It is said that an army marches on its stomach, and that old adage definitely rings true for the navy, as it has been proven time and again throughout history that a well-fed sailor is a happy seaman.
On this point, there has been an oft-quoted anecdote that the crew of an American submarine brought out the pirate in them and went on board a battleship in World War 2 with the express mission to steal an ice-cream-making machine – something they succeeded spectacularly at.
