>'My longest stint was 2 months'
Boomers and forward deployed out there having a good laugh.
Boomers and forward deployed out there having a good laugh.
The real limit is based on how much food can be carried. I was once out for 50+ days and we had to stack food up in the passageways before we left to make it that long. Near the end, it's just chicken nuggets and bread everyday.
On a normal fast attack deployment, you pull in every month or so to get more food.
Except submarines. They used to be boats, but many subs are "really" ships now. But they are usually referred to as boats.
In the US context, SSBNs are one prong of this triad, and the platforms are positioned to always be at the ready to carry out strike orders when called upon by the Nuclear Command Authority. These hulls are equipped with nuclear reactor power plants, so fuel for the sailors (i.e. humans) becomes the biggest constraint for how long a submarine can remain underway.
NCA is the National Command Authority (President as Commander-in-Chief and the SECDEF) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Command_Authority
Boomers on the mind :)