[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.

[Diver Dave]

Served on an AD many years ago. My first WESTPAC tour, some young ETSN jumped overboard just before Quarters. Circle around, lower the lifeboat and the Rescue Crew pulled him out after fighting em off. He spent the next few days in the brig and was the first one off the ship under SP escort when we moored in Sasebo.

A few days later, a shipmate & I were headed over to another ship to check on a job order. We heard someone yelling and looked over at the hospital. This guy's hollering, "I'm goin' home. See ya suckers!"

Other than OSCAR drills, this was the only incident in 3 1/2 years.