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Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

End of deployment POM is coming to an end. Time to step back into the Matrix. :smith:

125 days left.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 23:15

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 22:47

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Grad program I applied to isn't sending out results... I feel like I got denied.

Now that it's post deployment time there's a sudden urge to stay in.

I keep hearing in my mind "three years is nothing" to stay in for DH ride.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2017 00:42

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Boon posted:

You applied to just one?

Do not sign that bonus, at the most go to shore tour because its a day job and 'free' money and then apply to more than one grad program.

Applied to two. Was limited due to being on deployment. Got rejected from one and waiting for the other.

Already dropped papers, so if I decide to go to shore duty I will have to do the dance and beg to remove resignation papers. Little embarrassing.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2017 19:12

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Are civilian jobs boring? I'm terrified of rotting in some cubicle.

<100 days to go (98)

# ¿ Feb 6, 2017 18:56

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

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.

Also congrats, double-digit midget.

Thanks for speaking some common sense. Not gonna lie, I do feel some anxiety from time to time.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2017 20:31

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Nostalgia4Murder posted:

I did nothing on irr. Didn't even go to the one muster thing they told me about. Nothing happened.

Where the gently caress do you even muster?

Also sitting in TAP class I realize what a genius I am for deciding to get out now. FTN motherfucker, FTN.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2017 02:39

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

AAR: TAP Class is a colossal waste of time if you have even half a brain

-- 90% of the poo poo they cover is available on the internet through the VA/DOL website and have you heard of GOOGLE
-- You will always have a handful of idiots who think they know better, who are loud, and who ask dumb questions, so that when you're sitting there in TAP class listening to some shitbrains instructor who retired as an E6 who needs that poo poo Fleet and Family Services job to keep maintaining their crappy lifestyle they will keep interrupting you

Forrealz I thought I was going to get a week out of work but after day 1 I realized that I'd rather be routing CASREPs and sucking dick on the ship than sit through this slow and methodical lobotomy.

At my table sat not one, not two, but three obese "WHERE MY BENEFITS AT?" land whales who hadn't done anything for the Navy on LIMDU. Seriously gently caress this gay earth.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2017 01:03

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Yeah had my laptop which was the only saving grace.

Got an interview with a nice consulting firm and also talking to google cloud services hiring manager. The painful things I've done as a SWO help a little.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2017 00:14

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

82 days left but so much underway time left 😢

# ¿ Feb 22, 2017 15:33

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Whats the most important quality in looking for a wife?

# ¿ Feb 22, 2017 18:28

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Davethulhu posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NF5XU-k2Vk

Ha! All jokes aside I've seen too many dudes who are terrified of what their beautiful wife will do if they don't meet her expectation.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2017 00:39

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

poo poo getting all emotional in this thread.

I'm still in but some things I'm already missing. Namely:

Waking up at sea and pulling into a foreign port and that you got your stack of cash, freshest clothes, and just knowing that you're gonna get into some strange and situations that night.
Standing a five hour watch and having the relief come a little earlier than anticipated. (Yeah I know).
Seeing the stars and the million iterations of sunrise and sunset in the middle of the ocean.
Taking the deck out at sea.
Seeing an exercise that you planned come to fruition with multiple billion dollar ships and aircraft doing what you imagined them to do.

Stuff I don't miss/can't wait to never do again:

In port duty day.
Taking responsibility for something you didn't do.
Seeing a poo poo bag get by despite repeated mistakes and inconsiderate fucks up over and over again.
Getting treated like a child.
Everyone being pissed off and miserable and the only vent being making GBS threads on each other.
Relishing the moment when another department has a big casualty or gently caress up just because the Captain will forget about you for a little bit. It shouldn't be like this . SWO thermodynamics.
Being told you're going to be a leader and a decision maker but showing up everyday to be micromanaged and having nobody in the chain of command listen. Then getting blamed and being expected to take responsibility for everything. Has given me a tough skin but it sickens me that SWOs take pride in their worst qualities.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2017 18:49

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

LingcodKilla posted:

Never even seen a radio in person.

Not a real IT. :troll:

# ¿ Feb 26, 2017 18:51

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

I would avoid CTT and CTR like the plague. CTT is literally watching a 30 year old TV while at sea for hours at a time.

