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And, when the norovirus strikes, it's action stations.
But today, with the night spent on action stations, the men move to their respective dining halls.
Once offensive operations had moved northwards, Sir Percivale loaded up 240 pallets of humanitarian aid and made a transit of the waterway, at action stations and accompanied by a minesweeper.
Peter, from Plymouth, was the only member of the ship's company not at action stations at the time.
Recommend all unit commands go to Combat Alert status and prep action stations.
It is significant that the cabin containing the barber surgeon's chest was situated on the main gundeck, close to action stations.
As soon as the crew gets a shout, it is action stations.
One of most tense occasions was being called to action stations at lunchtime on March 20, when the country started to fire missiles into its neighbour.
Fuller recalls being at action stations in the aft magazine when the first air strike hit the ship: ‘There was a loud bang, and I thought we had just opened fire, but I was wrong.’
Then on the day the Royal Marines were landed we were called to action stations and no one said it was an exercise.
We were at action stations when we heard a hell of a row coming from the starboard side.
Onboard Stuart, CMDR Spedding had brought the ship to action stations and raised the surface warning to Red at the instant of the first attack on ABOT.
Simultaneously it will teach personnel in action stations and C & C centers how to employ weapons and use ships' combat ruggedness equipment in accordance with a single concept and plan.
At the moment, however, it's action stations for the summer camps, with four running in 2003.
In 1944-5 in the North Sea, heading for a reported E-boat contact at action stations, a quick Marxist response would be, ‘Keep your head down.’
During the exercise, Edinburgh had the opportunity to practise action stations and air defence, anti-submarine and boarding capabilities, culminating in a high seas live firing.
He worked as a First Class Stoker in the boiler room, switching to loading ammunition magazines when on action stations.
It wasn't long before we hit the port, and after a relaxing ride, it was action stations again.
She's in love with the way her brain feels when it's called to action stations.
Even before they were through the Heads of Port Jackson, sailors were at action stations clad in bullet proof vests and manning .50 calibre and 40 calibre guns.