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Is submarine crew a good position in the military? Seems like a shit gig to sit in a metal can with no sunlight for months at a time but maybe that's just me.
by codyb 11y ago
Is submarine crew a good position in the military? Seems like a shit gig to sit in a metal can with no sunlight for months at a time but maybe that's just me.
- gaius 11y agoIt's slightly better paid and a chance to do some "real" operations even in peacetime, e.g. surveillance on rival nations (a lot of this during the Cold War), delivering and extracting SOF, being first on station in the event of a crisis, live-firing cruise missiles, etc etc. Everyone's motivated differently I guess.
- a3n 11y agoIt's relatively "elite," for people that care about that.