Stultus Maximus posted:Every time I'm on an amphib half the Marines greet me with "OORAH SIR". I much prefer the barely-mumbled "good morning" or better yet, avoiding eye contact that sailors do. I have never heard anyone but the biggest boots on the planet greet an officer by saying "oohrah sir!"
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I want to stab everybody that calls doors hatches.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:31
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Veins McGee posted:I have never heard anyone but the biggest boots on the planet greet an officer by saying "oohrah sir!" I suspect they do it to gently caress with the Navy officers.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:32
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Stultus Maximus posted:I suspect they do it to gently caress with the Navy officers. Yeah, we used to do it to gently caress with AF officers at Edwards.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:49
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Veins McGee posted:I have never heard anyone but the biggest boots on the planet greet an officer by saying "oohrah sir!" I would regularly do that to my shift officer multiple times per day. Neither one of us were Marines.
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Feb 5, 2013 20:21
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Veins McGee posted:Deck, bulkhead, ladderwell, head, hatch, aye, overhead, port, starboard, aft, gaff, ladderwell, field day  GEDUNK, SCUTTLEBUTT, SKYLARKING!!! KEEP YOUR DICKSKINNERS OFF OF MY BRIGHTWORK, SHIPMATE!!
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Feb 6, 2013 01:15
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Do sailors seriously say Shipmate? Not trying to talk poo poo, because hoo-ah and stuff like that are just as gay.
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Mike-o posted:Do sailors seriously say Shipmate? Not trying to talk poo poo, because hoo-ah and stuff like that are just as gay. e6 and below say it ironically to mock the navy e7 and above mean it, especially if they see you doing something ur not supposed to be doing and don't know you/can't see ur nametape
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Feb 6, 2013 01:24
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Cool things to shout at dumb Joes. Hey airborne! Hey high speed! Come here turbo! HEY WARRIOR! I GUESS WE DONT *thing we are supposed to do* SINCE WHEN DOES A PRIVATE Oh so I guess nowadays a PFC can tell an E5 what to do. (said by a fat NG E5 when a PFC relayed a message from the 1SG)
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Feb 6, 2013 01:31
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Beria posted:e6 and below say it ironically to mock the navy HEY HIGHSPEED/SHIPMATE/DEBBADAWG!!!! Does the air force even have anything?
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Feb 6, 2013 01:31
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LEGIT WAR CRIMINAL posted:HEY HIGHSPEED/SHIPMATE/DEBBADAWG!!!! "Warrior"
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Feb 6, 2013 01:33
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Gotta make air quotes for it to work
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Feb 6, 2013 01:33
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Booblord Zagats posted:"Warrior" Sky  warrior, because sailors are sea warriors. You don't want to get your warriors mixed up.
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Feb 6, 2013 02:31
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It's "Warrior Airmen" dipshits.
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Feb 6, 2013 02:34
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Beria posted:e6 and below say it ironically to mock the navy Overheard in the hallway (sorry, p-way) of a training command: New student O-1, trying to get the attention of an enlisted sailor: "Hey, shipmate!" Instructor O-3, sticking his head out of his office: "Did she just 'shipmate' someone? Holy poo poo." [mentorship ensues]
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Feb 6, 2013 02:35
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SHIPmating... like a chief.
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Feb 6, 2013 02:51
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Overheard in the hallway (sorry, p-way) of a training command: Truth. "Shipmate" when said by E-7 or above sounds just like "dirtbag."
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Feb 6, 2013 02:53
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Stultus Maximus posted:Truth. "Shipmate" when said by E-7 or above sounds just like "dirtbag." I had a great group of guys working for me at my last command and I used to shipmate them on a regular basis just to gently caress with them. The ballsier ones used to fire right back first chance they got. It was p. awesome. One of those little things that made my last tour semi-bearable.
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Feb 6, 2013 03:35
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I used to constantly do it to people I worked with. I'd throw in the most ridiculous nuke/navy poo poo ever to make it even more diggity. "Shipmate, you need to shim in." "Shipmate, what would Admiral Rickover think?" "Shipmate, you need to shut your throttles" "Shipmate, you're going to let chief down if he finds out. We can't let chief down, remember!!" "Bravo zulu, shipmate! Remember to put this on your brag sheet!!" I would do it to students sometimes but they'd never get that I was loving with them. I've had students add me on facebook after graduating that were completely floored that I did not, in fact, love the navy and say a prayer to Nimitz every night before turning to in my rack hooyah.
