A friend I flew with in the Navy has the last trap on the Connie. I have had to help him move the souvenir tail hook and cross deck pendant to his new home. Good times Read more
My uncle had to eject out of one of these, through the canopy in the late 80’s. Read more
I was a Nuclear machinist mate, and we had about 18 months of school. The first 6 months was boot camp and general mechanical training. The next 6 months was the book part of it, learning about the nuclear principles and how the nuclear plant interacted with your equipment. The final 6 months was doing a quick… Read more
Another nice sub article Tyler. Bringing back so many memories. Much of this stuff is spot on. As a nuke I was able to live that life and by dumb luck or by plan (guess I’ll never know) was in the Con for battle stations. Had pleasure of the crazy shit forward and aft. Would love to share it all, but then I would have… Read more
And they can go places you would never expect and so close it is down right scary to think about. I remember gliding under ships and boats taking pictures of screws and underbelly’s and then sneaking away and no one had a clue. Read more
Fantastic article! Thank you for this.
Wish I had done this - had the chance to join the RN in submarines after graduating. Stupidly went to go and work for a bank instead. Bad life choices! Read more
Great post in a wonderful series! Thank you, truly, it’s rare to find such interesting read. Read more
I had a teacher once in high school who used to be a submariner in the U.S. Navy. He told a story about a hazing ritual I’ll never forger, and I wonder if you’ve heard of anything like this happening. Read more
Thanks for your service -and for sharing your experiences, Tyler! Fascinating stuff.
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My cousin is a Chief on a submarine, and I keep sending him these articles and all he can really say is, “oh yeah, close enough I guess. But you know I can’t really get into specifics too much.” Which to me means “yes this is pretty much accurate.” Crazy life. I admire him so much, and his wife and four kids at home.… Read more
Fantastic read. Well written and executed. As a 24 year Navy Vet, I learned a ton. Read more
Great article Ty. Interesting insight into the daily life of a Submariner. However, to my career Air Force ears I can’t get the reality of spending a year in a hard core learning environment (Nuke School) then spending so much of your career standing watch. I would have been interested to read more about how that… Read more
Kelsey Grammar came down to our boat doing research for the movie. Funny funny guy! Read more
The Chief in this picture was the COB (Chief Of The Boat) on the sub I was on.
Former enlisted Nuke, served on the LA, 80’s, 90’s - good article; I like that the tone of the officer reflects the more open minded types the sub fleet attracts. Also, some of us didn’t see a foreign port, ever; we did NorthPac runs from Pearl, 3-4 months out to sea, then back. Talk about space exploration. I liked… Read more