3 months is a long time without resupply. Usually we would try to avoid that unless absolutely necessary. It’s more common to do a month or month and a half and pull in somewhere to pick up or drop off people and get food and parts.
There are constantly people coming on the boat or going off. We have inspections every time, and you also have squadron come on for a week before the inspection to do work ups. Then you have people who lose family members, or get super sick. Stuff happens.
Really the food and the parts are the big things. At 90 days you run out of everything. You are eating beans and chicken nuggets every meal. Yea you can stay out there. But it’s miserable. Much better to pull in somewhere for 2 days and get eggs and veggies and ice cream and shit.
So you guys typically don't spend 3 months straight underwater? I figured you go on like a 6 month patrol then go back to home port.
3 months is a long time without resupply. Usually we would try to avoid that unless absolutely necessary. It’s more common to do a month or month and a half and pull in somewhere to pick up or drop off people and get food and parts.
There are constantly people coming on the boat or going off. We have inspections every time, and you also have squadron come on for a week before the inspection to do work ups. Then you have people who lose family members, or get super sick. Stuff happens.
Really the food and the parts are the big things. At 90 days you run out of everything. You are eating beans and chicken nuggets every meal. Yea you can stay out there. But it’s miserable. Much better to pull in somewhere for 2 days and get eggs and veggies and ice cream and shit.