>  JM>   I stood a few watches, but the usual duty day type watch.  And even
 >  JM> then it was on the aft deck for the enlisted men.  A few of those were
 >  JM> mid watches but when I got off I generally went right to bed.
 > 
 > And you call this 'duty'?  :)  Man, some guys had it made!

That sort went away by 1990 and before that in many other locations.  People
with more recent exprience wont understand it and in my cae, never had
anything like that in my 26 years.
                 xxcarol
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