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Laranzu posted:Thought Norway was pretty good at salvage operations. Apparently they didn't have their A crew on because the lines snapped and their Frigate is now entirely a submarine. Any ship can be a submarine once.
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M_Gargantua posted:But the best breakfast is half a mile down the beach at Dukes Canoe club! The best value breakfast is at the base bowling alley
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Cerekk posted:The best value breakfast is at the base bowling alley Cerekk posted:The best value breakfast is at the base bowling alley  Yeah I saved a picture of it. I’m fat.
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Should know by the end of the week what I get and will keep you updated if I need to reconsider my stance on alcohol. Also, have any of you heard of Partial OHA vice Single OHA? apparently I was getting Partial instead of Single out in Japan, and now the man has come for his money.
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The Valley Stared posted:So got post-school shore options: Most of them are in Norfolk (mostly instructor slots) with a DESRON billet in Hawaii, two NROTC slots (one at VMI and another at the Mass. Maritime Academy) and another at Dahlgren which I'm fairly confused about. I happen to know a lot about VMI, if you have any questions. It's pretty remote for a college, I'll tell you that. Lexington is nice though.
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Just realized today is my 4rth year of service. Thanks all you guys that have given me advice both good and bad.
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LingcodKilla posted:Just realized today is my 4rth year of service. Thanks all you guys that have given me advice both good and bad. Wow, we started in a MEPS hall and now we're here
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maffew buildings posted:Wow, we started in a MEPS hall and now we're here Yup. Had a nice dinner with you in Alexandria. Would do again.
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M_Gargantua posted:This thread had good advice? Really? I don't know about the other service thread but our solid advice of don't enlist with a degree, don't enlist if you're a nuke, if you do enlist make it an IWC rate, and don't take apart your weapon on watch is solid
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Nick Soapdish posted:I don't know about the other service thread but our solid advice of don't enlist with a degree, don't enlist if you're a nuke, if you do enlist make it an IWC rate, and don't take apart your weapon on watch is solid Four for four of you dont count an AA as a degree! Only ever got one case of down right bad advice with asking for Mahu in Hawaii. There’s some wind of orders to the admirals staff on the Blue Ridge for over 100 days. Should I throw my hat in the ring? My coworker a reaaaaal sailor is scoffing at it because it’s a soft job not like his time on destroyers. Jerk, I didn’t join the Navy reserves for a tough time, wtf.
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LingcodKilla posted:Yup. Had a nice dinner with you in Alexandria. Would do again. Fun fact this man was road testing his Tom Selleck costume in August. Hope it worked out for Halloween And actually asking for mahu was incredible advice
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LingcodKilla posted:Four for four of you dont count an AA as a degree! Mahu in Hawaii was entertaining for the rest of us, less so for you though.
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LingcodKilla posted:Four for four of you dont count an AA as a degree! Don't worry, nobody does. quote:Only ever got one case of down right bad advice with asking for Mahu in Hawaii. If you want to spend a few months in Japan, there are worse ways to do it.
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LingcodKilla posted:There’s some wind of orders to the admirals staff on the Blue Ridge for over 100 days. Should I throw my hat in the ring? My coworker a reaaaaal sailor is scoffing at it because it’s a soft job not like his time on destroyers. I saw a similar email for other rates in the IWC, if I wasn't in the middle of grad school and a career change I would have left my old job for a few months to do this. Preface: I have not been out on the Blue Ridge (or the Mount Whitney) only the other Gator Navy ships Pro: You're a traditional reservist and not many get a chance to go to sea. You'd get the Sea Service Ribbon and possibly get your ESWS pin if you really wanna be crazy. You'd actually get to see what the active, blue water Navy does. You should be attached to the embarked staff and not ship's company so, fewer chances for dumb watches. Blue Ridge makes good port calls, from what I am told. Con: You're on a ship. You're a non-khaki on a ship. You're embarked staff so ship's company is going to hate you. Depending on how berthing works, you may have a separate for staff (LHA - that I only got to hear about) or you'll be put wherever they can find enough space (LHD - 250 man berthing of Snipe's Castle with the engineers). Knowing what the blue water Navy does doesn't really help when you MOB to Djibouti or Afghanistan. Nick Soapdish fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Nov 17, 2018 |
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Thanks. I exchanged emails with the LT gathering people and she took the time to comb through my records and asked me I was available so I guess I have a chance.
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LingcodKilla posted:Four for four of you dont count an AA as a degree! Not a sailor but I've seen the Blue Ridge a few times while stationed on amphibs in Japan. 100 days isn't enough time to really hate your life and getting a chance to hang out in Japan is always cool. I had a blast both times I was stationed there.
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:Not a sailor but I've seen the Blue Ridge a few times while stationed on amphibs in Japan. 100 days isn't enough time to really hate your life and getting a chance to hang out in Japan is always cool. I had a blast both times I was stationed there.
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LingcodKilla posted:Four for four of you dont count an AA as a degree! Japan is awesome, but the Blue Ridge is not the "real navy." Even by amphib standards, it's not a real amphib. It's an old ship (almost 50), but just got out of a long dry dock period, so it should be decently comfortable. More so than it was. When I say "real navy" in this case, I just mean that the Blue Ridge is not really designed to go out and fight. It's a command ship, so it was designed with more comfort in mind. Nothing wrong with that at all, it's just not what most sailors experience. It does hit a lot of ports for a variety of reasons, so that might be enough incentive to go out for a while. I know a few people on there though they're officers and senior enlisted. If you get it and you're interested, I can PM you some info. Thankfully my pay was figured out. Apparently the navy thought that they had overpaid me by $31,000 or so.
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Sounds like my kind of gig. I’ll keep that in mind The Valley. The chance to do in rate work is very appealing. Also there has been very few afloat orders I’ve seen. Between this or the USNO again it should be another good year.
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The Valley Stared posted:Thankfully my pay was figured out. Apparently the navy thought that they had overpaid me by $31,000 or so. Goddamn you nearly got McNally'd
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McNally posted:Goddamn you nearly got McNally'd I think that already happened on the midwatch.
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M_Gargantua posted:I think that already happened on the midwatch. drat son
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M_Gargantua posted:I think that already happened on the midwatch. 
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M_Gargantua posted:I think that already happened on the midwatch. Ouch that’s a spicy hot take
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M_Gargantua posted:I think that already happened on the midwatch. Goddamn
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Navy sent me a letter begging me to re-up and offering 20k for a 4 year committment. Lol no because 20k is about 1/8 the difference in the pay cut I would take going back in.
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orange juche posted:Navy sent me a letter begging me to re-up and offering 20k for a 4 year committment. Lol no because 20k is about 1/8 the difference in the pay cut I would take going back in. wow a whole 5k minus taxes a year...
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McNally posted:go navy, beat Resting assured the Navy will do nothing further since they're a Chief
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maffew buildings posted:Resting assured the Navy will do nothing further since they're a Chief Because a chief beat a kid, E-5 and below will have to undergo a mandatory "don't beat kids" powerpoint.
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