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Yes, I love this game! When you joined the Navy, I had just mastered what fractions were somewhere between my first and second recess.
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Boon posted:When you joined the Navy, I had just mastered what fractions were somewhere between my first and second recess. As a dirty enlisted I pride myself in barely comprehending numbers with a line in between them.
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Yeah pretty much. Kind of funny that this came up during mental health talk. The reason I'm an old rear end terminal O4 is because of some mental health issues on my first shore tour that kept me from getting a breakout FITREP. I don't know how much that hurts in the SWO community but in aviation it's the kiss of death. On the upside I no longer get the "you have to take this job to be competitive" spiel and I've taken orders I wanted for the most part.
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Anyone got friends on the Antietam? Time to start talking poo poo. https://www.navytimes.com/articles/officials-navy-cruiser-ran-aground-near-japan
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As someone who arrived to Port Royal not long after the grounding I feel for that crew
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The CO of the Antietam was my first CO. We called him Explosive Joseph. I would have payed good money to see his reaction when this happened.
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Getting my popcorn ready for the "IN MY NAVY" posts.
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Gray Matter posted:How flexible are the reserves when it comes to working around class schedules? I'm separating from AD and joining the reserves very soon, and after applying to start school in summer semester I realized that the annual 2-week drill may interfere with that. I'm under the impression that it usually happens during the summer - is that so? It completely, completely depends on your unit. Mine was willing to work with me a bit for the first two years. Towards the end when I needed to work internships in the summer and school in the fall/spring, I ended up having to drop my IRR chit because life just got too hectic to go play Navy for 2 or 3 weeks. My CoC was actually really understanding when I said I needed to drop to IRR. I got a nice letter from them and I still get occasional invites to go to unit BBQs or lunches.
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Going active finally. Spent two years at MD, but packets done and deals were made to stay in rate. P stoked and should find outq where I'm going this or next month.
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Good luck! What are you hoping for?
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Anybody here have any experience with Cat 3/4 EFMP? Everything is mental health related and I'm trying to figure out my options. I'm already remote duty and may have to leave early.
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LingcodKilla posted:Good luck! What are you hoping for? Well I spent two years on a Watchfloor so dirsup surface would be dandy as a middle ground than direct to ship. But also having a cosistent job and not missing out healthcare/paychecks for my wife and kids is a always a bonus. However when I get accepted to Actove duty, I spend a month at the NOSC without pay/benefits for my family until I get a billet lmao. The last fuckin joke.
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squarerandom posted:Well I spent two years on a Watchfloor so dirsup surface would be dandy as a middle ground than direct to ship. But also having a cosistent job and not missing out healthcare/paychecks for my wife and kids is a always a bonus. However when I get accepted to Actove duty, I spend a month at the NOSC without pay/benefits for my family until I get a billet lmao. The last fuckin joke. Whats your rate again? Dirsup surface makes me think CTx.
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Laranzu posted:Whats your rate again? Dirsup surface makes me think CTx. CTT, so here's to hoping I get something good.
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squarerandom posted:CTT, so here's to hoping I get something good. LOL. Ship in Japan for you, pal.
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squarerandom posted:CTT, so here's to hoping I get something good. Was a Dirsup surface CTT on my first tour. Was gone...a lot. It was enjoyable but i was also young and single. You're only going to big decks so the amenities aren't bad. PCS afloat job is loving boring and terrible. Thats why i crossrated. Ranking from my experience: 1. Watchfloor in Colorado [9141] 2. Watchfloor anywhere else [9102] 3. Dirsup [9102 Watchfloor...on a ship] . . . 99. Hell . . 456. PCS afloat [17xx series work]. Maintenance. Cranking. Ship fuckery. Laranzu fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Feb 5, 2017 |
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DIRSUP CTTs can go to big decks. E: as a CSG staff augment.
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vulturesrow posted:DIRSUP CTTs can go to big decks. Thats what i wrote, right? Or am i reading my own typing dumb? We didn't augment anything but carriers and LHDs.
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Feb 5, 2017 18:59
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I can't read.  I read that as won't go to big decks.
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poopkitty posted:LOL. Ship in Japan for you, pal. Hell ya now I can have 7th fleet BFEA ignore me from a ship now!! CO seems legit. I have no C-school though since I'm a NAT reservist, so would I go back to Pensacola most likely?
