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UoI posted:I have a question about my A-school; it's in Pensacola, Florida for ABE. What will my living conditions be? Will I be staying in a barracks with dozens of other people or will I have a dorm type thing or can I stay with a friend? Think more like college dorm that's called a barracks.
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UoI posted:I have a question about my A-school; it's in Pensacola, Florida for ABE. What will my living conditions be? Will I be staying in a barracks with dozens of other people or will I have a dorm type thing or can I stay with a friend? From what I've heard its a barrack(4+ to a room) style life with stringent rules. Only wifi too and it sucks. Stay with a friend? I guess if your a E-5 that could be an option. We have nice dorms at Corry but very little to do on base compared to Pensacola.
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Apr 10, 2015 18:34
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LingcodKilla posted:From what I've heard its a barrack(4+ to a room) style life with stringent rules. Only wifi too and it sucks. E-5 and above stay at the Gateway Inn next to NATTC iirc
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Apr 10, 2015 18:38
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So I can't bring my computer to play this awesome space game I just bought (E:D) during that time. Blows. 
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Apr 10, 2015 19:35
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you can probably bring your computer (?) i had my computer in dam neck and it was 3 people to a room. in fact it worked out good cause we split a cox cable bill between us, each paying like 15 bucks a month
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Apr 10, 2015 20:18
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UoI posted:I have a question about my A-school; it's in Pensacola, Florida for ABE. What will my living conditions be? Will I be staying in a barracks with dozens of other people or will I have a dorm type thing or can I stay with a friend? NAS is pretty nice, but A school is lovely, constant room inspections, saluting in and out of the "ship" aka barracks. strict liberty policies, segregated berthing. but you do have a movie theater on base, the beach is close, and check out palafox st when you get phase 3. also dont buy a car from some buy here pay here place, use navy federal.
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Apr 10, 2015 20:51
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Arione posted:NAS is pretty nice, but A school is lovely, constant room inspections, saluting in and out of the "ship" aka barracks. strict liberty policies, segregated berthing. but you do have a movie theater on base, the beach is close, and check out palafox st when you get phase 3. also dont buy a car from some buy here pay here place, use navy federal. This, assuming you are straight out of boot. If you are a fleet returnee (e-5+), you skip 90% of the bullshit and have a nicer room.
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Apr 10, 2015 21:25
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UoI posted:So I can't bring my computer to play this awesome space game I just bought (E:D) during that time. Blows. Tons of people have laptops and play league on Wifi but the the barracks on NAS dont have coaxial like half the buildings on Corry Station do. You can most certainly bring your computer. Just dont get it sent to you by the USPS. Those motherfuckers stole my computer and Ipad and refuse to pay out insurance because I cant provide receipts proving I bought them. The poo poo dissipated in their sorting base and they even found the empty box and mailed it back to me missing the 16lbs of stuff. Since its a government entity the Navy wont really help me either.  What they sent me back after it got lost at their shipping plant for three weeks. So whoever stole my poo poo just left the box lying around for the inspector to find it and mail it back. What. The. gently caress.
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Apr 10, 2015 21:29
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LingcodKilla posted:Tons of people have laptops and play league on Wifi but the the barracks on NAS dont have coaxial like half the buildings on Corry Station do. should have used UPS and took video
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Apr 10, 2015 21:49
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/39/401quote:Subject to the provisions of section 404a, the Postal Service shall have the following general powers: 
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Apr 10, 2015 22:09
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They said I could get a private counsel. Just couldnt use Navy resources for it. It's a thousand bucks. While I'm not made of money the stress of having to deal with those fuckers and them stonewalling me is almost not worth it.
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Apr 10, 2015 22:14
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LingcodKilla posted:Tons of people have laptops and play league on Wifi but the the barracks on NAS dont have coaxial like half the buildings on Corry Station do.  Major leagues of messed up. Definitely not putting my PC in UPS care. I only have a desktop because laptops make me upset.
