• mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Okay, then you know even less about it than I thought.

    The above is entirely about life aboard a ship underway for 8 months while at war.

    I appreciate the welding mate, but you dont have any view about this experience because you never saw it.

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      5 months ago

      I guess all journalism is bunk then. Lmao all I’ve done is speak with the people from the bottom all the way up to the top. Definitely can’t form an opinion after working along side these people for years, seeing how they change before and after deployments, and hearing their stories. My b

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        5 months ago

        So youre a journalist welder? Aware of the deep ins and outs of navy culture from exhaustive interviews? Id probably like your article more than the posted one. I still don’t think you really understand what I’m describing.

        A ship in drydock is no ship at all. The sailors on it are not at all the same as when they are underway. It’s an utterly different animal. Even a Before/After isn’t it, because it doesnt contain the During.

        A docked ship is just a job. A ship at sea is a crucible.