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vulturesrow posted:Speaking of names, we need a new title for this thread. I'm tired of being khaki shamed. +1 
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Jiro Kage posted:I have serious issues, I miss the Navy. I am glad I am not still around for their stupid policy of giving 1835s (former 1635s) warfare pins and (so i heard) collar devices. No collar devices, but the IDW pin is a real thing now. Some commands take it *very* seriously, and at some its a joke. ManMythLegend posted:So apparently I'm promoting on Friday as opposed to in June like I thought. You're on your XO tour right? Putting on O5?
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Apr 29, 2015 03:29
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buttplug posted:No collar devices, but the IDW pin is a real thing now. Some commands take it *very* seriously, and at some its a joke. Isn't IDWO pin a requirement for retention/advancement like the URL pins?
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Stultus Maximus posted:Isn't IDWO pin a requirement for retention/advancement like the URL pins? Yes. I believe its 36 months for both EIDWS/IDWO. My command actually takes it very seriously and attrites (kicks out) people for non-attainment. edit: what I meant with my original comment is that some commands take the *qual* process (obtaining the pin) very seriously, and some treat it like a joke. Theoretically, somebody in Big Navy is tracking and will notice at 36 months. But, I have seen people at my current command FOS (on the O-side) or get the boot on the E side. And we're talking about folks FOS'ing to O4 so they get ADSEP'ed anyways. buttplug fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Apr 29, 2015 03:34
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May Navy Thread: In the end we all want the same thing; to GTFO Or, as my standyby goes May Navy Thread: It's like being a whore - the better you are the more you get hosed.
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Apr 29, 2015 03:34
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vulturesrow posted:Speaking of names, we need a new title for this thread. I'm tired of being khaki shamed. You either get out a hero or stay in long enough to be the villain.
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Apr 29, 2015 03:57
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buttplug posted:You're on your XO tour right? Putting on O5? Early Command XO ride. I'm only pinning on O4.
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Apr 29, 2015 07:15
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He's playing around on a wooden boat that's designed to blow up so the real ships don't get hurt.
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Apr 29, 2015 12:22
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ManMythLegend posted:Early Command XO ride. I'm only pinning on O4. SWOrn brother of the order of "due course." Well done on early command tho.
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Apr 29, 2015 13:14
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At this point you should stick it out to 20, MML. You can go be a terminal O-5 at some joint command doing fuckall but sitting in an office to wrap it up. It's not like you need to go back to sea for command because you don't give a gently caress about admiral.
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Apr 29, 2015 13:28
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The plan is to head to shore after this and just do jobs I find interesting and/or rewarding. I have no intention of going for the typical careerist stops like Millington. After that I'm going to play it by ear and see what my options in the real world are and make a decision based on that. Worse comes to worse I'll just finish my time in the reserves.
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Apr 29, 2015 22:12
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vulturesrow posted:Speaking of names, we need a new title for this thread. I'm tired of being khaki shamed. How about death to all khakis? Ill go back to the bilge now. e:fixed Also black belt shaming is 24/7 1337_ScriptKiddie fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Apr 29, 2015 22:25
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vulturesrow posted:Speaking of names, we need a new title for this thread. I'm tired of being khaki shamed. it builds character
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Apr 29, 2015 22:26
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Massively Multiplayer Online Shitposting Leveraging the Internet
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Apr 29, 2015 22:38
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ManMythLegend posted:Early Command XO ride. I'm only pinning on O4. AHH. Dang, I've been thinking for like the last year that you were headed to CRUDES command. I thought that was pretty quick. Early command makes much more sense. PC, yea?
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Apr 29, 2015 23:11
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Navy Thread: I cant hear the swabbies from my ivory tower.
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Apr 29, 2015 23:30
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buttplug posted:PC, yea? I wish. I'm on a sweep. That said, sweep life isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's not easy certainly, but not a complete dumpster fire.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:00
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ManMythLegend posted:I wish. I'm on a sweep. heard the majority of SAPR cases come from sweeps...
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Apr 30, 2015 00:01
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Arione posted:heard the majority of SAPR cases come from sweeps... There are certainly many more then you would expect.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:04
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ManMythLegend posted:I wish. I'm on a sweep. Bahrain?
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Apr 30, 2015 01:43
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buttplug posted:Bahrain? Japan.
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Apr 30, 2015 01:52
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ManMythLegend posted:Japan. Noice. I'm trying to go back to there for my next tour as either DESRON N6 or CSG COMMO in Yoko. How do you like it so far?
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Apr 30, 2015 02:05
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Japan is neat. Sasebo is way sleepier then Yoko, but that's fine by me. Japan is great for folks with no kids. There is a ton to see and do in country and lots of easy travel opportunities around the AOR.
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Apr 30, 2015 02:16
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Indeed. I did my first DIVO tour on a DDG out of Yoko before I lat transferred. At the time (as a boot ENS) it sucked. In retrospect, it was a great tour and I think it would be a *much* better experience going back there as an O4 to knock out my milestone tour. And yes, it's a single man's heaven (as is the rest of Asia in general). edit: If you get the chance, I highly recommend you get up to Hiroshima, Kyoto, Hakone (Mt Fuji), and Osaka. Tokyo is a given.
