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Just got a text from the local recruiter. He spelled the name of the high school he represented incorrectly. E. King of Bees fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Nov 17, 2021 |
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PneumonicBook posted:Your cross assigned unit is the unit you actually support and go on your 2 weeks with. I appreciate all of this; it's something I recognize as a big opportunity that appears to get squandered because of friction. Good to know that the skillsets are somewhere--maybe good, proactive comms with the NOSCs my ship will be supported from may help. CainFortea posted:I wood have made this joke, but you beat me to it. You're always a thorn in my side. Spear me the theatrics.
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Nov 17, 2021 02:25
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King of Bees posted:Just got a text from the local recruiter. He spelled the name of the high school he represented incorrectly. No use of "shipmate" in your response. 5/10. Somebody fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Nov 17, 2021 |
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Nov 17, 2021 02:50
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Ahahaha
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Nov 17, 2021 02:52
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King of Bees posted:Just got a text from the local recruiter. He spelled the name of the high school he represented incorrectly. You might want to blur the guy’s phone number.
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Nov 17, 2021 02:56
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Youre right. Just edited it out. Evil Spongebob if you could do the same? Thank you.
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Nov 17, 2021 03:14
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piL posted:Yeah, I feel like I would need to be working with the ROC/NOSC ahead of time to make use of any reservists. Even standing behind Sailors is only really useful for unplanned maintenance. Looking ahead, I plan to interview any reservists coming on to try and figure out what their dayjobs are and how they could actually help but, in the past, I didn't have enough awareness to think that way. If I do work with reservists again, the plan is to quickly interrogate them about skills--both navy and dayjob related, indoc them, and try to get them from zero to useful, but I imagine that's easy to think about while I'm in an office right now--much harder when I have a bunch of other worries. A lot of things you are talking about they are trying to implement. If you are looking for a KMI qualed manager willing to just audit records to help out and repair random drops, create new copper runs and printer maintenance just PM and I’m sure I can be rented out like a work mule. I’ve been requested directly before by a commands.
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Nov 17, 2021 04:02
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FrozenVent posted:You might want to blur the guy’s phone number. To be fair it is a government phone so doesn't really matter
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Nov 17, 2021 04:24
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First COVID-era PRT out of the way. Everyone else who had signed up for my time slot either went earlier or had to reschedule so I ended up getting to do it alone with all our CFLs watching (along with everyone else finishing in the previous time slot).  I'll credit that with motivating me to do a few more pushups and a few more seconds of plank.Crab Dad posted:Holy shot I almost failed my PRT run. It’s raining pretty bad up here so I decided to do the inside treadmill for the first time. The fancy machine in here has a navy prt setting where you punch in your desired goal and it calculates a speed for you with a mile and a half preset. I punched in a goal of 14:00 and it started me off at a decent pace. After 5 minutes I looked down and I hadn’t even done .4 of a mile. I freaked out and ramped up the speed and almost killed my self to get a 15:29 mile and half. Not gonna lie, this story was in the back of my mind the entire time I was on the bike. My brain has nothing better to do than constantly extrapolate calorie burn rates every 15 seconds so I know exactly how far ahead or behind pace I am so this was just extra incentive to keep track.
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Nov 18, 2021 01:18
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PneumonicBook posted:It all sucks but I can't answer any healthcare related questions since Im a Federal Employee and I'm not allowed to have Reserve Tricare, a thing I was not aware of before signing a 6 year contract I appreciate all the reserves bad feelings. I definitely did not know this and it might strongly effect my decision I'm an IW officer so we don't have things like quals or hard skills. W/R/T reservists, my particular designator cares so little they will put accession level commissions into instructor billets. Wingnut Ninja posted:Not gonna lie, this story was in the back of my mind the entire time I was on the bike. My brain has nothing better to do than constantly extrapolate calorie burn rates every 15 seconds so I know exactly how far ahead or behind pace I am so this was just extra incentive to keep track. I'm at a place that is big and centralized enough to have bikes with little PRT calculators on them. When I finished, it flashed "SATISFACTORY" at me and I almost poo poo myself. Checked the actual app real quick and I had Good High. Dunno what was up there.
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Nov 18, 2021 22:15
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Red Crown posted:
Should of led with this in the first place!
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Nov 18, 2021 22:17
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Red Crown posted:I'm at a place that is big and centralized enough to have bikes with little PRT calculators on them. When I finished, it flashed "SATISFACTORY" at me and I almost poo poo myself. Checked the actual app real quick and I had Good High. Dunno what was up there. Yeah I had a moment of  when I put my numbers into the app and it said "FAIL", until I realized it had reset the age to 17.
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Nov 18, 2021 22:30
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Actually quote from the CO addressing us over the 1MC: "I can't think of a better way to spend Thanksgiving than out at sea with you all!" Oooookay, skip.
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Nov 25, 2021 17:50
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:Actually quote from the CO addressing us over the 1MC: "After my second wife left me, my Navy career really hit it's stride," your CO probably https://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/1463654565216149504?t=NL704uO5x9U3r7dD2LrSDw&s=19 The Chaplin onboard the amphib during deployment was creepy and nightly prayer over the 1MC was terrible. Maybe we need more Sailors on ships and also more mental health folks instead of Chaps pretending to do counseling and therapy
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Nov 25, 2021 17:52
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You guys are asking a lot out of the Navy.
