When I was 13, my dad took us on a Tiger Cruise that included rides to and from the cruise via various landing crafts \u2014 LCU and LCM \u2014 and a steel beach picnic that left me suffering one of the worst sunburns of my entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While on board, we learned all manner of things about the living quarters, flight deck and mess deck. What I was too scared to ask, however, was what happens when a seaman goes overboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A petty officer who picnicked with us that day, and with whom my dad had worked alongside while serving as an air boss, told me that he was knocked into the ocean from the carrier deck once by the wash from a helicopter on a particularly windy day. But what he failed to mention was how he made it back onto the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, I was terrified and gave the sides of the ship an extremely wide berth for the rest of the cruise. As it turns out, however, the answer is pretty simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the event a sailor falls off of a ship, there are three rescue procedures to prevent a trip to Davy Jones\u2019 locker, according to Senior Chief Petty Officer James Shannon, who answered that very query in a lengthy Quora post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
@zday007<\/a> What they do wrong? #military<\/a> #navy<\/a> #marine<\/a> #army<\/a> #airforce<\/a> #coastguard<\/a><\/p> \u266c Spongebob – Dante9k<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote>