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scoutpilot

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Spent some time on a Navy ship this week. What an odd organization. I don't understand the concept of not eating with the enlisted. Apparently, if the Captain is eating in the wardroom, you have to ask his permission to eat. Very odd indeed. I will say that ships have some gee-whiz toys and the flight deck crew was great.
 
Wardroom v. Messdeck goes way back to the days when officers were professional mariners and the crew where grabbed in ports and forced to work. A good deal of the discussion in the wardroom is organizational in nature.


Of course Scout, you skipped over the fact that the officers are served in the wardroom by the messcook.


Wardroom ends up being a fairly scary place for some of the crew, as it is the wonderful location of all NJP "masts"....with a fun green table cloth.
 
Wardroom v. Messdeck goes way back to the days when officers were professional mariners and the crew where grabbed in ports and forced to work. A good deal of the discussion in the wardroom is organizational in nature.


Of course Scout, you skipped over the fact that the officers are served in the wardroom by the messcook.


Wardroom ends up being a fairly scary place for some of the crew, as it is the wonderful location of all NJP "masts"....with a fun green table cloth.

What do you mean "served"? It was just a chow line. No waiters or anything.
 
Underway, on many ships, a mess cook brings the food into the wardroom, sets up the table, cleans it, etc. Our guys used to rotate through the wardroom over a week. They would ask if you needed more food...


Were you underway or in port?
 
Underway, on many ships, a mess cook brings the food into the wardroom, sets up the table, cleans it, etc. Our guys used to rotate through the wardroom over a week. They would ask if you needed more food...


Were you underway or in port?

Underway.

This wasn't a huge ship, though. We walked through the chow line, just like an Army mess hall.
 
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