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Mad Dragon posted:I had my own podium in power school. I have to think the pace and volume of information is a little different in Power School than HM "A" School. IJS. It's your job. IDGAF if you're sleepy. Suck it up. Thank the Spaghetti Monster he'll never have to stand a 02-07 in CIC in the XNAG.
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poopkitty posted:I have to think the pace and volume of information is a little different in Power School than HM "A" School. IJS. It's your job. IDGAF if you're sleepy. Suck it up. Thank the Spaghetti Monster he'll never have to stand a 02-07 in CIC in the XNAG. I once, while nodding off myself in the NAG on the rev, stood up to try and stay awake and woke up the TAO for the second time. Realizing that combat was very, very quiet I turned the corner and found every single watchstander in air alley (cruiser CIC) asleep except for my FC at CIWS who looked at me bewildered. CSC was drooling on his console keyboard. 100% on watch.
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Aug 19, 2014 04:37
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lol jfc you guys have never fallen asleep during a powerpoint
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Aug 19, 2014 04:38
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poopkitty posted:It's your job. IDGAF if you're sleepy. Suck it up. Thank the Spaghetti Monster he'll never have to stand a 02-07 in CIC in the XNAG. This is exactly what gets me pissed. A lot of the younger students I get don't realize it's their job and treat it like they're still living with their parents going to high school.
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Aug 19, 2014 04:40
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I once fell asleep standing up in a chem lab in college. I caught myself about an inch away from smashing face first into the counter. Another time I fell asleep at the beginning of a calculus class and woke up halfway through the next period (in an empty classroom). That's pretty much the tip of the iceberg of my sleeping escapades.
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Aug 19, 2014 05:06
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Christoff posted:lol jfc you guys have never fallen asleep during a powerpoint yeah and the adult thing to do is like stand up or i dunno hang yourself for being a failure at life if you can't manage to do that
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Aug 19, 2014 05:17
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buttplug posted:Stop playing WoW all night, get 7-8hrs, take some hydroxycut in the AM, drink a large black coffee, take more hydroxycut at lunch, and you'll be in beast-mode until about 7-7:30. A single dose of thermogenics usually has be wired for the next eight hours. I'll take it at 9-10am and be good for the rest of the day. That and hydration.
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Aug 19, 2014 05:26
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I'd rather have a sleepy dude who knows his poo poo than a guy who stays awake and gets a 75. Let the class sleepers sleep, who the gently caress cares. They will either pass or fail on their own accord. Now for some schadenfreude: The Army had a pants on head retarded schedule for their night shift CTN-esque MOS students. They got out of class at 2300, and had to be at PT by 0430. Well, the platoon sergeant who made this schedule and defended it classed up as a night shift student. Failed out of the first module. His excuse "I was too tired all the time, and could never study". Now the army is doing their PT from balls to 0100. I wish every dumb rule implemented had to be lived by the senior leadership for a week.
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Aug 19, 2014 05:42
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Once had an instructor that wouldn't let us stand up. But got pissed as gently caress if people fell asleep. We were extremely sleep deprived, A/C was broken, and room was about 95 degrees. Then they got mad at people slanging caffeine pills 
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Aug 19, 2014 05:54
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Boon posted:I once, while nodding off myself in the NAG on the rev, stood up to try and stay awake and woke up the TAO for the second time. Realizing that combat was very, very quiet I turned the corner and found every single watchstander in air alley (cruiser CIC) asleep except for my FC at CIWS who looked at me bewildered. CSC was drooling on his console keyboard. On night check cutting gator squares in the Gulf of Aden, felt a bit tired so thought I would get up, stretching the legs and visit TAO and then hit the BWC on the way back to the JIC. Only one person awake in CIC and the two guys awake in Flagplot were watching a movie. Night Check, best shift.
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Laranzu posted:I'd rather have a sleepy dude who knows his poo poo than a guy who stays awake and gets a 75. Let the class sleepers sleep, who the gently caress cares. They will either pass or fail on their own accord. The Army is loving crazy about PT. I somehow made it through Corry with only 2 weeks of PT. The military leadership stopped giving a gently caress and knew they wouldn't have to administer our next PT test. Now for stupid second guessing myself time: I recently found out my SRB multiplier is 7, not 5. I could re-enlist and it would only be two extra years and I'd get and extra 70,000. I know it's not just about the money, but my Navy life isn't that bad, and I could still use the GI bill when I get out. I'm trying to come up with a list of cons and pros. Pros: I don't have to keep track of my hours, I get a poo poo load of leave and holidays, tax free BAH, job security, tricare Cons: I'll probably pick up first which means CPO365, I'll have to stand watches possibly on weekends and holidays, GMTs, could end up in a lovely location, random Navy bullshit, tricare I know you can make good money on the outside, but it's not necessarily a sure thing.
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Sir Lucius posted:The Army is loving crazy about PT. I somehow made it through Corry with only 2 weeks of PT. The military leadership stopped giving a gently caress and knew they wouldn't have to administer our next PT test. Don't forget that 70K is taxed which I'm sure you knew but it still seems like a pretty good chunk of money for only 2 additional years. It would be nice to just stash away in preparation for getting out.
