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pkells posted:Destroyer trip report: You snag the top bunk, so you have room to sit up and free storage space between inspections.
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Madurai posted:You snag the top bunk, so you have room to sit up and free storage space between inspections. Top rack is all fine and dandy if you're working day shift. Terrible if you're switched to nights. Being a day sleeper was probably the worst thing about being shipboard. Loved working nights way more than days but gently caress all the ship's company people who think everyone works days.
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Mar 24, 2018 16:49
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Madurai posted:You snag the top bunk, so you have room to sit up and free storage space between inspections. When I was on a destroyer, I had top bunk but there were pipes directly overhead so I couldn't sit up. It sucked.
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Mar 25, 2018 02:43
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gently caress top bunk. Go to LPD, get Midrack, have situ racks anyway and easy in/out access
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Mar 25, 2018 03:07
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Thronde posted:gently caress top bunk. Go to LPD, get Midrack, have situ racks anyway and easy in/out access This. When I was a First, we went to visit one of our independent duty ISs who was assigned to an LPD. I couldn't believe the amount of space their FCPO Mess had and the amenities of their berthing compared to the LHD we were on. Was very jealous at the time.
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pkells posted:Destroyer trip report: Become an officer (preferably be female), get a stateroom, and if you're super lucky only have to share it with one other person. Not so lucky and it's two. For the enlisted, I've heard differing things on which rack is best to sleep in. Generally haven't heard great things about the bottom rack though. For work, you get it in when you aren't on watch or trying to nab a few hours of sleep. Sometimes work supersedes sleep. Then there's also drills which can take a huge toll on everyone as well. They need to be done though. We have to be on circadian rhythm sleep schedules now, so hopefully the sheer exhaustion from five and dimes and other terrible watches goes away. I will ask some currently deployed friends if they're seeing the difference or not. Otherwise sleep when you can, walk around like a grumpy zombie when you can't. Don't fall asleep standing up. You'll usually have eggs in the morning for breakfast if you have a good SuppO, and a moderately hot shower. Wear your shower shoes. LPDs seem like they were built more with crew comfort in mind, and the standards of living are much higher then on other ships as a result. I've never served on one, but they seemed nice from the few times I've walked around them. I've only served on FLT I DDGs, other then a two week stint on a FLT II. You get used to them quick, but you have to learn how to pack light.
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Alternatively, go merchant marine. Single room with en suite bathroom; set watches with overtime for anything outside of them, capped at 14 hours a day (or at least you have to have a minimum number of hours of rest a week), none of that board / promotion BS, six months off a year or so.
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Mar 25, 2018 06:10
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FrozenVent posted:capped at 14 hours a day (or at least you have to have a minimum number of hours of rest a week),.  Plus then everyone can witness your descent into insanity in real time. Ask the Discord about me between september and December of last year. See also why I'm no longer called Two Finger
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Mar 25, 2018 06:30
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Get a job on a real boat, yachtie.
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FrozenVent posted:Alternatively, go merchant marine. Then one fine day you end up sailing first engineer or chief mate and work ninety hour days
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shovelbum posted:Then one fine day you end up sailing first engineer or chief mate and work ninety hour days *on paper
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If you didn’t get a shore job six months after getting your ~management level~ license, I don’t know what to tell you.
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On the plane to Dallas. Could use a good steak house recommendation near the sixth floor museum. Steer meat only no queers I’m on to you guys after Hawaii.
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LingcodKilla posted:On the plane to Dallas. Could use a good steak house recommendation near the sixth floor museum. Steer meat only no queers I’m on to you guys after Hawaii. Best you're gonna do in close proximity to Dealey is Bob's Steak & Chop on Lamar at the Omni Dallas. They might still be a chain, but at least it's not a Morton's or Ruth's Chris. Enjoy your thick, glazed, long, juicy, and salty carrot.  They do OpenTable if you want to make things easier. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Mar 26, 2018 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Best you're gonna do in close proximity to Dealey is Bob's Steak & Chop on Lamar at the Omni Dallas. They might still be a chain, but at least it's not a Morton's or Ruth's Chris. Enjoy your thick, glazed, long, juicy, and salty carrot. I was going to suggest Pappas Bros Steakhouse near I35 and 12. Once again, they're a chain but never left any of these establishments unsatisfied.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Best you're gonna do in close proximity to Dealey is Bob's Steak & Chop on Lamar at the Omni Dallas. They might still be a chain, but at least it's not a Morton's or Ruth's Chris. Enjoy your thick, glazed, long, juicy, and salty carrot. These carrots sound worth the trip alone...
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Mar 26, 2018 19:27
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LingcodKilla posted:These carrots sound worth the trip alone... 
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 Got the tbone. Woo!
