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They actually look good and sensible.
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Those look good, make that the daily wear uniform and get rid of anything to do with Type I or IIIs.
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The final design version will have 21 buttons with a pants flap and the top will have mandatory white piping that increases item costs an extra $20. Commands will keep requiring the previous uniforms to be worn as uniform of the day for about three years after roll out. Then they will disallow wearing it off the pier because its a dirty 'working' uniform. So they'll start a bid to find a new office uniform so that the admin enlisteds can differentiate themselves from the common man because some O-6 didn't want a plain blouse on his staff.
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They kind of look like the Coast Guard uniform, which is something people have been saying we should just use for years, so that's a plus. They'd only look too bad actually.
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Feb 26, 2019 04:35
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I don't particularly like the Type III cut, but I don't hate it. Plus my pen will finally be on the same side at sea and ashore.
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Hello again navy goons, one more request from my son, asking for "command climate, like how the crew likes the command" for the following: CG 57 CG 62 NMCB 133 Thanks again in advance.
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piL posted:I don't particularly like the Type III cut, but I don't hate it. Plus my pen will finally be on the same side at sea and ashore. Speaking of pens, I hate that the Type III don't have pens that are on the sleeve down by your hand like the Army (and now AF) OCPs. If I could just wear that again instead of Type IIIs I would be fine.
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Davethulhu posted:Hello again navy goons, one more request from my son, asking for "command climate, like how the crew likes the command" for the following: Seabees are like Marines lite minus physical standards. Or discipline standards. If they want to run around in the woods now and then it isn't a bad call. They'll be in Gulfport though, which is how you say, muy sucks
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Feb 26, 2019 14:57
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Davethulhu posted:Hello again navy goons, one more request from my son, asking for "command climate, like how the crew likes the command" for the following: I forgot what rate your son is but CGs are my favorite class of ship. Speaking as a former ET.
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Feb 26, 2019 15:01
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JUST LET PEOPLE WEAR THEIR COVERALLS TO AND FROM WORK LIKE WE DID FOR DECADES BEFORE THEY BANNED IT JESUS CHRIST HOW ARE THE BRASS SO loving STUPID
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Feb 26, 2019 15:05
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Lou Takki posted:I forgot what rate your son is but CGs are my favorite class of ship. Speaking as a former ET. Think hes an IT. CGs are my favorite ships too, but they're all 30ish years old and are suffering for it. Big Navy put out an RIF for a Large Surface Combatant, exciting.
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I swear if you went to the most average ship in the Navy and pulled the most average O-3 and E-5 and made them the CNO and MCPON for a month we would solve 90% of the stupid rear end problems that we flail around uselessly spending millions of dollars on while passing up the obvious solutions with no downsides.
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Cerekk posted:I swear if you went to the most average ship in the Navy and pulled the most average O-3 and E-5 and made them the CNO and MCPON for a month we would solve 90% of the stupid rear end problems that we flail around uselessly spending millions of dollars on while passing up the obvious solutions with no downsides. "I joined the navy to be a sea-warrior not a sea-mechanic." Can't be running around town looking like you guys are working hard and getting dirty.
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Cerekk posted:I swear if you went to the most average ship in the Navy and pulled the most average O-3 and E-5 and made them the CNO and MCPON for a month we would solve 90% of the stupid rear end problems that we flail around uselessly spending millions of dollars on while passing up the obvious solutions with no downsides. All the vending machines would be full of dip and smokes. Change of command ceremonies would be O-4 and up only. Every divisional LPO gets to eject one shitbag member of their division from the ship yearly. (Via catapult if possible)
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Lou Takki posted:All the vending machines would be full of dip and smokes. I see two really awesome ideas here and one that I'm not a huge fan of but that wouldn't really hurt anything, so sure. See, already an improvement on the current leadership! I estimate a savings to our sailors of $25,000 per change of command for a destroyer-sized command by not having to update medals and dry clean dress uniforms, and the only downside is some O-5 doesn't get his dick stroked quite as hard. Lou Taki #1 EP! Promote Now!
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Fourth change: every month one of the CPOs in the mess gets voted off the ship by the E-5 and below crew onboard. Play the whole thing out live on the Ship's TV network as some kind of reality TV entertainment.
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Davethulhu posted:Hello again navy goons, one more request from my son, asking for "command climate, like how the crew likes the command" for the following: CG 57 is the Lake Champlain, they will be going into a year long yards period this summer, about the time I get there
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:CG 57 is the Lake Champlain, they will be going into a year long yards period this summer, about the time I get there If the ship is heading into the yards, isn't it likely he'll just get crossdecked to a deployer instead? I imagine being a
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Nick Soapdish posted:If the ship is heading into the yards, isn't it likely he'll just get crossdecked to a deployer instead? I imagine being a I spent my entire time as a deck seaman in the yards. Absolutely miserable. At one point the average week was over 90 hours because of 3 section duty, and we only had some Sundays off. I have no idea why, we weren’t doing anything besides waiting for contractors to finish. We got nothing of value done besides painting the side of the ship. I’m pretty sure most of it was just our DIVO and Chief trying to look good to our Triad who in turn were trying to kiss the commodores rear end.
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Nick Soapdish posted:If the ship is heading into the yards, isn't it likely he'll just get crossdecked to a deployer instead? I imagine being a Nah they will cross deck the second class with a few years experience instead.
