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Morning, sea warriors. It's April which means zany hilarious jokes from people that shouldn't be pulling pranks. Share all your lols and rofls in this thread. In other news, I will be out of the Navy in 28 days. It's been interesting, to say the least. I'm not a nuke, submariner, corpsman, or SWO so my time wasn't completely miserable, but I'm ready to move on with my life.
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Apr 1, 2014 17:34
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I used to word shipmate unironically in an email today to make others feel bad about not doing their jobs. Where are my anchors?
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Apr 1, 2014 18:40
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Sir Lucius posted:I used to word shipmate unironically in an email today to make others feel bad about not doing their jobs. Where are my anchors? Have a raging caffeine addiction, at least three dependants and are you borderline over weight yet?
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Apr 1, 2014 19:14
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MancXVI posted:Morning, sea warriors. It's April which means zany hilarious jokes from people that shouldn't be pulling pranks. Share all your lols and rofls in this thread. Congratulations! <3 You are where I hope to be.
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Apr 1, 2014 22:01
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I don't drink coffee or energy drinks, single sailor with 0 dependents, 69 inches and 140 pounds. Also, I saw a collateral queen picked up sailor of the quarter and I didn't give a gently caress. I have to get my IDW done in 2 weeks which is probably why I'm in such a FTN mode right now. Someone please punch me in the neck if I ever decide to re-enlist.
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Apr 1, 2014 22:06
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mods change thread title to April Navy: Well poo poo mans, maybe my recruiter totally hosed me then. tia
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Apr 1, 2014 22:56
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Sir Lucius posted:I don't drink coffee or energy drinks, single sailor with 0 dependents, 69 inches and 140 pounds. Also, I saw a collateral queen picked up sailor of the quarter and I didn't give a gently caress. I have to get my IDW done in 2 weeks which is probably why I'm in such a FTN mode right now. Someone please punch me in the neck if I ever decide to re-enlist. I gotta do mine in a month and a half and they just changed the whole program so nothing is set up yet! eidws Bros
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Apr 1, 2014 22:59
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Wait, are you at my command? They just did the same thing to us. I should have a month and a half to finish but I need to get it done in 2 weeks so they don't throw out my book 3.
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Apr 2, 2014 02:26
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Sir Lucius posted:Wait, are you at my command? They just did the same thing to us. I should have a month and a half to finish but I need to get it done in 2 weeks so they don't throw out my book 3. Nope, I'm elsewhere. My books from forever ago are still good, but if you go DINQ on your EIDWS date they do a spot SP Eval without retention recommendation. You get the recommendation back when you get the pin. I just have a month or so because I'm transferring. Would have been 3 months til DINQ if I didn't get conversion orders. We're waiting on the Chiefs to finalize an operations walk-through, but they were too busy eating cake and celebrating today.
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Apr 2, 2014 02:40
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I was going to join the navy but my cousin was like "hey I heard you're joining the gay-vy" and I changed my mind and joined the army but wish I had joined the navy welp that's my story thanks for having me
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Apr 2, 2014 02:48
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Look at this loser missing out on all the free buttsex in the world.
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Apr 2, 2014 03:00
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A new month and no dog pictures? Here, have an unedited version of a current meme (this is going to be run into the ground before long, but goddamn I love this image series).
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Apr 2, 2014 03:11
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Laranzu posted:Nope, I'm elsewhere.
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Apr 2, 2014 03:14
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Cole posted:I was going to join the navy but my cousin was like "hey I heard you're joining the gay-vy" and I changed my mind and joined the army but wish I had joined the navy welp that's my story thanks for having me It's basically like this all day every day 
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Apr 2, 2014 04:09
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except everyone is fat
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Apr 2, 2014 05:15
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So back to reserve chat, I still find it funny that every reserve person I meet wants to go active. I did not have a terrible experience but I try to explain it to them and they just don't seem to get it. The only exception being one guy who wants to mobilize/go active in order to get a higher percentage from his Post-9/11. The rest just really need it for a better paycheck than the local HEB.
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Apr 2, 2014 05:29
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Most people in the Reserves need the money
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Apr 2, 2014 05:30
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Nick Soapdish posted:So back to reserve chat, I still find it funny that every reserve person I meet wants to go active. I did not have a terrible experience but I try to explain it to them and they just don't seem to get it. The only exception being one guy who wants to mobilize/go active in order to get a higher percentage from his Post-9/11. The rest just really need it for a better paycheck than the local HEB. Yeah that's basically why I wanted activr duty so bad but I'm all roped up noe
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Apr 2, 2014 05:47
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Pepsi-Tan posted:Yeah that's basically why I wanted activr duty so bad but I'm all roped up noe Have you taken the official oath yet? I didn't do it until just before I shipped out, it might not be too late to go active. You'd just have to wait in DEP, and probably get a new recruiter.
