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Mr. Nice! posted:poo poo I didn’t realize this was just a board announcement. Maybe my av update was premature. We use avatars as something to aspire to!  Also, congrats on making board Crab Dad
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Congrats Crab Dad
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Apr 16, 2024 01:26
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I sincerely hope you make it, brother. I think I you could be an even bigger force for good as a chief. P.S. Skating is the epitome of “good” in my world.
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Apr 16, 2024 01:33
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Surprising absolutely no one! Preemptive congrats, since it's a foregone conclusion!
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Apr 16, 2024 02:54
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Congrats Crabchief! Good luck with the board.
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Mr. Nice! posted:poo poo I didn’t realize this was just a board announcement. Maybe my av update was premature.  Cerekk posted:Well in that case, now is prime time to stock up on skull bumper stickers for your truck before the NEX runs out of them I see one of those at least once a day, I need to move closer to work. E: $20 on CPOdad making it first time up.
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*wakes up* Why the gently caress are there 30 posts in the Navy thread?  Elviscat posted:E: $20 on CPOdad making it first time up. Not taking that bet.
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Apr 16, 2024 10:11
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 So psyched for you Crabdad! Be the chief you were born to be.
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Apr 16, 2024 11:39
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Once again, Navy experience not typical. Congrats Crabdad
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Apr 16, 2024 15:42
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I'm related news, once again I didn't make board
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Deus Ex Macklemore posted:I'm related news, once again I didn't make board You'll get your coffee mug next year.
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Apr 16, 2024 17:07
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Deus Ex Macklemore posted:I'm related news, once again I didn't make board The testing process is awful but the reserves are a special beast all by themselves. I don’t need to be the best I just got to be less awful than the rest. Active duty has to really be good in most rates it seems to get ahead. Good luck.
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Apr 16, 2024 18:39
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Crab Dad posted:Active duty has to really be good in most rates it seems to get ahead. Good luck. Depends on the rate. At least a few are just, "stay in long enough and outlast the others."
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Crab Dad posted:The testing process is awful but the reserves are a special beast all by themselves. I don’t need to be the best I just got to be less awful than the rest. Active duty has to really be good in most rates it seems to get ahead. Good luck. I appreciate this, thank you. I think my chances were greatly reduced when I retired 13 years ago, but I still look at the list hopefully So seriously, congrats 
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Crab Dad posted:The testing process is awful but the reserves are a special beast all by themselves. I don’t need to be the best I just got to be less awful than the rest. Active duty has to really be good in most rates it seems to get ahead. Good luck. It just depends on the test and how relevant it is to you that year tbh as far as ad. The first time I wa sup for first I studied my rear end off, used the bibs, etc. We were on deployment so what else was I going to do? Got like a 43 or something, next time I didn't study at all and got a high 80s and made first by like 30 points. It's a pretty hosed up system, like they can put any FC NEC questions on the FC test, I'm sure it's similar for other rates that have a million jobs (IT).
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this reminds me of a first class I knew who was planning to retire at the end of deployment. he made Chief and left our det to go do Chief season things and pin his anchor. he then still retired like six months later. there was another first who made it while on terminal and used innappropriate language when saying he wasn't coming back. wow, he would have made a great Chief. a testament to how stupid and dumb the Seabees are that guys make it or are selected and say "lol gently caress this" instead of gutting it out to bump their retirement pay
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PneumonicBook posted:It just depends on the test and how relevant it is to you that year tbh as far as ad. The first time I wa sup for first I studied my rear end off, used the bibs, etc. We were on deployment so what else was I going to do? Got like a 43 or something, next time I didn't study at all and got a high 80s and made first by like 30 points. Almost all radio and CANES questions. Two things I have never worked with in person as I have never served on a proper warship. Not a single printer question! Unfair! However I noticed something kinda of funny on quite a few of the questions. They appeared to do the ol “one answer was so wrong it blatant” like a radio answer in a network question. Once I saw that I swear it noticed it a ton so my guesses with stuff at least was bit less random on stuff that really stumped me.
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maffew buildings posted:this reminds me of a first class I knew who was planning to retire at the end of deployment. he made Chief and left our det to go do Chief season things and pin his anchor. he then still retired like six months later. there was another first who made it while on terminal and used innappropriate language when saying he wasn't coming back. wow, he would have made a great Chief. Do they still do that thing where they make you go through everything, "Pin" you, but your pay doesn't start at the new grade until like 4-6 months after your promotion? You need to get paid for it to count toward retirement.
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M_Gargantua posted:Do they still do that thing where they make you go through everything, "Pin" you, but your pay doesn't start at the new grade until like 4-6 months after your promotion? You need to get paid for it to count toward retirement. I believe so. However I’ll get around that by buying back my military time since I’m a GS11 and I got 15 years till I can retire. No way my mil rank will ever earn me more than what I should end my civ career as.
