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Sep 6, 2014 05:53
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In other news, our friends over in the USAF continue to be the vanguard of the US' god-fearing crusaders of righteousness wing of the US armed forces My favorite part is that the USAF PAO's have no idea why this happened.
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Sep 8, 2014 20:46
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Octopode posted:It's actually not for no reason--the actual portion of US Law that governs enlistment and the enlistment oath does not have provisions for omitting the religious elements, but as of yet, no one has brought a legal case up about it to change it. The Air Force's new regulations are simply coming into alignment with the actual law. The option to affirm the oath rather than swearing it also, apparently, doesn't exist. I actually went and looked up the relevant section in the USC. It's true. Interestingly enough, it was amended in 1962 to include the words, "So help me God" - likely in response to the evils of communism.
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Sep 8, 2014 21:58
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buttplug posted:De-couple yourself from your SWO mentality for just a second ("it will directly cost the Navy $0 to implement"). How many commands *actually* breathalyze people as they walk up the brow these days? - there's a program we've spent millions on doing exactly fuckall. This program *will* cost money in the big scheme of things. Just because there's no direct cost doesn't mean it won't have mission impact and overall cost the government money. You have to consider the secondary and tertiary effects, not only the immediate benefits (loving millenials! kidding, kidding). It's you man, you're the most SWO non-current SWO I've ever interacted with. My personal opinion on it is that you shouldn't be able to earn an EP without at least an excellent on the PFA (or a waiver) and if you get an outstanding it's worth something (extra points for advancement?). Simply saying "don't you dare fail this or else!" while not incentivizing anything past the bare minimum is loving monumentally stupid. Boon fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Sep 9, 2014 |
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Sep 9, 2014 01:37
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I was talking about buttplug though 
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Sep 9, 2014 02:39
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Reminds me of the income inequality, wage gap, and education opportunity gaps.
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Sep 9, 2014 03:23
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Snowdens Secret posted:Speaking as a cranky civilian with fading memory of sub life, I can assure you that a PFA excellent or outstanding mean gently caress all for the vast majority of technical and engineering jobs, and boosting promotion candidates based on their body fat or run speed instead of technical expertise or leadership merit is a recipe for disaster. We're not monkey Marines and our job isn't to haul 100 lbs of armor and SAW around all day, we need to be promoting based on who can track maintenance most effectively, gently caress it up the least, keep the plant running etc. It's all important though and physical fitness should be encouraged for a wide number of reasons. Further, rewarding fitness (as if an excellent is difficult to come by for a healthy individual) would do little to break an advancement system that is based on such stupid rules as "You are an outstanding sailor who has turned this Department/Division/Workcenter around but you're going to be ranked low because you just got here and you need to show growth" Besides, some day we will actually take a hit where DC does matter and if I had to depend on someone to drag my rear end out of a space it sure wouldn't be FC3 McFatfuck no matter how good he is at keeping his system functioning. Boon fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Sep 9, 2014 |
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Sep 9, 2014 05:27
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Doesn't the USMC have two tests? A general PFA and then a Combat Fitness Test or something like that? USN could do something similar for sea-duty sailors. Again though, never going to happen. As someone mentioned today (about program offices and acquisitions) we have the blind, leading the blind, who are leading other blind.
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Sep 9, 2014 17:46
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Go to Norfolk. (Don't go to Norfolk)
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Sep 10, 2014 02:17
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Again, most SWO non-SWO ever
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Sep 11, 2014 03:03
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DownByTheWooter posted:I think it's a god drat shame that the Williams' trigraph isn't JEW instead of JSW. Missed opportunity for a good chuckle on various message traffic, imo It was a deliberate decision, I assure you. That didn't stop me from listing them as such on all internal items when we were discussing their TLAM cert though.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:35
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Schlabbalabba posted:So after Tricare is deducted, I make $25? Haha http://www.statisticbrain.com/health-insurance-cost-statistics/
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Sep 25, 2014 20:52
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KetTarma posted:I don't really think joining the Reserves for healthcare is a great idea. I did it because it'd pay better than any part time job I'd be able to hold as a full time student taking heavy-duty classes and my wife's workplace insurance is utter poo poo. This. GI Bill + Reserves will basically put you soooooooo far ahead of your peers.
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Sep 26, 2014 02:15
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NSA HR drive time = no additional time 
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Sep 29, 2014 15:28
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Just sat through the SWO detailer brief to humor my bossman. If I hadn't already made up my mind to get out, that brief pretty much sold it. It's like receiving an executive summary of everything wrong with the Navy.
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Sep 30, 2014 20:55
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There Germany goes, starting poo poo again. I love the exultation when the collision happens. Hey MML, were in the pipeline when they introduced the WTI course or are you familiar with it? Boon fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Oct 1, 2014 01:03
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Anytime a collision happens it's for a stupid reason and the explanation always seems like a ridiculous escapade. That said, from what it seems like in the video, they tried to overtake and realized last moment that they were about to run into shoal and attempted to steer behind the other ship. There are just very few other explanations for turning right into a ship that is literally 300 yards on your beam.
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