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Stultus Maximus posted:I had just bought a car so I told him, "I just got a 3 year old Buick, why?" Who the gently caress under the age of 65 buys a Buick? Was it a champagne-colored LeSabre with faux wood trim, too?
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Jimmy4400nav posted:So dumb question, but for OCS is it boxers or briefs? The packing list in the survival guide says briefs but recent graduates have been saying they dont care there. Packing list says briefs, but nobody will give a gently caress. TBH, you will find briefs to be more comfortable based on the amount of time you will spend soaked in sweat, running around, and generally in awkward contorted positions. That is, unless you have those $40-per-pair boxer briefs that promise not to ride up. In which case, they will ride up, you will get mudd-butt, and you will end up throwing them away. Just wear briefs while you're there.
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buttplug posted:Who the gently caress under the age of 65 buys a Buick? Was it a champagne-colored LeSabre with faux wood trim, too? Oh no, an inexpensive reliable and comfortable car how terrible.
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There's a (late twenties) guy at work with a black AWD Regal GS. It's a good looking enough car, even if it's hilariously gutless.
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buttplug posted:Packing list says briefs, but nobody will give a gently caress. TBH, you will find briefs to be more comfortable based on the amount of time you will spend soaked in sweat, running around, and generally in awkward contorted positions. That is, unless you have those $40-per-pair boxer briefs that promise not to ride up. In which case, they will ride up, you will get mudd-butt, and you will end up throwing them away. Thanks for the advice, I got some briefs and your right, they are comfortable enough for what I need. Also there are rumors my class at OCS might be a guinea pig class to try a ten week schedule on. I'm starting to wonder if thats the reason my class is huge and got so many non-age critical dudes in on it.
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Jimmy4400nav posted:I got some briefs and your right, they are comfortable enough for what I need. New thread title please.
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Jimmy4400nav posted:Thanks for the advice, I got some briefs and your right, they are comfortable enough for what I need. Remember you can trade a box of mint floss (gum) for one pair of shoes shined.
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Godholio posted:New thread title please. lol yeah it really captures the essence of so many of my experiences in the service
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Godholio posted:New thread title please. DownByTheWooter posted:lol yeah it really captures the essence of so many of my experiences in the service I've got no military experience or edjumacation, but I'm already inspring!  LingcodKilla posted:Remember you can trade a box of mint floss (gum) for one pair of shoes shined. Why does that make me think of that prison economy video from the Onion?
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Jimmy4400nav posted:I've got no military experience or edjumacation, but I'm already inspring! Because it was? No joke, qtips had actual value in boot.
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LingcodKilla posted:Because it was? Qtips and floss hold value, good to know. Anything else i might want to stockpile/bring for trading?
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maffew buildings posted:Dignity Isnt he becoming a noble? I think they assign you those after the course.
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LingcodKilla posted:Isnt he becoming a noble? I think they assign you those after the course. A noble you say... .png)
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Jimmy4400nav posted:Qtips and floss hold value, good to know. Anything else i might want to stockpile/bring for trading? Don't really worry about that everything will get everything they absolutely need. Just focus on keeping your uniforms/rack squared away and yell as loud as you can when you're supposed to yell. Be prepared to have gunny sergeants in your face screaming with regularity.
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I was kidding for him. I was assuming they treat officers one step better with toiletries.
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Just realize whatever challenge you face in OCS will be trumped by a 3AM phone call from your Chief informing you that Seaman Timmy was found passed out covered in poo poo, drunk as hell 4 states away with a trunk full of mexican fighting roosters and he's pretty sure the cartel wants to cut off his nuts for running off with them, and your not even stationed near mexico. Actual story of poo poo you may deal with. Seaman Timmy buys a lovely car with cash, never bothers to transfer the title from the owner. Owner realizes this and demands the car back so he reports it as stolen, Seaman Timmy has no evidence of the sale because he didn't think he would need to keep any proof.
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He's gonna be an NFO so he has a while before he has to worry about it. And what he's gonna have to deal with is seaperson smith raping a local/stabbing a cabbie while they're deployed to okinawa.
