Missionary Positron posted:

Happy bday, america.

I hope you get better soon

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

Cole posted:

Holy poo poo lmao

Just let him go through with it. But first have him write essay about what he thinks he is getting into.

Then when reality sets in after about two years have him write another essay about what he got. This is if he hasnt blown his head off or drank himself to getting kicked out.

Then delete this thread and start a new thread with those two essays as the only thing in the OP. Then close and lock the thread.

Godholio posted:

This, but post the essay.

quote:

I am enjoying boot camp as far as anyone can enjoy it. You asked me about expectations about the Navy, well I was way off about boot camp to start. I went to the gym as much as I could, worried that I would have a hard time with a physically demanding exercise regimine, but it has been really easy. Our first PFA I passed easily although surprisingly more than half failed. We are lucky if we get PT every other day. I'd say boot camp is more boring and annoying than anything else.
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I didn't believe that the Navy had its way of learning as I had heard before but I can already see it. It's very focused on learning by rote and giving verbatim definitions. Studying for the tests here is similar to the nuke cheating scandal where they had the questions that would be on the test beforehand and would memorize answers. Here we have a powerpoint with 85% of the questions on the test and the Education Petty Officer recruits just go over answers rather than explaining them.
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I already see the hurry up and wait philosophy here. It is ridiculous sometimes. It's as if everything must be done in serial rather than parallel and as if leadership - both petty officer and recruit - have no concept of bottlenecking.
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Still though there are some good surprises. It does seem it is common for sailors to use education benefits and everyone talks about all the places they get to visit.
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How I miss the little things like sleep and showering alone. Still, the people here are generally cool except for the tools and snitches who think they are RDCs (Recruit Division Commander). The food is really good and I am eating healthier. Overall it's not too bad.

quote:

Yeah I regret enlisting

I should have taken whatever officer job they could get me

Being enlisted sucks

I spent all this time getting a degree to end up cleaning

And I won't even be doing the job I enlisted for for at least another year and a half

I stood a five hour watch in which the only thing I did was take phone comms regarding a pressure reading

That had an amplifier in maneuvering so the guy taking logs could hear it

Not that it even mattered if the roving watch called it in since a camera system allows the shutdown reactor operator to see the gauge reading anyway

So yeah it loving sucks

But yeah I think boot camp was a pretty good sign of things to come

God today I had urinalysis

I drank so much water and coffee it made me sick

Probably used the bathroom half a dozen times and was peeing clear

Arc Light posted:

STORY TIME:

Back when the "RESOURCE- Ask Us About Joining The US Military!" thread was still a thing, I mentioned that one of my idiot friends was smart enough to get a nuclear engineering degree, but dumb enough to enlist as a Navy nuke rather than becoming some kind of non-nuclear officer, even after I tried to talk him out of it. There were some good responses.



So way back in 2015, while he was still in boot camp, I asked Cole's question, and got this back:


I've been playing the long game. Two years later, he's graduated from enlisted nuke school as an ET2, and gotten to his first ship. It's in dry dock, so they also made him an assistant cook. I followed up and asked what he thinks of enlisting now.

THE DRAMATIC CONCLUSION


Edit: Zeris, please start a sticky thread with only these two essays, then close and lock the thread, that it may stand as warning against those who would enlist with a degree.

Kawasaki Nun posted:

Your friend sounds like a little bitch. If standing a stupid 5 hour watch and urinalysis was the worst thing that happened to him that day he's living the good life.

Naked Bear posted:

Somebody took a poo poo underneath my back porch... then meticulously covered it up. Landlord needs to hurry up with those cameras.

Mad Dragon posted:

Cranking is a loving vacation for nukes.

Mad Dragon posted:

Cranking is a loving vacation for nukes.

Arc Light posted:

Cranking? Is that a euphemism for something?

Arc Light posted:

Cranking? Is that a euphemism for something?