Joining the Navy

zombieslut · Post by **zombieslut** » Tue 28 Oct, 2003 1:15 pm

I have a basic query:

Do you have to be able to swim to join the Navy?

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Tue 28 Oct, 2003 3:02 pm

Does that mean you have to be able to fly, to join the RAF then?

Puzled of Perth

zombieslut · Post by **zombieslut** » Tue 28 Oct, 2003 4:24 pm

Are you allowed to use armbands if you are slightly overweight?

barryc · Post by **barryc** » Tue 28 Oct, 2003 4:40 pm

ZS, you don't necessarily have to be able to swim when you join, but I'll guarantee you will be able to swim before you finish training. I couldn't swim when I arrived at Deal in '62, they have their ways, and I could swim before the 15 weeks were up, well before.

Barry

zombieslut · Post by **zombieslut** » Wed 29 Oct, 2003 11:06 am

Thats me sinking then unless I gorge myself on doughnuts.

- tell me something else - are women allowed on submarines for a long trip?

zombieslut · Post by **zombieslut** » Wed 29 Oct, 2003 11:21 am

What? A full set of pans to do the cooking?

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Wed 29 Oct, 2003 2:27 pm

are women allowed on submarines for a long trip?

only the inflate-able type

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Wed 29 Oct, 2003 5:09 pm

watch this space

What`s that Skip? No darling, it`s just a hobby

Sticky Blue · Post by **Sticky Blue** » Wed 29 Oct, 2003 9:24 pm

Women are not alowed on submarines because of the incredible pressures exerted on the body when 'under'. They can cause a woman to become infertile and play havoc with their insides (my dad is an ex submariner).

zombieslut · Post by **zombieslut** » Thu 30 Oct, 2003 2:28 pm

Havoc with their insides? What like constipation or something?
I had that once it was really baaaaad.

Didnt Captain Nemos have a girlfriend in 2000 Leagues Under the Sea? Does that mean she was infertile and constipated?

Sticky Blue · Post by **Sticky Blue** » Thu 30 Oct, 2003 8:14 pm

zombieslut wrote:Didnt Captain Nemos have a girlfriend in 2000 Leagues Under the Sea? Does that mean she was infertile and constipated?

His girlfriend... Kai Tai anyone. He picked "Her" up in Singapore... JR will elaborate

Manfish · Post by **Manfish** » Thu 20 Nov, 2003 8:47 pm

Sticky Blue wrote:Women are not alowed on submarines because of the incredible pressures exerted on the body when 'under'. They can cause a woman to become infertile and play havoc with their insides (my dad is an ex submariner).

What pressure unless it goes "tits up" the pressure is only 1 bar abs........ the real reason is imagine one of our boomers out there "somewhere" with rather a large amount of nuclear warheads aboard and the naafi runs out of chocolate........ the end of the world (joke)

Sticky Blue · Post by **Sticky Blue** » Tue 09 Dec, 2003 7:58 pm

If the outside pressure is 20 atms then the inside pressure must be more otherwise the boat will crush! Unless my physics is wrong

Manfish · Post by **Manfish** » Tue 09 Dec, 2003 8:27 pm

if that was the case then there would be a lot of dead sundodgers everytime a sub surfaced after a depoyment its all pressure hulls and such magic far beyond my comprehension im afraid

i prefer to get out of the water at the end of the day, or even better not get in it

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