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Stultus Maximus posted:When I was on a small deck the only O-6s who bothered to show up were VIPs and I assume that's normal on shooters too? CO/XO on carriers is an O-6, generally the CAG is an O-6 as well. AFAIK CHENG/medical officer usually is too, I'm sure there are some other floaters.
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buttplug posted:CO/XO on carriers is an O-6, generally the CAG is an O-6 as well. AFAIK CHENG/medical officer usually is too, I'm sure there are some other floaters. Yes, I know. I was on one. I was talking about other ships.
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Jul 22, 2014 03:43
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Stultus Maximus posted:Yes, I know. I was on one. I was talking about other ships. Lol
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Jul 22, 2014 04:27
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Yeah the only reason an O-6 ever came onboard either DDG I was on is because they are a chaplain, the commodore, or an inspector.
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Jul 22, 2014 12:13
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I never will understand why Chaplains are allowed to be promoted at all. Make those useless fucks make O-3 pay for their entire career of not really doing anything of actual value.
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Jul 22, 2014 15:54
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I don't know, some of them actually do stuff. The one at the hospital I'm at tries his hardest to use the confidentiality of his position to actually change policies and help out the lower enlisted in getting a voice without the Chiefs muffling it. They can shut up an E-3, but good luck with an O-4. He's also the most proactive in setting up stuff to maintain morale, help out sailors/marines that don't want to see Mental Health but are in need of a helping hand, and whenever something seems hosed up, tries to make the best move possible to help out whoever is getting hosed over. There are a lot of lovely ones though. The guy before this one was completely useless and couldn't put his own twisted outlook on the world to the side in order to help people, often doing more bad than good. His wife was also a total dependacunt and I feel sorry for their child.
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Jul 22, 2014 17:24
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Had the distinct pleasure of spending several hours this morning in a car dealership. The salesmen are annoying but the finance guys are straight up loving thieves. I was a total pain in the rear end of course since I understand arcane subjects such as interest rates. I laughed at the guy when he quoted the first interest rate to me and told him to try again. At one point I looked the guy right in the eye and said "I bet you get a lot of people in here who take the first number you offer them don't you?" He at least had the grace to look embarrassed, but did say yes. I swear that there should be a requirement for young sailors to take a week long car buying class before they are even allowed to think of getting withing 500 feet of a car dealership.
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Jul 22, 2014 19:15
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vulturesrow posted:Had the distinct pleasure of spending several hours this morning in a car dealership. The salesmen are annoying but the finance guys are straight up loving thieves. I was a total pain in the rear end of course since I understand arcane subjects such as interest rates. I laughed at the guy when he quoted the first interest rate to me and told him to try again. At one point I looked the guy right in the eye and said "I bet you get a lot of people in here who take the first number you offer them don't you?" He at least had the grace to look embarrassed, but did say yes. I swear that there should be a requirement for young sailors to take a week long car buying class before they are even allowed to think of getting withing 500 feet of a car dealership. Were you right a off base? When I was here as an E3 they tried to sell me a Mazdaspeed 3 at $600 a month payments for 72 months. I was also a wizard of the dark financial arts and told him to gently caress off. I just wanted to test drive it for fun.
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Jul 22, 2014 19:34
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Laranzu posted:Were you right a off base? When I was here as an E3 they tried to sell me a Mazdaspeed 3 at $600 a month payments for 72 months. No, World Ford on Pensacola Blvd. The guys right off base are literal scum for the most part.
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Jul 22, 2014 19:39
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Anyone have the quote from Admiral Mahan about ships being awful and anyone that wants to go on one is terrible?
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Jul 22, 2014 20:07
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Fart Sandwiches posted:Anyone have the quote from Admiral M Found how much he hated the ocean and sucked at driving ships but no quotes http://www.historynet.com/alfred-thayer-mahan-the-reluctant-seaman.htm
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Jul 22, 2014 20:11
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USAA car buying service is pretty sweet...
