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Mr. Nice! posted:My first skipper as an officer would always have an ensign using a stadimeter to shout out distances between us and our unrep ship until we got close enough for the laser distance readers to work. Those things were nifty, and you could accurately measure distance on the fly with them. Do they not still do this?
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That's how they do it on carriers, I got to watch it a couple times for CDO underway training. There's a whole little pre-computed gouge sheet with angles and sight lines to gauge how close the supply ship is.
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Crab Dad posted:“Within a mile” 1 part in 25000 is pretty good, I think. My friend said that his folks could get within a half-mile. The accuracy on this sextant is to the half-minute of arc, so that's 1/120 of a degree, roughly a half mile AT BEST. Getting within a power of two of that on my first shot I felt was pretty good. 
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Crab Dad posted:Or, hear me out… go reserves Navy IT or IS…. If you hate it you don’t volunteer for poo poo and serve the base minimum. If you love it you go active or just volunteer for mob back to back. the CPO Select Crab Dad method 100% does not work for kids who need to get out of their home town, or 99.999% of other people who exist as breathing humans
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:1 part in 25000 is pretty good, I think. My friend said that his folks could get within a half-mile. The accuracy on this sextant is to the half-minute of arc, so that's 1/120 of a degree, roughly a half mile AT BEST. Getting within a power of two of that on my first shot I felt was pretty good. Yeah, especially considering that you'd only be using it out on the open ocean when there's nothing else near you. If you're within sight of land you can take a fix using terrain features to get a more accurate position when that's actually important.
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Yeah a mile is real good, especially with a Bernier sextant that hasn’t been calibrated in god knows how long (I assume you didn’t adjust it before you used it).
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maffew buildings posted:the CPO Select Crab Dad method 100% does not work for kids who need to get out of their home town, or 99.999% of other people who exist as breathing humans Yeah said kid who was going Coastie did not want to go reserves, as they did not want to go back home. 40 something year old crabdad has different familial priorities than an 18 year old kid who wants to gtfo of rear end end of nowhere. E: "rear end end of nowhere" is Hampton Roads lol, yeah I can see why they would want to get the gently caress out of there. orange juche fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Jun 13, 2023 |
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Jun 13, 2023 00:07
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Yeah, especially considering that you'd only be using it out on the open ocean when there's nothing else near you. If you're within sight of land you can take a fix using terrain features to get a more accurate position when that's actually important. I agree Completely with both the sextant and joining the military stuff. There’s certainly no one method for wrecking your life or wrecking your ship. Many viable options.
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Whats next, paper charts??
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lightpole posted:Whats next, paper charts?? What, you don't have paper charts as backup?  ECDIS is not magic, you know!
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Nah he and Frozenvent have that super snazzy looking CGI interface. The one where the crew wander around, cosplaying Minority Report
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lightpole posted:Whats next, paper charts?? I am on this placemat somewhere....
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Is it the danger area at the top, or as some might call it, a... zone of sorts?
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Is it the danger area at the top, or as some might call it, a... zone of sorts? Miramar has the zone, Oceana is an area. East coast/West coast stuff.
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Wibla posted:What, you don't have paper charts as backup? ...no??? I've been all over the bridge looking for gasket material and there's none up there.
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In reference to a Sailor stationed in Guam: Yeah, that sounds about right.
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orange juche posted:Yeah said kid who was going Coastie did not want to go reserves, as they did not want to go back home. 40 something year old crabdad has different familial priorities than an 18 year old kid who wants to gtfo of rear end end of nowhere. Imagine joining the Navy to try to escape Hampton Roads of all places.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Imagine joining the Navy to try to escape Hampton Roads of all places. Join the Navy, see the next block over.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Imagine joining the Navy to try to escape Hampton Roads of all places. I've honestly met more than one sailor who tried to do exactly that and failed.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Join the Navy, see the next block over. At least you are on the other side of the fence hahahaahhahha sigh.
