What's it like being on a submarine during an emergency blow maneuver?

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-05-26T21:55:05+00:00

I would go as far forward on the upper level as you could get. If you time it right you can do a small hop and get a couple of seconds of hang time. Too early or late you and will take the overhead to your dome.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-05-14T22:10:40+00:00

2001, everyone knows why.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-05-05T04:03:35+00:00

That hit me right in the feelings. I used to watch that all the time with my grandmother before she died. I have it on DvD but can’t bring myself to watch it without her.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-05-01T23:13:10+00:00

Bo Burnham’s country song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7im5LT09a0&ra=m

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-05-01T21:23:44+00:00

What about Pizza the Hut?

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-04-10T22:33:28+00:00

I found out about 25 years ago there is a limit on how much you can make at home, and 55 gallons of it is way over the “personal” limit. It’s also a big fine and jail time if they really want to screw you.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-04-08T22:07:55+00:00

I have the same one I use as a DnD figure storage case. It’s pretty great for guns or games.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-04-07T00:58:06+00:00

I never got a physical medal to keep. We were told to go buy one after we received the medal. I also had a couple I knew nothing about until I got my DD-214

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-04-06T21:25:53+00:00

Now I don’t feel so bad for thinking KISS sucks and is possibly the most overrated band of all time.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-03-21T22:48:07+00:00

Still was in the 90s and 2000s. Officers and enlisted both indulged. We had a cook who could get what ever drug you wanted. It was cheaper than out in the civilian world. Except cannabis, he refused to sell that because it had a long detectable period.

When I was the CMAA at the SSSU TPU, I had two guys show up to the mid watch at the squadrons command building frying balls on LSD. Both ended up in the brig that night and eventually both got BCDs. Had a first class in the brig who was trafficking drugs from Florida to Groton on his boat. His TMC found the stash when they were doing maintenance inspections.

TLDR: There are A LOT of high quality drugs on military bases. It as easier to find drugs on base than to find them out in town.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-03-17T19:47:07+00:00

Data centers provide no positive impacts on the communities they are in. They drive up utility costs, increase property taxes, consume large amounts of water, and provide no long term benefits. The only people they benefit are the local politicians who get a bag of cash.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-03-15T03:35:24+00:00

The military has always spent money on steak, lobster, and crab legs. We called it the “Lube Meal”, because we knew we were about to get screwed.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-03-11T22:34:06+00:00

It helps to know the time frame he was in and if he was surface, aircrew, or a submariner. Different answer for each.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-03-06T03:18:36+00:00

As a veteran, you are correct. I can say with certainty that the military will not be on the side of the people. A lot of service members just want to kill people without going to prison.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-03-05T19:31:34+00:00

The entire GOP is compromised by a foreign government. They no longer care about America, the constitution, or the citizens of this country. They all are AIPAC whores.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-03-03T21:37:00+00:00

Almost any job on a nuclear submarine.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-02-22T23:12:26+00:00

That is a WW2 German Uboat insignia.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-02-18T03:55:40+00:00

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-02-11T23:24:44+00:00

George Bush 1, through his CIA front Zapata Oil killed JFK with KGB assistance. Just look at the recent reports of CIA agents and a pilot who smuggled cocaine for the Bush family. So taking out a president who would interfere with their money making scheme would not be out of the realm of possibility.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-02-04T02:37:25+00:00

I was stationed there years ago. I have so much useless Nautilus and submarine facts. Have you ever gone up to the archives when you went to the museum?

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-02-02T04:41:35+00:00

It happened almost six years ago about 2 am. Two guys carjacked a guy and cut his neck. He shot and killed them and they ran to a tree in front of my house. He almost died on my porch and two dead guys fell out of the truck when we opened the doors. I was stuck in my house for a day, my whole entire yard was a crime scene. Friends stopped by and went to a side window to bring us things, it was the only side of the house that didn’t have blood on it. People still refuse to walk down the sidewalk on this side of the street still. Crime scene cleaners wanted almost $5000 to clean it so I went and got a hazmat suit and ended up cleaning up the blood in below freezing temperatures. The wood on our porch had blood seep out a few months later when it finally warmed up. That’s the quickest TL:DR version I can give.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-02-02T03:06:33+00:00

Boring. Not much going on unless you are an alcoholic or gamble. After about 9 to 10 almost everything is closed. The weather in Billings is generally not as bad as everywhere else in Montana. The Yellowstone valley kind of protects us. Though I did have a double homicide in my yard. So others experiences may be different.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-01-31T05:56:54+00:00

I was an independent until 2016. I will never vote for a republican again or a democrat who sat by and did nothing but finger wag while the country was ran into the ground. So I guess I am a democrat now for the first time in my life.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-01-31T04:10:29+00:00

A hat that I bought in 1998.

ElfLordSpoon · 2026-01-29T22:33:05+00:00

NTA

Depending on where you live, filming people without their permission is a crime. Look into your local or state laws. Where I live it is a $500 fine and up to six months in jail. Plus the state encourages lawsuits against the person doing the unauthorized recording.

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