What's with the scream?

andylegate · 10-14-07, 12:04 AM

Actually, I can remember when I was first in the navy, and on my first ship at the ripe old age of 19 having my eyes bug out and the hair on the nape of my neck stand up. It wasn't from some god awful scream though (that would have done it).

nope, it was around 2100, I was in the radar room, and we were underway off the coast of St. Thomas. Seas were slight.
All of the sudden we had the "BOING BOING" sound of General Quarters come over the 1MC (the 1MC is the ships general intracom). At first, it was no big deal, we have drills all the time, and once you hear the Boing going, you've got less than 3 minutes to set "Zebra" throughout the ship. Normally the Boinging stops and you hear what the drill is for: "This is a drill, this is a drill! General Quarters, General Quarters! Major lube oil leak in the number 2 engine room! All hands man your battle stations! This is a drill!"

Only this time I heard this:
"General Quarters, General Quarters! Major fuel oil fire in the number 1 boiler room! All hands man your battle stations. THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"

I about dropped a brick! A real fire. A real FUEL oil fire! A REAL FUEL OIL FIRE IN A SPACE ONLY 2 DECKS BELOW ME!!!
I kinda froze until the other guys got into the radar room with me and shoved me too, yelling at me to get my battle dress on (that's rolling down your sleeves, tucking your pant legs into your socks and boots, putting your CO2 life vest on around your waist, and belting your gas mask also around your waist, and then helping set Zebra in the space (closing certain valves, hatches, etc).

Was only a small fire that was put out in minutes, and someone ended up loosing their crow for not having the splash shielding around a steam valve (the sheilding helps keep things like flamable liquid from igniting if it gets splashed or squirted on them from a leak).

But still, I learned that day that what I was doing, was not a game. This was the real thing.

Chuckling here. That scream I heard when I hit the "C" key took me back to that very day! I haven't felt like that since then...........until I hit that damn "C" key!

:rotfl:

10-14-07, 12:04 AM	#22
andylegate Medic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SC, USA Posts: 168 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Actually, I can remember when I was first in the navy, and on my first ship at the ripe old age of 19 having my eyes bug out and the hair on the nape of my neck stand up. It wasn't from some god awful scream though (that would have done it). nope, it was around 2100, I was in the radar room, and we were underway off the coast of St. Thomas. Seas were slight. All of the sudden we had the "BOING BOING" sound of General Quarters come over the 1MC (the 1MC is the ships general intracom). At first, it was no big deal, we have drills all the time, and once you hear the Boing going, you've got less than 3 minutes to set "Zebra" throughout the ship. Normally the Boinging stops and you hear what the drill is for: "This is a drill, this is a drill! General Quarters, General Quarters! Major lube oil leak in the number 2 engine room! All hands man your battle stations! This is a drill!" Only this time I heard this: "General Quarters, General Quarters! Major fuel oil fire in the number 1 boiler room! All hands man your battle stations. THIS IS NOT A DRILL!" I about dropped a brick! A real fire. A real FUEL oil fire! A REAL FUEL OIL FIRE IN A SPACE ONLY 2 DECKS BELOW ME!!! I kinda froze until the other guys got into the radar room with me and shoved me too, yelling at me to get my battle dress on (that's rolling down your sleeves, tucking your pant legs into your socks and boots, putting your CO2 life vest on around your waist, and belting your gas mask also around your waist, and then helping set Zebra in the space (closing certain valves, hatches, etc). Was only a small fire that was put out in minutes, and someone ended up loosing their crow for not having the splash shielding around a steam valve (the sheilding helps keep things like flamable liquid from igniting if it gets splashed or squirted on them from a leak). But still, I learned that day that what I was doing, was not a game. This was the real thing. Chuckling here. That scream I heard when I hit the "C" key took me back to that very day! I haven't felt like that since then...........until I hit that damn "C" key! :rotfl: __________________ My Real Life Navy Brag Page Below http://www1.freewebs.com/andylegate/