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https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1623707125087182850?s=20&t=K4W2r0G5hf8eaV7-mlLgnA Nope, Big Navy says we can't have fun even back in the 50s Edit: Could've been a worse top of page post, certainly could have been way better
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1623707125087182850?s=20&t=K4W2r0G5hf8eaV7-mlLgnA I admit I winced watching them tumble all over that deck, but maybe nonskid wasn't the same skin-removing stuff back in 1956.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I admit I winced watching them tumble all over that deck, but maybe nonskid wasn't the same skin-removing stuff back in 1956. I'm not sure it even was nonskid in the day. I think it was just painted teak.
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McNally posted:I'm not sure it even was nonskid in the day. I think it was just painted teak. You're probably right, but that makes me curious about when nonskid became the universal deck coating. Imma dive down this rabbit hole real quick, I'll let you all know if I find anything out before I get bored with it. EDIT: Best I can find on nonskid is "Various types of NSMs were procured from a number of suppliers since the 1960s." from here. The Hancock got an angled-deck rebuild in 1955, but didn't get an aluminum flight deck until '64. So yeah, at that point probably still painted teak over thin steel. Lemniscate Blue fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Feb 10, 2023 |
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Holy poo poo the guy lighting the engine with a zippo.
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That was genuinely funny. Military made humor is way better with no dialogue.
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When I googled about it, I was also suggested "The Man From LOX" which was a very odd film indeed. Warning, training film type jump scare gore at the end of that one.
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That was a great find. Had me cackling. Good to see nothing has changed in 60+ years.
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The hopping into the cockpit had me smiling. The officer calling the plane back to yell at the pilot had me laughing. Amazing, I'm glad the Fun Police didn't get all the copies.
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Woo hop! My application for a direct hire GS11 position in the yards cleared HR! Time to stand by to haggle for a good step!
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Crab Dad posted:Woo hop! My application for a direct hire GS11 position in the yards cleared HR! Time to stand by to haggle for a good step! Congrats!! Lemniscate Blue posted:I admit I winced watching them tumble all over that deck, but maybe nonskid wasn't the same skin-removing stuff back in 1956. The full movie is 11 minutes long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KVqb94Vja8
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Crab Dad posted:Woo hop! My application for a direct hire GS11 position in the yards cleared HR! Time to stand by to haggle for a good step! Congrats! Truly a GiP inspirational story
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Nick Soapdish posted:Congrats! Truly a GiP inspirational story Seriously. I’ll be leading a team contractor I was on back in 2016-2019. Has some travel but I don’t mind.
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Crab Dad posted:Woo hop! My application for a direct hire GS11 position in the yards cleared HR! Time to stand by to haggle for a good step! GS11 would kinda-sorta effectively make you a Lieutenant-equivalent. So now Crab Dad isn't just in the running for MCPON, but also SecDef. 
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Stultus Maximus posted:That was genuinely funny. Military made humor is way better with no dialogue. on the other hand, that evergreen gold bond video
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maffew buildings posted:Get a digital copy of your med records to review BEFORE you go for your check out physical and go over it in detail so you can fill in the gaps if your corpsmen thought it was too hard to do their job and document your encounters Absofuckinglutely THIS. The "physical" when you get out is not a loving physical it's an interview. And I was not prepared for it...I didn't realize it was going to consist entirely of an O-5 telling me to list everything I'd visited medical for. I thought it was a physical. I hadn't thought about my previous medical history, and the wording of the question was weird as gently caress...I almost never visited medical for a specific reason, I just brought things up at my annual physical. None of which was documented, I found out later when I finally got access to my records. Edit: There's a similar comedy reel from a USAF squadron in Germany that'd just taken possession of F-86s. The only copy I've seen has that loving hamster dance song over it, so just mute it and enjoy.
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Watching foreign flag engine room tours and I am surprised, the Triple-E actually looks semi-civilized but the Emma looks like a monstrosity designed to torment engineers. How can something so huge be so cramped? Are the APL ships like the K- and S-classes where it's a big cavern? edit: also the variety in good vs. bad purifier rooms is immense the more of these I watch. edit 2: loving camera angles, now I can't tell if the Emma looks bad or just normal. slurm fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Feb 15, 2023 |
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Look, whatever space we give the engineers is space we can’t use for cargo. Also it’s real hard to get good camera angles in those spaces so the video can be a bit misleading. I wouldn’t say I’ve ever been in a “roomy” engine room though.
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I bet a lot of Engineers wish they could have Engineering Spaces like the Enterprise D.
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Triple E engine room looked pretty large except maybe the area around the ME. Unlike the trash 40 year old US flagged vessels, ships usually have a 10 year ROI expectation or whatever and don't have the maintenance needs we do.
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Fivemarks posted:I bet a lot of Engineers wish they could have Engineering Spaces like the Enterprise D. In retrospect, some division officers and MPA's of my acquaintance must have thought that was the standard.