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Apr 10, 2015 22:43
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UoI posted:
I shipped mine from cory to JBPHH UPS just fine, was a bitch to insure it for $5k, but yolo. lots of bubble wrap and remove the GPU's carry those with you on the plane in anti static bags.
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Apr 10, 2015 23:01
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UoI posted:
You may want to work on your laptop phobia if you plan on staying in past A school
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Apr 10, 2015 23:24
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vulturesrow posted:You may want to work on your laptop phobia if you plan on staying in past A school going to 8 months of IT C and then the ship, really dont want to drop 1k on a laptop tho.
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Apr 10, 2015 23:46
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Arione posted:going to 8 months of IT C and then the ship, really dont want to drop 1k on a laptop tho. You may want to work on your laptop phobia if you are going to a ship. From what I hear they don't have a lot of storage space.
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Apr 11, 2015 00:15
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LordNad posted:You may want to work on your laptop phobia if you are going to a ship. From what I hear they don't have a lot of storage space. You're fine just use your laundry bag as auxiliary locker. Plenty of space for my Gundam and Inuyasha DVDs. (+hardcopy Ranma 1/2)
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Apr 11, 2015 00:54
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Oh you going to Corry not Pensacola . We mostly have two person dorm room here. Ain't much to do here on base.Arione posted:going to 8 months of IT C and then the ship, really dont want to drop 1k on a laptop tho.
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Apr 11, 2015 01:01
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I bought a sager laptop from here 3 years ago: http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-clevo-sager-notebooks-ct-95_51_162.html I wanted to buy a new one recently, but my current one holds up too good to justify it. Pros: 1080 screen resolution, no stupid branding or "rad" designs, plays games just as good as an xboxone or ps4, portable. Cons: I paid something like $1400 for mine, you have to pay by cash/check to get a decent discount (but I think they also offer a military discount), every 6 months you may need to open it up and clean dust out of the heatsinks.
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Apr 11, 2015 01:40
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Arione posted:going to 8 months of IT C and then the ship, really dont want to drop 1k on a laptop tho. A good gaming laptop is worth it IMO if you're stationed on a ship. Desktops are rarely viable. My shop had a shop desktop that one of my sailors owned but there is no way we could have supported multiple people bringing desktops onboard. Plus, a laptop can be used in your rack. I used one of those padded blue folders they put awards in as a mouse pad in my rack, works loving great.
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Apr 11, 2015 01:48
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vulturesrow posted:You may want to work on your laptop phobia if you plan on staying in past A school I was actually fighting myself about it because: Lou Takki posted:A good gaming laptop is worth it IMO if you're stationed on a ship. Desktops are rarely viable. My shop had a shop desktop that one of my sailors owned but there is no way we could have supported multiple people bringing desktops onboard. Just wanted to use my desktop as long as possible. I guess I'll post in here again after basic and ask for a link to a nice gaming laptop, and I guess it won't be so bad coming out with a couple grand. Also playing Shogun 2 while at sea could be p rad.
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Apr 11, 2015 02:38
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LingcodKilla posted:Oh you going to Corry not Pensacola . We mostly have two person dorm room here. Ain't much to do here on base. Nah my IT C is in sandiego. ship is in maine. pretty sure I get to keep my Hawaii BAH while im up in the navy lodge there. should be able to stack fat stacks 
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Apr 11, 2015 03:01
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UoI posted:Also playing Shogun 2 while at sea could be p rad. This guy knows whats up already. edit: Actually the most popular multiplayer game in my shop was Sins of a Solar Empire for a whole deployment. Top 10 RTS games ever in my book. Serjeant Buzfuz fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Apr 11, 2015 |
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Apr 11, 2015 04:59
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I bought a desktop in A-School and used it to hide contraband. 
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Analogical posted:I bought a desktop in A-School and used it to hide contraband. why do I imagine some boot hiding playboys inside a porn machine?
