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Laranzu posted:The USO in Phoenix is pretty bomb. Lay overs are better with free snacks, a couch and some chill old people volunteers. Guess that's a perk of being in the silly hat club. 
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Laranzu posted:The USO in Phoenix is pretty bomb. Lay overs are better with free snacks, a couch and some chill old people volunteers. Guess that's a perk of being in the silly hat club. The USO in San Diego is pretty dope when one of the people is usually a Reservist Marine who yells at the junior enlisted for changing out of their dress uniforms and poo poo when they're not allowed 
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the USO in San Diego is confirmed pretty funny & chill too also as long as you have a CaC card or some sort of military identification I would imagine you can go into whatever USO you god drat please
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Jul 21, 2015 23:47
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Graduating Retard Camp (A School), taking leave out of country. I hosed up massively when I gave an actual address I will be and didn't lie about destination instead of just bailing for good. So far I have learned that basic competence and attention to detail results in being put in charge of a larger groups of retards until you're a first class, then never making Chief.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:57
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maffew buildings posted:So far I have learned that basic competence and attention to detail results in being put in charge of a larger groups of retards until you're a first class, then never making Chief. I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Being a good Officer/Sailor is like being a good whore. The better you are the more you get hosed.
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Jul 22, 2015 02:03
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maffew buildings posted:Graduating Retard Camp (A School), taking leave out of country. I hosed up massively when I gave an actual address I will be and didn't lie about destination instead of just bailing for good. Where are you going and why is it an issue? I isn't like that anywhere, promise (says the Sailor planning a trip to NZ this year - nobody cares. But then NZ isn't exactly a booming sex tourism haven.)
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poopkitty posted:Where are you going and why is it an issue? I isn't like that anywhere, promise (says the Sailor planning a trip to NZ this year - nobody cares. But then NZ isn't exactly a booming sex tourism haven.) The land of huge hats and donkey shows I think.
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LingcodKilla posted:The land of huge hats and donkey shows I think. Ahhh. Also tourist murder. Gotcha.
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Jul 22, 2015 02:26
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Mexico, it's an issue because if I go AWOL and they decide they want me back they'd have a jump off point with the address. Do they bother retrieving wayward sailors? Maybe I'll go start over down there. I'm going to the one safe part of the country, the biggest issue they have there is old white people buying all the good beach property and ranch land.
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Jul 22, 2015 02:26
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Eh, the Navy's not so bad. Boot sucks sure, and you'll be poo poo on for a year or 2, but when you do make E5 it's pretty cool.
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Jul 22, 2015 02:29
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maffew buildings posted:Mexico, it's an issue because if I go AWOL and they decide they want me back they'd have a jump off point with the address. Do they bother retrieving wayward sailors? Maybe I'll go start over down there. Don't go AWOL and if you do, don't post about going AWOL, then you can't claim you'd come back and just be UA. Or do and post about it.
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Jul 22, 2015 02:31
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Sir Lucius posted:Eh, the Navy's not so bad. Boot sucks sure, and you'll be poo poo on for a year or 2, but when you do make E5 it's pretty cool. loving bullshit. both times I put on e-5 sucked
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Jul 22, 2015 02:33
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maffew buildings posted:Do they bother retrieving wayward sailors? If you're UA for more than 30 days, you get labeled a deserter and they put out a warrant for your arrest. Thus if you get pulled over for speeding or murdering a hooker or something, it'll pop up in the system. As far as I know that's about all they'll usually do. We had one guy who went UA, and we called his mom and told her that he'd be listed as a deserter if he wasn't back within 30 days. He showed up again on day 29. 
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Sir Lucius posted:Eh, the Navy's not so bad. Boot sucks sure, and you'll be poo poo on for a year or 2, but when you do make E5 it's pretty cool. lol he's a fuckin seabee like he'll ever see e-5
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If there's reason to believe you're a deserter (like posting on the internet that you're doing it, you idiot) they'll actually label you a deserter well before 30 days. Also, don't desert. You loving idiot.
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Jul 22, 2015 02:49
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WELL I CAN'T GET PREGNANT WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO I HAVE
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Jul 22, 2015 02:55
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Pretty sure he's joking dudes
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Jul 22, 2015 02:58
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Navy GMTs have led me to believe that all jokes hide something more sinister (rape, alcoholism, or suicide... and desertion I guess).
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If in 31 days there's a Navy thread All Hands muster and subsequent GMT led by our civilian facilitator Mr. nice! you can blame me
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Jul 22, 2015 03:07
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maffew buildings posted:Mexico, it's an issue because if I go AWOL and they decide they want me back they'd have a jump off point with the address. Do they bother retrieving wayward sailors? Maybe I'll go start over down there. I'm planning my Africa trip right now. The training I had to go to is comdedic (since its mostly Army stuff), and things like "be careful and don't eat local food," and it involves a lot of absurd medical precautions before I head over. I mean I feel like they think I'm going to go into the deepest part of Congo or go meet up with Kony (the LRA needs to be removed) or sneak into South Sudan and teach them things.
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Jul 22, 2015 03:48
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Ryand-Smith posted:I'm planning my Africa trip right now. The training I had to go to is comdedic (since its mostly Army stuff), and things like "be careful and don't eat local food," and it involves a lot of absurd medical precautions before I head over. I mean I feel like they think I'm going to go into the deepest part of Congo or go meet up with Kony (the LRA needs to be removed) or sneak into South Sudan and teach them things. Just be honest, that you are going to build them a reactor.
