The Weirdest, Dirtiest And Wildest Jobs In The Military

The Coast Guard’s Buoy Tenders

The Cost Guard’s buoy tenders’ jobs are to scrape and power wash about two tons of crud, sea life and animal waste off of buoys that weigh 100 tons. It is important to keep these buoys clean because if they are too dirty they can sink, and if their anchors are too dirty, it can lead to dangerous accidents. It takes these tenders approximately 30 minutes to clean the buoys themselves, but then they have to clean off the decks of their ships, which become filthy from the removed waste, and that takes much longer.