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squarerandom posted:Hell ya now I can have 7th fleet BFEA ignore me from a ship now!! CO seems legit. I have no C-school though since I'm a NAT reservist, so would I go back to Pensacola most likely? The horror.... the horror...
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squarerandom posted:Hell ya now I can have 7th fleet BFEA ignore me from a ship now!! CO seems legit. I have no C-school though since I'm a NAT reservist, so would I go back to Pensacola most likely? You can do the job as a 0000. Sounds like you already have been. 9102 was a joke when i went after 8 months of experience. Not sure if 9102 offers any bonuses now.
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Are civilian jobs boring? I'm terrified of rotting in some cubicle. <100 days to go (98)
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Howard Phillips posted:Are civilian jobs boring? I'm terrified of rotting in some cubicle. Are Navy commands toxic and terrible? Yeah, some are. Some are rewarding and empowering. Same with civilian jobs. The difference is that it's a lot easier to say "I'm going to bail on this lame job and become an OTR trucker/teach myself programming/work with the elderly/start a restaurant" than it is to change commands/communities in the military. Build yourself up a nice savings account and don't worry about it. Also congrats, double-digit midget.
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hogmartin posted:Are Navy commands toxic and terrible? Yeah, some are. Some are rewarding and empowering. Same with civilian jobs. The difference is that it's a lot easier to say "I'm going to bail on this lame job and become an OTR trucker/teach myself programming/work with the elderly/start a restaurant" than it is to change commands/communities in the military. Build yourself up a nice savings account and don't worry about it. Thanks for speaking some common sense. Not gonna lie, I do feel some anxiety from time to time.
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Putting up with civilians also really irritates you in the office sometimes because you're used to getting poo poo done (your poo poo that affects your lib) quickly. But it's got its highs and lows. Cubicle farms suck. Get a field job. Travel lots. Get paid. I loved every minute I was a contractor, but there was always the terror of waking up to no job. Which is exactly what happened when we lost our contract. In other news, ECS is much fun. Nose Hoses (nasopharengeal airways (sp)) are not. Those suck. I'd rather get an IV from a drunk 80 year old with Parkinsons.
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still at 4 monts until terminal. I'm really excited to get out, but I've only done 6 and never deployed or anything like that
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Sir Lucius posted:still at 4 monts until terminal. I'm really excited to get out, but I've only done 6 and never deployed or anything like that Don't fret! Join the reserves and they are looking for e5-7 ITs to fill some mobs to Afghanistan!
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I go to college for a living. Pretty much owns. VA pays my mortgage, tuition and books and also yoga pants all day. Today I went to a meeting and got free pizza.
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poopkitty posted:I go to college for a living. Pretty much owns. VA pays my mortgage, tuition and books and also yoga pants all day. Stealing pizza from the mouths of poor starving college students. Carry On.
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Terminal countdown: 9 days Rather than doing turnover, checkout stuff, and kickin' it for the duration I get to run around putting out fires and frantically trying to tie up loose ends until the last minute. Between the 2 large aviation programs I manage, one of my reliefs is in school until March and the other has been on leave for the past two weeks. It is about to be Not My loving Problem real soon 
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Gray Matter posted:Terminal countdown: 9 days Why did you not throw your hands up in the air two months ago and drop all your programs on your reliefs? Like seriously you hosed yourself.
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Feb 10, 2017 02:23
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Isn't this about the point where they tell you that you can't go on terminal?
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CMD598 posted:Isn't this about the point where they tell you that you can't go on terminal? I returned my CWAY quota last spring.
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Gray Matter posted:I'm just waiting for that bomb to drop. As far as why I didn't drop my programs on my reliefs, its because the chain didn't even identify who was replacing me until about 2 weeks ago. One of them is a recent gain who I have never even seen cause he's been in school since arriving. Too bad you don't get to spend time in
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So this is a thing that happened: Oops. Using wrong oil damaged three $80 million Navy planes, requiring 6 new engines quote:Days before the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush set out from Norfolk last month, the Navy had to scramble to fix a major problem with the ship’s squadron of early warning, command and control aircraft. Should be an interesting read when the investigation report comes out.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:So this is a thing that happened: How? We all use the same oil.
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CMD598 posted:How? We all use the same oil. Mechs..
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