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Elviscat posted:You could get sent to Tinker, or you could get a dope rear end base in Germany, Japan, or Korea. So reminds me of a story. At OCS we had our H company for holding all the folks who got rolled back a class due to failing an evolution, they used to have a separate medical hold for the folks who got injured, but they'd rolled that into H as well. One of the girls who came into my class had been in med hold/H for almost 30 weeks and was determined to finish OCS and go to SUPPO school. She managed to graduate with us and was able to finally work to be a SUPPO, I remember talking to her and she was super excited to finally get out of Newport. She particularly was excited to go anywhere with the Navy, she said she was happy anywhere as long as she was by the ocean. About 6 months later I heard she graduated Supply school with flying colors and got assigned to an E-6 squadron in Tinker 
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I did not know USNA had a draft-style show for grads to pick their ships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nvrzluVIeQ
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Navy Times just posted an Interview with Captain Crozier(ret.), formerly of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. His whole situation is what started me on lurking in this thread. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/06/14/brett-crozier-maverick-fired-as-carrier-co-wouldnt-change-a-thing/
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Woodchip posted:I did not know USNA had a draft-style show for grads to pick their ships. I got selected for nuc subs. The only cheering was as I walked in with another guy as they said "hey, it's the last two guys who got selected!"
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Woodchip posted:I did not know USNA had a draft-style show for grads to pick their ships. i did not either and am very amused that the audio engineers apparently have no room mics available, so it's just the MC excitedly yelling at a seemingly silent room also some of the officers going to ships based in japan get samurai swords apparently. navy is weebs.
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Qtotonibudinibudet posted:also some of the officers going to ships based in japan get samurai swords apparently. navy is weebs. This is true, and now I’m mad I didn’t get a fake decorative katana when I chose my first ship.
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The SWO draft isn't just USNA, it includes NROTC units. So if you have a small unit that's commissioning like 2 SWOs you get to hang out watching the world's worst VTC for three hours waiting for your turn to pick while a thousand dudes you don't know take all the good home ports.
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Cerekk posted:The SWO draft isn't just USNA, it includes NROTC units. So if you have a small unit that's commissioning like 2 SWOs you get to hang out watching the world's worst VTC for three hours waiting for your turn to pick while a thousand dudes you don't know take all the good home ports. In my day it was sitting around waiting for a phone call like you were in the NFL draft. After we picked our ships, we'd ring a bell and announce the name of the vessel. I picked a ship in Hawaii, rang the bell, and yelled "I'm moving to Hawaii!" as I walked out the door.
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Qtotonibudinibudet posted:also some of the officers going to ships based in japan get samurai swords apparently. navy is weebs. okay but are they giant anime swords like the Air Force has? https://twitter.com/yacobg42/status/1363926100322181128
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Wingnut Ninja posted:okay but are they giant anime swords like the Air Force has? unless that sword is getting strapped to a rocket motor and shot at someone off the rail off a F-22's internal missile bay idgaf fam about them or their sephiroth fetish
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Qtotonibudinibudet posted:also some of the officers going to ships based in japan get samurai swords apparently. navy is weebs. I just had a fantastic idea to help the Navy recruit more nukes.
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TheWeedNumber posted:unless that sword is getting strapped to a rocket motor and shot at someone off the rail off a F-22's internal missile bay idgaf fam about them or their sephiroth fetish F-22 can't carry Hellfires
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Elviscat posted:I just had a fantastic idea to help the Navy recruit more nukes. So the dive team is just gonna turn into the kendo/anime team now?
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shame on an IGA posted:F-22 can't carry Hellfires AMRAAM goes brrr.
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TheWeedNumber posted:So the dive team is just gonna turn into the kendo/anime team now? It's not already?
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wow, the skipjack dive team, with all I heard about them I can't wait to see them in competition!
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maffew buildings posted:wow, the skipjack dive team, with all I heard about them I can't wait to see them in competition!  Oh, wait, that's not a Thresher joke. Still pretty rough tho.
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A.o.D. posted:Navy Times just posted an Interview with Captain Crozier(ret.), formerly of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. His whole situation is what started me on lurking in this thread. I think this guy is legit. 🫡 I hope his ghostwriter doesn't suck.
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