<p>I’m looking for some info on how the Navy handles people on ships who get seasick. My son doesn’t, thankfully, but we have another relative who will enter basic at Great Lakes in September and he’s a little concerned. Does seasickness go away eventually? Do many people experience it? Any personal insight would be helpful. Thanks.</p>
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<p>Throw up over board</p>
<p>Hit the Rack, sleep it off</p>
<p>Your good to go for the rest of the cruise.</p>
<p>NO Meds</p>
<p>West Pac - 1977 - Okinawa - Phillipines - Austrailia - and back</p>
<p>Ah, seasickness! My pepetual underway companion! :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Well, the Navy handles seasickness this way: Bring a plastic bag when you stand watch. Meds are available from the Doc if needed.</p>
<p>In my case, I’m one of those who gets sick, pays a visit to the head, and then feels on top of the world for several hours, even if the ship is doing backflips and barrel rolls.</p>
<p>As for getting used to it, yes you do. It’s called getting your sea legs. You become better at it as time passes.</p>
<p>I, unfortunately, never was able to shake it off completely, so I found myself always being “sea tired” rather than “sea sick”. It’s a constant grogginess brought on by the motion of the ship. But that’s just me.</p>
<p>Submarines are not an issue unless you’re at periscope depth in rough seas (which I have been). On the surface, the bigger the ship, the better off you are provided she isn’t top-heavy (as my first ship was).</p>
<p>Welcome to the Navy! :D</p>
<p>There is a patch that you put on your arm that helps. Also, if you get seasick regularly they make you wear a life jacket all the time.</p>
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Known as the pu**y patch. Unless they’ve changed the formulation, it DRIES YOU OUT something FIERCE. Glued my eyes shut, it did! I never used it again.</p>
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Not true (in the Navy, at any rate). No one is ever REQUIRED to wear a life jacket unless you are on UNREP or similar detail (in which case you wear a Kapok), flight quarters (in which case you wear what you see flight deck crews wearing), or at General Quarters (where you wear an inflatable unit on your waist). Wearing a life jacket inside the skin of the ship will get you some WEIRD looks. A kapok inside the ship is outright dangerous because your motion through hatches is restricted.</p>
<p>Have they upgraded the gear at all? Anyone know? 
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<p>Anybody see “Myth Busters” yesterday? They were just addressing this issue (seems something like 90% of astronauts even deal with motion sickness at one time or another). They tested all sorts of gadgets, meds & placebos to see which worked best. Turns out, one of the most effective things was ginger root! So… if all else fails, break out the Schweppes!</p>
<p>Yeah, my dad took me on a couple of cruises on his previous ships (MCS-12 Inchon, USS JFK), I would get seasick and he would give me soda and crackers and it always seemed to do the trick. I tried Dramamine once but it made me kinda groggy.</p>
<p>wow, seasick on a carrier, thats impressive. Hey Zaph, it is very easy to get seasick on a submarine(at the right times). I have been 400 feet under the water doing 10 degree rolls in either direction. Granted I have also been at periscope depth and been doing 25+ degree rolls. I say 25+ because the meaurement doesnt go any higher. But, yeah, definitely not fun. However the majority of the time no motion and just fine. But watching water go back and forth in a bilge is quite fun.</p>
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<p>Try Periscope Depth in a Sea State 5. MAN, that SUCKED!</p>
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<p>Ever do the string tied across the compartment trick? ;)</p>
<p>the string doesn’t work on modern nuclear subs, we’ve tried. and I have been at periscope depth at sea state 5. I’ve eaten dinner at periscope depth at sea state 5. stupid maintain contact crap.</p>
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Well, it worked on DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626). </p>
<p>Bummer man! No fun! :(</p>
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<p>LOL! </p>
<p>Woo! I bet THAT was a ride! :D</p>
<p>The Danny Web, hahaha, thats one of the prototypes now sitting next to the pier in charleston. They also put the Sam Rayburn down there. Thats funny. Almost as amusing as showing up to kings bay and seeing the sail of my fathers submarine (he was a CO) sitting outside the gate. Good ole George Bancroft.</p>
<p>hey hey… could someone describe this string thing? I’m heading to a Sub for summer training in about 2 months. Not sure which one or where so it should be pretty interesting to see what I get.</p>
<p>if im thinking of the right trick, you tie a string a few meters long tight across a compartment and supposedly if the sub goes down deep enough, the pressure on the submarine will squeeze in the submarine a bit and make the string slacken</p>
<p>But i’ve been on many many submarines in my early days (dad was a submariner and eventually CO of USS Honolulu) and the trick doesn’t work</p>
<p>Mmm…When we were aboard, the supply officer on the Alabama told us he’s done it before on that boat.</p>
<p>Ok, the sub prob has to go pretty far down and they never did that when I was on board.</p>
<p>The string trick should work because the hull compresses as the pressure increases. You have to tie it athwart ships as far as possible. If you tie it on the surface you should see it slacken when you dive below 600 feet or so.</p>
<p>SDDude,</p>
<p>Did you by any chance have one of the deck rollers by your rack?</p>
<p>I had one right by my head. All sorts of fun when you’re trying to sleep… :mad:</p>
<p>Don’t take over the counter medications. Will only make you feel groggy and unable to function very well. Ginger pills will help the nausea. I’m a nurse and it is something that I have seen first trimester moms use and they have said (at least 93%) it helped with the nausea.</p>