TexasMaritime

I'm legitimately getting paid a large amount of money to see the world. The view out of my "office" window is constantly changing with new ports or just endless ocean. I have always loved seeing Naval vessels (and yet never considered joining the Navy out of HS). Now I resupply them while at sea, or dock next to them in port.

I will sometimes go out onto the bridge wing at night and just stare at the starry sky, before running back inside to look at the radar for traffic. My job is just so freaking cool. It's an industry where even being as junior of an officer as I am, my contribution to the ships operation is valued.

It's pretty true. Edit: Make no mistake though, we do a lot of training and make many sacrifices as well though to remain in this industry. Many of us are passionate about our jobs and are glad to assist the U.S. Navy.

USNS Deadass... can't avoid this stuff on reddit.. sigh

I remember that story... but I'm the person who would recieve that call and then order my helmsman to move 30,000 tons of ship

My Safety and Lifeboat instructor from freshman year threw a statistic at us. I'm not sure as to the validity of it, but he said 60% of men overboard were found with their zipper down, referring to them peeing when they fell over. So no. Edit: I believe his statistic was only referring to those found dead.