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Ceric posted:Welp. I picked up Chief Congrats!
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Crab Dad posted:Which home port? And congrats! When I was in the last carrier I served on was the Bush, as a pre-comm deal. At the time there was some scuttlebut about Mayport investing in the improvements needed to handle a carrier. Did anything ever come of that?
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IncredibleIgloo posted:When I was in the last carrier I served on was the Bush, as a pre-comm deal. At the time there was some scuttlebut about Mayport investing in the improvements needed to handle a carrier. Did anything ever come of that? Before my retirement last year there was no plans to improve their carrier pier to handle a nuke being stationed there. They can barely keep up with LCSRON needs. When Kennedy (last Mayport carrier) decommed all the carrier support buildings were given to whatever base tenants wanted them. Now most of them were taken back and given to LCS along with some new constructions and trailer parks. So the idea is scrapped for now and probably forever.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:When I was in the last carrier I served on was the Bush, as a pre-comm deal. At the time there was some scuttlebut about Mayport investing in the improvements needed to handle a carrier. Did anything ever come of that? Havent worked in the yards for over a year now due to this deployment. I just hope the kittyhawk is still in drydock when I get home so I can hopefully step on it before it's dragged off to the breakers.
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Crab Dad posted:Havent worked in the yards for over a year now due to this deployment. I just hope the kittyhawk is still in drydock when I get home so I can hopefully step on it before it's dragged off to the breakers. Or they'll do another SINKEX. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Mar 15, 2021 |
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Mar 15, 2021 20:57
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Or they'll do another SINKEX. A SINKEX on a supercarrier is hilariously loving complicated since they're designed to avoid sinking at all costs. Also a potential ecological disaster waiting to happen because of the various contaminants in a 50+ year year old CV hull, and how hard it is to clean out a ship with 2000 interior spaces.
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orange juche posted:A SINKEX on a supercarrier is hilariously loving complicated since they're designed to avoid sinking at all costs. Also a potential ecological disaster waiting to happen because of the various contaminants in a 50+ year year old CV hull, and how hard it is to clean out a ship with 2000 interior spaces. It'd probably be cheaper to make her a museum.
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gently caress PSNS/Bremerton forever, but scavaging for parts on Carrier Row was pretty dope. (E: the lunch spot in the shipyard will also be spared)
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Ceric posted:Welp. I picked up Chief My condolences.
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orange juche posted:A SINKEX on a supercarrier is hilariously loving complicated since they're designed to avoid sinking at all costs. Also a potential ecological disaster waiting to happen because of the various contaminants in a 50+ year year old CV hull, and how hard it is to clean out a ship with 2000 interior spaces. I watched a documentary on this topic, perhaps in Netflix, a while ago. They turned a wwii carrier into an artificial reef but also used the experience to videotape how it sank to better improve their designs. I cannot remember the carrier, but it was an O name. Orinsky, or orkinsky, or something similar. It was kind of a neat special!
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The Oriskany: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany_(CV-34) Supposedly it’s a pretty cool dive, as one might imagine a sunken aircraft carrier would be.
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Ceric posted:Welp. I picked up Chief Congrats! Was it from the new SOY program?
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Wonder Free posted:The Oriskany: Very cool dive, but extremely easy to get in over your head, since the top of the mast is within recreational dive limits, barely (130ft), but the flight deck is at 145ft, hangar bay is at 175ft, and the bottom of the ship is at 212ft, which is well beyond recreational dive limits. Technical divers who are well prepped with ascent tanks and specialized gas mixes on the ascent line for decompression on the way up can make it down to the flight deck and even the hangar bay but amateurs aren't going to be doing it. If you're recreational certified though, absolutely something worth chartering a dive on.
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I missed pilot chat, but you could just be like my buddy, go surface Nuke, make Chief after 7 years, pick up a degree while threading the needle with EAOS, then get released by NAVSEA08 from the nuclear community to go to pilot school, all while still looking like you're 15 years old. Fucker. Anyways, came to post this. https://twitter.com/samthielman/sta...ingawful.com%2F
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piL posted:Last I saw on it: I'm convinced that the Navy is content to let his career end unless POTUS intervenes.
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Carrier is out of San Diego so I don’t have to relocate so that’s good. Chief season was interesting due to COVID to say the least. I had some Gucci orders that I screened for but SURFWAR is packing everyone on ships right now.
