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Hobolicious posted:Joined SA after it was too late. Mostly lurk. I'm sorry we failed you. The message didn't spread fast enough. Friends Don't Let Friends Go Nuke.
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Laranzu posted:I'm sorry we failed you. The message didn't spread fast enough. When I was a senior in high school, one of my friends who graduated a year earlier than I came back from his first year in the Navy. He was a Nuke. He said don't do it, cause all he did was sit in a fluorescent-lit room watching gauges NEVER move and practicing for when any of the gauges ever did move. And that's all he had to look forward to for the next seven years. Fast forward a bit, and when I was at the recruiter, they wanted me to go nuke and I repeated the story. The recruiter basically said "... yeah, that's pretty much true. You still want Nuke?"
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I can honestly say that this is a true story. This is the life I lead. Also, reactor hasn't had a day off in about a month, 12 on 12 off. The rest of the ship is on 8 section duty. Don't go nuke.
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Mar 5, 2016 04:49
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It was cool when my boat anchored off Maui and the nukes had 4 days of port/stbd and the front end of the boat had regular 4 section in port watch cycle so we could gently caress around on the island. 
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Mar 5, 2016 07:50
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Welp, got orders for Lemoore later this year. Least it's not East Coast.
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Mar 5, 2016 13:17
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Hope you like the smell of cowshit.
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Mar 5, 2016 13:55
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CMD598 posted:Welp, got orders for Lemoore later this year. Least it's not East Coast. Lemoore is deceptive cause it's "california," but it's actually poo poo.
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Mar 5, 2016 15:34
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Just leave Lemoore every weekend to explore the not-lovely California. 3 hours to SF, 2 hours to Yosemite.
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Mar 5, 2016 17:19
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I was there already for c school so I know.
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Lemoore main gate posted:It has been [3] days since the last ARI Lemoore.txt
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My favorite thing about bases like Lemoore is the like-clockwork response people have that it's not too terrible because it's less than 3 hours to *a fun place.* If the best thing you can say about a place is that you can leave that place and go somewhere else, congratulations, you are in a shithole.
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Mar 6, 2016 01:43
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Yeah, but at least it's not like the Army. They get stationed in places like Kentucky and Alabama and poo poo.
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TheQuietWilds posted:My favorite thing about bases like Lemoore is the like-clockwork response people have that it's not too terrible because it's less than 3 hours to *a fun place.* If the best thing you can say about a place is that you can leave that place and go somewhere else, congratulations, you are in a shithole.
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Mar 7, 2016 01:49
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TheQuietWilds posted:My favorite thing about bases like Lemoore is the like-clockwork response people have that it's not too terrible because it's less than 3 hours to *a fun place.* If the best thing you can say about a place is that you can leave that place and go somewhere else, congratulations, you are in a shithole. Quite literally. There's a fog of poo poo that rolls through seasonally. The sushi at the commissary is surprisingly good and fresh.
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Mar 7, 2016 09:30
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They forgot to order my exam last month, then again this month for the make-up exams. HELL YA!
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Mar 9, 2016 20:11
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squarerandom posted:They forgot to order my exam last month, then again this month for the make-up exams. HELL YA! Nice. Can't you just share a copy of the exam during or once they finish the test?
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Mar 9, 2016 20:14
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I really enjoy when you gear up for a "high speed, challenging course" then spend a bunch of time bored because it runs so drat slow. At least its nice out today.
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Null Integer posted:Nice. Can't you just share a copy of the exam during or once they finish the test? I Could, but they straight up didn't order any of the exams, because I was the only one taking it this cycle at my base.
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Mar 9, 2016 21:28
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squarerandom posted:I Could, but they straight up didn't order any of the exams, because I was the only one taking it this cycle at my base. Sounds like an awesome collateral duty to me! I didn't even have to even order any exams this cycle!
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Mar 11, 2016 02:57
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Null Integer posted:Sounds like an awesome collateral duty to me! I didn't even have to even order any exams this cycle! Nah, best collateral duty is Gage Cal PO, in a workcenter with one gage, that expires every three years. Good thing it was last calibrated 6 months ago.
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Mar 11, 2016 13:47
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The best collateral is whichever one gives you the most locker space to stash your cigarettes and Starbucks doubleshots. RPPO is definitely in the running.
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Mar 11, 2016 15:05
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A few days ago I saw this ship anchored in Venice and I was wondering if it is one of these new helicarriers. The one with the F-35. Not the Avenger version. 
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Michaellaneous posted:A few days ago I saw this ship anchored in Venice and I was wondering if it is one of these new helicarriers. The one with the F-35. Not the Avenger version. Looking up the hull number shows it to be the Italian LPD San Marco from the 1980s.
