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Wingnut Ninja posted:Does anyone have some good tips/knowledge about resolving PCS travel claims? I've currently got a sailor who's getting screwed to the tune of ~$6000 over the course of a very i-stop heavy PCS process that I would love to help with but I don't have a lot of experience un-loving PCS stuff. One issue seems to be that at some point, they re-calculated her reimbursement to use GMR and a lower lodging rate versus the CMR and lodging rate that she was actually charged/authorized for several weeks. Our local admin support kind of sucks and I know that PCS stuff doesn't ultimately go through them anyway, so any pointers on who to call and yell at would be appreciated. Wonder Free posted:I would check the JTR to see why they’re doing it. I don’t know what their orders say but if they were in government lodging and had a galley available for all meals then they may be stuck. If they couldn’t get 3 meals a day there they can probably submit a memo saying which meals and why to get a proportional rate at least. Wingnut Ninja posted:"They" in this case is... PERS, I guess? That's part of the problem, PCS travel funding doesn't go through your local admin chain, it's all done by some office in Millington. There's no DTS authorization or anything, it's all just derived from your PCS orders.  I did a stint as an assistant AO for a year, so after six years creeping on this forum, I might finally have something useful to say!Alrighty, so first off, she'll want to triple-check her order and make sure there was nothing specifically spelled out in her orders to use the government logging and meals in relation to any I-Stops required to be taken as part of the travel, if there was and there is no corresponding CNA if no base lodging was used, she'll be SOL. Since this is a PCS with an I-STOP, the actual M&IE Per Diem rate might be weird depending on if she was on a det portion of the PCS versus the travel portion of the PCS. Like Wonder Free said, for the schooling portion of the orders, they might be out of luck. However, if a memo can be submitted to explain a lack of availability for getting three meals a day at the location they were at, due to duties or schooling, then they should be able to get at least a PMR. Per the JTR:   At the very least, for the daily travel of the PCS, per the JTR the service member won't be given GMR (unless orders direct it). For PCS travel the service member should be given the CONUS per-diem rate. For their istops, once they double-check their orders and cross reference any CNA's they have that should give a firmer footing to take the next steps.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:They do periodic command climate surveys where they literally ask people "what is your morale level? Very High, High, Neutral, Low, Very Low". Attach a % value to all of those, feed into spreadsheet, make green boxes for the admirals to look at. I remember the first time I saw a skipper explain the command climate survey results to the squadron. The triad broke out the fancy bar graphs to show where numbers went up and down over the past year. Where the morale numbers went down, to boost morale and reassure the sailors, the command broke down the data and said that the squadron's complaints about the subject were invalid and they could prove it with numbers. It might be shocking to hear, but this presentation did not in fact reassure the sailors and boost morale.
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Elviscat posted:The VA finally finished my claim after a scant 9 months, verdict is the Navy hosed up my back, my brain, and both my hands If you want more bang for your buck, a 20-year-old used Boston Whaler would probably be more seaworthy than an LCS.
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US Berder Patrol posted:nah, it's not uptight, your attitude is appropriate. "Male-dominated" career means it's full of disgusting creeps and we need more men taking and assigning accountability to change the way men act towards women. It's wild how many folks seem to think other people share their rear end-backward views of gender/race/etc when they either work with them in the military or find out they are in the military. Some of the poo poo women sailors and women officers have had to hear/put up with/endure is really sickening. Saw this story a couple of days ago and it reminded me of all the terrible experiences some of my friends talked about during flight school
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Arione, congrats on the move to civilian life; hope the transition is smooth sailing for you. I probably missed you in my brief window in Hawaii, were you over at Pearl or in Kbay?
