Navy struggling to recruit submarine crews… because sailors can’t use Facebook underwater

‘Royal Navy recruiters are a having hard time finding young people to work on Britain’s submarines because nobody wants to be cut off from social media for up to 90 days at a time.
Days after Parliament voted to renew Britain’s continuous-at-sea-deterrent, a survey by research firm PA Consulting found the Navy is facing a huge recruitment crisis.
Young people are reluctant to become submariners partly because it means being at sea for three months at a time without their smartphones or access to social media.’
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