Hot racking

Bunk beds aboard a US Navy ship

Hot racking, hot bunking or hot bedding is the sanctioned practice within military organizations of assigning more than one crew member to a bed or "rack" to reduce berthing (sleeping) space.[1]

  1. ^ Jackson, Stephen Leal (2010). The Men: American Enlisted Submariners in World War II; Why they joined, why they fought, and why they won. Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9781608444878.