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Wingnut Ninja: Jan 11, 2003; Mostly Harmless

Grody posted:

Anyone ever been stationed in lemoore? is it as bad as it looks?

I've been TAD there a few times and it was as bad as it looks (and smells) each time. A lot of the fighter guys that I talked to there led off with something along the lines of "you lucky motherfucker, you don't have to live here". I was talking with one guy about good places to go for dinner, and the high point was "well, there's a Chili's in town..."

Not to say there aren't some hidden gems to be found, but if there are, you're gonna have to dig for them.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 02:41

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 05:21

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

LingcodKilla posted:

Any reservists who have volunteered for active duty in here?

Do you mean mobilization or actual permanent transition to active duty sailoring?

# ? Apr 13, 2015 02:56

poopkitty: Oct 16, 2013; WE ARE ALL ONE

Grody posted:

Anyone ever been stationed in lemoore? is it as bad as it looks?

I just had a friend get humanitarian xferred out of Lemoore because her kid kept getting lung infections from the air quality.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 02:57

DustyNuts: Jun 1, 2000; Have you seen me?

sailoring

# ? Apr 13, 2015 03:05

Virginia Slams: Nov 17, 2012

Wingnut Ninja posted:

I've been TAD there a few times and it was as bad as it looks (and smells) each time. A lot of the fighter guys that I talked to there led off with something along the lines of "you lucky motherfucker, you don't have to live here". I was talking with one guy about good places to go for dinner, and the high point was "well, there's a Chili's in town..."

Not to say there aren't some hidden gems to be found, but if there are, you're gonna have to dig for them.

Sounds like I'm gonna have a great 4 years

# ? Apr 13, 2015 03:21

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

Stultus Maximus posted:

Do you mean mobilization or actual permanent transition to active duty sailoring?

might as well mobilize imo get all the bennies of active duty for a 1-2 year period including GI bill credit/retirement credit & cash & healthcare and when you get back you can be like nah i dont wanna deploy for another two years, or maybe i do, cause im a reservist and have some choice

# ? Apr 13, 2015 04:09

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

might as well mobilize imo get all the bennies of active duty for a 1-2 year period including GI bill credit/retirement credit & cash & healthcare and when you get back you can be like nah i dont wanna deploy for another two years, or maybe i do, cause im a reservist and have some choice

This. I'm too old to go active permanently but I'm good for active reserve or a mobilization.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 05:18

Arione: Aug 19, 2013; by Athanatos

ded posted:

I am sorry that you have a hard time finding women. Perhaps you should try leaving the barracks, there are much better looking women off base.

usually hang out at M, pint & jigger, rum fire. nothing but ratchet hoes and walrus pussy.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 05:25

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

LingcodKilla posted:

This. I'm too old to go active permanently but I'm good for active reserve or a mobilization.

once you check into your command and do indoc and get set up with NSIPS access you can change your status to volunteer and that will open you up to many opportunities to mobilize and go do some active duty time as a reservist. what's your rate again? cause if it's any kinda IDC we're kind of a hot commodity right now for mobilization

# ? Apr 13, 2015 05:27

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

once you check into your command and do indoc and get set up with NSIPS access you can change your status to volunteer and that will open you up to many opportunities to mobilize and go do some active duty time as a reservist. what's your rate again? cause if it's any kinda IDC we're kind of a hot commodity right now for mobilization

IT e3 just about to complete A school

# ? Apr 13, 2015 05:43

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

LingcodKilla posted:

IT e3 just about to complete A school

i believe IT is considered a part of the IDC.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 06:05

Arione: Aug 19, 2013; by Athanatos

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

i believe IT is considered a part of the IDC.

IT is the IDC, gently caress CT's

# ? Apr 13, 2015 06:07

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

i believe IT is considered a part of the IDC.

Excellent. Going to try like hell to get something Bangor, Puget or Keyport. Silverdale looks pretty nice.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 06:11

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

Arione posted:

IT is the IDC, gently caress CT's

i'm an IS, the coolest part of the IDC

LingcodKilla posted:

Excellent. Going to try like hell to get something Bangor, Puget or Keyport. Silverdale looks pretty nice.

good luck shippie, im guessing once you got to a-school and stuff they got ya with the koolaid and active duty or mobilization looks pretty neat. happened to me too now im totes gonna mobilize, no ragrets etc.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 06:12

orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

Arione posted:

IT is the IDC, gently caress CT's

Printer bitches 4 life

# ? Apr 13, 2015 06:13

Arione: Aug 19, 2013; by Athanatos

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

i'm an IS, the coolest part of the IDC

IS's make the best bake sale power points....

orange juche posted:

Printer bitches 4 life

if you are a poo poo rear end IT, then yeah, same shop as the desktop support pukes who'll be lucky to land a job at bestbuy when they get out.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 06:49

Sir Lucius: Aug 3, 2003

Our field is called information dominance and we unironically use the word cyber. There's some weird sex thing going on

# ? Apr 13, 2015 11:53

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

i'm an IS, the coolest part of the IDC

good luck shippie, im guessing once you got to a-school and stuff they got ya with the koolaid and active duty or mobilization looks pretty neat. happened to me too now im totes gonna mobilize, no ragrets etc.