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SpaceSDoorGunner posted:I spent my entire time as a deck seaman in the yards. Absolutely miserable. At one point the average week was over 90 hours because of 3 section duty, and we only had some Sundays off. I spent the first and last couple months of my first DIVO tour in the yards and it was as miserable as you describe. I wasn't trying to look good for anyone, and neither was my DH who was awesome. The yards just suck.
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Stultus Maximus posted:I spent the first and last couple months of my first DIVO tour in the yards and it was as miserable as you describe. I wasn't trying to look good for anyone, and neither was my DH who was awesome. The yards just suck. OTOH, you're not deployed.
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Madurai posted:OTOH, you're not deployed. Deployed is better. Nothing is worse than being on a 30 year old ship in Metro Machine in Norfolk.
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F313 HNoMS Helge Ingstad is getting raised today. This is from an hour ago.
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Stultus Maximus posted:I spent the first and last couple months of my first DIVO tour in the yards and it was as miserable as you describe. I wasn't trying to look good for anyone, and neither was my DH who was awesome. The yards just suck. My chain of command was pretty bad all the way up to the squadron. The commodore would come on and scream at the CO (who wasn’t a bar person so much as just hapless) right in the middle of the flight deck in front of everyone on a couple occasions. Pretty bizarre. Everyone likes to say their ship was the worst though I think my experience was a little more out there than most. Butter Activities fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Feb 27, 2019 |
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SpaceSDoorGunner posted:I spent my entire time as a deck seaman in the yards. Absolutely miserable. At one point the average week was over 90 hours because of 3 section duty, and we only had some Sundays off. Seconding. Avoid a shipyard experience like the plague. Longest and by far worst nine months of my life. Your chain of command has an unlimited amount of labor, and you don't have a union. Good luck reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse. SquirrelyPSU fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Feb 27, 2019 |
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Snitches get stitches.
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I really hope that people are reaching out to them with what's going on. Speaking with a friend who just left their ship, 2nd tour DIVOs still weren't always seeing a lot of bridge time because they're needed in combat/engineering so their log books are empty. This just reinforces that the people who most need bridge time aren't the ones getting it. Of course the most recent article https://www.propublica.org/article/navy-accident-changes-fitzgerald-mccain-davidson has an interview with Rowden which really surprised me. What surprises me ever more is how ADM Davidson responded to this: "If the commanders believed their ships were not ready, could they, as the Navy had promised, actually push back on orders to sail? Davidson, according to an admiral inside the theater, responded with anger. 'If you can’t take your ships to sea and accomplish the mission with the resources you have,' he said, 'then we’ll find someone who will.' " So business as always, and just shove the problem down to someone else who will say yes. It reminds me a lot of the stand down in Yokosuka. I know that I talked about it shortly after it happened, but that comment from ADM Davidson reminds me so much of Rear ADM Williams comment that he could do the safe thing and never have the ships leave the pier, or he could assume some level of risk and actually go out. And Caconym? Thanks for posting that picture of the F313 HNoMS Helge Ingstad. That gash is just massive. And Mr. Bad Guy, I know your NAV on the Lake Champlain. Not that you'll likely interact with him too much as a Tomahawk FC, but I can at least send you a DM if you want.
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What are the good scuba places in Guam? Civie friend of mine is over there for reasons.
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Some video from inside the wreckage of HNoMS Helge Ingstad (F313): https://www.tu.no/artikler/se-video-tilstanden-er-bedre-enn-fryktet/459267
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And more Helge Ingstad, Wibla posted an animation of the damage and water ingress in the idiots thread. Wibla posted:Here's a video from VG.no (one of the largest newspapers in Norway): https://static.vg.no/spesial/2018/fregattulykke/vannlekkasje.mp4?2
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The new Smarter Every Day has some good footage from Rimpac '18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOTYgcdNrXE Things to note: Harpoons are mission-kill, but Mk48s are HARD KILL.
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:The new Smarter Every Day has some good footage from Rimpac '18. Thanks for that. It was much more engaging and interesting than that Army rap video. e: The ship blowing up was cool too Fred Dawes fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Mar 7, 2019 |
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Drones, soon available in frigate size: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPz9YWS5dH4
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Feel sorry for the poor sweeper and painter bots.
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There was some cool stuff in that video though I do wonder, who exactly goes to those conventions? Are governments literally sending dudes to the trade fair to scope out new stuff to buy?
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Jimmy4400nav posted:There was some cool stuff in that video though I do wonder, who exactly goes to those conventions? Are governments literally sending dudes to the trade fair to scope out new stuff to buy? Yeah, it’s basically a chance for companies to suck off admirals and anyone related to procurement to buy their poo poo.
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I'm a shore sailor and I was sent on a COMPUTEX and recently got back from a deployment. That experience was cool and all but definitely changed my mindset of the Navy. Before all that I was definitely going to reenlist. Now with having spent 9 months at sea while on shore duty I am most definitely going to get out. I have 6 months until my PRD, and I have 10 months until my EAOS. Since it was easy for my CMC to send me off like that, im worried that if I tell my plans to not reenlist he will send me TAD somewhere again and thus ruin potential plans I have set about leaving. If he tries to send me TAD again for whatever reason, is there a way to contest or fight it?
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