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vulturesrow posted:Had the distinct pleasure of spending several hours this morning in a car dealership. The salesmen are annoying but the finance guys are straight up loving thieves. I was a total pain in the rear end of course since I understand arcane subjects such as interest rates. I laughed at the guy when he quoted the first interest rate to me and told him to try again. At one point I looked the guy right in the eye and said "I bet you get a lot of people in here who take the first number you offer them don't you?" He at least had the grace to look embarrassed, but did say yes. I swear that there should be a requirement for young sailors to take a week long car buying class before they are even allowed to think of getting withing 500 feet of a car dealership. Before classing up in a-school we had to do a week long financial management class which included poo poo like that and mall kiosks for laptops, etc Didn't stop people though
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Jul 22, 2014 20:59
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What car did you get/what intrest (if you don't mind telling). I was looking at the services at my credit union and they're 2% for new cars.
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Jul 22, 2014 20:59
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Sir Lucius posted:What car did you get/what intrest (if you don't mind telling). I was looking at the services at my credit union and they're 2% for new cars. I just got quoted a refinance on my 2013 Focus ST at 1.7% If your credit is up for it, sub 2% is easy.
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Jul 22, 2014 21:34
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vulturesrow posted:Had the distinct pleasure of spending several hours this morning in a car dealership. The salesmen are annoying but the finance guys are straight up loving thieves. I was a total pain in the rear end of course since I understand arcane subjects such as interest rates. I laughed at the guy when he quoted the first interest rate to me and told him to try again. At one point I looked the guy right in the eye and said "I bet you get a lot of people in here who take the first number you offer them don't you?" He at least had the grace to look embarrassed, but did say yes. I swear that there should be a requirement for young sailors to take a week long car buying class before they are even allowed to think of getting withing 500 feet of a car dealership. When I was in Norfolk I was approached in a loving grocery store by a guy who asked "you have a car?" Yes. "Want to sell it and buy a new one?" He worked at a car dealership right across the street from the store. That one creeped me the hell out, partly because of the approach and partly because it must sometimes work.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Calling attention on deck when the CO or other senior officer comes by if nothing else to clear the drat walkway is the norm on ships, not the exception. I don't think I ever heard 'attention on deck' on my fast boat, except as a joke to gently caress with butterbar ringknockers. We -might- have said something like 'captain on the conn' but I don't remember. We did pipe him on/off in port, though. (Also piped butterbar ringknockers, to gently caress with them.)
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Jul 22, 2014 22:50
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Yeah, they forced us into a week long class with a retired Chief that told us how he would swindle the car dealerships pretending to be a senile old man until he pulled out a calculator on them when negotiating a price came down. Still can't believe dudes pay 600+ a month. I think my LPO fell for that. And here I am spending my hard earned money on protein and week long cruises/deep sea fishing.
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Jul 22, 2014 22:57
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vulturesrow posted:Had the distinct pleasure of spending several hours this morning in a car dealership. The salesmen are annoying but the finance guys are straight up loving thieves. I was a total pain in the rear end of course since I understand arcane subjects such as interest rates. I laughed at the guy when he quoted the first interest rate to me and told him to try again. At one point I looked the guy right in the eye and said "I bet you get a lot of people in here who take the first number you offer them don't you?" He at least had the grace to look embarrassed, but did say yes. I swear that there should be a requirement for young sailors to take a week long car buying class before they are even allowed to think of getting withing 500 feet of a car dealership. Financing for E1 and up!
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Jul 22, 2014 23:34
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vulturesrow posted:Had the distinct pleasure of spending several hours this morning in a car dealership. The salesmen are annoying but the finance guys are straight up loving thieves. I was a total pain in the rear end of course since I understand arcane subjects such as interest rates. I laughed at the guy when he quoted the first interest rate to me and told him to try again. At one point I looked the guy right in the eye and said "I bet you get a lot of people in here who take the first number you offer them don't you?" He at least had the grace to look embarrassed, but did say yes. I swear that there should be a requirement for young sailors to take a week long car buying class before they are even allowed to think of getting withing 500 feet of a car dealership. Buying a car is super fun when you're a woman. They fall all over themselves to give me the shittiest deal and then drat near cry when I get a price quote and go somewhere else with cash. I swear they think I'm an idiot who lost her handler. I'm going to CarMax when I get back Stateside. I own my car but I need a truck.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Yes, I know. I was on one. I was talking about other ships. Then why the stupid question? Stultus Maximus posted:When I was on a small deck the only O-6s who bothered to show up were VIPs and I assume that's normal on shooters too?
