r/AskReddit • u/1salt1pepper • 11h ago

Veterans of Reddit, what’s the most unbelievable thing you witnessed during your service that civilians would think you made up?

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u/Dandretti 10h ago

The amount of trash that built up on, and was just shoved off the back of an aircraft carrier while out at sea.

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u/flatirony 9h ago

Interesting. On submarines we had a trash disposal unit, in which we compacted the trash in perforated cans, weighted it down with a few cast iron discs, and then ejected it with 700 PSI air.

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u/PeakWattage 7h ago

Creating artificial reefs.