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Null Integer posted:Quoting to save this for future generations of recuits to see, so they nope out of this thread and go join the air force. Counterpoint, THE ORDER OF THE SWORD  Ya'll have a ceremony where you worship anime swords.
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orange juche posted:Counterpoint, THE ORDER OF THE SWORD Having a hard time not thinking this owns
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Bunch of camouflaged dweebs playing with each other's swords. The hard on the uniformed services have for camouflage in completely dumb situations is ridiculous. See: Navy blue camo
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Lou Takki posted:Bunch of camouflaged dweebs playing with each other's swords. Seriously, why not go bright orange? The old utilities were basically prison uniforms, so we have precedent.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Seriously, why not go bright orange? The old utilities were basically prison uniforms, so we have precedent. Bright orange would be effective and a nod to our POTUS.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Seriously, why not go bright orange? The old utilities were basically prison uniforms, so we have precedent. The navy only needs coveralls and flight suits. The dress uniform (with pippettes off) is already solid
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LingcodKilla posted:Bright orange would be effective and a nod to our POTUS. Just need what they wear on BSG. I got nostalgic for the old utilities seeing Sailors in the blue or green camo. Then again I'm the guy that just wears khakis for drill weekend since I never understood wearing camo when I work an office job. I understand deployed or if your job is dirty but sitting in an A/C space on a computer is neither stateside.
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Null Integer posted:Quoting to save this for future generations of recuits to see, so they nope out of this thread and go join the air force. Cross posting from the Air Force thread.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Seriously, why not go bright orange? The old utilities were basically prison uniforms, so we have precedent. You'd think they'd want bright colors for visibility in man-overboard situations.
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Madurai posted:You'd think they'd want bright colors for visibility in man-overboard situations. This is still somehow fallout from the sea warrior phase the Navy had back in 08
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It only takes a little bit of creativity to turn orange into badass: Wasn't Gordon Freeman's suit orange as well?
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:It only takes a little bit of creativity to turn orange into badass: Orange accents and gloves I think
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Lou Takki posted:Bunch of camouflaged dweebs playing with each other's swords. Blue is getting phased out. It's guacamole green now.
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When type 3 as stamdard got announced a bunch of Seabees (re: fat kids) got caremad because "they make us unique!" Nevermind all of NECC uses them after NSW designed them so THEY could be unique, or that wearing woodland BDU was what made the construction force stand apart. Basically uniforms are only good for causing stupidity and misuse of funds
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maffew buildings posted:When type 3 as stamdard got announced a bunch of Seabees (re: fat kids) got caremad because "they make us unique!" Nevermind all of NECC uses them after NSW designed them so THEY could be unique, or that wearing woodland BDU was what made the construction force stand apart. They'll always have their low ASVAB scores and creepy pedo-staches to set them apart from their Navy brethren.
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Dingleberry posted:They'll always have their low ASVAB scores and creepy pedo-staches to set them apart from their Navy brethren. Brb shaving my stache.
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Ceiling fan posted:Cross posting from the Air Force thread. AF fighter pilot bonus is up to $455,000 now. $432k didn't work, so I doubt this will.
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Godholio posted:AF fighter pilot bonus is up to $455,000 now. $432k didn't work, so I doubt this will. *orders ~1,700 F-35As, can't find enough pilots to eventually fly them* Hope you don't mind being forcibly transitioned (to the inevitable mini AWACS variant), G. 
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BIG HEADLINE posted:*orders ~1,700 F-35As, can't find enough pilots to eventually fly them* If they lower the bar that far I'll fly one. Independence day style: "WHO HERE HAS EVER PLAYED FLIGHT SIMULATOR?"
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M_Gargantua posted:If they lower the bar that far I'll fly one. Independence day style: "WHO HERE HAS EVER PLAYED FLIGHT SIMULATOR?" "I've played Ace Combat games, so I've flown *way* more advanced airplanes than this one! It has 500 missiles, right?"
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BIG HEADLINE posted:*orders ~1,700 F-35As, can't find enough pilots to eventually fly them* I danced out the door in 2012. Navy contractor now. Edit: I'd have taken that career change in a hearbeat. Fighter dudes fly once a week or more for currency. Once we hit "experienced" status it was 3 flights in a rolling 90 day period, and the rest of your time was basically shoving your balls in a woodchipper.
