Yep, 60+ hours at General Quarters seemed to be about the limit for the commanding officer on our can. Like he thought our performance would improve with time. Lord help the poor slob who nodded off in front of him or the xo. If they could've gotten away with flogging us they would've. You'd be surprised how close we came to mutiny; it was discussed seriously more than once.

Anyone see the movie "The Bedford Incident"? Many a time I felt like Wally Cox sitting at the NTDS chasing tracks. There are two movies I always recommend to prospective recruits wanting to go to sea, that one, and "Mr. Roberts". It'll either be one way or the other 90% of the time. Then there was the Saturday Night Live spoof on the Navy recruiting commercials: "Navy, it's not just a job, it's $79.62 a week". The best one though was Garrett Morris as a Marine recruiter out looking for "a few good men". That was classic