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Apr 11, 2015 05:54
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UoI posted:I have a question about my A-school; it's in Pensacola, Florida for ABE. What will my living conditions be? Will I be staying in a barracks with dozens of other people or will I have a dorm type thing or can I stay with a friend? You will be in a ~2+1 person dorm room with a shared bathroom. You will also be in Alpha. Also the barracks have wifi and you can have laptops. (Sure as gently caress had mine)
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CMD598 posted:You will be in a ~2+1 person dorm room with a shared bathroom. You will also be in Alpha. Oh cool, I was hoping for the couple people dorm. I guess I'll just splurge out for a laptop after basic; it's better than nothing. As long as the screen is huge and I buy a separate mouse and keyboard it wouldn't be so bad. Also what's Alpha? Anita Dickinme fucked around with this message at 12:55 on Apr 11, 2015 |
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UoI posted:Oh cool, I was hoping for the couple people dorm. I guess I'll just splurge out for a laptop after basic; it's better than nothing. As long as the screen is huge and I buy a separate mouse and keyboard it wouldn't be so bad. School shift I think. I'm alpha shift so I have to be at march off at 0615 and our day ends at 1500. Bravo marches off at 1515 and ends at 2400.
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Apr 11, 2015 13:09
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And here I thought I'd be done with waking up at for or five in the morning after basic. I should have known better.  I have now accepted this will be my fate for the next five years.
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Apr 11, 2015 14:20
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It's the name of the first barracks, home to prospective undesignated airmen and boat/non squadron(?) aviation rates.quote:School shift I think. I'm alpha shift so I have to be at march off at 0615 and our day ends at 1500. Bravo marches off at 1515 and ends at 2400. In the fleet we just call it days and nights. 
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Apr 11, 2015 15:25
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So close to P-3's and yet...so far.
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Apr 11, 2015 15:34
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UoI posted:Oh cool, I was hoping for the couple people dorm. I guess I'll just splurge out for a laptop after basic; it's better than nothing. As long as the screen is huge and I buy a separate mouse and keyboard it wouldn't be so bad. I've gone through three gaming laptops in the last 7 years and for my money ASUS is the best for a desktop replacement. The G series is what I would look at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232202&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=PPSSUNICMRMZEK-_-34-232-202-_-Product
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CMD598 posted:It's the name of the first barracks, home to prospective undesignated airmen and boat/non squadron(?) aviation rates. When I was there I kept hearing about the "delta dozen" when it was the female barracks. apparently it was a pretty easy challenge.
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On the Nimitz during 2006-2009, I had a gaming laptop. One of the last ones alienware made before Dell purchased them. Took that thing literally all around the world with me. It has sand from Dubai and Fallon in it both. Played Dawn of War: Dark Crusade for months. Nimitz had a computer classroom for NCPACE. On Sundays, the ITs from ComSys would run the join and install Battlefield and Warcraft III on it. Had so much fun doing that, the next deployment I brought a wireless router with me and set up an Ad-Hoc network in the berthing. Everyone who brought their laptops connected to it and we could play games with each other.
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Vriess posted:Nimitz had a computer classroom for NCPACE. On Sundays, the ITs from ComSys would run the join and install Battlefield and Warcraft III on it. Had so much fun doing that, the next deployment I brought a wireless router with me and set up an Ad-Hoc network in the berthing. Everyone who brought their laptops connected to it and we could play games with each other. There was a wifi file server in one of the staterooms directly above my berthing that was packed to the gills with porn
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Apr 12, 2015 03:02
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MancXVI posted:There was a wifi file server in one of the staterooms directly above my berthing that was packed to the gills with porn There was also a pretty ridiculous amount of Cat-5 run on the O-3 between a couple of staterooms and certain FC spaces from which a poo poo ton of network based CoD went down.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:There was also a pretty ridiculous amount of Cat-5 run on the O-3 between a couple of staterooms and certain FC spaces from which a poo poo ton of network based CoD went down. Having served in Nimitz S-2 for cranking, I was distinctly aware of this.
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Apr 12, 2015 03:46
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The Navy has more nerds in it than publicly stated. Can't look weak in front of China!
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Null Integer posted:The Navy has more nerds in it than publicly stated. Can't look weak in front of China! clearly there is nothing china fears more than the common deck ape
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I mean... I play Warhammer. So... 
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