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Godholio posted:I danced out the door in 2012. Navy contractor now.  Still, I look forward to the "gee, I really wish we had more STEM grads" ~woulda-coulda-shoulda-ing~ about to happen with regards to aviation, both in the civilian *and* military space. Hell, it's already happening.
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Godholio posted:I danced out the door in 2012. Navy contractor now. Smack his head when he uses his teeth.
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I have this civilian contractor who is probably the only reason anything works onboard my ship and does the work of 12 men (24 sailors or 36 contractors) and does so consistently. Has anybody ever gotten an award through for a civilian and knows anything about the process vice a normal award?
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I've never seen a contractor get recognized. GSes, yes.
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His reward is getting to go home every day and not do military poo poo
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Dingleberry posted:They'll always have their low ASVAB scores and creepy pedo-staches to set them apart from their Navy brethren. One of our geniuses just sliced his hand open on corrugated metal roofing because why would you pick it up without gloves?
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Policy is that someone who the government pays $200 an hour for is compensated plenty. No extra recognition needed. What's LockMart paying him? $12.50 an hour?
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 It ain't 2006 anymore, salary-wise. And whatever the government is paying, the employee is getting a fraction.
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I got a job working waterfront IT as a contractor. I moved exactly one computer today with the help of 2 other contractors. It was a laptop. Otherwise I kicked rocks in the office reading the news. Contracting is strange.
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I work my rear end off on a helpdesk supporting a three letter agency, i need to get a skate job because this sucks right now. Pays alright but when your boss tells you that you have to work mandatory 10h overtime per week (because they made an unpopular decision and everyone quit) and you're exempted from OT pay bonus per your contract it loving sucks. Not all contracting is roses, but its still loving better than the Navy, because i dont have to muster, I don't have to PT, I don't have to be responsible for people who are essentially high schoolers mentally, and I dont get locked up on base or on the ship when SN Timmy gets his 2nd DUI in 3 months.
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orange juche posted:I work my rear end off on a helpdesk supporting a three letter agency, i need to get a skate job because this sucks right now. Pays alright but when your boss tells you that you have to work mandatory 10h overtime per week (because they made an unpopular decision and everyone quit) and you're exempted from OT pay bonus per your contract it loving sucks. I actually want OT but it's pretty much not gonna happen. Oh well I guess I could barback again or something.
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You both misspelled bareback nor have to do that with your life any more, unless that's your get down
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piL posted:I have this civilian contractor who is probably the only reason anything works onboard my ship and does the work of 12 men (24 sailors or 36 contractors) and does so consistently. Has anybody ever gotten an award through for a civilian and knows anything about the process vice a normal award? They don't get awards. However, what I have done in the past is sent out BZ messages if their employer is on a distro. I know it sounds cheesy, but apparently some companies track them and they contribute to the contractor getting raises or PTO. If it's a company that doesn't get message traffic I've instead signed out LoA's on letterhead to do the same thing. Talk to your Captain and see if they're amenable. Your Port Engineer should have the details on how to get through to that particular company's management.
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ManMythLegend posted:They don't get awards. However, what I have done in the past is sent out BZ messages if their employer is on a distro. I know it sounds cheesy, but apparently some companies track them and they contribute to the contractor getting raises or PTO. If it's a company that doesn't get message traffic I've instead signed out LoA's on letterhead to do the same thing. This for sure. The organization he works for is probably ISO 9001 compliant or something similar and will track positive feedback from government customers and will count towards good things internally to the organization. That is of course, taking the huge leap of faith that anyone in his company is competent at all. It can't hurt to try.
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ManMythLegend posted:They don't get awards. However, what I have done in the past is sent out BZ messages if their employer is on a distro. I know it sounds cheesy, but apparently some companies track them and they contribute to the contractor getting raises or PTO. If it's a company that doesn't get message traffic I've instead signed out LoA's on letterhead to do the same thing. This for sure. The organization he works for is probably ISO 9001 compliant or something similar and will track positive feedback from government customers and will count towards good things internally to the organization. That is of course, taking the huge leap of faith that anyone in his company is competent at all. It can't hurt to try. e: Wingnut Ninja posted:Blue is getting phased out. It's guacamole green now. 
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Godholio posted:I danced out the door in 2012. Navy contractor now.  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/
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BIG HEADLINE posted:
Hahahahahahahaha holy loving poo poo.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:
"We need people to cart bombs into North Korea, and you're the most expendable"
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ManMythLegend posted:Hahahahahahahaha holy loving poo poo. Godholio gonna get recalled.
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