance, no security breaches, no cretinous American style marching bands, just unending months underwater, maximum security, and no respite even after you bubble back up and have your few weeks in the open.
It’s a dam shame that people have to go through that. Mankind needs to grow up and stop with all the war.
Would never admit it to their faces out of pride but they are tough old bastards who deserve an immense amount of respect for what they do. It can be tough enough being on the surface at times, but doing it all without seeing sunlight or connecting with your family for 8 months is so much extra.
The navy needs to solve the problem of ever lengthening patrols or they risk losing the few people brave (or mental) enough to stick being a bomber crew for good.
I wonder what percentage of the air in there is farts.
That honestly sounds like a dumb thing to do. Why not surface every now and again to get some fresh air?
A guy that works for me was in the navy and done a stint in a submarine, 6 months I believe. He said it was hell, he got better pay for it, but he said he would never do it again and he hated it. Some people do it for years, and they were a certain type of person to be able to do months in a tube, underwater in cramped and tense conditions
Are they cut off completely other than the ability to send and receive info/orders? Curious but can’t read the article.
Good money and prospects, far better than the army and my opinion the airforce unless your a pilot. Family member is a submariner
Be good to get past the paywall. (Out of water problems).