|
There were a few questions asked back on the single-digit page numbers that weren't fully addressed that I want to answer here for anyone that might come looking for answers to the same questions. -You definitely CAN sign up for a different rate at MEPS and still take nuke while in DEP. I did that. When they proposed that to me, I called my recruiter and asked him if that was safe and told him I trusted him to not lie to me and possibly ruin a great career opportunity. I can't say that it always turns out this way but I got my new contract 3-4 months later. I ended up being in DEP for 14 months and I'm one of the only people I know that got 15k sign-on (others only got 12k). Also, I was a nuke-alpha (I didn't take any nuke test, I qualified from the ASVAB) and I'm not sure how that played into any of this. -If looking into the nuke field, you have never done drugs. You certainly can not continue doing drugs after getting in if that is something you are thinking about. Most people I know here have smoked marijuana but neglected to disclose it to the Navy and everybody knows that's how it is. Nobody cares as long as you understand you can't keep doing it. -If you are someone who didn't have to try at school and dropped out of college due to lack of interest or lack of effort then you will fit in. If you LARP, play Magic: The Gathering, spend excessive amounts of time on the internet, etc. you will also fit in just fine. I've been in the Navy for 11 months, been at NNPTC for 9 months, and I'm 10 weeks into Power school.
|
#
¿
Jul 26, 2012 00:22
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 15, 2024 01:51 |
|
|
I'm senior class at NPS now and I have a few questions: -Where should I live if I get to go to New York? -Since I'll be taking grad leave from November 9th-19th, will I not get holiday leave? -Are there any opportunities to make prototype suck less (I was selected for class leadership so I don't have to stand regular watches, I'm looking for things like this)?
|
|
#
¿
Sep 24, 2012 23:23
|
|
|
All this talk about snow worries me. I've never seen snow. I drive a newer Accord, should I trade it for a truck? How long does it take to get an apartment in Ballston Spa? Do I just shack up with friends already there while I look or something? And now the most important question: should I ask for grad hold in Goose Creek or New York? What is the difference?
|
|
#
¿
Sep 28, 2012 18:43
|
|
|
1337_ScriptKiddie posted:Anyone going to be at the carrier classic tomorrow? I heard a guy complaining at the smoke pad about being forced to go. (a day before the event so it was a long time ago (I hear the tickets were hundreds of dollars!)) Also, commence stand down and I am here at Goose Creek with like six other people total that aren't on leave and one of them was wearing a red corduroy suit with matching fedora.  300-400 people on grad hold are moving to prototype in January but those that are going to SC prototype won't class up until at least July wtf? ~a dozen people got masted last week
|
|
#
¿
Dec 23, 2012 01:15
|
|
|
Harmburger posted:I was excited about going to the Carrier Classic but it turned out to be really lovely(because the men's game got canceled). I'm in Goose Creek also not on leave, but I don't smoke so you won't see me! The dude with the suits is well known amongst both staff and students for consistently looking like a 3rd rate pimp. Is this your first stand down staying here? It's so creepy outside but you can ride any bike you want to!
|
|
#
¿
Dec 23, 2012 19:30
|
|
|
I just want to add a place to Ket's list: The Coast Bar&Grill. A bit pricey but the best seafood I've ever had. It's down an alley near Joe Pasta.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 27, 2012 16:54
|
|
|
Can someone tell me where to live? I'm supposed to be leaving for Balston Spa in 23 days and I haven't found a home yet. Can anyone up there recommend a neighborhood/apartment complex? Or is there a website where I can tell it I want to live close to base 3bed/2bath w/ garage?
|
|
#
¿
Dec 28, 2012 19:48
|
|
|
Googling got me to the AHRN website which is really useful (military run, search parameters are exactly what I needed). I remember being told about this at one of the briefs at the end of NPS. So now I just need to decide which area to live in (sounds like Saratoga Springs is the way to go).
|
|
#
¿
Dec 28, 2012 21:34
|
|
|
Harmburger posted:Trip Report: Cook-Out I really don't think Cookout is that good. I have a friend that likes to eat there and I've been with him a couple times and everything tastes really mediocre. The sweet tea was really good, though. They clean the nozzles at least, for anyone that knows that taste tea gets when poured out of a dirty nozzle.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 29, 2012 17:44
|
|
|
Also, The Dive now has Shiner Bock on draft!
|
|
#
¿
Dec 29, 2012 23:31
|
|
|
I'm moving to NY on the 18th for prototype! Pretty exciting to get out of Goose Creek, right? Check the weather up there and it's -8*F. I've never even seen snow!
|
|
#
¿
Jan 5, 2013 16:38
|
|
|
I got 15k but the other guys in my class mostly got 12k
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2013 01:20
|
|
|
Lets talk about command urinalysis at NNPTC. It struck me today that our country is in a multi-trillion dollar debt with >45% of our budget being military because we think it is okay to do things like this. I want to know how expensive a command urinalysis is. I have had seven different urinalyses since reporting to NNPTC.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2013 22:09
|
|
|
Well that's not bad at all. I wonder if they calculated wasted time.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2013 23:09
|
|
|
scripterror posted:Also a power school student killed himself. Another honorary member of the Skipjack Diving Team. Whoa did he actually jump off?
