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moker posted:Yes, the LARPers fit in fine...its called RC div Lazy rear end Rod Pullers On my boat it was E div that was the anime fiends, RC was just a bunch of drunks
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I work on a neuc plant, but my job isn't as testing, if I see someone I don't recognise, I have permission to shoot to kill. This is on level alpha section only. If you don't have the right access, it's goodbye world
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ChewedFood posted:-If looking into the nuke field, you have never done drugs. You certainly can not continue doing drugs after getting in if that is something you are thinking about. Most people I know here have smoked marijuana but neglected to disclose it to the Navy and everybody knows that's how it is. Nobody cares as long as you understand you can't keep doing it. When I went into DEP, I was honest and told them yes, I had before, a handful of times. I was told they needed waivers. I figured, well, might as well throw it all out there and let the chips fall where they may. But, with the Navy, YMMV. On a different note, took the off-crew exam in Prototype yesterday. Passed...thank god. Now for rotating watch!
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Jul 26, 2012 10:54
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itsrobbiej posted:When I went into DEP, I was honest and told them yes, I had before, a handful of times. I was told they needed waivers. I figured, well, might as well throw it all out there and let the chips fall where they may. But, with the Navy, YMMV.
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Not UNIX posted:You're MARF, right? If so, what section are you going to? (I'm section 2) Section 5. I heard they are pretty rough, but you get and stay ahead and most likely qualify early. Meh. 6 months is 6 months!
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Jul 27, 2012 10:38
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antoniomargareti posted:I work on a neuc plant, but my job isn't as testing, if I see someone I don't recognise, I have permission to shoot to kill. This is on level alpha section only. If you don't have the right access, it's goodbye world Do you work at a nuke plant in Iran?
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Jul 28, 2012 02:19
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belt posted:Do you work at a nuke plant in Iran? 
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antoniomargareti posted:I work on a neuc plant, but my job isn't as testing, if I see someone I don't recognise, I have permission to shoot to kill. This is on level alpha section only. If you don't have the right access, it's goodbye world antoniomargareti posted:43 commando fleet protection group antoniomargareti posted:Back to weed talk, what is the average price these days of a quarter of an ounce of skunk? I am dying to know why a royal supercommando nuclear security guard is so concerned with the price of weed and video games.
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Jul 28, 2012 05:15
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You ever guard a neuc... on weeeeed?
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Jul 28, 2012 06:33
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Don't listen to Antonio. I was over at his neuc just the other day and frankly I wasn't impressed with the security at all. I mean hell, everyone else was in lab coats and I just walked in in a tuxedo and just started shooting the place up with my golden gun. That bitch Antonio just hid under some tanks until after I'd jumped off the dam to escape, but I think the joke's on him cuz Doak said those tanks had some nasty poo poo in em
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Snowdens Secret posted:Don't listen to Antonio. I was over at his neuc just the other day and frankly I wasn't impressed with the security at all. I mean hell, everyone else was in lab coats and I just walked in in a tuxedo and just started shooting the place up with my golden gun. That bitch Antonio just hid under some tanks until after I'd jumped off the dam to escape, but I think the joke's on him cuz Doak said those tanks had some nasty poo poo in em Lmao, no, I've not smoked weed since school. We have non scheduled drug tests, you don't know when they going to be, someone tried to bring piss from a pal, but was caught and dropped. My knowledge of weed is from a relative, but now I have said too much.
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Jul 28, 2012 12:38
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antoniomargareti posted:I work on a neuc plant, but my job isn't as testing, if I see someone I don't recognise, I have permission to shoot to kill. This is on level alpha section only. If you don't have the right access, it's goodbye world Im going to go ahead and say you have no idea what you're talking about.
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Jul 28, 2012 13:35
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KetTarma posted:Im going to go ahead and say you have no idea what you're talking about. He might be british. Also he posted a few days after registering in an eve thread. antoniomargareti posted:Man, what the gently caress is this the hate a new face thread? Don't over rate yourself son, I don't give a poo poo about you. I was just saying I have the game and I play from time to time. Do I need to make a post that brings a tear to the eye to not be abused here? There is more gold in there.
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Jul 28, 2012 14:07
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Judging by the way he's melting down, I'd wager there's some form of flaw in the radiation shielding of whatever he's guarding, so there might actually be some truth to his claim. But I'm not alpha-level, obviously, so I wouldn't know.
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Jul 28, 2012 14:10
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Whee! Almost systems complete (keeping the Nuke thread alive!)
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Aug 4, 2012 13:18
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Got my DD214 today. Woopwoop.
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KetTarma posted:Got my DD214 today. Woopwoop. I will be drinking in honor of this post tonight. After following your saga for close to 2 years, it's great to hear you finally made it out.
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Aug 7, 2012 23:32
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KetTarma posted:Got my DD214 today. Woopwoop. 
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KetTarma posted:Got my DD214 today. Woopwoop. Welcome to the club 
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KetTarma posted:Got my DD214 today. Woopwoop. Welcome to the dark side 
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KetTarma posted:Got my DD214 today. Woopwoop. Welcome back! So what do you plan on doing now that you're out?
