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Originally Posted by daepp
The reason I ask is the my brand-spanking-new OOD daughter describes her bridge watch time so differently than what I read above. I'm not sure when/why, but sometimes her bridge watches are 5 hours and sometimes they are 3. And she has impressed upon me how intense it is; so much so, she says she can think of absolutely nothing else. She claims there's not even a minute to daydream. And I'll add, on her DDG there is no wifi and of course, no cellular connectivity at all. The get a bit of time at a desktop when the Captain has the satellite link allocated to emailing home, but that's it. Nothing to use their cell phone for AFAIK - at least when underway. |
Just a few points from me, much less valuable than Sandy's opinion.
Command climate has a lot to do with how ships operate. I cruised on Frigates and Aegis Destroyers and the feel of the ship from one CO to the next could be astounding.
Sounds like your young SWO got a good ship. Fantastic.
Back in the day - remember I was an OOD on a
steam ship - the watches were four hours with a two hour dog of the watch everyday.
Dogging means the watches move - you don't stand watch the same time every day.