Senior crew on a US warship installed an unauthorised Starlink dish attached to a wooden pallet and were discovered because the network was named 'STINKY'

This photo taken on June 29, 2019 shows Philippine navy personnel taking photos in front of USS Montgomery (LCS 8), an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the US Navy, in Davao City on the southern island of Mindanao for a port visit. (Photo by Manman Dejeto / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANMAN DEJETO/AFP via Getty Images).

Restricted internet access can be a pain. I would imagine the US Navy, of all things, would have some pretty tight restrictions on what you can and can't do with an official connection on board one of its ships, especially when on a sensitive mission in another country's waters. 

So what to do? Well, you could just suck it up and be careful about your internet usage. Or, if you were a senior crew member on the USS Manchester, you could buy a Starlink connection for $2,800, strap it to a pallet, stick it on the outside of your $500 million warship, and call it a day (via Ars Technica). Job done.