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Apparently there's a new NAVADMIN trying to get everyone on their first sea duty enlistment to extend wherever they are because everyone from FY13 is either out, getting out, or about to hit shore duty.
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Jan 7, 2017 08:12
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CMD598 posted:Apparently there's a new NAVADMIN trying to get everyone on their first sea duty enlistment to extend wherever they are because everyone from FY13 is either out, getting out, or about to hit shore duty. LMAO retention problems. They didn't want me back, said my knees were too hosed from prior service, I am glad of this, as I have a much better schedule and stress level now that I am out. I didn't fail the stupid physical checks at MEPS, but when I went to do the thing where you are on your knees and have to smoothly transition into a standing pose, my knees apparently "sounded someone had put Rice Krispies in them" and the doc wouldn't OK me. Thank you anonymous MEPS doc, you saved me from making a bad decision for the second time 
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Jan 7, 2017 08:53
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If they wanted me to stay in they would've given me more money.
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Jan 7, 2017 09:32
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Commoners posted:If they wanted me to stay in they would've given me more money. My command can't figure out why we have no LCAC navigators... well, you killed a 45k srb, which is the only way people even wondered what an Lcac is, and now you send 5 people to school a year instead of 15 and there's a 70% failure rate. Go team. Not only that, they disqualify existing navigators and wonder why no one wants to stay in the program. It was even worse on subs. In 2009 they dropped all non nuke srb and year group 04-06 basically all peaced out because the Navy thought in a rough economy that everyone would do it for love of the game, which was way wrong. It truly boned those who reenlisted for nothing in that 6-9 month window before the bonuses came back.
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Jan 7, 2017 10:54
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186581&pagenumber=2138&perpage=40#post468070727 So on the one hand pointless military worship and jingoism are awful, but on the other hand you've got people like this. Reserve update: I've had to do some kind of eval writing every single drill due to evals disappearing, transfers no one knew about, frockings, etc. Maybe it's because it's a big command but there's not enough time in a drill weekend to get all of the bullshit shoveled onto the average sailor done. You'd think the FTS people would help? I don't know.
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Jan 7, 2017 17:16
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PneumonicBook posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186581&pagenumber=2138&perpage=40#post468070727 It's not like Iraq tanks are rolling down the streets of DC. People seem to be projecting hard on the old world war 2 tropes. People going to Iraq after Hussein was defeated are mostly mercenaries.
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Jan 7, 2017 17:28
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Some scorchin hot takes in that thread. 
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Jan 7, 2017 17:28
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People always say "don't go to D&D", but an Event Horizon recording as a reminder is always appreciated.
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Jan 7, 2017 19:48
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PneumonicBook posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186581&pagenumber=2138&perpage=40#post468070727 Better hope you have ATP funding.
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Jan 7, 2017 23:45
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PneumonicBook posted:Reserve update: I've had to do some kind of eval writing every single drill due to evals disappearing, transfers no one knew about, frockings, etc. Maybe it's because it's a big command but there's not enough time in a drill weekend to get all of the bullshit shoveled onto the average sailor done. You'd think the FTS people would help? I don't know. From my FTS experience they are too busy trying to keep everything from burning down around them to help reservists deal with reservist stuff. If you're in an operational unit then they are likely being given all the equipment that the unit would need when fully mobilized, but then none of the manning to actually maintain that equipment or train people on it. If the reservists are then using that equipment to train with during the drill weekend, they will usually do something to gently caress it up that requires more man hours to be spent fixing it after the drill weekend, because the reservists didn't fix it after they broke it. Having the FTS there on the drill weekend is just so that they know first hand where they have to start sifting through the ashes to speed up the rebuilding process after the reserve people burn everything down around them.
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Jan 7, 2017 23:54
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PneumonicBook posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186581&pagenumber=2138&perpage=40#post468070727 Nope. Not their job so they definitely won't.
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Jan 8, 2017 18:55
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KetTarma posted:Nope. Not their job so they definitely won't. Most FTS people learn to not touch the stove that is reservist affairs after about the third time of getting burnt after trying to help them or finding that the help they gave out was wasted because most reservists are professionals at being irresponsible or not caring at all. Commoners fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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Jan 9, 2017 14:39
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Commoners posted:Most FTS people learn to not touch the stove that is reservist affairs after about the third time of getting burnt after trying to help them or finding that the help they gave out was wasted because most reservists are professionals at being irresponsible or not caring at all. That's never stopped anyone else in the Navy.
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Jan 9, 2017 16:26
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Oh hi thread where I belong. Didn't see you till now 
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Jan 9, 2017 18:18
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End of deployment POM is coming to an end. Time to step back into the Matrix.  125 days left.
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Jan 9, 2017 23:15
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Calus posted:Oh hi thread where I belong. Didn't see you till now 
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Jan 10, 2017 00:52
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Calus posted:Oh hi thread where I belong. Didn't see you till now Uh huh. What's the secret hand-shake?
