nate_1979 9 #1 October 19, 2004 Just curious how many other people on here are or were ever stationed onboard a submarine, if you are / were one of us, reply! Nate MT2(SS) FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bubblehead 0 #2 October 19, 2004 I'm not one of yall yet but I'm in the NUPOC program right now and will be stationed onboard one in about two years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #3 October 19, 2004 I preferred the floating targets when I was still a URL, but did spend a bit of time aboard submarines. Good folks, all. Glad to see you're skydiving. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #4 October 19, 2004 I spent time on three boats (fast attack variety) doing SUBOPS out of the forward escape trunk with my team. I was on the Ray, Sea Devil, and Sunfish. I have to say that it really takes a special type of person to excel in that duty. "Hot bunking", working round-the-clock shifts, staying subsurface for extended periods (at least on boomers), dealing with the water rationing, etc. I was fascinated at how cramped the living quarters are on such vessels. I had visions of all these separate compartments for each ship function, but such is not the case. The ladder to the forward trunk was right dead in the middle of a sleeping compartment! The guages to operate the trunk just sort of stuck out of the pipes and panels. Likewise, in the forward torpedo room where we kept our gear when we were not using it, they had a whole rack of under-way instruments which were constantly manned. The wildest thing to me was that some of the "new guys" on the boats actually bunked in the torpedo room, sometimes right on top of them. One thing that was really cool about subs was mid-rats. You could eat four times a day on any navy vessel I ever stepped foot on. Subs are neat, but I am far too extroverted to have done well in that job. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #5 October 19, 2004 wow Nate, it's ABOUT time you started a thread! maybe I should start my own, "Skydiving Singles" hahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #6 October 19, 2004 all together now...we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine... sorry Nate, just trying to kill time between class and work,talk to ya later Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #7 October 19, 2004 Quote There was a guy in hawaii that jumps a xaos I met a few ago. I'm sure by now he has opted out. ________________________________________________ Subs are neat, but I am far too extroverted to have done well in that job. Chuck Chuck, how did you handle all that "be very quite" time? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #8 October 20, 2004 I guess the real reason for this thread is that myself and a couple of other skydiving submariners that I know / work with had talked about getting some stickers or patches or something for the few of us that there is... Guess we just kind of find it unique that we work under the water and fly in our spare time, told them I would try to see if there would be any interest in such a thing. I also thought it would be interesting to see how many other submariners I could find :) FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #9 October 20, 2004 QuoteI spent time on three boats (fast attack variety) doing SUBOPS out of the forward escape trunk with my team. So you were a seal? QuoteI was on the Ray, Sea Devil, and Sunfish. I have to say that it really takes a special type of person to excel in that duty. "Hot bunking", working round-the-clock shifts, staying subsurface for extended periods (at least on boomers), dealing with the water rationing, etc. These are all things that we still get to deal with, a "submarine shower" which pretty much consist of getting wet, turning water off, soaping up, washing soap off and your done... Hot Racking sucks too :) QuoteI was fascinated at how cramped the living quarters are on such vessels. I had visions of all these separate compartments for each ship function, but such is not the case. The ladder to the forward trunk was right dead in the middle of a sleeping compartment! Well, this is a little bit better now, since a ladder does not enter the berthing area, however it's still pretty tight... Still trying to figure out where my rig's gonna go when I go out to sea QuoteThe wildest thing to me was that some of the "new guys" on the boats actually bunked in the torpedo room, sometimes right on top of them. I've been on a submarine for over 5 years now, and I *STILL* bunk in the torpedo room sometimes, I prefer it over Hot Racking.. Nothing like sleeping next to a torpedo or a missile. QuoteSubs are neat, but I am far too extroverted to have done well in that job. They are neat, I cant wait to get off of them! FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #10 October 20, 2004 QuoteI'm not one of yall yet but I'm in the NUPOC program right now and will be stationed onboard one in about two years. NUPOC program? Dont know what that is Well, your about to enter a new and very different world FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #11 October 20, 2004 I know of two at Frontier skydivers in NY. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #12 October 20, 2004 I have been on them for short periods of times but never stationed on one. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #13 October 20, 2004 QuoteI know of two at Frontier skydivers in NY. they on here? FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #14 October 20, 2004 QuoteSo you were a seal? No, Army Special Forces (on a dive team; ODA 725 at the time). The Navy offers up a boat once per quarter for SUBOPS and any water team can sign up for it at the sail conference. Everytime I went (Once in '87, twice in '89), we split the trip with one SEAL detachment and one Marine Force Recon detachment. Three days underway on the sub and six days in support of the other two groups on the surface tender. The worst part of the entire trips were riding around on that single-screw surface tender in high swells and deep water south of Vieques. Ugh. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bubblehead 0 #15 October 21, 2004 Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate program Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmoses 0 #16 October 24, 2004 Hi, Nate. Always a pleasure to run into a fellow sub sailor. I was aboard the Omaha (692) from new construction in '77 till '82 when I PCS'd to Coronado Ca. Left the Nav in '86 and stayed here in sunny So. California. I'm currently bugging a buddy of mine, an ex-Navy SEAL and Leap Frog to take me up on my first tandem jump with his new Sigma rig. Any day now I expect to take the plunge. I'm so lookin' forward to it. Good luck up there sir. Hope to talk later. Enjoy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #17 November 18, 2004 QuoteHi, Nate. Always a pleasure to run into a fellow sub sailor. I was aboard the Omaha (692) from new construction in '77 till '82 when I PCS'd to Coronado Ca. Left the Nav in '86 and stayed here in sunny So. California. I'm currently bugging a buddy of mine, an ex-Navy SEAL and Leap Frog to take me up on my first tandem jump with his new Sigma rig. Any day now I expect to take the plunge. I'm so lookin' forward to it. Good luck up there sir. Hope to talk later. Enjoy Where you going to be doing the jump at? FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhirledWeb 0 #18 November 18, 2004 Hiya Nate, Good to meet another "steely eyed killer of the deep". I was on the USS Parche for 4 years as a nuke (Reactor Control Div). Parche was a "special projects" boat. I had heard rumors that we had the distinction of spending the longest continuous underwater deployment... un-officially of course.... they claimed that we spent nearly 5 months without visiting a port. Jesus God - that sucked. There was a non-fiction book that talked a lot about our missions called "blind man's bluff" things I'm glad I don't have to be a part of: ORSE, blue nose, shellback, training, field day, drills, refit, shiftwork, duty days, pretending to be straight or I'd lose my job, stores loads, hot racking, uniforms, sliders, midrats, being the torpedoman's bitch, bug juice, the smell of diesel, the COB, PMS, "unsat", smoking lamps... the list goes on and on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #19 November 19, 2004 I take it your out of the Navy now? And yes, i'm know about the Parche, I was stationed in bangor until november '03 FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #20 November 19, 2004 Hey, what do you look like? you still jump at Skydive san diego?_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #21 November 19, 2004 QuoteHey, what do you look like? you still jump at Skydive san diego? Yea, I still jump there, have not been there for a couple of weeks was out at sea... I started leave today and will be flying to south dakota today, so I wont be there for another week and a half, however plan on jumping there ASAP when I get back.. I'm 6' blonde shaved head, wear a blue and black jump suit (tony suit) w/ white grips (which I have somehow managed to keep white).. . Pics in my galley / web page.. You jump there often? The pic shows my canopy, however I have only jumped iit there one day, just got it right before I went to sea.. Pretty recognizable if you ever see it... FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #22 November 19, 2004 I jump there all the time. I'm that one guy that has that 70's looking bootsie collins RWsuit. has the black and white vertigo stripes with..some other colors on there._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #23 November 19, 2004 I'll keep my eye out for you when I get back, should be jumping the weekend of the 4th out there, .. If you see me flyin feel free to say hi... My next jumps should be freezing ones in MN from a little cessna, should be interesting..... I think I'm spoiled in San Diego :) Nate FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhirledWeb 0 #24 November 19, 2004 Yep - spent 6 years, did my duty, and got out in '96. Parche spelled backwards, "Eh! crap" I used navy training to fix electronics while I learned to make web sites... now I do that for a living. Still keep in touch with many navy buddies though. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #25 November 19, 2004 QuoteParche spelled backwards, "Eh! crap" LOL... We had one for my last boat, USS Nevada = U Stupid Shit, Never ever volunteer again dumb ass! Stupid stuff we think of underway.... FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