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Mr. Nice! posted:He's gonna be an NFO so he has a while before he has to worry about it. And what he's gonna have to deal with is seaperson smith raping a local/stabbing a cabbie while they're deployed to okinawa. Surprised the standard methods haven't made it into CACO training.
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Well I just got off the ship after being underway for about a month. I'm not sure what was more confusing, tranny training or having an actual good experience with Navy medical.
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vulturesrow posted:Well I just got off the ship after being underway for about a month. I'm not sure what was more confusing, tranny training or having an actual good experience with Navy medical. Civilian provider in an air force facility? The one decent experience I had was at a place with a very small mil population and they referred everything out to the nearby university megahospital.
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Laranzu posted:Civilian provider in an air force facility? Nah, shipboard medical. Tweaked my back working out and the physical therapist did a fantastic job fixing me up. Carrier life.
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vulturesrow posted:Nah, shipboard medical. Tweaked my back working out and the physical therapist did a fantastic job fixing me up. Carrier life. So, you're what, O-4 these days?
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vulturesrow posted:Nah, shipboard medical. Tweaked my back working out and the physical therapist did a fantastic job fixing me up. Carrier life. Physical thera-whaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Physical thera-whaaaaaaaaaaaaa Exactly what I said.
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vulturesrow posted:Exactly what I said. Brace for impact
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Stultus Maximus posted:Oh no, an inexpensive reliable and comfortable car how terrible. You're talking to someone who drives a Honda Civic. Buicks are still for old fucks.
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LingcodKilla posted:I was kidding for him. I was assuming they treat officers one step better with toiletries. Nope. We are told to bring all of our own toiletries. I was able to make a toiletry run I think once in about 3 months. vulturesrow posted:Exactly what I said. When you in zone mang? http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVADMINS/NAV2016/NAV16273.txt
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buttplug posted:Nope. We are told to bring all of our own toiletries. I was able to make a toiletry run I think once in about 3 months. Wow. I had to beg for a large pair of nail clippers. They were generally off limits in case we tried to clip ourselves to death. Some dude did fail to commit suicide with the draw strings of his sweat shirt so perhaps it's a valid point.
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LingcodKilla posted:Wow. I had to beg for a large pair of nail clippers. They were generally off limits in case we tried to clip ourselves to death. Well, we were given a very specific packing list. If you brought anything that wasn't on the packing list you could either throw it away or go put it in your car. Navy OCS is no cakewalk.
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buttplug posted:Nope. We are told to bring all of our own toiletries. I was able to make a toiletry run I think once in about 3 months. I'm a terminal O4.
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vulturesrow posted:I'm a terminal O4. The best rank.
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Boon posted:The best rank. It really is.
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Back from the fire team leader field training. What I learned is Seabees should not be allowed to use weapons, among other things. I would need a dozen plus bullet points to hit all the low lights. Think my patience for enlisted life is shot after a week of near misses, going to get that OCS pack done
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maffew buildings posted:Back from the fire team leader field training. What I learned is Seabees should not be allowed to use weapons, among other things. I would need a dozen plus bullet points to hit all the low lights. It is better to lead the stupid, useless masses, than to hide amongst them in deference to your astounding adequacy.
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Thursday night someone lost their NVGs and we were five minutes from full gear layout and going through the packed out trash before they turned up. Nine hours later another set were lost and we checked all assigned serials versus what was turned in, a 20 plus minute process. The GM assigned to the training put them in the wrong drawer and didn't check all of them before saying we lost them. Retard parade is an unfair term to use because that would have more enthusiasm, organization, pride and motivation than this goatfuck
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maffew buildings posted:Thursday night someone lost their NVGs and we were five minutes from full gear layout and going through the packed out trash before they turned up. Nine hours later another set were lost and we checked all assigned serials versus what was turned in, a 20 plus minute process. The GM assigned to the training put them in the wrong drawer and didn't check all of them before saying we lost them. Lol you enlisted with a degree for the seabees?
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In his defense, he has a degree in anthropology and they already have names for all of the spiders.
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