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Apr 2, 2014 14:11
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Pepsi-Tan, just get a new recruiter somewhere else in town and try for active, or see if your current recruiter wouldn't mind switching it up to where you're in DEP for a bit longer but you are going active. What are the intel ratings like? My LPO's been talking to me about cross-rating since I usually end up butting heads with corpsmen a lot, he came from CT and said I'd likely be a good fit for CTI or some other ones primarily because I'm a "free thinker and just plain weird". I imagine any other rating would be better than a hospital, encompassing its own bullshit. Personally I'm still interested in getting out, but he just sparked some curiosity as to what happens in the real Navy when it comes to jobs that require more proficiency at what you actually do rather than writing up a patient encounter and the provider gets the credit.
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Apr 2, 2014 14:48
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I'm an IT, work with the IS and CT rates at my command, it's the same bullshit. Just a different thing you work on... cant wait to EAS oh you also write up the service tickets / intell reports and your LPO / LCPO gets the credit and you get to sweep the p-ways...
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Apr 2, 2014 14:58
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Sea-goons: I'm exactly one day away from my PCS to head out to Colorado Springs and work supervising a bunch of Air Force and Army dudes at DIA. How should I cope with their strange customs and a distinct lack of nearby ocean?
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Apr 2, 2014 19:44
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Octopode posted:Sea-goons: I'm exactly one day away from my PCS to head out to Colorado Springs and work supervising a bunch of Air Force and Army dudes at DIA. How should I cope with their strange customs and a distinct lack of nearby ocean? call everybody shipmate
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Apr 2, 2014 19:46
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Show them a sailor backs down to no man in the ancient game of gay chicken
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Apr 2, 2014 20:26
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Octopode posted:Sea-goons: I'm exactly one day away from my PCS to head out to Colorado Springs and work supervising a bunch of Air Force and Army dudes at DIA. How should I cope with their strange customs and a distinct lack of nearby ocean? Burn tributes to Poseidon for your transgression of leaving his domain.
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Apr 2, 2014 21:11
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MancXVI posted:call everybody shipmate
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Apr 2, 2014 21:17
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Octopode posted:Sea-goons: I'm exactly one day away from my PCS to head out to Colorado Springs and work supervising a bunch of Air Force and Army dudes at DIA. How should I cope with their strange customs and a distinct lack of nearby ocean? The air force and army are goddamn terrible at managing people. If you can make your dudes lives suck less because you know the value is slacking at a shore command then do it. I'm up the road near Denver on an air force base as well. Their colors is loving weird. Still surprises me when it goes off.
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Apr 2, 2014 21:21
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I've been made to understand when it comes to Army/Air Force that if it's not "in their lane" they don't do it and are real inflexible... so be prepared for that somehow.
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Apr 2, 2014 22:16
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MancXVI posted:call everybody shipmate After a few of us in my office watched the PBS doc, Carrier. We kept calling each other shipmate for weeks. None of us were ever in the Navy
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Apr 2, 2014 22:34
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Booblord Zagats posted:After a few of us in my office watched the PBS doc, Carrier. We kept calling each other shipmate for weeks. None of us were ever in the Navy Did you complain about people hydrating your brightworks
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Apr 2, 2014 22:36
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Snowdens Secret posted:Did you complain about people hydrating your brightworks No but we kept calling one guy's desk the poop deck. Because we put dog poop on it
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Apr 2, 2014 22:42
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just saw someone on facebook say that they had a job interview today. it was during working hours so they just showed up in uniform for it.
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Apr 2, 2014 23:47
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KetTarma posted:just saw someone on facebook say that they had a job interview today. it was during working hours so they just showed up in uniform for it. I'm sure fast food restaurants dig that poo poo. And seriously, at my current job (where most people retire and do the same job) it's pretty much expected if you get a face-to-face interview at all.
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Apr 3, 2014 00:10
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Pandasmores posted:
Ummm, aren't you awaiting trial or something? Pretty sure they frown on that in the top secret ratings.
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Apr 3, 2014 00:17
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Laranzu posted:Have a raging caffeine addiction, at least three dependants and are you borderline over weight yet? Borderline? You're being generous from what I've seen of the chiefs on the waterfront.
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Apr 3, 2014 00:20
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Is seawarrior the new shipmate?
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Apr 3, 2014 00:21
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poopkitty posted:Ummm, aren't you awaiting trial or something? Pretty sure they frown on that in the top secret ratings. Yeah, which Im quite stoked for. I was just wondering if what my LPO was telling me was accurate. I dont want to stay in this regardless of job, I was just curious and wanted some input that wasnt from a second class that had to cross rate forcibly.
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Apr 3, 2014 03:51
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Stultus Maximus posted:It's basically like this all day every day I joined the wrong service 
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Pandasmores posted:Yeah, which Im quite stoked for. I was just wondering if what my LPO was telling me was accurate. I dont want to stay in this regardless of job, I was just curious and wanted some input that wasnt from a second class that had to cross rate forcibly. Your LPO is grumpily stereotyping. Some CT's are a little odd, even spergy. But that doesn't mean you would be good at their job. Your job is not that awful, its your attitude towards it.
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