December 16

It's a maze here. The 2nd deck (galley) is the most "open" in terms
of wider(ish) hallways and it spans the entire ship. But stuff still dead
ends and brings you in a direction different from where you wanted to go.
You can go in the hanger always and I use that to get around most of the
time. Most deck department spaces are directly off the hanger bay such as
the mooring stations and the stuff we use for UNREPs. The only other level
is the 03 level (hanger deck is deck 1, below that is deck 2,3, etc. above
that is level 01, 02, 03 etc.) but that's officer country where all the
operations and intel offices are and officer berthing and pilot ready rooms
and its pretty easy to get lost. There's 10 "levels" above the hanger (04
and above is the tower) and 7 or 8 decks. I really don't know since I don't
ever really have to go below the waterline for anything since that's where
the reactor and ordnance magazines are and its automatic meeting with the
captain if you go there. Its also a maze anyway.

My berthing is right at the waterline on the bow on the 3rd deck. But you can't reach it from the third deck, you have to go to the second deck and take the ONLY ladderwell that leads into it. A lot of berthings can be like this since it gives some measure of privacy...sometimes. About 100 people in a room that's ABOUT the
size of our ground floor. Probably smaller. I've been hanging with a few people.
Most SWCC and SEAL drops. Maybe about 2-3 hours a day to my self if lucky
but I have laundry and a bunch of other stuff to do.

Al