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buttplug posted:Then why the stupid question? Shooters are cruisers, destroyers, and frigates. Small deck is LPD/LSD.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Shooters are cruisers, destroyers, and frigates. Small deck is LPD/LSD. I have literally never heard that. The SWO community always refers to it as CRUDES (cruisers/destroyers) or amphibs/big decks.  edit: I thought you meant shooters as in carriers shooting [off] jets.
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Jul 23, 2014 04:29
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im pretty sure even people who aren't in the navy knew what they meant
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krispykremessuck posted:im pretty sure even people who aren't in the navy knew what they meant I've never heard 'shooters' refer to anything but a dive bar I could see 'the SWO community' calling attention on deck if a captain walked into a joint like that
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Snowdens Secret posted:I've never heard 'shooters' refer to anything but a dive bar I meant in the sense that I could determine what was meant by shooters, not that it's some unofficial way that swos refer to cruisers/destroyers
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Jul 23, 2014 05:14
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Subs are boats. Everything else is a target. 
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Shooters are the guys in yellow jerseys who push the button that makes the catapult go.
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buttplug posted:I have literally never heard that. The SWO community always refers to it as CRUDES (cruisers/destroyers) or amphibs/big decks. I thought shooter was a pretty common term?  It's usually used in relation to TLAM but it always means a VLS capable ship. Small boy is the most commonly used term I hear to refer to CRUDES though.
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Sir Lucius posted:What car did you get/what intrest (if you don't mind telling). I was looking at the services at my credit union and they're 2% for new cars. Expedition EL. USAA is currently 4.25, the dealership offered 6.35 and that was when I told them to try again. They came back with 5.4 which I accepted because it gives me the same monthly payment as USAA due to a rebate I got for financing through Ford. I'm sure I could've gotten them lower. They also have affiliate banks that probably could've beat the USAA rate but then I would not have received the rebate for financing through Ford. I'll do that for 4 months and then refinance with USAA at the lower rate. As an aside, the finance calculator I had to buy for one of my MBA classes made figuring out all the payment info and stuff out a hell of a lot easier than using a regular calculator.
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Boon posted:I thought shooter was a pretty common term? I've literally never heard that or heard a SWO refer to them as anything but small boys.
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PneumonicBook posted:I've literally never heard that or heard a SWO refer to them as anything but small boys. We're a special breed in TLAM I guess.
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Boon posted:We're a special breed in TLAM I guess. Imma beat this horse some more but I have heard the term in reference to VLS equipped surface ships. Usually though its not used in a generic sense but when specifically asking what ships are available with VLS when doing some sort of tactical planning. But TLAM is a special breed. 
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vulturesrow posted:Expedition EL. drat, you must have a family. I still want my irresponsible Raptor, but I still can't afford $1000/month payments so I guess I'll just live vicariously though other people getting big trucks.
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Sir Lucius posted:drat, you must have a family. I still want my irresponsible Raptor, but I still can't afford $1000/month payments so I guess I'll just live vicariously though other people getting big trucks. Yeah I have a litter of kids so we have to buy something big. This is the family vehicle; I've been driving the same explorer since 2000. Raptor is pretty sweet, a CMC I know (and an actual really awesome one) who retired about a year ago bought one for himself as a retirement celebration.
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vulturesrow posted:Imma beat this horse some more but I have heard the term in reference to VLS equipped surface ships. Usually though its not used in a generic sense but when specifically asking what ships are available with VLS when doing some sort of tactical planning. But TLAM is a special breed. I've heard it used to refer to AD capable ships which today is synonymous with VLS equipped but used to include the MK13/26 equipped CGs and FFGs. Whatever.
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Power is out at NAS Oceana. ROPEYARN WEDNESDAY 
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DustyNuts posted:Power is out at NAS Oceana. ROPEYARN WEDNESDAY You get to knit when the power goes out?
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Boon posted:I thought shooter was a pretty common term? This post is correct. I've also heard SSGN's called shooters as well, though it is far less common.
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More micromanagement at the shitstain that is fc/et/bm/qm/gm/ic a school. Students must be in class for fifty minutes, then have a ten minute break, no exceptions. This introduces a few problems which I mean if I can see I'd hope the chain of 'command' could see, most notably that the entire loving schoolhouse will be in break at the same time. Good luck getting coffee in ten minutes with a line of 400 people.
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