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Sir Lucius posted:The Army is loving crazy about PT. I somehow made it through Corry with only 2 weeks of PT. The military leadership stopped giving a gently caress and knew they wouldn't have to administer our next PT test. If you don't hate your job then take the 70k. If you hate yourself and wake up wanting to punch babies and little old ladies then get out. Either option is what you make of it. If you aren't a complete idiot and know how to wear a suit and tie, you can probably get a job in your field, or hack your way through college, but if your grand plan is to move home and save up money for "lawyer school" or some other bs, then stay in, you will be better off.
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Aug 19, 2014 14:49
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bengy81 posted:If you don't hate your job then take the 70k. If you hate yourself and wake up wanting to punch babies and little old ladies then get out.
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Aug 19, 2014 14:59
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The GI bill allows you to change your path in life to whatever you want. You could start on your new path now... or wait 2 years. The 45k you'll probably get after taxes will make you more comfortable but that has to be compared against how unhappy the military will make you in the meantime.
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I'm in a field I like, and any civilian job I take will be similar. I'd like to do more programming, and get advanced training in it, which is what I want out of the GI bill. How does SRB work? I've heard you get half up front and the rest distributed.
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Aug 19, 2014 15:43
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Christoff posted:Once had an instructor that wouldn't let us stand up. But got pissed as gently caress if people fell asleep. We were extremely sleep deprived, A/C was broken, and room was about 95 degrees. Hahaha, that's what pretty much happened in my class, except instead of caffeine pills everyone was taking Jack3d because we always went to the gym after class and that poo poo was powdered meth. Honestly if he's going to surg tech school nothing much will be different except the instructors are more laid back. Nacirema: You'll probably have this swole as gently caress dude teaching you that has boots that he somehow got to be mirrors even around the laces through the power of his elbows alone. He's a lot of fun if you get on his good side. I advise you go to the gym before you study your 1,000 instruments. The instruments are pretty easy, just remember the important things like "this isn't just a scalpel, it's a scalpel with a fancy handle" and they all have fancy handles. Memorize the angles of their handles and some of the other intricate features to the other surgical poo poo otherwise you'll score lovely on tests and when you prep for the surgeons at clinicals they will straight up throw the instruments onto the ground if you hand them the wrong thing for the procedure, which you'd then have to find another of or autoclave the one the one they threw away if it didn't land in the sterile field. I know this because all of my friends when I was going through c school were surg techs and I learned a lot of the material when they would study in my room as we hung out. Stay the gently caress out of the bake shop that opened up in the C school schoolhouse and for the love of all things natural and holy don't get a girlfriend from another branch. The most fun you'll ever have in class is probably memorizing the Airman and Soldier's Creeds and reciting it better than they can.
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Half up front, the rest you get evenly distributed once per year for the remainder of time on your contract that you're reenlisting for. I believed it's paid on your Navyversery day. If you later extend, then it ends on the same day it would have prior to signing the extension. It doesn't get recalculated. Note: This is the best my fuzzy memory could produce. I'd check with Personnel if you want a 100% certain answer.
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Sir Lucius posted:Cons: I'll probably pick up first which means CPO365, Depending on your command they might not give a gently caress if you don't go. Here at great lakes it's weighed into your eval so I guess I'm getting a p?
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gently caress man, tax free BAH is so loving good. I guess despite everything said on this forum I enlisted with a degree, I might as well keep ignoring advice and consider re-enlisting as well.
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Fuckin' NAS Fallon man. Dry as gently caress. Cold. Desert. 24 on, 24 off schedule. Airwings come and just gently caress the place up for a month at a time. They've only got one goddamned FAX machine for the whole place. Phantom Shitter in the Chapel. $800 per diem/month due to the galley having shitfuck hours, so a permissive rate is authorized. It's all spent on booze. Chasing man-sized tumbleweeds across the flight line and FOD walkdowns almost hourly because of it. Goddamned birdstrike threat everywhere. FCPOA corruption and monopolization of duty vehicles run rampant. High altitude lowers blood pressure. Passed out while shaving and hit hard against the barracks' wall. Got yelled at for being late for work. Had to have an MRI. But they had a VirtuaON Arcade Machine at Mean Gene's. That's pretty cool.
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Vriess posted:Fuckin' NAS Fallon man. Dry as gently caress. Cold. Desert. 24 on, 24 off schedule. war is hell
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Aug 19, 2014 17:42
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Wait, I thought you got out.
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Sir Lucius posted:Wait, I thought you got out. I did, but I have a good memory. I spent months there; that's enough. Flashbacking sucks because the self-narrative hits present tense. I mean, the scenery is nice because it's mountains all around. So if you like running, it's basically the background of Cruisin' USA. Everywhere.