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I start school on the 20th for a BSEE. It'll look nice next to my BSNET. I'm signed up for the Reserves, waiting for a spot to open so I can be enlisted. I have a 2 year contract with a 2 year deployment deferal so it'll be pretty silly. Hopefully in 2 years I'll have a paid engineering internship so I don't have to worry about using the military for health care. I've thought about commissioning as a USNR officer for extra pay but I'll probably only go down that route if I decide to pursue retirement. It sucks to do the USNR thing but I can't get any grants/scholarships due to already having my crappy online degree. I also have a mortgage to pay and a wife that wants babies soon. The goal is 4 years from now to be working as an engineer-in-training at a defense contractor or factory making a decent wage on the 9 to 5 schedule. I want to get a professional electrical engineering license then work completely on my own schedule.
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God bless you, KetKarma. I hope to follow in your noble footsteps one day. Currently trying to get that Excelsior printout too. To all else: hi, I'm a RC-div SPU at the S8G plant. Been in 2.5 years, can give some advice as both a student and an instructor, and the whole process up to Prototype.
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Aug 21, 2012 23:58
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If you ever want to be a real engineer, don't touch Excelsior. I'm getting 0 transfer credit from there. Itll just waste money and keep you from getting grants for first-time degree seekers. Otherwise, go hog wild.
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SC Prototype isn't bad so far. Student. I'm slightly >5% ahead and I get along well with most of the staff, although I constantly have this feeling that I'm incredibly retarded and only getting by through sheer luck. Even though the working hours suck (I was on vols in power school) I find that the work day goes by so much faster that it's tons more tolerable than the earlier parts of the pipeline. I go back and forth every few days on things starting to make sense or seeming completely impossible for me to ever understand instead of just faking it. I'd say roughly 1/5 of what I learn seems to be getting transferred to long-term memory, and the rest is gone immediately after a checkout. Is that normal?
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Aug 24, 2012 02:24
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Yeah, its pretty normal. Just too much poo poo for your mind to actually soak in, once you get to your real plant it'll change and you'll know more than you'd ever want to
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Aug 24, 2012 02:29
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Take your vols and shove 'em. 35-5 4lyf 
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Mad Dragon posted:Take your vols and shove 'em. 35-5 4lyf Qtiyd
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Just took the 50% in NY. I passed all sections, so that's a relief. quote:I go back and forth every few days on things starting to make sense or seeming completely impossible for me to ever understand instead of just faking it. I'd say roughly 1/5 of what I learn seems to be getting transferred to long-term memory, and the rest is gone immediately after a checkout. Is that normal? I'm in the same boat. I will study like 8 casualties, get the signatures, and then the next day, not remember half the stuff until I review it again. I just keep telling myself that the instructors have been giving checkouts to people for a long time, so they know the systems inside and out.
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Its not so much that as understanding the philosophy behind what you want to do in each casualty. I lost lube oil flow. Why? What will make things safe for the next few minutes? What about long term? It ultimately goes back to getting good systems checkouts. You can always tell during casualty checkouts who understands the system and who got it signed off because their partner carried them. Flash memorizing is very common and will get you by but, as you can guess, screws you in the end. Go to the plant or matf and walk it out. Itll help.
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KetTarma posted:Its not so much that as understanding the philosophy behind what you want to do in each casualty. I lost lube oil flow. Why? What will make things safe for the next few minutes? What about long term? It ultimately goes back to getting good systems checkouts. You can always tell during casualty checkouts who understands the system and who got it signed off because their partner carried them. This really doesn't just apply to the nuke world, but any casualty to equipment you'll ever deal with in the Navy. It's all about following two paths: what could have caused this and what will my actions cause. You have to understand that there's likely causes for every engineering casualty, and there will be definite consequences of every action you take. Most of it is pretty logical to step through. Go down and look at all the actual gear and just trace things out and piece together what you'll lose each time you have to secure something.
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It's hard to give an example due to the nature of the discussion topic. Think of it like this: The majority of the staff have been working in nuclear power plants for 5-10 years. Reduction gears need oil. Turbine generators need oil. Switchboards need power. When I first showed up to NPTU, I didnt know anything about any of the systems... but when we had a real casualty on one of my U/Is, I knew exactly what to do because equipment is pretty universal. Learning "Oh, I need to go check this temperature monitoring panel right here" is the specific stuff that you'll relearn everywhere you go. Qualifying at prototype really doesn't help you that much with operating a nuke plant. What it helps with is teaching you how to qualify and a good overview of how systems interact together.
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Just got back from my first patrol. Quallified RT and I'm about 1/3 done on ships. I'm certainly glad to be back but I don't think I'll mind going out again.
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http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120825/PC16/120829460/1006/navy-submarine-heads-back-upstream I really wonder where they got the 100 million dollar number from.
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I've seen $20m elsewhere, $100m seems awful high but maybe they had to buy new maneuvering chairs and that blew the budget
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Aug 27, 2012 00:20
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That fancy black and red hull paint is expensive.
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Mad Dragon posted:That fancy black and red hull paint is expensive. They don't use red anymore noob!!! actually they might idk but ours was black every time genderstomper58 fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Aug 27, 2012 |
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Aug 27, 2012 02:47
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The red is on the bottom mokes
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Snowdens Secret posted:The red is on the bottom mokes yeah and we were in dry dock 4 times......they painted it black.... e2: removed trigger word genderstomper58 fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Aug 27, 2012 |
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Yeah idk they painted ours red on the bottom at least once. If you look at our grounding pic on wikipedia our underside is red although that was a few years ago
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