Limited online access stresses sailors at sea

navytimes.com 15 Apr '12, 3pm

Limited online access stresses sailors at sea

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/04/navy-limited-online-access-stresses-sailors-at-sea-041512w/ Limited online access stresses sailors at sea By Joshua Stewart - Staff Writer Posted : Sunday Apr 15, 2012 10:52:49 EDT ABOARD THE CARRIER ENTERPRISE — In a room about half the size of a tennis court, half a dozen sailors are waiting for a seat to open up at one of 30 computers lining the bulkheads. With a library next door, it’s like a high school media center, only the patrons are a few years older than the typical student and wearing Navy working uniforms. This particular day wasn’t that busy — sailors waited a few minutes or so to log on and check their email, write home, look at their bank accounts, catch up on the news and scan Facebook. “The biggest thing is social networks and email,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class (SW) Jose Santiago, who was running the med...

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