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The problem with climate survey comments is that the ones at good commands tend to have very little written that is useful or actionable, and the ones at bad commands aren't useful because although they tell truth to the CO, bad commands are bad because of COs who either won't listen or are incapable of effecting change in the first place. Basically there's a very narrow window where survey comments might be useful, and it's right after a poor CO and/or CMC has been replaced by a good one. Highlights of climate survey comments I've seen include: "Women don't belong on submarines" (btw things like this are why comments don't go out for general release) "WHY THE gently caress DIDN'T WE BRING ENOUGH MOUNTAIN DEW TO LAST THE WHOLE PATROL??" "Let's go Brandon!" "I don't see what's the big deal about the N word"
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IncredibleIgloo posted:That seems like it would be interesting, hopefully they would have entry level stuff for on the job training and whatnot. They do, but they're desperate for people because the starting pay is $22.67/hr, no shift guarantees, on call 24/7, nights and weekends required. Compare to McDonald's which starts at $19.50/hr and doesn't drug test.
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1699115969480724967?t=H_RaT9hmJDSH8nXk0P9-lw&s=19 Tbf nobody got awards back then. Look at photos of Nimitz and he has like 4 ribbons
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On one of my Ohio-class tours we thought we might have to resort to hotracking but we ended up just leaving people ashore so that all ~220 people onboard had their own rack.
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Gene Hackman did nothing wrong. The President should have never ordered a nuclear strike if there was a possibility he'd change his mind 10 minutes later.
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MrMojok posted:Didn’t mean to disparage the name. 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.
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Bring back giant fuckoff battleships so we can name one after Alfred Thayer Mahan. Also isn't the reason they stopped naming submarines after states because they ran out of states? They even reused Arizona. Cerekk fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Oct 5, 2023 |
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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. USS Henry M Jackson has @jackson.navy.mil, which I'm sure never causes any issues onboard USS Jackson
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The original plan was to name SSBN-826 USS Columbia, except that was contingent on the current USS Columbia SSN-771 being decommissioned by then, which is no longer the plan. Hence, USS District of Columbia.
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Hale Koa has the best tasting mai tai on Oahu regardless of the price of its constituent ingredients, but if you wanna pay 3x the price for a worse mai tai at Duke's then go right ahead. (p.s. if there's no orgeat syrup in it it's just sparkling tropical cocktail)
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1726788293675606253?t=hy4ivXoxjsx-undIfjN03A&s=19 Somebody didn't listen to the safety brief about hydroplaning
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It's called a "cpo shirt". eBay is your best bet for genuine military issue, otherwise tons of retailers make similarly styled ones as either a wool shirt or shirt-jac. I have one from Schott that has held up well.
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Crab Dad posted:Is that a Johnny Cash or from earlier? The Johnny cash was a thin poly/wool blend, 1970s-2010; CPO shirts are thick 100% wool, 1930s-1970s.
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don't forget to fill out your DEOCS survey
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The Valley Stared posted:There is no way in hell that is accurate for the ships in Rota. Shore duty
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The Valley Stared posted:That makes more sense, but I still doubt it anyone other than the junior enlisted are telling the truth. I dunno, the boat versions of these always showed terrible morale across all 3 categories, so it's not like officers and senior enlisted won't say their morale is bad. I think shore duty is just literally that much better than the boat.
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I usually wear a cover when I'm on a submarine bridge, but it's a North Face beanie.
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Grip it and rip it posted:I'll take an exploding SERPOS 100% of the time. SSMGs are robust but dealing with their maintenance on top of all the other electrical maintenance on the boat was bullshit. I never got to watch a movie underway and I have 4 sea service ribbons. If NE01 and WM01 actually did the maintenance on the machines that are in their workcenter it would be better, but every boat split MIPs them to EE01 because they can't trust anyone else to do the work competently.
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In 10 years of sea time I have 7 days in a foreign port, of which 4 were spent on duty See the world!
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If someone is shouting at you two inches from your head it's still loud even though the sound is passing through the air Now imagine they're shouting at you from 10 miles + 2 inches away except for the first 10 miles the sound loses basically zero energy
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The Royal Navy pays like poo poo and their submariners are on sea duty for loving ever. And their SSBNs are averaging over 160 day patrols thanks to HMS Vanguard's ERP turning into a 7 year unplanned refueling. So yeah no surprise they can't retain Trident officers.
