Any Navy people here?

**Wife** · 17th September 10, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by keith A.

As a former SeaBee your list reminds me of why I never wanted any thing to do with ship board life. If you can call it that. Give me ticks and chigers any day.

I agree Keith! What was your rate? I was a builder.

**troxel87** · 17th September 10, 03:36 PM

As I'm in the Air Force, I'd have no clue about being either SeaBee or ship board, but my younger brother just enlisted as a SeaBee equipment operator. After reading this list I'm glad he went that direction!

**Drac** · 17th September 10, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by troxel87

As I'm in the Air Force, I'd have no clue about being either SeaBee or ship board, but my younger brother just enlisted as a SeaBee equipment operator. After reading this list I'm glad he went that direction!

Having worked with the Sea Bees for over a year they don't have it easy either. They have implemented 3M/PMS there too. Beside the above mentioned ticks and chigars there are also the MREs, a bathroom where ever you dig it, lack of showers and the PT. Oh my God the PT!!! For a 41 year old sailor trying to keep up with a unit where 75% of the unit is less than half my age!

Let's see... a Sea Bee one.. hmmm.

Pack your luggage, than send it on a different route than you take to a 3rd world country and have it arrive two day after you leave,

Jim

**troxel87** · 17th September 10, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Drac

Beside the above mentioned ticks and chigars there are also the MREs, a bathroom where ever you dig it, lack of showers and the PT.

We grew up in southwest Oklahoma, lol we're used to (and know how to get rid of relatively efficiently) chiggers and ticks... but as for the showers... I don't think that'll bother him too much!

**Wife** · 17th September 10, 07:40 PM

Lack of showers will usually trigger some Seabee ingenuity. We can build a shower!

**TBruce** · 17th September 10, 09:21 PM

Retired after 20 years in the Seabees here....

**zjrog** · 17th September 10, 11:56 PM

3M/PMS... DC, and warfare specialties. All the various PQS books. Even for the most mundane tasks. Nope, don't miss any of it...

**Skipper1** · 18th September 10, 06:52 PM

Different NAVY, SAME S**T . I still shudder everytime I hear an alarm, and automatically button up my collar then reach for my socks.

**TBruce** · 18th September 10, 09:02 PM

lol.. .yeah... pretty much

**Fast Eddie** · 19th September 10, 03:31 AM

Great list - brought back lots of memories... not all of them bad!

Former ET2 with experience on both coasts. First deployment out of San Diego was on the USS St. Louis (not ship's company, just testing some <by now obsolete> radar simulators). Pulled into Pearl about 0600 on a Sunday, with a sub headed outbound on our port side, and some guy running along the water's edge over on Ford Island. Quiet as can be as we manned the side to render honors. Passing the USS Arizona was an emotional experience I'll never forget...