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Jul 22, 2015 04:01
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Ryand-Smith posted:I'm planning my Africa trip right now. The training I had to go to is comdedic (since its mostly Army stuff), and things like "be careful and don't eat local food," and it involves a lot of absurd medical precautions before I head over. I mean I feel like they think I'm going to go into the deepest part of Congo or go meet up with Kony (the LRA needs to be removed) or sneak into South Sudan and teach them things. They might have good reason to wonder about your trip. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/21/how-former-us-army-officer-launched-disastrous-coup-the-gambia
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Boon posted:Navy GMTs have led me to believe that all jokes hide something more sinister (rape, alcoholism, or suicide... and desertion I guess). If there's anything I've learned, it's that if you're cool with people or enough of a pain in the rear end none of the rules really matter.
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I knew a guy who went AWOL. The navy just sort of forgot about him (meaning, they washed their hands of him and put a warrant out for his arrest and all that stuff). Eventually he stopped getting paid and lost his wallet/ID card, so he came back to base, and had to convince the guard that he really was in the navy, the base didn't really even have documentation on him at that point. He went to mast on the base and they reduced the charges to UA. In a way he got a good deal because he didn't have to be stationed on a submarine anymore, but I really don't know what happened after that so I can't say for sure. Base restriction looked pretty sweet at the time though.
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Seqenenra posted:They might have good reason to wonder about your trip. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/21/how-former-us-army-officer-launched-disastrous-coup-the-gambia Coups are hard work and for other people Null Integer posted:Just be honest, that you are going to build them a reactor. Not until I get out and get some more connections, I mean the uranium is already there.. 
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Boon posted:You're basically a warlord right? I just inherited the family farm, (oh god its so much land and we even have workers that came with it). I have to meet with the village chiefs, see the land and see the expansion and new fencing we are putting in, and it is making profit so that's good news.
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Ryand-Smith posted:I just inherited the family farm, (oh god its so much land and we even have workers that came with it). I have to meet with the village chiefs, see the land and see the expansion and new fencing we are putting in, and it is making profit so that's good news. Give them a raise ok?
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USS The Sullivans Damaged After Missile Explodes After Launch Whoops. You know, it seems like this has just been a lovely year for launching rockets in general.
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Any of you noble types ever work for (now)RDML Rich Brown or have any gouge on him?
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Can I do direct commission into 1835 to the reserves? That's what I'm getting from this site: https://www.navycs.com/officer/intelligenceofficer.html Is this something you have to go through a recruiter for if you're already active duty?
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Ryand-Smith, remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyGHHxUFY6w
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Jul 23, 2015 17:38
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USS THE SULLIVANS missile blew up shortly exiting VLS. That ship is cursed I tell ya. Hasn't done anything right since 2003.
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Sir Lucius posted:Can I do direct commission into 1835 to the reserves? That's what I'm getting from this site: https://www.navycs.com/officer/intelligenceofficer.html Phone posting from the airport, I'll get back to you but, things can't get kinda odd. I was working on that a couple years ago but after making Chief and getting a big boy job my zeal toward Navy has moderated.
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I don't consider myself Navy moto or anything though. I just feel like being an officer in the reserves would make more sense than being enlisted. Like, if I didn't make board or whatever, no big loss, I would just get out completely and have more weekends to myself. Also, as an officer I'd have a lot more leverage to organize and run an exercise than I would as enlisted.
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Sir Lucius posted:I don't consider myself Navy moto or anything though. I just feel like being an officer in the reserves would make more sense than being enlisted. Like, if I didn't make board or whatever, no big loss, I would just get out completely and have more weekends to myself. Also, as an officer I'd have a lot more leverage to organize and run an exercise than I would as enlisted. I'm working on getting out and plan on going reserve officer for the same reason, just not for the Navy. Not enough of what I want to do available on the noble side.
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So, much like on AD, your prior E nobles range from being great, because they will attempt to help the junior folks and understand how to not add stupid poo poo to people's day, to terrible, chip on their shoulders for not making Chief and trying to skate like a Second Class while talking a big game. Anywho, I would suggest if your ultimate goal is being an O and you don't need the bridge money/health care that being a SELRES provides, then do not affiliate after AD and apply as a civilian. I say that as depending on how the HQ folks feel, they might grant you the Conditional Release you need to apply for a DIRCOM or they may require you to do a MOB, even if applying within the two year deferment when affiliating after active, to receive a release. And then it is a whole other ball of wax if you do In-Service Procurement as a RC LDO/CWO. At the end of the day, be you blue shirts or Os, the more people with actual AD experience in the reserves the better as they usually either better and know how to sham effectively or know enough to tell no-nothings to shove stupid assignments.
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How do the reserves work? I was under the impression you are attached to a specific unit. So if I was attached to a NIOC or 10th Fleet mobilizing really wouldn't be that big of a deal I wouldn't think. One of the reasons I want to do it is because I think I actually have something to offer.
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Sir Lucius posted:One of the reasons I want to do it is because I think I actually have something to offer. This is probably the top reason I hear from [future] Mustangs regarding lane changes, but it's [almost] always a self-assessment and the something to offer part is [almost] always wrong and just ends up being self-serving.
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