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Originally Posted by daepp
My soin-in-law had the unfortunate experience of being a covid-free US Navy ship at sea. So what do they do with a covid-free DDG - they keep it out at sea for 197 consecutive days - no port calls. Morale was horrible. Near the end there were a couple of suicide attempts, and within two weeks of returning to port three sailors were dead of drug overdose. I wish those 106 the best of luck!
(Ps: Although they were covid free, and although no one got on board or left the ship, they were required to wear masks 24/7 - in some of the worst conditions you can imagine...)
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I do too and I can't imagine going 197.. We were going batshyte after 120 days and having a steel beach picnic with a couple of Buds per man was cheap insurance.
People never really know whether they can endure a deployment until they have to do it. I remember several suicide attempts and a couple of men turned up missing during over the course of my 4.5 yrs aboard.. Never determined whether they were self inflicted or not. Also had a guy in our division that lost it on his first work up after just two weeks at sea. He took a helo ride off the ship to San Diego. As did a guy that did a swan dive off the rear fantail during an UNREP. He was hauled before the Old Man still dripping wet from the recovery.
Give your SIL a shout out from an old Navy flat top Sailor.
