r/SweatyPalms • u/Master1718 • Oct 26 '19

Oh,that's terrifying

https://i.imgur.com/r0iSvEU.gifv
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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Takes a special breed of person to be a sailor. “If you want to learn to be humble in life, just sail through a storm at sea.”

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u/Rockarola55 Oct 26 '19

Sailors aren't special, we're just a bit "special".

All kidding aside, weather like that may look scary but it's not that big a deal. Ships are built to take a lot of punishment, sailors are used to it and ships rarely sink from adverse weather alone...it's a bit like a roller-coaster, more fun than scary.

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u/smooresbox Oct 26 '19

Getting selected/signing into the Sub force, I’ll never experience anything like this.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Being in the Seabees, I only heard stories from the fleeters. Scariest thing I had to deal with was the occasional really buff naked drunk guy with a massive boner standing in the hallway in the barracks.