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Mar 11, 2016 15:24
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Stultus Maximus posted:Looking up the hull number shows it to be the Italian LPD San Marco from the 1980s. Oh well that's kinda...mediocre. Thank you.
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Mar 11, 2016 15:25
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Stultus Maximus posted:Looking up the hull number shows it to be the Italian LPD San Marco from the 1980s. 1980s? That's cutting edge technology by American Navy standards. Probably got them new fangled digital readouts and such.
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I feel like poo poo. I missed board by .4 because I'm literally retarded. And now I have to check onboard my new ship next week and I'm sure everyone I meet will ask if I made board. I'm pondering my strategy. 1. Own it, say I'm just going to improve. 2. Make up a story involving projectile vomiting, explosive shits, and an aids attack during the test, 3. Blame it on the election being more interesting than the test. Not being elegible doesn't really bother me as much as the first thing anyone finds out about me is that I rocked a loving 48 on the exam.
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Mar 11, 2016 23:46
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hogmartin posted:The best collateral is whichever one gives you the most locker space to stash your cigarettes and Starbucks doubleshots. RPPO is definitely in the running. CVN FC.
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vrath posted:I feel like poo poo. I missed board by .4 because I'm literally retarded. And now I have to check onboard my new ship next week and I'm sure everyone I meet will ask if I made board. I'm pondering my strategy. 1. Own it, say I'm just going to improve. 2. Make up a story involving projectile vomiting, explosive shits, and an aids attack during the test, 3. Blame it on the election being more interesting than the test. Not being elegible doesn't really bother me as much as the first thing anyone finds out about me is that I rocked a loving 48 on the exam. lol
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vrath posted:I feel like poo poo. I missed board by .4 because I'm literally retarded. And now I have to check onboard my new ship next week and I'm sure everyone I meet will ask if I made board. I'm pondering my strategy. 1. Own it, say I'm just going to improve. 2. Make up a story involving projectile vomiting, explosive shits, and an aids attack during the test, 3. Blame it on the election being more interesting than the test. Not being elegible doesn't really bother me as much as the first thing anyone finds out about me is that I rocked a loving 48 on the exam. Own it so no one else can try to hold it over your head if they find out. Just tell people you will take things more seriously in the future. People might think you are a retard but at least you are an honest retard.
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Plenty of empirical evidence has led me to believe that being literally retarded was just another checkbox on the roadmap to chief 
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vrath posted:I feel like poo poo. I missed board by .4 because I'm literally retarded. And now I have to check onboard my new ship next week and I'm sure everyone I meet will ask if I made board. I'm pondering my strategy. 1. Own it, say I'm just going to improve. 2. Make up a story involving projectile vomiting, explosive shits, and an aids attack during the test, 3. Blame it on the election being more interesting than the test. Not being elegible doesn't really bother me as much as the first thing anyone finds out about me is that I rocked a loving 48 on the exam. be glad.
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Tokyo Sexwhale posted:be glad. Honestly I have about 0 desire to make chief right now. It was my first exam as a first, and I haven't been LPO at sea. I really do not want to be a chief who has no loving clue what he's doing in charge of a bunch of ET's, and spends all his time faking it. It's more that I'm embarrassed to do poorly on a test especially when I usually test in the 70's. This test just had my loving number.
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Come on man, suck it up and be honest with yourself. You hosed it up for whatever reason. When people ask, don't get long-winded about it, just say, "No, but I will next time" and leave it at that. Might hurt your pride, but don't be a douche making excuses that everyone is going to see right through anyway. At the end of the day, if you're doing your job well and looking ahead to next year, no one will give a drat but think better of you for it.
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"I didn't study hard enough but now I know what to do different next time"
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Try not to get so wrapped up in the image/job/Wonderousness of Chiefhood they try to portray. Its just a job. You're still enlisted. Your coworkers are still idiots. It really is just a lovely job. I see people literally break down sobbing when board or actual results come out. Don't let it get to that point. That is unhealthy. Being bummed that you hosed up a test is perfectly fine though. Drink a few and move on.
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krispykremessuck posted:tell them you just don't give a gently caress Can't do that, then I run the risk of getting a poo poo eval based on the fact that I am not going to make board anyways because I don't give a gently caress. Since it's the truth, mostly because I have 12 years left and will get to reitre anyways as a first, its an appealing option tho.
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Mar 12, 2016 18:30
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only 12 years left.....you lifers are an impressive bunch. Meanwhile me and my co workers are all getting ready to go to taps.
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vrath posted:Can't do that, then I run the risk of getting a poo poo eval based on the fact that I am not going to make board anyways because I don't give a gently caress. Since it's the truth, mostly because I have 12 years left and will get to reitre anyways as a first, its an appealing option tho. Curious: how old are you?
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