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I only know Vanguard officers but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if there's a big divide in job satisfaction between RN SSN and SSBN officers (there certainly is in the USN). Throw in that Helensburgh/Glasgow where they're all stationed are hostile to both the armed forces and to English people. These are dudes that are pumped about their working port visit in fuckin' Kings Bay Georgia.
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Normally the reason for a firing is not cleared for public release and anybody that does have information should keep it to themselves. In unrelated news, public records show that someone named Geoffry Wayne Patterson was arrested by the Camden County sheriff a little after midnight on January 9 and charged with a DUI.
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Arguing in support of random attacks on civilian shipping while simultaneously calling everyone else an edgelord is certainly something.
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P.s., you can disapprove of the policies of the government of Israel and still disapprove of indiscriminate violence towards random civilians, in the same way you can disapprove of the policies of the government of the United States and still disapprove of the Oklahoma City bombing.
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:Really, please, I’m asking you to take what I’m saying seriously and in good faith. I know my first response was a bit harsh and I apologize, but I’m asking you to engage with what I’m actually saying. You started by "actually saying" SMEGMA_MAIL posted:Frankly this is a bunch of racist Islamophobic bullshit, and you should be embarrassed. in response to: orange juche posted:"God is the Greatest and exhorted us to: SMEGMA_MAIL posted:loving skim a Wikipedia article So I skimmed this one and I think I will continue to disregard your ranting. If you want to go participate in an echo chamber where people will nod their heads and agree that Violence Against Civilians is Justified, Actually, please go back to x dot com or wherever. This thread is populated by people likely to be on the receiving end of said violence. Cerekk fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Jan 18, 2024 |
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Navy thread: The percentage of homosexuals will certainly be increased
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Oh good I was worried we had moved past the off topic concern trolling
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The NM has to be approved by the first 3-star in the chain of command; the CO of a shipyard boat (who is getting relieved in a couple weeks) is not going to expend all his political capital trying to push an award up 5 levels of the chain of command on the word of a reservist E-6
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M_Gargantua posted:Yeah the FD report and the local news channel 8 will do more than any CO would. https://www.kitsapsun.com/pages/interactives/submit-newstip/
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tacopie posted:No one is going to do the legwork for it, regardless of how deserving we think it is. 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. But, if you want to try anyway, pages 2-68 through 2-71 and 2-75 through 2-78 of SECNAV M-1650.1 are your starting point. Note that any nomination for the NM must include at least two notarized witness statements, each from an individual who personally witnessed the servicemember performing the act of non-combat heroism.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:A NEW DUSTYNUTS HAS ENTERED THE CHAT I'm actually a line officer not a PS or whatever, I just have recent experience on the topic from spending the better part of 6 months attempting to push through a MSM as a retirement award for a 30 year master chief.
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Nick Soapdish posted:That seems like it would be an easy lift but I guess not. Difficulty of getting an award approved goes up exponentially with each additional command it has to go through, and with geography. So if the first flag officer is your ISIC who is just down the road, it'll be astronomically easier than if the first flag officer is your ISIC's ISIC and the three commands involved are all remote from each other.
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Congrats on making board but only ~30% of board eligible get selected for CPO so maybe hold off on taking out a line of credit until you're sure you need it
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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
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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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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 (?). Shang IIs are all <10 years old
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Proust Malone posted:Is the list out? I’ve just been seeing random FB shout outs. Selection messages are on the ALNAV page https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/Messages/ALNAV-2024/ Most recent is https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/ALNAV/ALN2024/ALN24032.txt?ver=4wJlY4zHfhnuW0p-iQ5qoA%3d%3d Confirmation/date of rank messages are on the NAVADMIN page https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/Messages/NAVADMIN-2024/ Most recent is https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2024/NAV24059.txt?ver=3Ofo3abK-YKJDw-8S76u5Q%3d%3d The people selected this week still have to go through senate confirmation and wait for date of rank; most of them will put it on April 1 2025. Cerekk fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Apr 21, 2024 |
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I've worked with a lot of good chiefs, but only one good Chief's Quarters
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