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Hey guys, I know I post infrequently/only when I need stuff, but I figured since you all helped guide my career a couple times I would offer some closure. Officially out of the Navy now and working at a gas turbine plant in the pacific north west, making more money than I did when I was in. Skipped on the reserves because I realized just how nice it was on the outside. Ket called it with the divorce but I am way happier now. The Navy can do good things for you.  Thank you all to everyone who helped make me less stupid. FTN
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1337_ScriptKiddie posted:Hey guys, I know I post infrequently/only when I need stuff, but I figured since you all helped guide my career a couple times I would offer some closure. Officially out of the Navy now and working at a gas turbine plant in the pacific north west, making more money than I did when I was in. Skipped on the reserves because I realized just how nice it was on the outside. Ket called it with the divorce but I am way happier now. The Navy can do good things for you. Another success story! Congratulations. I know we gave you a lot of poo poo throughout your career, but I'm genuinely glad you're on the green side of the fence.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:' I earned it, especially in the powers of attorney saga. Nothing bad came of that one but holy poo poo was I asking for trouble.
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1337_ScriptKiddie posted:Hey guys, I know I post infrequently/only when I need stuff, but I figured since you all helped guide my career a couple times I would offer some closure. Officially out of the Navy now and working at a gas turbine plant in the pacific north west, making more money than I did when I was in. Skipped on the reserves because I realized just how nice it was on the outside. Ket called it with the divorce but I am way happier now. The Navy can do good things for you. Congratulations! Most of the gas turbine plants in the PNW are near some pretty good ski areas. If you have never been you should check them out.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Congratulations! Most of the gas turbine plants in the PNW are near some pretty good ski areas. If you have never been you should check them out. I hit Shasta and it was a good time. I think I'm going to head to Bachelor soon. But when I drove through Utah I saw some resort towns that looked amazing. I am definitely going next year.
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1337_ScriptKiddie posted:I hit Shasta and it was a good time. I think I'm going to head to Bachelor soon. But when I drove through Utah I saw some resort towns that looked amazing. I am definitely going next year. My mom worked at Aspen for a couple years and it was a pretty cool spot.
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I have an appointment with VES in an hour and I'm on the phone with them trying to figure out where it is because they keep sending me info for an appointment I have in a month over and over lol. So my terminal leave was actually denied by the CO but I got two weeks instead so I'm basically on semi terminal leave, but I have to come back and work a couple shifts then I magically finally become a civilian. Eh. Also I get a decent chunk of change from all that unused leave now. Butter Activities fucked around with this message at 13:47 on Mar 18, 2021 |
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:So my terminal leave was actually denied by the CO Christ, what an rear end in a top hat!
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Dorstein posted:Christ, what an rear end in a top hat! An officer who is an rear end in a top hat? It's more likely than you think
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US Berder Patrol posted:
I will do no such thing. VA exam went well I think, don’t think I forgot anything.
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Denied terminal? Time. To. Skate.
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I do not understand denying terminal. Like, why? Jesus Christ. 
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A horrifying number of people in the USN believe happiness transfer is the mission.
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ManMythLegend posted:I do not understand denying terminal. Like, why? Jesus Christ. I want to say they work at a hospital which might be short staffed. Even still, I don't understand denying it.
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I thought terminal was akin to a right? Well at least you'll get paid for those days, though just at your base pay rate, which makes the whole thing a loving ripoff. Be sure to tell everyone to eat poo poo as you leave the base
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1337_ScriptKiddie posted:I hit Shasta and it was a good time. I think I'm going to head to Bachelor soon. But when I drove through Utah I saw some resort towns that looked amazing. I am definitely going next year. Bachelor is really nice, and is the biggest ski area in Oregon. Park City in Utah is really nice as well, I like to go there and ski Deer Valley or the Park City Mountain Resort. Over in Idaho Sun Valley is really nice as well, but pretty posh. Mt. Hood has a couple different resorts that are very decent if you are nearby, and Timberline Lodge is where they shot the exterior shots of the Shining. The first time I went there it was wild, I didn't know that was the hotel used for the Overlook hotel and it was really kind of disconcerting.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Just forget about ever rising higher than O-6 if you decide to make it a career. =/ NMCP is alot better now (it is not). I swear!
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:I have an appointment with VES in an hour and I'm on the phone with them trying to figure out where it is because they keep sending me info for an appointment I have in a month over and over lol. you get less money for cashed out leave than if you take it as terminal. your co denying you terminal was a giant gently caress you to you personally as well as your getting out of the navy wallet F T N P A P E R C L I P
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I don’t understand that. Like what if someone had a start date for their new job during their terminal? FTN
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Mr. Nice! posted:I want to say they work at a hospital which might be short staffed. Even still, I don't understand denying it. That is what the they say. The only thing we're actually short on is nurses, and since most of our nurses are retiring rather than separating they actually do get shitloads of terminal, lol. ded posted:you get less money for cashed out leave than if you take it as terminal. your co denying you terminal was a giant gently caress you to you personally as well as your getting out of the navy wallet Well its not personal, they hosed everyone else who didn't retire the same way. They only get 48 more hours of shift work out me, and I'm most likely going to spend most of that time doing pullups in the back with the prior enlisted Marine nurse I usually work with and making my little sister's website than doing anything productive, so jokes on them!
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