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Old May 30th, 2015, 08:13 PM
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A boat at mooring is kinda like the USN Reserve Sub fleet... there was one at Alameda in the 60's, I think she was decommissioned in '70, the Parche, maybe, I seem to recall her name. Anyway, even those boats, during "weekend cruise" had nothing but drills and drills and drills. There's a drill for every scenario, apart from torpedo, missile, and battle drills, there's emergency, electrical, nuc, ventilation, and all sorts of drills. A lot of work to practice to kill the other guy before he kills you, or to slip silently, quietly, through the dark blue seas. Imagine the drills at sea.

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