[NavyCanDo]

I'm an old Saratoga CV 60 sailor myself and I can tell you this is pretty common. We had at least one or two were blown or fell off each deployment. In the day time their chances were good of being picked up, but during Night Ops, forget it. I don't remember any successful night time rescues. And then their are the sharks. We had an orange dummy called Oscar they would toss over for man-overbord drills. One time the helicopter picked a well chewed Oscar out of the water.

[PerConPat]

I'm an old Saratoga CV 60 sailor myself and I can tell you this is pretty common.

Yeah, it was too common in my day as well. Hearing the man overboard "OSCAR" sends a chill down the crew's backs, especially when you have the deck.

[Drew68]

In the day time their chances were good of being picked up, but during Night Ops, forget it.

Yep! If you fall overboard during Night-Ops, you're done for. There isn't a chance in hell.