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1699115969480724967?t=H_RaT9hmJDSH8nXk0P9-lw&s=19 So this reminds me of a story... I was speaking to one of our contractors at the RAG and it turned out he'd been with my old squadron for a few years before I got there, back when they'd been a Hawaii squadron. We got on the subject of people getting NAMs from random stuff, and he told me about how, one day, they got a new nugget at the squadron, and he'd been assigned to bring him up to speed. The new guy had never been to Hawaii before but looked forward to being there. So after getting him checked into the barracks in K-Bay, the contractor took him out to a beach party the AWs were hosting for one of their own for someone's birthday. My contractor buddy brought the new guy there to introduce him to everyone. The party is going well and everyone is having a good time when a grandma starts screaming that a rip tide has just dragged two of her grandkids out into the sea from the shallows, and the folks on the beach could see them out in the sea. Folks were winding up when the new nugget ran out and grabbed someone's swim fins and jumped into the sea, swam out to the kids and grabbed one, and sims back into shore before striking out and bringing the other kid back in. The AWs are keyed up and giving kudos to the new guy, it turns out he'd been a BUDS dud and was an insanely strong swimmer. Of course, folks in his chain began singing the guy's praise and recommended him for an award for risking his life to save those kiddos. A couple of months passed and nothing happened, by then the squadron was deployed to Sigonella. One day an awards quarter is held, and it's the usual assortment: "LT whatshisnuts gets his good boy end of tour NAM", "YN2 routed paperwork really good" and "dude who was on restriction and was punished with sweeping the hanger gets a NAM for sweeping the hanger real good", they then call up the nugget, and he gets... a letter of appreciation from the commodore for risking his life to save two children. Suffice it to say there was a bit of an uproar, and the nugget's letter of appreciation was also supplemented with an appropriate award at the next awards quarter. Throughout all this, the contractor never mentioned the nugget's name until the end when he was talking about him getting what he deserved, when he finally name-drops him, it turns out this junior guy in his story was one of the senior AWs at the squadron who'd help teach me a ton of helpful things about the plane and missions. Never knew the guy had been partway through BUDS or had saved some kid's lives, the guy was super humble and awesome to work with. He's now living his best life in the reserve MPRA squadron in Whidbey.
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Arione posted:Are you suprised? Nobles are never held accountable Speaking of nobles never being held accountable... Pro Publica just did a decent expose of the messed up development of the LCS
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Elviscat posted:I prefer Skinny Man on a Vriginia* on a fog*HOOOONNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKK*  Ooof It's always fun doing a repo on a P-8 with a full maintenance detachment, as soon as the fasten seatbelt light is off, it looks like a scene out of The Happening in the back, all the crew grabbing engine coverings and seat cushions to make makeshift beds. A couple of big big-brained shorter guys would sometimes manage to rig up full-on hammocks in the back.
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Crab Dad posted:They named carriers after a bunch of politics clowns. Nimitz should have been the end all of that poo poo. Forrestal and Kennedy were mistakes too but at least Kennedy was a president. Washington and Lincon, I can kinda get considering how important they are to American History. Kennedy, Ford, G.H.W. Bush all served an active component in WW2 on carriers, so I can at least understand why they got important ships named after them. Eisenhower was the supreme allied commander in WW2, while in not Navy I can understand why he got a pass and got an important warship named after him. Teddy Roosevelt was Army, but served as an undersecretary for the Navy and definitely promoted the cause of the Navy. Definitely in the Forrestal camp though of, eh maybe not necessarily full carrier worthy (also, too there's already a destroyer named for all the Roosevelts already, so he basically gets a free double dip). Truman...Yeah, no clue. (especially since it was supposed to be named the U.S.S United States). Vinson and Stennis prove that you can be a massive segregationist piece of poo poo, but as long as you bring home the bacon for the Navy we'll honor you with a massive warship (instead of a garbage scow like they deserved). For Reagan, it shows if you waste money reactivating old World War 2 ships and if you make boomers happy and nostalgic we'll name all kinds of stuff for ya. Cerekk posted:The SECNAV has more or less free reign to name ships whatever he wants, so it's a) somewhat impressive we manage to ever maintain a theme across multiple SECNAVs, and b) rarely get ship names that are egregiously political. For destroyers I just want us to settle on what naming scheme we want to use for people. Are we going for full names, full first and last with a middle initial, full first and last, or just the last name? We just launched the Jack H. Lucus, but the latest ship to commission was the Lenah Sutcliff Higbee. But the last ship to carry her name was just the plane ole USS Higbee. With John Paul Jones, used to just use Paul Jones until after WW2 then switched to using his full name. I just want to know which version of names we use!!!!
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Cerekk posted:Bring back giant fuckoff battleships so we can name one after Alfred Thayer Mahan. We'd have to wait for the current one to retire. Also it should have a ship cat named Meowhan. And yeah I think its a combo of running out of states and going back to the old heritage since the changeover happened when Rickover was around. I do wish we'd get another Kamehameha
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The Valley Stared posted:USS ROOSEVELT the destroyer is only named after Elenore and FDR, not any of the other Roosevelts. Interesting! Didn't realize that about the Roosevelts vs the TR, I always thought it was for the whole family. Elviscat posted:Excited to go back to city names for the Columbia class, the lead ship of which is to be named, of course, USS District of Columbia, because naming the ship simply USS Columbia would be highly sacrilegious, implying that the ship is the physical manifestation of Christopher Columbus. Considering if a Boomer ever has to actually do its primary job, untold numbers of lives will be lost in a calamity of blood and horror, the Christopher Columbus name would be a pretty accurate description.