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Feb 6, 2013 04:26
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KetTarma posted:"Shipmate, what would Admiral Rickover think?" gently caress. You.
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Feb 6, 2013 05:35
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There used to be a lone marine in the solder shop. Shipmating marines = the best.
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Feb 6, 2013 06:11
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grumplestiltzkin posted:gently caress. You. I loled for real at this post.
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Feb 6, 2013 06:17
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Godholio posted:It's "Warrior Airmen" dipshits. The Navy has had Airmen longer than the Air Force.  I think.
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Feb 6, 2013 06:29
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The AF as a separate service, obviously. But the Army had flyers 2 years before the Navy. Also the Navy is dumb and calls them aviators (why is a female pilot in the Navy not called an aviatrix?) and something about shoes.
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Feb 6, 2013 06:36
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Godholio posted:The AF as a separate service, obviously. But the Army had flyers 2 years before the Navy. He was actually referring to our E-3s in aviation rates who are called Airmen vice Seamen.
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Feb 6, 2013 06:41
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Yeah nobody else can keep track of all those names. If I'm ever in the situation where I need to address one I'll just call him shipmate or popeye or something.
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Feb 6, 2013 06:48
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Godholio posted:Also the Navy is dumb and calls them aviators (why is a female pilot in the Navy not called an aviatrix?) and something about shoes. Capital N, capital A. Also something something Wings of Gold.
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Feb 6, 2013 07:03
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I never went on a ship, so any Navy guys I ever encountered were called "Buildingmate" I'd like to point out that someone else in GiP gave me this idea!
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Feb 6, 2013 08:45
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'sup, cubemate.
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Feb 6, 2013 08:47
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Godholio posted:Yeah nobody else can keep track of all those names. If I'm ever in the situation where I need to address one I'll just call him shipmate or popeye or something. I once called back a patient as Petty Officer First Class and he was all like, "Actually, it's HM2  " or something like that. The Navy has the most horrible rank system and insignias, followed very closely by the Marines who actively camoflague their ranks against their uniforms. What the hell?
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Feb 6, 2013 09:41
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GoGoGadget posted:followed very closely by the Marines who actively camoflague their ranks against their uniforms. What the hell? Which can result in: 
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grumplestiltzkin posted:gently caress. You. What's wrong proto-pal?
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While it probably originated from the ward room, the Chief's mess adopted a "let's use Sea Warrior instead of Shipmate" policy. That's when I started dropping "shipmate" everywhere like I had Tourettes and using it as a bookend to every sentence that came out of my mouth.
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iyaayas01 posted:Which can result in: This is exactly how I feel at night when I see a random-rear end Army SPC, because all of the army wear their ranks on their hats and I figure this guy is a Lite Colonel until I'm right up on him and he's looking at me like i'm a fuckhead why can't everyone adopt the air force ranking system, enlisted on the arms, officers on the necks?
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Feb 6, 2013 15:11
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How about we just stop saluting like we're loving knights in the middle ages?
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No Butt Stuff posted:How about we just stop saluting like we're loving knights in the middle ages? nah, its TRADITION
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DrCuntmuffins posted:nah, its TRADITION Yeah why do you hate America? 
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Some West Pointer once told me that, according to the regs, if you're walking up next to a superior officer going the same direction and want to pass him, you have to say "by your leave, Sir" and wait for him to say "carry on" or some poo poo before you actually pass him. I've never, ever, ever done that. If an LT tried that on me, I'd probably trip him.
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Martello posted:Some West Pointer once told me that, according to the regs, if you're walking up next to a superior officer going the same direction and want to pass him, you have to say "by your leave, Sir" and wait for him to say "carry on" or some poo poo before you actually pass him. That is the most gay-rear end poo poo I've heard. What is this, loving Game of Thrones?
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Martello posted:Some West Pointer once told me that, according to the regs, if you're walking up next to a superior officer going the same direction and want to pass him, you have to say "by your leave, Sir" and wait for him to say "carry on" or some poo poo before you actually pass him. Yeah, they told us that in ROTC but the few times it happened the reaction was more "wha?"
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