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KetTarma posted:Half up front, the rest you get evenly distributed once per year for the remainder of time on your contract that you're reenlisting for. I believed it's paid on your Navyversery day. It's paid in October. Like, the 4th. For Fiscal Year reasons, I'd bet.
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Vriess posted:Fuckin' NAS Fallon man. Dry as gently caress. Cold. Desert. 24 on, 24 off schedule. Hahaha, my LPO wanted to see if he could set up something where one of us techs goes TAD there to "help out their Mental Health services" and I laughed hard, explaining to him exactly what's out there. Dude's got what it takes to get far in the Navy, he's oblivious to a lot of things because of his mentality, but, he hates the way it's a "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" organization with backstabbing.
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I easily made the re-enlistment bonus money and then some within 2 years of getting out and enjoying civlife, and even working 'long' civilian hours my quality of life was soooooo much better
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Yea, but I have to imagine quality of life for a nuke isn't that good to begin with.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I was about to post this but got sidetracked by sodomy. August Navy Thread: Was About To Post, Got Sidetracked By Sodomy I passed out during a drill one time at the RPCP and drat near faceplanted into the shim switch and had to have the RO drill monitor kick me awake. In fairness I was in an EAB and ventilation was secured in maneuvering with like 15 people in there and it was hot as gently caress. I also nearly conked out up in the sail during a particularly long and bad maneuvering watch when it was deep-subfreezing in the North Atlantic and I had like seven layers of clothes and chemical warmers inside my pumpkin suit and still practically had hypothermia. I sure as gently caress want HM students in a regular classroom to stay awake, jesus gently caress.
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Snowdens Secret posted:August Navy Thread: Was About To Post, Got Sidetracked By Sodomy I had a close call like that when I was the lucky one from the locker they decided to put in a MOPP suit and send topside for the ATG inspected drills in the Okinawa op area. It was hot/humid as gently caress and we had zebra set on the ship for a good while, so the ship itself was quite a bit more miserable than normal to boot. I get sent outside wearing that loving garbage sack along with the DC trainers and ATG people. I'm not sure if I had ever been trained on what to do with those stupid chemical test kits or not. I was at the first stop on my route and they kept asking questions. I just mumbled and muffled out some poo poo which was certainly pulled from my rear end, but I was dying in there. When one of them finally looked at my face they immediately started helping me take the blouse and headpiece off. We passed that part, but I'm pretty sure it was more because they felt bad for me than anything else.
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Vriess posted:A single dose of thermogenics usually has be wired for the next eight hours. I'll take it at 9-10am and be good for the rest of the day. That and hydration. Ahh yea, I forgot that tidbit. Drink a shitload of cold water. It will boost your metabolism, and having all that water on your bladder will make you uncomfortable, meaning your body won't want to fall asleep as much and you'll be taking leaks quite often so you'll be up and moving around.
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Sir Lucius posted:I'm in a field I like, and any civilian job I take will be similar. I'd like to do more programming, and get advanced training in it, which is what I want out of the GI bill. How does SRB work? I've heard you get half up front and the rest distributed. You still have my email address? Email me, I have a pretty good suggestion for you, potentially.
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Hypothetically, is it legal for an active duty member of the military to build/make something and then try to sell it to the service, or is that against some sort of contracting rule?
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If it's actually good they would most likely just 'take' it and do whatever to gently caress you over legally.
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ManMythLegend posted:Hypothetically, is it legal for an active duty member of the military to build/make something and then try to sell it to the service, or is that against some sort of contracting rule? My guess would be that it's contingent on whether your design or contract bid was based on any insider knowledge you gained solely as a member of the military and was not generally available to others. But my acquisitions class at NPS was boring as hell, and I only retained about 5% of it, so that could be totally off-base.
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My great uncle designed an improved heat dissapater on the m60 during trials that was put into general production and he got squat. Granted That was half a century ago. Kind of an odd thing to take credit for but that's what his brother said.
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Ok my DEP pool is hopeless. You guys better be way more awesome on the other side of this. Just beared witness to another failed romance with pretty bad potential conquences. The gently caress is up with dating bipolars.
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ManMythLegend posted:Hypothetically, is it legal for an active duty member of the military to build/make something and then try to sell it to the service, or is that against some sort of contracting rule? I've heard that a SEAL medic figured out a better way to deal with sucking chest wounds (called an Asherman Chest Seal, ), and the Navy claimed that because the invention was directly related to his duties the developed IP rights belonged to the DoD. I don't know about making something, but I would talk to a lawyer about any intellectual property rights before you try to patent ideas you have that the military might want to not pay you for.
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LingcodKilla posted:Ok my DEP pool is hopeless. You guys better be way more awesome on the other side of this. enlisted.txt Edit: Pick up all that crazy strange on the rebound. Then ship off to bootcamp with all the STDs you want. Laranzu fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Aug 21, 2014 |
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LingcodKilla posted:Ok my DEP pool is hopeless. You guys better be way more awesome on the other side of this. It's a beautiful thing, and it doesn't get better. They get a stick up their rear end and some take it out while others fly the blue falcon colors 24/7.
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