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McNally posted:This isn't toxic masculinity, it's frugality. If I want to get drunk, I'm drinking cheap booze with stuff in it to mask the flavor of cheap booze. If I want to drink good stuff, I drink good stuff. I prefer good stuff but I also can't afford to go out and get loaded drinking good stuff. Orange Mio and vanilla Smirnoff creates an alcoholic creamsicle for the budget conscious drunk. If you feel fancy mix it with some Sprite Zero for the bubbles! M_Gargantua posted:Dukes has the best Brunch If you're in Lanikai, Over Easy is a pretty solid brunch option also. Parking is a pain though. Also Temura's has the best liquor store poke if you're feeling that for a lunch.
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MarcusSA posted:Costco 1.5 litres of blended scotch is a bargain I tell ya!
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Elviscat posted:John Paul Jones was a pirate, John Paul Jones was also the first navy skipper to be poo poo canned due to a negative command climate survey (the Ranger threatened a mutiny of he was put back in charge).
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Welp, it looks like I already got verbals for 2025, Ops Admin on a San Diego carrier.  I still have no idea what I'm doing
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/WarshipCam/status/1722038589628858490?t=5mY9HFSqljIF_e2mTl1frA&s=19 The classic muffin-top hull form, its an elegant shape built to mirror the physical appearance of the fleet khakis.
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1726788293675606253?t=hy4ivXoxjsx-undIfjN03A&s=19 To fight the sub, one must think like the sub!
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A.o.D. posted:What are the odds that shutting down traffic through the Suez pisses the Egyptians off enough to get involved? The Seychelles are showing up for the coalition efforts to protect shipping, it would be hilarious if the Egyptians never eventually show.
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Flyinglemur posted:Anybody know what the Georgia's skipper did other than "lost faith in his command" by the big Navy? RUMINT on Reddit was that it was a DUI.
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Elviscat posted:Y'all ever get woke up by the messenger, go eat, head on back to the engine room for watch, and one RO unit's overfilling the RFTs, the other's dumping brine in the bilge, the LOPs are geysering 2190 out of the water seal, one condenser has no vacuum, and ERUL doesn't know what he hosed up so he's cowering and crying in a corner, the EP is in some hosed up lineup with no procedure for recovery, the EWS and ERS are shooting the poo poo in maneuvering, who just have all the alarms cutout, and ERLL is literally just missing somehow? Feels like taking over and getting the passdown from the weekend duty and finding out you gotta push multiple sitreps.
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Flyinglemur posted:This is really low level trolling. Hasn't even brought up the Liberty incident. What was LiMu Emu doing in the East Med on June 8th 1967?! I'm just asking questions!!!
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One of my sailors asked me to reenlist them tomorrow! Its my first time doing this!  Making sure I have the oath memorized for it so I'm not reading off a card or a smart phone like I've seen at others.
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Cerekk posted:While you're correct about this, it's not just that it's "too much work". The other part is the political side where O-6 squadron commodores regularly get annoyed at O-5 COs for submitting too many COMs. So even if someone else does all the work to put together an immaculate award package, it may still not be submitted based on how recently that commodore has gotten annoyed at that particular CO. Not empty quoting. Also, for NMs, typically, those aren't handed out as much, so if legwork was already done to get the info for the package and it gets routed, a commodore might be more inclined to take a look. When that one buddy of mine almost drowned in Deception Pass, and the MTOC guy swam out to save him, it took about a month for all to get signed and routed, but that sailor got the award he deserved.
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Crab Dad posted:https://imgur.com/a/YRg1rJG Hell yeah, good on ya, Crabdad, for helping that sailor out! The Valley Stared posted:Yes, as an officer, if you are Detached For Cause that is the death of your career. Even if it's overturned, you then have to go through the effort of getting the paperwork removed from your record. At least with the Seal CO and the two sub-skippers, all three got the boot for DWI/DUIs. This could have been avoided if the admirals asked them what their weekend liberty plan was!
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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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Don't forget to do your annual "Don't go to Russia to meet your online date" GMT due by COB at the end of the week! 
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