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To: fishtank
"They ring for years in the sweat-soaked nightmares of any sailor who has ever heard them."

WTH? I've experienced my share of "This is not a drill" when Soviet subs got to close. Never had a nightmare, but it does get the adrenaline flowing unlike a General Quarters, "this is a drill." You still have to hustle just as fast through the passageways and ladders to get to your assigned General Quarters. It's like an orchestrated cluster-frig with the entire crew running in all directions. It was kinda funny at times.

3 posted on 09/02/2020 11:01:15 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: A Navy Vet

On one of the submarines on which I served we used to stand amidships for General Quarters and shout, “Everyone aft, go forward! Everyone forward, go aft! Everyone amidships, direct traffic! ;-)


9 posted on 09/02/2020 3:15:23 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (I always refer to Otto Preminger's quote about actors: "Actors are like cattle!")
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