CTN is the best for the short enlistment. You get high level clearance TSC/SCI and mostly work on shore for high level mission infastructure. Possibly work with civilian counterparts, so get direct experience.

Can be hired directly into IT role in high clearance required government or contracting job or get degree and do same with more pay.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2017 18:15

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Underway is the only way.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 01:54

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Seqenenra posted:

Just don't crash into Japan.

https://www.navytimes.com/articles/cruiser-skipper-fired-after-tokyo-bay-grounding

Worked for Jeff Sessions. It all make sense now. The circle of life, don't doubt it.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 02:08

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Dude in my command buys a brand new motorcycle on Friday for $11k. Following week he drives his motorcycle to first day of Basic Rider Course and on the way home crashes and breaks both arms, destroys his motorcycle, and barely escapes with his life. He did not have have his state motorcycle license. Line of duty of investigation in progress and probably going to mast for riding his motorcycle without state papers or finishing BRC on base. :doh:

Typical sailor tho.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2017 16:53

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

How big of a deal is it if PSD gets my awards wrong on my DD214? I can't find the paperwork for some of the poo poo I've gotten.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2017 16:19

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

33 days left until terminal, can't wait to join the ranks of you godless bastards.

Anyone got recommendations for good restaurants, beaches, and strip clubs in Mayport/Jax area? Will be TAD there for two weeks.

# ¿ Apr 11, 2017 15:32

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

ManMythLegend posted:

Are you going to have a car and how far are you willing to drive?

Will have car. 45min is doable I think.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2017 00:30

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

ManMythLegend posted:

Close to Mayport:
Singleton's: A hole in the wall seafood shack. Great fried seafood and a lunch time staple for the Mayport Mafia. It's out the back gate of the base behind the airfield.

North Beach Fish Camp: Southern inspired seafood. Make sure you try their fried green tomatoes.

M Shack: Amazing burgers and shakes. There are a few locations but the original is near Mayport on Atlantic BLVD. Some locations sell liquor infused milk shakes.

Beach Diner: Great diner for breakfast, especially if you're heading to the beach in the morning.

A little further:
Soul Food Bistro: Soul food, I don't think I need to say anything else. Don't go in the time after church services.

Beach Road Chicken Dinner: One of my favorite places. Specializes in fried chicken and serves southern sides, family style. Make sure you go with other people. It's a lot of food.

Into Jacksonville proper:
Lola's: Go here. Order the Leaping Lizard burrito. You're welcome.

Hawker's: Souped up Vietnamese street food. It's really good, but maybe a touch pricy.

Thanks!

# ¿ Apr 15, 2017 14:23

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

I mean I get TGPS sucks and I sure as hell didn't wanna do it but some people really need that. Transitioning out can be hard but I am not sure how much they could better facilitate it honestly. Some dudes never had a real job and are country bumpkins--they really need all that poo poo. It may seem so elementary to us, but yeah.

TGPS does suck but you can use the time to think about some stuff maybe you've been kicking down the road or haven't thought about. Bring your own laptop and work on resume or job/school research. Some of the activities are stupid and you will have to do them but overall it's not that bad. Nice break away from your command if your work environment is toxic or overbearing.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2017 13:33

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

squarerandom posted:

Got my verbals to the LPD 26. Was told I'll be there in May. So uh *looks at calendar* cool beans.

P.s. I doubt I'll actually be there in May.

I'm sorry.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2017 15:12

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

12 days from terminal :feelsgood:

# ¿ May 3, 2017 23:22

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

I heard the reserves are not taking people (specifically SWO officers) until the next fiscal year. Is that true? My friend who is getting out at the same time as me asked about going to SELRES and they said they're out of spots and he's gonna have to wait or if he really wants to be in it then drill without pay. He said "lol kthx."

Seems like funding is an actual issue in the reserves.

# ¿ May 7, 2017 16:19

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Started terminal leave yesterday.

Doesn't feel any different than regular leave but then I realize I will never go underway again. Still not registering yet.

# ¿ May 17, 2017 03:24

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Reverand maynard posted:

SMOKE WEED

Want to but want to keep options open later for lifestyle poly. :/

I have no desire to look for a job and don't want to go to school full time. Feeling pretty burnt out. Going traveling in Asia for about two months, I figure after two months of loving off and spending money I will get my motivation back.