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Nov 25, 2021 17:56
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Resiliency is deciding we just need Chaplain's when even from a surface glance it's obvious they are not trained for addressing the root issues causing these problems. Or can you pray away manning requirements? I'm a dumb atheist leftist I don't understand these things
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Nov 25, 2021 18:00
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I was in the Navy
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Nov 25, 2021 18:35
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Nick Soapdish posted:"After my second wife left me, my Navy career really hit it's stride," your CO probably One of those is a lot easier to find and pay than the other.
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Nov 25, 2021 18:43
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Send the Chaplain to deck div until hes qualified
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Nov 25, 2021 18:49
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Have you completed sleep deprivation awareness training?
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Nov 25, 2021 18:55
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Sir Lucius posted:I was in the Navy hosed up if true drat
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Nov 25, 2021 19:03
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McNally posted:Have you completed sleep deprivation awareness training? Oh, you did it in September? That was the FY21 training, you need to get the FY22 training done by COB Friday.
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Nov 25, 2021 19:12
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McNally posted:Have you completed sleep deprivation awareness training? I'll do it after watch tonight
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Nov 25, 2021 19:23
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Meanwhile in the civilian world: https://gcaptain.com/tanker-masters-fatigue-cited-in-73-million-marine-accident/
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Nov 25, 2021 19:50
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Grip it and rip it posted:Send the Chaplain to deck div until he's qualified Hear, hear!
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Nov 25, 2021 19:54
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:Actually quote from the CO addressing us over the 1MC: I always test my chiefs. Anyone that says they can't wait to go to work and love being out at sea is insane and I need to be extremely careful around them and watch them like a hawk.
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Nov 25, 2021 20:32
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FrozenVent posted:Meanwhile in the civilian world: This is wrong he had 50 hours in which to sleep and read the offgoing masters turnover and ask questions while traveling he shouldn't have spent it all drinking.
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Nov 25, 2021 20:35
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lightpole posted:I always test my chiefs. Anyone that says they can't wait to go to work and love being out at sea is insane and I need to be extremely careful around them and watch them like a hawk. This is how I felt. Especially the ones who loved being away from the families. Like if your whole family bothers you it’s probably not them that’s the issue.
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McNally posted:Have you completed sleep deprivation awareness training?  Anita Dickinme posted:This is how I felt. Especially the ones who loved being away from the families. Like if your whole family bothers you it’s probably not them that’s the issue. Yea my first Chief was Spy Senior Chief who loving loathed leaving the ship prior to 530 (SORRY 1730!!!). Like what the absolute gently caress was wrong with that guy? Made Master Chief and went on to gently caress other divisions on other ships! Lots of time spent napping in Computer Central that could have been spent at home, not hating my life. The best Chiefs I had were the ones that knew how much bullshit and posturing all of that was, but also those were the guys that in general remembered there was an E in front of that 7. Happy Thanksgiving, lol if you're still in.
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Nov 26, 2021 04:05
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I finally spent a thanksgiving with my family something that the Navy never allowed me to do my entire time in FTN and I love you all
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Nov 26, 2021 04:33
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Sir Lucius posted:I was in the Navy
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Nov 26, 2021 05:13
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https://gcaptain.com/bulk-carriers-cook-arrested-in-mauritius-for-gruesome-murder-of-captain/ Cigarette ration is no joke
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Nov 29, 2021 18:07
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lightpole posted:https://gcaptain.com/bulk-carriers-cook-arrested-in-mauritius-for-gruesome-murder-of-captain/ A new captain and a new chef will have to fly to Mauritius before the Meghna Liberty can get the green light to leave Port Louis. Captain Obvious wrote this?
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Crab Dad posted:A new captain and a new chef will have to fly to Mauritius before the Meghna Liberty can get the green light to leave Port Louis. You can in theory finish the voyage with just the chief mate. That being said, yeah, reporters are usually captain obvious.
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Nov 29, 2021 21:58
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FrozenVent posted:You can in theory finish the voyage with just the chief mate. Seems super unwise to go to sea without a cook too. I know some ships basically got corn dogs for weeks and they had a head cook. People have killed for less.
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Nov 29, 2021 22:20
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Heh I’ve been on ships were deckhands did the cooking in a pinch, worst things have happened. It’s like 15 people eating cafeteria grade food. There might be an STCW requirement for cooks though I can’t recall off the top of my head.
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Nov 29, 2021 22:32
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FrozenVent posted:worst things have happened Boy have they ever: quote:a Filipino sailor killed two of his comrades and forced six others into the ocean – who were never found quote:Captain Kung Tai-an of the Ching killed twelve sailors with his special caliber Magnum while under the influence of alcohol. He also forced three others to jump into the water while cruising 600 nautical miles from Mauritius.
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Nov 30, 2021 02:50
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One thing you've never had to worry about on a ship before, YET.
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Nov 30, 2021 03:22
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I literally thought about putting that but didn't want to jinx it.
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Always wondered what percentage of an American crew has a gun stashed aboard.
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