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Apr 30, 2015 02:21
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buttplug posted:Noice. I'm trying to go back to there for my next tour as either DESRON N6 or CSG COMMO in Yoko. I assume you would prefer the latter to the former? you should
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vulturesrow posted:I assume you would prefer the latter to the former? you should Srsly, gently caress DESRONs.
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Apr 30, 2015 03:33
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ManMythLegend posted:The plan is to head to shore after this and just do jobs I find interesting and/or rewarding. I have no intention of going for the typical careerist stops like Millington. After that I'm going to play it by ear and see what my options in the real world are and make a decision based on that. Worse comes to worse I'll just finish my time in the reserves. Gonna be detailing for 2nd tour soon. What's your personal take on sweep? First tour on Flight IIA DDG. Is it less formal and do DIVOs get to be very hands on with everything?
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Hmm. I'm headed to Sas in May for assessments on a sweep. I'm a girl, so if you see me, Hi.
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Howard Phillips posted:Gonna be detailing for 2nd tour soon. What's your personal take on sweep? First tour on Flight IIA DDG. I don't know about less formal, but DIVO's are more involved with everything going on then on traditional ships. I mean we're certainly less formal then my first tour cruiser, but about the same formality as my frigate. A lot of that depends on your CO/XO. Honestly though, I would stay away from sweeps as a DIVO or DH. This is a community on life support and is really the red headed step child of the fleet. None of the operations you do will help develop you professionally for the other 99% of surface warfare stuff. Plus, since the community is so small, any officer with any time on an MCM is automatically considered an "MIW expert" and will find themselves shuffled off to MIW related jobs that suck (ie all of them) regardless of what they want.
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If you want better advice about second tour options though, just shoot me a PM and we'll dish.
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Apr 30, 2015 05:45
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ManMythLegend posted:Japan is neat. Sasebo is way sleepier then Yoko, but that's fine by me. Japan is great for folks with no kids. There is a ton to see and do in country and lots of easy travel opportunities around the AOR. I got drunk one night in Sasebo and hung out with 3 Japanese chicks bar hopping. 2 of them decided to go home and the 3rd one said 'Lets go back to your place'. I loved Japan.
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ded posted:I got drunk one night in Sasebo and hung out with 3 Japanese chicks bar hopping. 2 of them decided to go home and the 3rd one said 'Lets go back to your place'. Yeah. Being an American is almost like using a cheat code. Even the biggest, goofiest, most inbred mother fuckers can pull tail out here.
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ManMythLegend posted:I don't know about less formal, but DIVO's are more involved with everything going on then on traditional ships. I mean we're certainly less formal then my first tour cruiser, but about the same formality as my frigate. A lot of that depends on your CO/XO. Should set him up great to go Mine Warfare SCP thought! 
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Apr 30, 2015 07:32
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vulturesrow posted:Should set him up great to go Mine Warfare SCP thought! 
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ManMythLegend posted:Yeah. Being an American is almost like using a cheat code. Even the biggest, goofiest, most inbred mother fuckers can pull tail out here. It amazed me how many dudes on my boat said they hated it. Because all they would do is go to the drat base clubs and maybe 1 bar just outside base. I was one of the few that would actually roam out and had a great time because of it. Yokohama owns. Roppungi owns. Shinjuku scared me Having a 90 year old dude whisper to me while pointing behind him 'libe show' .
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vulturesrow posted:I assume you would prefer the latter to the former? you should Oh absolutely...those just happen to be the two billets that best line up with my PRD. CSG COMMO lines up much better, actually. I'm up for early orders negotiation next January and I doubt it'll be a hard sell...(single guy asking for 7th Fleet sea duty...would knock out my sea duty stint AND my O4 milestone in one shot). I would rather bask in the safety of the CSG N6 (O6 1820) and by extension the CSO (O5 1820) than get consistently kicked in the nuts by the SWO O6 CDRE. buttplug fucked around with this message at 14:50 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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There was a cook on the ship with SPACE HOMOS and I. Guy would go on and on about his girlfriend. Turns out his girlfriend was just a hooker at a nearby brothel. To add insult to injury, he never actually hosed her and had just been loving her thighs. He was pissssssed when he learned what sex really was.
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Mr. Nice! posted:There was a cook on the ship with SPACE HOMOS and I. Guy would go on and on about his girlfriend. Turns out his girlfriend was just a hooker at a nearby brothel. To add insult to injury, he never actually hosed her and had just been loving her thighs. He was pissssssed when he learned what sex really was.  I think this story needs to be shared all the time everywhere. Had he never even seen a porn? No one talked the birds and the bees? Was he from the south?
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This is the same guy that got a bunch of cranks and a couple cooks sent to mast as well. They had been playing the ball tapping game in the galley. He wanted to be involved. They convinced him that they would collectively give him $50 to let the biggest CS on the ship punch him squarely in the balls. He agrees, gets punched, and they all welch. He goes to doc and complains about a sore stomach and asked for Motrin. HM1 grilled him for a half hour before he finally spills the beans.
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