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I refuse to go to navy dental if I can pay out of pocket for a civilian dentist. I did it last year for my crown and I’ll do it again. Butchers.
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I never had a problem with navy dental, but then again, I never had anything more than a cleaning done. Anyone that has been butchered, make sure you make a claim for that when you get discharged. I'm going to the dentist this week for the first time since I was in the navy, though.
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May 6, 2019 11:49
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:See I thought they were burgundy too but I have two blue passports with one stamped official us business or something to that effect. I guess they screwed ours up somehow or something then because there was no difference other than that stamp in the front. There are also blue, "no fee," passports that get you past any visa fees or limits. Overseas dependents get them a lot, like in Japan for example.
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May 6, 2019 12:14
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:Just use your personal passport with a copy of your orders to get wherever you are going. I had to do the same thing and the no fee wouldn't show up in time. The only difference between the two is you are supposed to take your no fee passport to PSD or legal and have them put a stamp on the front page that says you are on official government orders. Years back they used to make the no fee ones a different color but now they look exactly like your regular one. Yeah thats what the LTs at the training squadron said they did, they kept looking at us weird when we asked about the passports. Might end up doing that anyways since PSD mentioned it'll take 4-6 weeks to make the passport and then a month to ship it to where we're deploying. On navy dental horror stories, the day we graduated OCS my roomate got sent back to dental right after the ceremony to redo a wisdom teeth removal they botched.
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May 6, 2019 20:37
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I had some pretty major orthodontic surgery done at Balboa when I was child. Of course in my case they had a visiting civilian specialist come in because that's who always did that kind of procedure there.
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May 6, 2019 22:25
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Got a permanent 4 1/2 inch scar on my right side from a middle-of-the-night appendectomy done at Portsmouth Naval in 1986. The appendectomy was unnecessary (it was mesenteric adenitis), and they might've found that out if they'd done a follow-up exam after admitting me and putting in the IV catheter...and then making me lay there in pain and fear for 14 hours, during which time if I *had* had appendicitis it certainly would've burst. Never again after that.
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Had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted at the same time at Balboa like 12 years ago. The bottom right one left a deep pocket that apparently has a little bit of exposed bone? Every time I've gotten an exam since then, the dentist has wanted me to go to oral surgery and get a cadaver bone implant so they can sew my gums up around it. I'm like, ehhhhh that sounds like it'll suck and be painful so I haven't done it. Clearly I should do it before I retire while it's still free but gently caress.
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May 7, 2019 01:08
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Passing on a chance to have a ghost implanted in your face? Wow
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May 7, 2019 01:37
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Oh look, they're naming a ship after someone who's still alive. Again. https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/05/06/New-destroyer-to-be-named-in-honor-of-ex-US-Sen-Sam-Nunn/3621557150220/
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May 7, 2019 02:07
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Jimmy4400nav posted:Yeah thats what the LTs at the training squadron said they did, they kept looking at us weird when we asked about the passports. Might end up doing that anyways since PSD mentioned it'll take 4-6 weeks to make the passport and then a month to ship it to where we're deploying. I guess it depends on the country you are deploying to but I did two deployments to Bahrain and never required a government passport. My command told us to simply show Bahraini customs our orders and ID. Never had an issue. I *think* I heard a horror story about someone using their blue civilian passport because he was wary of giving the customs guys his orders/ID and customs trying to say he over-stayed and was gonna try to get him to pay a massive fine but it got fixed pretty quick.
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DustyNuts posted:Had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted at the same time at Balboa like 12 years ago. The bottom right one left a deep pocket that apparently has a little bit of exposed bone? Every time I've gotten an exam since then, the dentist has wanted me to go to oral surgery and get a cadaver bone implant so they can sew my gums up around it. I'm like, ehhhhh that sounds like it'll suck and be painful so I haven't done it. Clearly I should do it before I retire while it's still free but gently caress. On the one hand: free. On the other: you're free *practice* for them. Hair grows back, teeth, gum, and jawbone don't. That's why it's never a lastingly bad decision to get your hair cut at a barber school. Madurai posted:Oh look, they're naming a ship after someone who's still alive. Again. I figure the next step is naming them after prominent billionaires who "sponsor" the ship. The USS Charles Koch, for instance. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 03:53 on May 7, 2019 |
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May 7, 2019 03:51
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Madurai posted:Oh look, they're naming a ship after someone who's still alive. Again. I mean, it's not only a faux pas, but in this day and age you should wait til people've been in the ground long enough for allegations to surface and either be confirmed or dispelled
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May 7, 2019 11:55
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George Washington had five different warships named for him before he died.
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Cerekk posted:George Washington had five different warships named for him before he died. It was in poor taste then, too. At least the Continental Navy had the excuse of not having poo poo else to draw on.
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May 8, 2019 04:13
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gently caress's sake, there's already a backlog of WW2 admirals and assorted other heroes who deserve ships now that the Spruances and Perrys are mostly gone. Where's the USS Rooks or the USS Halsey or the USS Ernest Evans these days, hmm?
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May 8, 2019 04:35
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Madurai posted:At least the Continental Navy had the excuse of not having poo poo else to draw on. The ceremony to rename the USS CANADA SUCKS (commissioned 1815) really was considered a flagrant waste of tax dollars.
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May 8, 2019 05:54
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:gently caress's sake, there's already a backlog of WW2 admirals and assorted other heroes who deserve ships now that the Spruances and Perrys are mostly gone. Halsey is out in Pearl. This decision surprises me. A) because he's alive and b) because he's Coast Guard. I'm not saying that the Navy shouldn't have ships named for Coast Guard members, but doesn't it make more sense to name a cutter after a Coast Guard officer and not a DDG?