Uh... Yeah? My resume pretty much reads "Have gun, will travel...oh yeah have some dinky A+ cert too". A hitch would let me fluff up IT background and earn some bennies that would otherwise take me decades to earn.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 11:55

Null Integer: Mar 1, 2006; A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

The speed that the Navy moves admin is sometimes terrifying, terrifying slow....

Still waiting for someone somewhere in the states to stamp my SUBDQ paperwork, so I can finally be released from the submarine community. But because it's taking so long, it's time to go back to "Fit for Full" and fend off orders until my force conversion is processed which can only happen once SUBDQ is finalized. I've also been the one driving this entire process, paperwork and all, I would hate for someone to actually have to rely on other people to finish this. Although I'm sure my current ECM will be happy to get rid of me(extremely overmanned), then after that it's time to poke ECMs for anyone that will take me, fighting for CTN, CT(Whatever) then IT, being a first class makes it kinda of pain in the rear end though. Any CT's willing to vouch for me?

tl;dr: the navy sucks at paperwork and it's own programs, no way a junior sailor could get though this without inadvertently loving himself over...

# ? Apr 13, 2015 13:33

Fart Sandwiches: Apr 4, 2006; i never asked for this

Null Integer posted:

The speed that the Navy moves admin is sometimes terrifying, terrifying slow....

Still waiting for someone somewhere in the states to stamp my SUBDQ paperwork, so I can finally be released from the submarine community. But because it's taking so long, it's time to go back to "Fit for Full" and fend off orders until my force conversion is processed which can only happen once SUBDQ is finalized. I've also been the one driving this entire process, paperwork and all, I would hate for someone to actually have to rely on other people to finish this. Although I'm sure my current ECM will be happy to get rid of me(extremely overmanned), then after that it's time to poke ECMs for anyone that will take me, fighting for CTN, CT(Whatever) then IT, being a first class makes it kinda of pain in the rear end though. Any CT's willing to vouch for me?

tl;dr: the navy sucks at paperwork and it's own programs, no way a junior sailor could get though this without inadvertently loving himself over...

Yo it took me a full year to get SUBDQ but I was a stupid 3rd class (and this was 2008) and just waited for everything to happen. If you a first class you should be good for CTN cross rate. I dunno the ins and outs because I'm a filthy civilian and don't keep up with that poo poo anymore.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 14:06

Gray Matter: Apr 20, 2009; There's something inside your head..

Grody posted:

Anyone ever been stationed in lemoore? is it as bad as it looks?

There now. If you don't mind catching Valley Fever, the constant smell of cow poo poo, and driving 40+ minutes to anything that loosely resembles civilization it's a great place to live.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 14:15

vulturesrow: Sep 25, 2011; _{Always gotta pay it forward.}

Having to wear NWUs on the regular now really blows.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 15:50

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

Arione posted:

usually hang out at M, pint & jigger, rum fire. nothing but ratchet hoes and walrus pussy.

That's your problem.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 16:06

Laranzu: Jan 18, 2002

Mr. Nice! posted:

That's your problem.

I was going to post these exact words last night but I was full of Tequila and had better things to do. Do those places require fedoras for entry or something? I don't remember ever stepping into any of them. I was either A) Too Wasted or B) Already getting laid from the other places I was at.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 18:27

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

Laranzu posted:

I was going to post these exact words last night but I was full of Tequila and had better things to do. Do those places require fedoras for entry or something? I don't remember ever stepping into any of them. I was either A) Too Wasted or B) Already getting laid from the other places I was at.

Rum Fire is a resort bar/club. Pint & Jigger is some attempt at a british pub, and I have no loving clue what M is, but it's probably another lovely club.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 18:43

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

Null Integer posted:

The speed that the Navy moves admin is sometimes terrifying, terrifying slow....

Still waiting for someone somewhere in the states to stamp my SUBDQ paperwork, so I can finally be released from the submarine community. But because it's taking so long, it's time to go back to "Fit for Full" and fend off orders until my force conversion is processed which can only happen once SUBDQ is finalized. I've also been the one driving this entire process, paperwork and all, I would hate for someone to actually have to rely on other people to finish this. Although I'm sure my current ECM will be happy to get rid of me(extremely overmanned), then after that it's time to poke ECMs for anyone that will take me, fighting for CTN, CT(Whatever) then IT, being a first class makes it kinda of pain in the rear end though. Any CT's willing to vouch for me?

tl;dr: the navy sucks at paperwork and it's own programs, no way a junior sailor could get though this without inadvertently loving himself over...

i seperated from active duty in december, and only now got indoc'd into my reserve command this weekend.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 20:29

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Null Integer posted:

The speed that the Navy moves admin is sometimes terrifying, terrifying slow....

