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Re: a rack is just the name for a bed Grimbear Send a noteboard - 29/09/2009 04:46:12 PM
It is a genric term. The navy is full of such terms, and of course the Marines use them as well.

A single bed can be called a rack or it could be four high beds on an old crew ship. The only time I have seen military personal forced to sleep side by side is in filed sleeping in half shelters (which is a tent where two guys both carry half of tent). Even then most guys just used there tent half as ground cover and slept on top. Not sure if they even use them anymore.


Actually I have seen a configuration on board to allow my sleeping space where a portion of the torpedo room that is normally used to hold torpedoes is instead converted into about 24 racks each side by side with no separation. They don't make those guys share their racks though as it is unpleasant enough sleeping in that situation and while in someone else's workspace as well (so it's not very quiet at all).
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"Military may lift ban on women in submarines" (Reuters) - 28/09/2009 08:26:30 PM 863 Views
gives new meaning to the old joke.... - 28/09/2009 09:47:36 PM 558 Views
Ahahahahaha! *NM* - 28/09/2009 10:02:01 PM 252 Views
seems like a strange choice to me - 28/09/2009 10:26:24 PM 610 Views
if you can't keep it zipped - 28/09/2009 11:35:35 PM 598 Views
Correct and yet it happens all too frequently already. - 29/09/2009 12:43:15 AM 570 Views
In my mind, that's a pretty pathetic arguement. - 29/09/2009 01:02:31 AM 636 Views
WHOA! - 29/09/2009 01:14:27 AM 546 Views
Dude I know!! - 29/09/2009 01:20:27 AM 540 Views
Hehehe, we could "name the show". - 29/09/2009 01:26:11 AM 535 Views
XD Or even better!!! - 29/09/2009 01:40:50 AM 591 Views
ROFL! - 29/09/2009 01:47:07 AM 522 Views
Really the possibilities are endless. - 29/09/2009 01:48:34 AM 561 Views
Indeed. - 29/09/2009 02:46:31 AM 527 Views
~Plays devils advocate~ Lets pretend... - 29/09/2009 02:54:03 AM 660 Views
By that same token, should women also be banned from long business trips? *NM* - 29/09/2009 03:23:22 AM 263 Views
only the ones who don't charge for their services? *NM* - 29/09/2009 03:36:03 AM 287 Views
Haha!! Touche! I concede that point. *NM* - 29/09/2009 11:59:33 PM 262 Views
Re: ~Plays devils advocate~ Lets pretend... - 29/09/2009 03:23:31 AM 555 Views
It might be true in some situations, but it's a weak argument against this issue. - 29/09/2009 05:15:47 AM 582 Views
subs are really really cramped. Ever heard the phrase hot racking? - 29/09/2009 03:23:33 PM 691 Views
Well said *NM* - 29/09/2009 03:59:13 PM 318 Views
"The military is instrument of war not social engineering." Excelent point. *NM* - 30/09/2009 12:34:28 AM 340 Views
oh please will people stop the “it worked with segregation argument” - 29/09/2009 03:01:48 PM 552 Views
keep in zipped is such a bad argument - 29/09/2009 02:51:45 PM 623 Views
A submariner's perspective - 29/09/2009 08:30:45 AM 597 Views
Interesting. - 29/09/2009 09:55:11 AM 616 Views
a rack is just the name for a bed - 29/09/2009 03:30:05 PM 559 Views
Re: a rack is just the name for a bed - 29/09/2009 03:57:10 PM 603 Views
Re: a rack is just the name for a bed - 29/09/2009 04:46:12 PM 760 Views
It is amazing what you can get used to - 29/09/2009 06:03:05 PM 566 Views
Re: Interesting. - 29/09/2009 04:42:54 PM 678 Views
See, that's a good reason. - 29/09/2009 01:29:32 PM 567 Views
before you knock the return to high school argument - 29/09/2009 10:39:47 PM 539 Views
which i think is just silly in the terms of greater age-related legalities - 30/09/2009 12:08:46 AM 581 Views
You have to cut with the grain. - 30/09/2009 03:05:29 PM 483 Views
Re: before you knock the return to high school argument - 30/09/2009 01:10:35 AM 597 Views
It is a strange mix - 30/09/2009 02:56:21 PM 483 Views
Thank you for talking some sense. *NM* - 29/09/2009 06:46:33 PM 351 Views
Thank you for taking the time to answer. Well done. *NM* - 30/09/2009 12:07:49 AM 242 Views

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