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Anybody that has been to a pro football game has seen some bozo's pissing in the sinks! Don't need no stinking urinals...

That was my very first thought!

It's a Nuke. Making fresh water is no problem. I admit I don't know which they use, however.

Good point. I think I'll sit down to think it over....

Besides, hitting the target isn't the problem even on flat land. It's the splash factor. Sitting down pretty much eliminates that. Let's see now..... one toilet and one urinal, or just one toilet? Seems one comes out ahead on eliminating the urinal, space-wise. Might require a slight increase in number of toilets, however - so I'd say it evens out, pretty much. The sanitation thing has validity. If you can train a dog to sit......

Unless there is some heavy chit going on, 1 minute vs 2 doesn't seem to be much of a factor to me, but then I've never served.

Ok, so the question needs to be asked...who has a urinal in their house.

IIRC the sub I served on thirty five years ago didn't have any urinals, though it had nothing to do with gender neutrality. Somehow we managed to get the mission done.

Making fresh water is a problem on every ship. Yes, less on a nuke, but water management was always an issue.

I lived in newer Air Force barracks back in the 1950's that had one "normal" head between every two 2-man rooms. No big deal. Better than the old open bay barracks that I also shared.

I never had a problem filling potable water tanks. Sure there were times we had to conserve water meaning no 20 minute showers
Etc due to maintenance be preformed or the part of the world and water temps. But it was never ever a problem.
R/O water......

A friend of mine does.

The liberals won't be happy until everyone in this country is either a woman or a homo.

Can you imagine this scene,

Midnight, a dozen Naval Avaitors in a bar,
some Marines look over and say,
"The Ford, you guys are the ones who have to squat to piss,
Guys, lets buy the ladies a round."

Like that will never happen.

I have mayo jar , use it when I am really tired.

P.

As a former A-div mechanic on a nuclear submarine, plumbing is something I know a little bit about.

First off, why would you ever run a machine, to make fresh water, to flush a turd, when you are going to pump/blow it right straight back out to sea? I don't know about carriers but the submarines I was on used salt water flush. We had one evaporater and one still (distilling plant). As long as things were running fine fresh water was not a problem. But let one or the other go down (especially the still), and we would be going into fresh water conservation mode pretty quick.

Space on all Navy ships, but especially submarines is at a premium. If a choice has to be made about upgrading equipment or giving the crew more space, the crew always loses out. I bet 25% of the racks (beds) on a submarine had some kind of equipment partially protruding into the space. Urinals do take up less room, need less maintenance, and are faster. When you are doing watch turnover you have 1/3 of the crew getting up, eating and going on watch, where 1/3 of the crew is getting relieved, eating, and coming off watch. That is a lot of bathroom usage crammed into a really short time. A couple of guys camped out on the pot can really gum up the works.

Muslims like the privacy of a stall so no one see them with their sheep.

Going over the side is not a good idea if it is windy---

Sounds like a pretty hit and miss proposition to me! 😉

Will it be considered a criminal offense to leave the lid up? I can imagine the CF in combat when half the men are in the brig for leaving the lid up.

I do.
It's in my basement. I got it free so I hooked it up. Now I didn't have to go upstairs to pee when I'm working on stuff in my man cave.