Yom Kippur

How do I describe to you what life aboard ship is like? Here's an example.

Everyone is assembled. The ark is open and I have begun the Kol Nidrei liturgy and...

...the captain gets onto the 1MC and begins to talk to us for about 8 minutes. 

(The stained glass window is in the chapel of the USS George Washington of George Washington kneeling in prayer)

We just lowered the volume of the 1MC and went back to services. 

So what could happen during Yom Kippur day? A "Man Overboard" drill. 

That means you have less than 7 minutes to make it to your muster point where attendance is taken. If you are late, they start calling your name out over the 1MC. 

Services that were scheduled for 1 hour is now down to 30 minutes. Shorted Yom Kippur services ever. 

All I could do was laugh.

Semper Gumbi.