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May 8, 2019 16:16
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I got offered the Trenton for 270 starting basically in Jan. Alternatively I can do Qatar stating in Oct for 340. Leaning towards the USNS ship .... right?
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LingcodKilla posted:I got offered the Trenton for 270 starting basically in Jan. Alternatively I can do Qatar stating in Oct for 340. Do it. I've know two junior reserve Sailors who we're very happy with their mobs to there
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May 8, 2019 20:02
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I learned a new terrifying phrase this week. "Navy eye surgeon". Especially in conjunction with the phrase "I guess that will probably be okay". After plucking at the almost-properly-cut flap on your eye for, on a subjective time scale, approximately three hours. The good news is, my right eye now sees awesome, and lefty should be good as well, it'll just take a little longer to heal.
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May 9, 2019 00:49
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Wingnut Ninja posted:I learned a new terrifying phrase this week. You are a brave man.
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I had Lasik done at the Pt Loma clinic in around 2008 and it was a Captain who had some thousands of them under this belt. Just.lately I think I'm ready for a new set of BCGs which is totally what I'm going to get. Update on the dental: Retired Captain now civilian dentist at the clinic took one look and shook his head. The Lt put in the wrong kind of filling and I ended up with Cracked Tooth Syndrome. He assured me he could do a better filling which should fix it and last as long as a crown. He's booked until July but fit me in for next Tuesday.
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May 9, 2019 03:21
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Navy dentists never worked on my teeth outside of cleaning. I went to the dentist today for the first time in 6 years (since my last navy exam). My teeth are in great shape. hooray flossing
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May 9, 2019 03:33
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LingcodKilla posted:I refuse to go to navy dental if I can pay out of pocket for a civilian dentist. I did it last year for my crown and I’ll do it again. Butchers. Same, I needed a root canal because the Navy dentist didn't fill in a cavity right. For my root canal referral, I saw a new dentist and he said I didn't even need to have the cavity filled. It would've gone away with a prescription toothpaste.
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Nick Soapdish posted:Do it. I've know two junior reserve Sailors who we're very happy with their mobs to there I think two of my classmates are/were pretty happy on the Trenton
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May 10, 2019 03:37
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shovelbum posted:I think two of my classmates are/were pretty happy on the Trenton I need to talk to someone on it. Gotta figure if I should bring my MLP or MTG playing cards.
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LingcodKilla posted:I refuse to go to navy dental if I can pay out of pocket for a civilian dentist. I did it last year for my crown and I’ll do it again. Butchers. I had a cavity filled while on a ship at sea and it was some of the best dental work I've ever had done. 
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I had a tooth break due to a bad filling on a deployment, and all I got was a lecture from HMC for bugging medical after working hours. Also I got to pay about 4k out of pocket when I separated to have a bunch of bad dental work corrected, that was pretty cool too.
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Stultus Maximus posted:I had a cavity filled while on a ship at sea and it was some of the best dental work I've ever had done. I got a cavity filled underway too and I felt like I was in a back alley Tijuana dentist office. There was no room for a dental tech in the room so I had to hold the light for the dentist and the ship was rocking back and forth so hard we had to time everything between the rollers. Dental Doc was pretty ok though.
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I had a cavity filled by a navy dental captain who was probably pushing 65. Dude had a private dental practice but was doing a mobilization as a reservist to the carrier. Best dental work I've ever had done, and he was funny besides. I've also had my teeth cleaned by a Japanese civilian dentist, and that was borderline terrifying because it felt like she was trying to gouge my teeth out of my head.
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May 10, 2019 06:38
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bengy81 posted:I had a tooth break due to a bad filling on a deployment, and all I got was a lecture from HMC for bugging medical after working hours. ThAnK YoU FoR YoUr SeRvIcE
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orange juche posted:I had a cavity filled by a navy dental captain who was probably pushing 65. Please don't discuss fraternization cases still under investigation.
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piL posted:Please don't discuss fraternization cases still under investigation. Yeah was 6 or 5?
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Does anybody know where you get official photos done in Newport? My next command wants one and my response of 'lol I'm on sea duty, we don't do that' is unappreciated.
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May 11, 2019 23:13
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piL posted:Does anybody know where you get official photos done in Newport? My next command wants one and my response of 'lol I'm on sea duty, we don't do that' is unappreciated. SWOS PAO doesn't do them anymore?
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The studio here only does triad or O6 and above. Or official full lengths or photos for a official package with a Navy wide instruction. I walk by it everyday and they have a sign posted. It might be the same up there.
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May 12, 2019 00:08
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Sorry that was for roster shots now that I think about it.
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piL posted:Does anybody know where you get official photos done in Newport? My next command wants one and my response of 'lol I'm on sea duty, we don't do that' is unappreciated. They have a photo studio in King Hall on the base, we had to use it to get photos before we graduated. Website mentioned they do formal photos by appointments, I'd try giving them a call to see if they can help.
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piL posted:Does anybody know where you get official photos done in Newport? My next command wants one and my response of 'lol I'm on sea duty, we don't do that' is unappreciated. Look up boudoir photography. That's French for navy uniforms.
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ManMythLegend posted:SWOS PAO doesn't do them anymore? Possibly! But I'm scoping out in advance and feel confident that random instructor won't know who I have to talk to. But it's a lead since I was probably going to ask, "do you guys have an MC" and they would probably have said "no". Jimmy4400nav posted:They have a photo studio in King Hall on the base, we had to use it to get photos before we graduated. Website mentioned they do formal photos by appointments, I'd try giving them a call to see if they can help. I remember that, did my best cellphone Google fu and couldn't find that website--can you pass the phone number/website? Evil SpongeBob posted:Look up boudoir photography. That's French for navy uniforms. This will be convenient because I was worried my training would interrupt by Patreon revenues.
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