# ¿ May 17, 2017 13:30

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Sir Lucius posted:

What was your rate? You could possibly make fat stacks of contract cash.

Noble SWO.

# ¿ May 18, 2017 04:20

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

PneumonicBook posted:

Some certified mail came from the NOSC today, but no one was home to sign!

I'll go grab it tomorrow but I'm going to assume my IRR chit got approved and it's my discharge stuff.

Feels good bro.

# ¿ May 26, 2017 14:16

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

vulturesrow posted:

Staff duty.

Strike group staff? I used to be the air defense LNO. Csg staff blows. At least as LNO I didn't have to deal with most of the bs.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2017 09:47

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

M_Gargantua posted:

Lazy sailors can't find someone hiding properly, they need to learn to field day better. If a person can be undisturbed for days what do you think DUST and OIL are doing?

# ¿ Jun 16, 2017 04:37

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

I've stood a lot of OOD in Sagami Wan. Part of the challenge is increased background lighting and merchants who get there early loitering while waiting for their pilot time. Weather can also be bad, especially during the rainy season which is now.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2017 13:52

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Been out for over a month now and it's been good. Starting grad school in the fall.

Feels weird not having my paycheck but other than that it's not an ad transition. If any of you mil goons are going to UVA let me know. I want to be involved in the veterans organization.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2017 00:58

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

PneumonicBook posted:

I dropped it mainly because as a federal employee I'm not eligible for tricare, and the two negatives you listed were painfully true.

That being said if I was a SWO abs eligible for tricare I probably would have stuck with it. I guess.

Just got out in June. Didn't sign up for Reserves. No regrets.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2017 04:56

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Mr. Nice! posted:

You gotta get into lovely dumb rates like BM, CS, PS, or any seabee to see 12 year E4s. The real crazy part is not going to mast that whole time.

Not only are you a retard that never got promoted but you were so stupid that you never broke the rules either. smh

# ¿ Aug 6, 2017 02:26

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

Hey guys I'm in grad school now. I wake up at whenever I want everyday as my classes are in the afternoon. Walking into campus everyday is a blessing because even if something sucks I still get to stare at co-eds.

Going to grad school for free is insane. In fact I'm getting paid to go to school. Always thought the GI Bill was a good deal but when you see the paycheck for your BAH in your bank account and you had to pay $0 to attend to a world class research institution, it's a great feeling. Thank you Uncle Sam!

# ¿ Aug 31, 2017 12:53

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

M_Gargantua posted:

Hopefully your college is more social than mine, and I hope you learn something.

What was your experience?

# ¿ Sep 1, 2017 01:29

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

M_Gargantua posted:

State college that is about as effective as an engineering degree mill, lots of entitled kids who give no fucks but get passed through with 2.8 or lower GPAs, no social life on campus and no one who commits to interesting clubs. Pretty much I learned how to do Calculus better and then added some of that math to electrical stuff I had already learned far more effectively as a Nuke.

drat that sucks bro. My master's program is a typical cash cow for the school to support their research and PhD students but the classes are no joke.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2017 18:41

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

ManMythLegend posted:

So CTF 70 and DESRON 15 got fired and CNSP requested to retire a few months earlier then planned.

Gotta say, I saw the DESRON firing coming but the CTF 70 one surprised me.

This makes me so happy.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2017 20:08

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 22:47

Howard Phillips: May 4, 2008; His smile; it shines in the darkest of depths. There is hope yet.

ManMythLegend posted:

CPA moboards are almost entirely worthless and mostly serve as a massive distraction, especially the bridge. They're good tools to teach people how relative motion works in controlled situations but loving lol if you think they're going to help avoid collisions in crowded areas and not just be another distraction for the watchteam.

I disagree.

CPA moboards are essential but the caveat is that you need competent officers on the bridge that know how to do them quickly and accurately. They can be a distraction if the OOD isn't delegating it to the JOOD or another officer (not the CONN). Properly done moboards can cut through the extra noise that you get on various radar returns and inaccurate auto tracks on radar. Combat should also be doing moboards to back up the bridge.

At the end of the it's a combination of all resources to make good safe decisions. Moboards are definitely one of them.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2017 14:48

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