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LingcodKilla posted:
Smart to not fill up on bread, that's how they get you
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Nick Soapdish posted:Smart to not fill up on bread, that's how they get you Please don’t challenge me.  Hope I make it to class tomorrow.
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a chief yelled at one of my classmates for riding the staff elevator, and got like 10 minutes into his rant before the kid remembered to pull his "elevator chit" out that he earned for having the shiniest shoes at uniform inspection then the chief yelled at him for not saying so earlier for another 10 minutes lmao e: i don't suppose anyone here has any experience with IUSS billets? all of my instructors are calling it career-enders for the rate since its "not real navy" or whatever but that sounds like some salt since apparently the QOL owns bones compared to non-IUSS boy are my arms tired fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Mar 27, 2018 |
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Mar 27, 2018 02:18
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Never let a good yelling go to waste. Lol shiny boots? What the gently caress? Did you give him a wedgie?
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LingcodKilla posted:Never let a good yelling go to waste. they make us do these uniform inspections every friday and they pull people out to get a good round table yelling at from the chiefs/seniors/occasionally a master if they have a wrinkle in their pants or w/e, so everyone takes it fairly seriously i just go to the dry cleaners and shine my poo poo once a week, no one's said anything so i guess i'm good e: guess i should clarify this is NSUs, i'm not taking NWUs to the dry cleaners boy are my arms tired fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Mar 27, 2018 |
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Mar 27, 2018 02:24
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boy are my arms tired posted:
QOL=good. Chance of advancing ever=not awesome. What kind of IUSS? Sea or shore?
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poopkitty posted:QOL=good. Chance of advancing ever=not awesome. What kind of IUSS? Sea or shore? just in general i guess, theres talk of a large percentage of our class going the IUSS route i know the SWATHs arent all that big but having a mostly civilian crew and having not cramped quarters seems cool of what my instructors are saying is true the only shore stations would be whidbey and dam neck though which kind of sucks
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boy are my arms tired posted:
Eh. Some folks love Whidbey. I forgot you were new. You're young, you'll be okay wherever you end up. Just get qualed and keep your nose clean.
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boy are my arms tired posted:just in general i guess, theres talk of a large percentage of our class going the IUSS route Whidbey is in a beautiful area with the big town of Seattle nearby. Dam neck.... eh got nice sand I guess.
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poopkitty posted:Eh. Some folks love Whidbey. Praying to Jebus, Odin and Vishnu that once I finish VT-4 and complete training at the RAG I'll get a Whidbey posting. 
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Whidbey has its moments. I would live there again but only if I was married with kids. The summers are incredible but the winters are bad enough to cause vitamin d deficiencies and divorces and jumping off deception pass (edit: ask me how I know about the first two). Get in a squadron that deploys in October and comes back around May and you’re golden.
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poopkitty posted:Eh. Some folks love Whidbey. cool thanks i was thinking whidbey was far enough away from seattle that it'd suck but i guess i was wrong anything but dam neck tho
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Well gently caress.... I may be going to DC on the 9th for the rest of the fiscal year. My crabbing...
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LingcodKilla posted:Well gently caress.... ADT or part of your shipyard IT stuff? How are you liking DFW? Is your course at the JRIC or NOSC?
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Nick Soapdish posted:ADT or part of your shipyard IT stuff? ADT DFW base is ok. The class is good. I’m at the NOSC. Fair amount of nifty planes to see.
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boy are my arms tired posted:cool thanks Reasons to like Dam Neck: Everyone else either doesn't know what it is or doesn't want to go there. Also you can drink on the beach.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Reasons to like Dam Neck: Everyone else either doesn't know what it is or doesn't want to go there. Also you can drink on the beach. Dam Neck is pretty good.
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LingcodKilla posted:Well gently caress.... If that does come to pass, shoot me a PM and I'll get you an invite to the DC Goons Slack.
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The tiny pond there has bass in the 5lb range. The big lake in the back has fish too. I just killed a fruit fly with a 1 in 100 hit with a piece of gross soggy lettuce eating dinner in the FtWorth difac. Yah me... Crab Dad fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Mar 27, 2018 |
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boy are my arms tired posted:cool thanks Whidbey is like 2 hrs each way to Seattle without traffic (haha as if "without traffic" is a thing that exists) so if being close to the city is important to you then yeah it will suck. But if you have any sort of outdoor hobbies it's pretty nice.
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orange juche posted:Dam Neck is pretty good. I work for Dam Neck. I do not work AT Dam Neck. This is good.
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PneumonicBook posted:I work for Dam Neck. Never was stationed AT Dam Neck but I remember going there for class once, and it was pretty good imo compared to NOB. Trick question is all bases suck.
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