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lightpole posted:Triple E engine room looked pretty large except maybe the area around the ME. Unlike the trash 40 year old US flagged vessels, ships usually have a 10 year ROI expectation or whatever and don't have the maintenance needs we do. Yeah, but they give us 10 year ships when they're 10 years old at the youngest. Maersk Kansas flagged in at age 15 recently.
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Yes, thats maritime security program money. May as well send ships that have already paid for themselves and get all the maintenance subsidized.
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lightpole posted:Yes, thats maritime security program money. May as well send ships that have already paid for themselves and get all the maintenance subsidized. It's a weird set of incentives because the US subsidiary wants to pocket the subsidy and the parent company wants to put it into keeping the thing running. I can never tell if we're just substantially worse engineers than the foreigners or if it's the age thing that makes every single job a headache.
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I had an argument with the previous WC VP about that. Thermodynamics doesn't change just because you're Burmese or Indian or whatever, just the incentive and I've never seen anyone work harder than a Sri Lankan 4th engineer I met on a reflag. Foreign flag contracts are written to incentivize low/no maintenance while ours aren't. Certain companies, such as Matson, also have a business model that requires running balls to the wall and large company and government contracts that will hurt if they aren't on time. APL is a case in point, they were having like weekly fires and shipboard disasters because they wanted to run ships the same way as the foreign flag does. The US engineers refused cause there's only the chance of dying without any additional compensation and the union supports them. I'm still trying to get in one of the government labs here and if I don't I'll just run for a union spot next election.
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I've also seen reflags though where it seems like they did a lot of maintenance and did it badly - chisel marks and stripped threads and jury-rigging in places you didn't even think things were possible. But I guess that's what happens when they do the maintenance on zero budget. I'm probably going to stick with Americans are the worst engineers in the world based on how little we get done for how much spend. edit: running for union office is a good gimmick, it's got to be great if you get a full-time rep job at one of the halls with no collateral duties and don't get stuck running the government fleet or whatever. slurm fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Feb 15, 2023 |
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Hell yeah going back to Fleetweek NYC. Wooo long days in dress whites! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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They told us we were going to fleet week once but then someone flooded a compartment and i spent a week at a titty bar in port canaveral instead
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titties posted:They told us we were going to fleet week once but then someone flooded a compartment and i spent a week at a titty bar in port canaveral instead Ooof Canaveral titty bars look rough from the outside. As a dirty civilian what does Fleet Week Entail and why is it a big deal?
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titties posted:They told us we were going to fleet week once but then someone flooded a compartment and i spent a week at a titty bar in port canaveral instead Post/name/av combo masterpiece here
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Nystral posted:Ooof Canaveral titty bars look rough from the outside. Put a bunch of service members in dress uniforms out and about and paint the town red. Bonus points for returning to the ship without uniform items. Open the ship for tours.
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Nystral posted:Ooof Canaveral titty bars look rough from the outside. If you have an out going personality it’s a lot of fun being a representative of the Navy to the public who generally doesn’t talk to service people. For me it will mean working from 7-4 each day then wandering the town eating and drinking for nearly free. Also yeah fending off sexual assault and theft of my uniform parts. I always bring extra covers and makeup removal wipes. Also Broadway shows! I’ll basically be watching a different show every night the entire time I’m there. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Crab Dad posted:If you have an out going personality it’s a lot of fun being a representative of the Navy to the public who generally doesn’t talk to service people. For me it will mean working from 7-4 each day then wandering the town eating and drinking for nearly free. Also yeah fending off sexual assault and theft of my uniform parts. I always bring extra covers and makeup removal wipes. Jesus Christ
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Crab Dad posted:If you have an out going personality it’s a lot of fun being a representative of the Navy to the public who generally doesn’t talk to service people. For me it will mean working from 7-4 each day then wandering the town eating and drinking for nearly free. Also yeah fending off sexual assault and theft of my uniform parts. I always bring extra covers and makeup removal wipes. This will never stop being funny
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Nystral posted:Ooof Canaveral titty bars look rough from the outside. I don't know because i didn't get to go but i can give you a trip report of the strip club 50 feet from the gate: Went in at 11 am. People were there. Pitchers were $1.50, which was a miraculous rate even for 20 years ago. Drank beer and got dances for 4 hours, the dancers were pretty and nice 10/10
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Crab Dad posted:If you have an out going personality it’s a lot of fun being a representative of the Navy to the public who generally doesn’t talk to service people. For me it will mean working from 7-4 each day then wandering the town eating and drinking for nearly free. Also yeah fending off sexual assault and theft of my uniform parts. I always bring extra covers and makeup removal wipes. SquirrelyPSU posted:This will never stop being funny 
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Crab Dad posted:Hell yeah going back to Fleetweek NYC. Wooo long days in dress whites! Oh hey imagine that. Godholio posted:"There" = home station. I was mostly thinking about how you seem to escape to fleet week regularly and got to cruise the med on a not-too-lovely boat, and got stuck in Italy. And now another hardship that I won't name to avoid any superstitious issues.
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For the record, PCON Crab Dad would not get probated if he appended the disclaimer to his posts, and they’ve been made aware of this. I just have a duty to ensure our lurkers’ safety.
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