navy

There's a tradition in the U.S. navy that no submarine is lost at sea, and every Christmas a broadcast is sent out to all the crews of those subs still on duty. Naturally, tumblr took it and made it into a whole ghost ship thing, which is somehow macabre but also heartwarming. Why not, people see some unexplained stuff at sea. For a totally classic navy story, here's a Navy operations officer who pulled the laziest move ever.

Man, nothing can bring the blood to a boil quite like having to take orders from a boss that clearly doesn't know what they're doing. In this case, we have a ship captain who sounds like he'd exhausted all of his ability to care about much of anything on the ship. The guy refused to listen to his deck crew's warnings, and ended up living to regret that like none other. Poor guy missed out on a bonus that he'd easily have been rewarded if he'd just slowed down and been a little more openminded. 

Dan's mental cogs didn't turn fast enough to catch up to this very appropriate case of pro revenge. Dude should've just kept his temper in check and not been a complete jerk. Oh well, he ultimately learned his lesson. 

Sometimes laziness inspires acts of pure, admirable genius. Take this naval officer who quite simply couldn't be bothered to give a dang, and thus went about pulling off the kind of lazy move that most anyone can appreciate. Man sounds like a true visionary. 

A true American hero. You know you've made it when you're directing a mob of people to steer a giant mass of steel for the sole purpose of getting the sun out of your face, while you go about enjoying your bagel. All in a day's work. 

Someone on AskReddit asked for people who served in the military to share their creepiest, most paranormal experiences. The following stories are chilling to the bone. Nothing quite as spooky as being out in the middle of the ocean, and seeing what look like abandoned or (unfortunately) inhabited boats eerily floating around. Or how about being sober and clearheaded as you've ever been, and seeing unexplainable flashing lights up in the sky? Yikes. 

It's not every day that you make such a colossal mistake that you cost your employer over a million dollars in damage. Luckily for him, this wasn't even the worst case scenario. If you're into Navy humor, here's an awesome story of the bold moves over the laziest naval officer ever.

Gene has tons of knowledge and a sweet collection of old stuff. He even hand-builds model ships! Gene is also totally down to show off his cool stuff and tell stories.

Great minds find a way to take the shortcuts none of us were ever lazy enough to consider. 

An internet classic. If you haven't read this story, do yourself a favor and be enlightened.

We've never been SO inspired by SUCH laziness. This legend's an unforgettable inspiration.