Still waiting for someone somewhere in the states to stamp my SUBDQ paperwork, so I can finally be released from the submarine community. But because it's taking so long, it's time to go back to "Fit for Full" and fend off orders until my force conversion is processed which can only happen once SUBDQ is finalized. I've also been the one driving this entire process, paperwork and all, I would hate for someone to actually have to rely on other people to finish this. Although I'm sure my current ECM will be happy to get rid of me(extremely overmanned), then after that it's time to poke ECMs for anyone that will take me, fighting for CTN, CT(Whatever) then IT, being a first class makes it kinda of pain in the rear end though. Any CT's willing to vouch for me?

tl;dr: the navy sucks at paperwork and it's own programs, no way a junior sailor could get though this without inadvertently loving himself over...

Were you a nuke?

# ? Apr 13, 2015 22:15

PneumonicBook: Sep 26, 2007; Do you like our owl?; Ultra Carp

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

i seperated from active duty in december, and only now got indoc'd into my reserve command this weekend.

Excellent, the reserves sound grand!

# ? Apr 13, 2015 22:34

Chuckle: Feb 9, 2013

vulturesrow posted:

Having to wear NWUs on the regular now really blows.

Making the change over from the flight suit?

# ? Apr 13, 2015 22:41

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

PneumonicBook posted:

Excellent, the reserves sound grand!

what's even neater is you could just not show up to drill and they'll just adsep you too, if you want an easy out

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:02

squarerandom: Mar 24, 2007; Obviously you're not a golfer.

LingcodKilla posted:

Any reservists who have volunteered for active duty in here?

Yo. I still have all the RC to AC forms if that is what you're asking.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:05

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

squarerandom posted:

Yo. I still have all the RC to AC forms if that is what you're asking.

i heard going rc to ac is drat near impossible tho. also i dont see why not just mobilize, same bennies and points towards gi bill/retirement, and you have the option of just chillin at home and being a weekend warrior when you get back from mob

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:18

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

I will say it again; on active everyone I knew wanted out or to the reserves and in the reserves everyone one either wants to go active or mob. Complete 'grass is greener' syndrome.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:19

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

Nick Soapdish posted:

I will say it again; on active everyone I knew wanted out or to the reserves and in the reserves everyone one either wants to go active or mob. Complete 'grass is greener' syndrome.

from what i've seen this is super true. the only exception is the strange dudes who go from IRR to reserves

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:26

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

from what i've seen this is super true. the only exception is the strange dudes who go from IRR to reserves

Or the guy who was like a PO3 during Desert Storm and decided to come back to the reserves.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:29

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Nwabudike Morgan posted:

i heard going rc to ac is drat near impossible tho. also i dont see why not just mobilize, same bennies and points towards gi bill/retirement, and you have the option of just chillin at home and being a weekend warrior when you get back from mob

Depends on your rate. We just had an IS2 go reserve to active and her package was approved faster than I thought the Navy could do anything.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:38

Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

NAVADMIN actually put out their thing recently of peeps they need to go active from reserves, and most of the intel rates were on there, including IS.
made me strongly consider putting in my active duty package but after consideration IDK why not just mobilize instead and get the best of both worlds

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:47

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Nick Soapdish posted:

Or the guy who was like a PO3 during Desert Storm and decided to come back to the reserves.

There is a petty officer 2nd class who was last active during desert storm who is now doing IT reserve. He's a pretty chill dude and one of the few people here older than me.

# ? Apr 13, 2015 23:47

MancXVI: Feb 14, 2002

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# ? Apr 14, 2015 00:09

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 05:21

Analogical: May 20, 2013; EEOD? Why not, I could use a break from work

Null Integer posted:

The speed that the Navy moves admin is sometimes terrifying, terrifying slow....

Still waiting for someone somewhere in the states to stamp my SUBDQ paperwork, so I can finally be released from the submarine community. But because it's taking so long, it's time to go back to "Fit for Full" and fend off orders until my force conversion is processed which can only happen once SUBDQ is finalized. I've also been the one driving this entire process, paperwork and all, I would hate for someone to actually have to rely on other people to finish this. Although I'm sure my current ECM will be happy to get rid of me(extremely overmanned), then after that it's time to poke ECMs for anyone that will take me, fighting for CTN, CT(Whatever) then IT, being a first class makes it kinda of pain in the rear end though. Any CT's willing to vouch for me?

tl;dr: the navy sucks at paperwork and it's own programs, no way a junior sailor could get though this without inadvertently loving himself over...

If you're anything but an E4, good luck going CTN. I've been fighting to cross over as an E5 and unless you're YG 08/09, there's hardly any billets right now and the few available take an interview with a CTNCS, NCC and a final talk with the TechAd. TechAd isn't even considering people without current IT certs or documented college with a CS/CYB degree plan. Not sure what it looks like for E6s though you could check CWAY for conversion-IR quotas.

CTN will swallow you faster than an E2 boot if you're an E4 though. Get a DUI and ask for reduction in rank :toot:

Analogical fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Apr 14, 2015

# ? Apr 14, 2015 00:42

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