|
|
#
¿
May 25, 2013 21:02
|
|
|
I'm at prototype in NY and want to get the standard minor surgery fix for ingrown toe nails. I usually clip them well but I messed it up last time and now one is swollen and infected so tomorrow I will call and make an appointment. I don't know how to interface with medical but ideally I want to get this done as soon as possible and then not really slip behind (I'm currently 10% ahead of the curve). Should I just schedule it for early in the morning and not go to work that day at all then try to go to work the next day? I'm p sure I can't make it to day 7, it hurts real bad.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 16, 2013 22:36
|
|
|
Harmburger posted:No advice for that situation specifically, but AFAIK the only way the navy fixes ingrown toenails is to rip the whole thing out. So, uh, good luck with that. gently caress. That. poo poo. Time to bust out the Jack Daniels and get cutting
|
|
#
¿
Jun 16, 2013 23:08
|
|
|
I told my TC and made an appointment and sure enough they're taking the whole nail. But at least I get out of work early for it!
|
|
#
¿
Jun 18, 2013 10:20
|
|
|
I was never going behind my staffs back or anything my sa and lpo knew I was making the appt Edit: furthermore, when I asked my lpo how to go about making a medical appointment he told me, "first you use your hands to call em then your voice to tell them you need an appointment." Fake edit: they are currently doing the yanking. ChewedFood fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jun 18, 2013 |
|
#
¿
Jun 18, 2013 18:08
|
|
|
Snowdens Secret posted:I don't even remember doing a PRT in Ballston Spa, nor do I recall where you'd do one. Not like you'd run around the facility. We did a PRT at the end of off crew in the literally freezing rain. They subtracted a full minute from everyones run time though.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 18, 2013 21:54
|
|
|
They didn't take my whole nail because I asked them not to! They also didn't give me any meds even though I asked them to.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 19, 2013 01:34
|
|
|
So I got picked up welder. XO up here in BSpa loves to tell us how we all get 30 days of leave when we get out of here and how even if our plant gets delayed, he will push back our report dates so we can have that 30 days. I have been looking forward to that leave for a while. Will I get 30 days to report to welding school in Groton and/or 30 to report to actual Navy?
|
|
#
¿
Aug 9, 2013 06:40
|
|
|
Mad Dragon posted:I got my nuke leave after I finished welding school. Was this recent?
|
|
#
¿
Aug 10, 2013 06:22
|
|
|
Thanks guys.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 10, 2013 06:40
|
|
|
itsrobbiej posted:Fun Navy stuff this week at BSpa! God can the week be over already? Students actually qualifying at MARF! Until ORSE goes away and the president shuts us down, that is.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 13, 2013 08:14
|
|
|
So we get thirty days of leave when we leave prototype, how do they pay us for the move? Are they gonna pay my gas all the way back home then also to my ultimate destination? Can I stay in hotels the entire time? If I get a U-haul box truck to move all my stuff to home then another when my leave is up do they pay for both?
|
|
#
¿
Aug 29, 2013 02:01
|
|
|
Cerekk posted:Your travel money and your move money are separate. If you move your own stuff, you get paid based on weight and distance. The amount you get is roughly 75% what it would cost the government to pay some company to move you. If you don't move your own stuff, you don't get paid for it. The government hires some company and pays them directly. So what I'm gathering is that the pay is basically fixed based on my weight slips and distance between commands so definitely don't sell my furniture before moving.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 30, 2013 02:28
|
|
|
1337_ScriptKiddie posted:Be sure to transport your waterbed full. If you have a motorcycle that is also allowed to be loaded. So if I get a Uhaul won't it be the difference between my car empty and my car plus a uhaul plus my motorcycle in the uhaul plus my furniture? That seems like a rather large weight difference.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 31, 2013 02:51
|
|
|
So buy a truck is what I'm getting out of this. Do they pay more based on gas receipts?
|
|
#
¿
Sep 1, 2013 21:46
|
|
|
My welcome package says reporting uniform is uniform of the day. I'll talk to my sponsor guy about it first, of course.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 8, 2013 15:14
|
|
|
How long will it take for the e5 exam to be graded because I will get NEC in two weeks (but I take the test tomorrow)?
|
|
#
¿
Sep 12, 2013 02:33
|
|
|
Hey guys, I qualified.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 24, 2013 19:25
|
|
|
Harmburger posted:http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20131002/PC16/131009902 Was she the blonde one? I haven't been there for a year but I remember there was a blonde one and a dark-haired one and one of them was named Ashley.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 12, 2013 00:10
|
|
|
Tuckleberry posted:I've got a potential job offer at "NY prototypes and labs" from an old contact. All it requires is a 108 qual. I don't know a whole lot about the prototypes as I'm a lowly non-government shipyard RCT. Any thoughts on where/how lovely/terrific this could actually be? Everything I've read would indicate Saratoga Springs, not sure about the lab part though. I tried to talk to the civilians on site as much as possible when I was in new York because they were always happy. Because they were always happy. Always happy.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 19, 2014 07:13
|
|
|
I had an epiphany today. All rates get free college.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 21, 2014 06:44
|
|
|
Cousarr posted:Wait. How are you guys not having to clean the shitter on the sub? I've got to scrub the toilets at least once a week as part of after watch cleanup. Your boat hates you (unless you're a carrier guy but the way you said 'the sub' makes me think you're a sub guy)
|
|
#
¿
Feb 2, 2014 20:10
|
|
|
Kawasaki Nun posted:Second chances in life do happen. Don't treat this turn as stupidly as your last.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 14, 2014 06:10
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 15, 2024 01:51 |
|
|
Has anyone gotten out and gone to a career in the space field?
|
|
#
¿
Jul 25, 2014 05:16
|
|