Comments by "David Houseman" (@davidhouseman4328) on "Why Royal Navy Ships Are Set For 5 Years Away" video.

  1.  @theplaneimage  flying the crews out stops you saves you time for the ships traveling back to base and out again to get the most out if your ship. It seems like this deployment is set up as an attractive one for recruits, with a nice working timetable and lots of interesting port visits.
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  2. It something like 2/3rds of the world's oceans, there's a whole lot of variety.
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  3.  @MrBlaxjax  the navy has bases in Bahrain and Oman.
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  4.  @seanmoran6510  Yes, it is important. Oman is a bit more general purpose though.
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  5.  @michaelmcginn7260  they aren't east of Suez, the context of this conversation.
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  6.  @progwolf12  it would acttually be 12 weeks on 6 weeks off at that. 2 shifts serve at once.
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  7. They will be some of the most active ships. 3 watches will rotate through roughly 2 months on 1 month off keeping the crew permanently fresh.
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