Yes, but....
Probably best for everyone if we don't get too comfortable
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Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)
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Nose over the edge always makes me nervous, even in the daytime. At night, I often hate it more than the trap.
And it doesn't help that there's JUST enough give in the brakes for the jet to rock back and forth a bit with the roll of the ship.
So total random (and probably stupid!) question for those who have deployed on carriers: what kind of communication is available these days with those back home? Just the standard email or are there phone capabilities too? I'm coming from the 'back home' world of FFG deployments so the carrier concept is rather foreign. Thanks!
Yes, email and phones are available depending on the operations going on. There may be periods where you are incommunicado. You may also have access to DSN for free calls back home.
The old pay phones are still scattered throughout the boat but require prepaid phone cards. I always tried to grab a POTS (Plain Old Telephone System?) line from the ready room when nobody was around, or from my CO's stateroom (he'd leave his room key in the ready room sometimes for people to use his phone line). Other than that, email works well and sometimes we got Facebook/Google chat working.
I also used Google Voice to send TEXT messages to my spouse's cell phone....it works very well.
Phones work great, I never had a problem finding a POTS line to call home. Slight delay in calls cause it's bouncing off a satellite.
Email works great, but off-ship email and web access was restricted to certain times. Varies by carrier, I'm sure. FB messenger and Gchat were very popular. WhatsApp + prepaid SIM card for overseas in-port connectivity.
Email works great, but off-ship email and web access was restricted to certain times. Varies by carrier, I'm sure. FB messenger and Gchat were very popular. WhatsApp + prepaid SIM card for overseas in-port connectivity.
On my first deployment, the standard J-dial phone in my room had a "Sailor Phone" connection. We were able to make phone card calls home from the relative comfort of the stateroom. That was quite some time ago, but it was gouge!
Texting via email is awesome too.
Done that plenty.
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