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Deus Ex Macklemore posted:I appreciate this, thank you. I think my chances were greatly reduced when I retired 13 years ago, but I still look at the list hopefully 
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Crab Dad posted:I believe so. However I’ll get around that by buying back my military time since I’m a GS11 and I got 15 years till I can retire. No way my mil rank will ever earn me more than what I should end my civ career as. So drat you are like a captain.
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MarcusSA posted:So drat you are like a captain. I’m a IT specialist who assigns projects to a team of contractors while not actually supervising them. I’m a glorified cat herder who can’t even smack his cats.
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M_Gargantua posted:Do they still do that thing where they make you go through everything, "Pin" you, but your pay doesn't start at the new grade until like 4-6 months after your promotion? You need to get paid for it to count toward retirement. Navy pins all of their selectees before their actual promotion takes effect. Why the USMC doesn’t pin any of their SNCOs is beyond me. Waiting 9 months to pin on E-6 and 12 months to pin on E-7 was pretty lovely.
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Hekk posted:Navy pins all of their selectees before their actual promotion takes effect. Why the USMC doesn’t pin any of their SNCOs is beyond me. Waiting 9 months to pin on E-6 and 12 months to pin on E-7 was pretty lovely. Honestly both approaches are hosed up "We have determined that you are ready for increased authority and responsibility. We're going to give it to you but we're not going to pay you commensurately LOL" Vs "We have determined that you are ready for increased authority and responsibility. We're going to give it to you. At some point. Not now though, even though we think you're ready."
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MonkeyFit posted:Depends on the rate. At least a few are just, "stay in long enough and outlast the others." The MMN(SS) community is like this now, and it makes for the loving worst Chiefs. It's all 10 year turbo-nerds that have only been to training commands and precoms, and lack any relevant experience whatsoever, or the absolute laziest gently caress 16 year firsts who have sucked poo poo their entire career, but finally got enough sympathy EPs to make it.
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All the nuke rates have no shortage of such chiefs.
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Go Crab Dad go
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https://twitter.com/ChowdahHill/status/1780451042037227587?t=PPZUVpJuXsz9oldGNZW_HQ&s=19 COs have done waaaaaaay worse things but, come on man, Comic Sans for the font is just inexcusable
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Crab Dad posted:I’m a IT specialist who assigns projects to a team of contractors while not actually supervising them. You back in HON anytime in the next 42 days?
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lightpole posted:You back in HON anytime in the next 42 days? Nah I only got NYC on my plate at the end of May.
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genuinely not sure if that's supposed to be a crusader or a boba fett
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shame on an IGA posted:genuinely not sure if that's supposed to be a crusader or a boba fett I only see mandalorian armor, no crusader at all.
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Apparently being a nuke *really* sucks in the PLAN: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-picks-its-lowest-scoring-officers-to-command-nuclear-submarines-2024-4?amp
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Apparently being a nuke *really* sucks in the PLAN: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-picks-its-lowest-scoring-officers-to-command-nuclear-submarines-2024-4?amp I mean, do coners really need to be that smart? I think we're the only navy that has officers that do everything instead of specialist tracks.
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/ChowdahHill/status/1780451042037227587?t=PPZUVpJuXsz9oldGNZW_HQ&s=19 nah, comic sans is just right for this
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M_Gargantua posted:Crabdad is the Jack Ryan of the Gooniverse. Goddamn if that's not the best analogy. Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/ChowdahHill/status/1780451042037227587?t=PPZUVpJuXsz9oldGNZW_HQ&s=19 Based on what I've heard from a couple of buddies, that's got to be intentional. Godholio fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Apr 18, 2024 |
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Mr. Nice! posted:I mean, do coners really need to be that smart? I think we're the only navy that has officers that do everything instead of specialist tracks. Yeah, from my recollection, which is hazy due to all the Scotch I drank while talking to the British nukes and playing darts, the RN has their senior enlisted run the reactor and ER, and have nuke officers that only do nuke poo poo, usually drawn from the enlisted ranks (?). Also, aren't all the PLA(N) nuke boats ancient shitheaps?
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A little birdy told me they putting me in for something before board package deadline for my Girl Scout cookie delivery kitchen fire adventures. >.< at least I hope they don’t actually write it up like that but beggars can’t be choosers
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Elviscat posted:Yeah, from my recollection, which is hazy due to all the Scotch I drank while talking to the British nukes and playing darts, the RN has their senior enlisted run the reactor and ER, and have nuke officers that only do nuke poo poo, usually drawn from the enlisted ranks (?). They're mostly recent-build shitheaps.
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