The island is the only above-deck building of the aircraft carrier, with sufficient oxygen, good air circulation, good light, and clear day and night, which is an ideal accommodation for maintaining the physical condition of personnel with high requirements.

Therefore, the Soviet aircraft carrier has a large ship island, and almost all of the large and small officials want to live in the ship island, which is a sea view room!

Therefore, on the limited space in the ship island, the dispatch room, radar, chimney, electrical cabinet, various crew cabins, etc. are densely arranged, and the huge ship island will occupy the valuable deck space of the aircraft carrier, and for the aircraft carrier, the larger the deck area, the more convenient it is to mobilize.

At the same time, there are also disadvantages to the ship island, such as strong electromagnetic radiation, large swing, small space, large smoke smell by the chimney, large temperature difference, and so on.

In the U.S. Navy, the island is very small, and apart from the necessary equipment, there are very few people living on the island, most of them below deck.

Pilots are no exception.

The average aircraft carrier should have no less than 11 floors from the ground floor to the top of the bridge, at least 18 floors high, and there will be more than 2,500 cabins in total.

Counting from the bottom floor, there are several floors upward, mainly fuel storage cabins, water storage cabins, weapons and ammunition cabins and steam turbine engine rooms, then the crew living quarters, food storage centers, dining halls and aircraft carrier administrative operations offices, etc., and then up are the carrier-based aircraft maintenance workshop, maintenance staff duty cabins, and the top is the hangar, combat duty room and pilot restaurant rest area.

The same is true for the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, the pilot's rest area is also below deck, but they are directly below the ship island, which can reduce all kinds of noise and interference, which is conducive to the pilot's rest.

Guss took Nathan, entered the bridge, and then went down the ramp of the bridge, and entered the living quarters below, if you enter through the doorway on the side, it is the hangar, and on the front is the combat duty room.

Much like previous carriers, Nathan was able to find his own accommodation even without Guss to lead the way, and as when he was on shore, the pilot and his radar officer lived in a standard dormitory.

When Nathan pushed open the door and walked in, he saw a poster hanging on the wall on one side, it was his Top Gun poster, he saw his handsome and dashing self, and he saw Jenny on the side, Nathan's heart seemed to be stung by something.

"Major Nathan, I will cooperate with your flight, I have been flying on the plane for 36 hours, and I have practiced hundreds of times on the ground, and I will not drop the chain for you." Gus said.

"Alright, Gus, don't be nervous, what's going on today?"

Although the aircraft carrier is like a city, this fortress is born for battle, and life at sea is mostly boring, so as long as there is time, the sailors will relax.

Even in the intervals of the Vietnam War, sailors can find new fun, not to mention now, when sea voyages are boring, and with it's Christmas again, there's bound to be a lot going on.

For Nathan, it was also an opportunity to get to know each other quickly, and through his usual activities, to get to know the other people on the warship.

Now that he is a squadron leader, he has to get to know everyone in the squadron, and at the same time, he has to have a good relationship with the deck crew and so on, and the more he knows their personal information, the better he will be able to complete the mission.

When he was fighting before, Nathan already knew it. I have to say that unlike the rigid barracks life in the previous life, Americans are more advocative of people, and they will engage in various entertainment activities to relax themselves.

This Christmas, it's even more so.

Hearing Nathan say this, Gus immediately became excited: "Of course, everyone is welcoming you today, waiting on the deck for a long time, and after you leave, the event will officially begin, there are weightlifting competitions, concerts, sumo wrestling battles, volleyball matches, golf, etc., but the most popular of them is the deck BBQ (barbecue conference)." ”

Gus's eyes were already shining as he spoke, and all kinds of activities, collectively known as the steel beach picnic, were emptied on deck, on the front deck, there was a golf driving range, weightlifting, sumo wrestling, etc., in the back, there was a volleyball game, and on the platform of the lift, there was a barbecue meeting, which was always everyone's favorite.

Everyone loves meat, and in all the activities of the entire aircraft carrier, the barbecue conference is the most popular, the chef wearing a straw hat moves the barbecue grill to the deck, three rows, each row is more than ten meters long, and then the fire is burning on it, the aroma of barbecue wafts all over the deck, just smelling the barbecue, it makes people salivate.

"Let's go, let's go up and play." Nathan said to Gus, tossed his luggage on the bed, and Nathan pulled his legs and walked out.

When the two of them came to the deck, there were countless noises all around, which was even more lively than when the aircraft took off and landed on the aircraft carrier.

What weightlifting, sumo wrestling, this kind of activity, Nathan is not good at it, he has a specialization in the art industry, Nathan is not suitable for those, and he followed the direction of the fragrance and went straight to the direction of the lift.

"Hey, Major Nathan, what do you want to do?" Seeing Nathan, the chef asks Nathan as he stomps on the music with his feet.

"Let's have some barbecue, but it's too slow." Nathan said, "It's not enough for everyone." ”

On an aircraft carrier, being a man is very hard, you have to serve meals for thousands of people, which is busy enough in normal times, and the meals of American soldiers are free, and only officers spend money.

Usually cooking is nervous enough, but now that this barbecue conference is held, it is even more nervous, the chef keeps grilling, and people keep coming to take it, and after the grilling is done, it is robbed, and there is not enough at all.

Hearing Nathan's words, the chef was also sweating: "Yes, but we only have so many people." ”

"I'll bake it for you." "My level of barbecue, that's absolutely top-notch," Nathan said. ”

Hearing Nathan's words, the chef looked apologetic, "But that's all there is to the barbecue." ”

"I have a way." Nathan said, "Drive a forklift. ”

Forklifting? The chef's face is even more puzzled, what does forklift have to do with barbecue?

If an aircraft carrier wants to maintain combat effectiveness, it is not only a carrier-based aircraft, but also a large number of special vehicles, such as bomb trucks, air-conditioned vehicles, sweepers, etc., as for forklifts, they are common equipment for carrying things inside the aircraft carrier.

When the surrounding onlookers heard this, they immediately became excited, and someone immediately drove the forklift over.