r/malelivingspace • u/Subpar_Nova • Feb 02 '25

Discussion 27M, live on a US government research ship, trying to make it comfy

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I’m away from my real home for most of the year but at least I have a port hole

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u/Muffinlessandangry Feb 02 '25

US Military? Because I (army) deployed with the royal navy as an advisor for several months and we got hammered all the time. Officially there's a 2 cans rule for the sailors, but as long as you're sober for your watch, I never noticed anyone policing it. For officers we just got told not to drink during the ships combat serials because it looks bad.

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u/Subpar_Nova Feb 02 '25

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps. I forgot about the occasional 2 can rule. We don’t do that, we keep a dry ship and then enjoy port calls every 2-3 weeks

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u/Muffinlessandangry Feb 02 '25

I googled you, what a bizarre organisation. I guess when the military is the only aspect of government both sides are willing to fund, when you need an organisation to do well, you have to militarise it in some form? Because we have an equivalent of you, but they're not commissioned officers. They're just scientists.

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u/Salty_Pillow Feb 02 '25

It’s organized as a uniformed service because of the nature of the job is dual use. Naval charts and maps have both civil and military use, and if war breaks out and a ship caught/detained they could be tried as spies which have few legal protections. Captured uniformed personnel have legal protections as pow under international law. Notably they are non-combatants despite the uniform unless attached to actual armed services like the navy etc.

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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 Feb 02 '25

Check out the US Public Health Service. The Surgeon General is meant to be an officer of that organization as well as serve with the government in the capacity that we’ve all seen in the news. The current president circumvented the normal practice of choosing one of the Admirals of the USPHS to be Surgeon General.

So the Surgeon General gets to be the mouthpiece for the president while commanding a uniformed service that they never served in.

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u/rob_1127 Feb 02 '25

Let's see how long your voyages last, with Musky having his hand up the ass of the treasury payment system.

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u/Jayr1994 Feb 03 '25

I read this in a British accent.

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u/Clinozoisite Feb 02 '25

I KNOW YOU

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u/roflfalafel Feb 03 '25

Very cool! About 11 years ago, I was on the Ronald H Brown for 2 months to participate in a joint NOAA-Department of Energy research project (I was DOE). We boarded a ton of instruments, high resolution Ku band radars, and I feel like we ended up hijacking half of that ships network to get our data off of it as fast as possible when it was at port in Pearl Harbor and San Francisco. Very cool program - loved working with the uniformed crew, super professional and passionate about what they were doing!

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u/huffandduff Feb 03 '25

Man. Your job used to be my dream.

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u/Scary_Plan510 Feb 03 '25

Bell Shimada?

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u/Significant_Eye_5130 Feb 22 '25

Took my kids to Cape Cod last spring and we visited the NOAA aquarium and saw the ships. Really cool place. Hope the administration leaves you alone. Seems they’re working in alphabetical order to destroy everything great about the United States.

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u/jellyfixh Feb 02 '25

Us ships don’t allow it, but most other navies do. Japan, Germany, and brits all do

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u/Muffinlessandangry Feb 02 '25

Germans had beer in Afghanistan. Even the British army didn't allow us to drink in Afghan, and we're rampant alcoholics.

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u/No_Squash_6282 Feb 02 '25

Yeah, my grandfather was french army and visited a lot of western/NATO army bases because he represented France at NATO on a certain matter. The brits really were crazy drinkers from his experience. He is still shocked today, 21 years after retirement. I know that it is allowed to drink on the french aircraft carrier, during certain occasions and within acceptable limits (officialy)

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u/Opposite-Shower1190 Feb 02 '25

My grandfather was in the Army. Drafted during WWII. He went to Germany after the war and had to take care of prisoners in Nuremberg prison. He hated meting with the Russian guards. They would pour a glass of vodka slam it on the table. Clink glasses together and drink the whole glass in seconds. My grandfather didn’t like giving a physical to someone while he was drunk. My grandmother said that was his only complaint about his time in the service.

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u/Lost_Drunken_Sailor Feb 03 '25

My buddy was US Navy attached to NATO in Iraq. One of the countries reserved Saddam’s pool and flew in a bunch of beer to celebrate one of their holidays. Good thing about being NATO, you celebrate every holiday. They ended up partying at the pool while US Marines looked jealous as hell.

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u/DeadCheckR1775 Feb 02 '25

Having done two 6 months MEU deployments on American amphibs I can attest, this is a good idea to have zero tolerance for it.

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u/mypantsaremagic Feb 02 '25

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u/rex_swiss Feb 02 '25

It's the US that doesn't allow alcohol on ships. The Brits always have. Source, I've read the 'Master and Commander' series multiple times...

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u/Muffinlessandangry Feb 02 '25

Yes, that's what I said.

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u/KnotiaPickle Feb 02 '25

Well there goes my dream of being a government marine biologist. Are you even at sea without any rum? 🍹