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Jan 10, 2017 00:55
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Calus posted:Oh hi thread where I belong. Didn't see you till now Who the gently caress are you
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Jan 10, 2017 02:13
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Commoners posted:Most FTS people learn to not touch the stove that is reservist affairs after about the third time of getting burnt after trying to help them or finding that the help they gave out was wasted because most reservists are professionals at being irresponsible or not caring at all. I haven't had a Navy Email account in 9 months because the FTS can't unfuck themselves and help me out. I've since given up on giving any fucks.
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Jan 10, 2017 04:26
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Boon posted:I haven't had a Navy Email account in 9 months because the FTS can't unfuck themselves and help me out. I've since given up on giving any fucks. There's a guy that affiliated the same time as I did (so Marchish) and he still doesn't have any IT resources at all. I'm pretty sure the only reason I have a navy.mil is because of my civilian job.
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Jan 10, 2017 04:54
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Your making my NOSC look like a well oiled machine. That's not right...
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Jan 10, 2017 04:57
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no bones about it posted:Who the gently caress are you Standing in the hot summer sun in black wool for 2 hours everyday for a month to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbi-tfQS2Mo  One time I hid in a closet instead. Another I pretended my ankle was hurt. Both were great personal victories. Getting a blowjob outside in windy Lake Michigan winter because it's the only way. Any mouth. And um. There was marching. Looking back I can't say I ever enjoyed getting dominoed on the ice on the way to staring at a computer screen for 8 hours. And then the expected supplemental 1 hour. And then a mandatory remedial 3 hours. But cheer up, Charlie loving Brown has 3 slices of salami on a bulkie roll for me because the next time the galley is open is past my bedtime. At least the petty officers who are there to help and guide us in our transitioning time are so understanding and supportive. LingcodKilla posted:Uh huh. Giving a blowjob outside in windy Lake Michigan winter because it's the only way. Any petty officer.
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Jan 10, 2017 10:07
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I can't even remember great lakes except for one sole experience, wherein I realized I was in a frozen hell. The weather went from almost 70 degrees one day to <10 the next, and about 6 feet of lake effect snow fell overnight. Seriously though dude, are you like a boot washout or something?
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Jan 10, 2017 10:13
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I was going to ET school when they were going to merge it with IC so I had to do both A schools. I got kicked out of A school for some poo poo I did outside of class, but it was literally the last week. They crucified me and sent me undesignated to a carrier. That sucked for 2 years and then I went back to Great Lakes again to do FC school since it's the same loving thing as ET except the last month or so. That worked out and I was FC2 when I got out in 2012 Edit: Just read the thread. What the gently caress happened after I left? You fucks were supposed to be fixing it not... Whatever the gently caress is going on Calus fucked around with this message at 10:35 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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Jan 10, 2017 10:29
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Calus posted:I was going to ET school when they were going to merge it with IC so I had to do both A schools. I got kicked out of A school for some poo poo I did outside of class, but it was literally the last week. They crucified me and sent me undesignated to a carrier. That sucked for 2 years and then I went back to Great Lakes again to do FC school since it's the same loving thing as ET except the last month or so. That worked out and I was FC2 when I got out in 2012 Which carrier?
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Jan 10, 2017 10:33
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Ike Ike Baby Eisenhower, The old 69 But yeah I spent over two years as a student at great lakes. I'm still not over it. loving concentration camp. At least the second time I went I had a car and special privileges so I didn't have to get busted snaggletooth phase 1 bjs in the snow anymore Calus fucked around with this message at 10:50 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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Jan 10, 2017 10:36
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I woke up to the news that we lost another shipmate from my first ship. Suicide. (Not our first.) She was a great Sailor and a pretty cool chick. So many of us are heartbroken. Talk to someone, shippies. It can get better. 1-800-273-8255 is the national suicide hotline. Go to doc. Ask someone for help. Please.
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Jan 10, 2017 13:40
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Sorry to hear It's quite odd, seemingly mundane suicides hit you a lot harder than you think.
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Jan 10, 2017 13:47
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Condolences, poopkitty. Even if it's someone from another department and you stood a few watches together, you find yourself glancing at a calendar a decade later and "oh, it's the twelfth of August and... OK, all of a sudden it got really dusty in here and my allergies started acting up".
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Jan 10, 2017 14:02
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Calus posted:Ike Ike Baby I am sorry for you. I spent 4 years on the Mobile Chernobyl and was on her decom crew.
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Jan 10, 2017 16:43
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no bones about it posted:I am sorry for you. I spent 4 years on the Mobile Chernobyl and was on her decom crew. I think you had it a lot worse than me dude. That one's not even Nimitz class, right? You probably had an asbestos mattress. Sorry Poopkitty. Those are tough, even when I didn't know the person beyond name I always found myself wishing I could have said something to them.
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Jan 10, 2017 17:48
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no bones about it posted:I can't even remember great lakes except for one sole experience, wherein I realized I was in a frozen hell. The weather went from almost 70 degrees one day to <10 the next, and about 6 feet of lake effect snow fell overnight. I showed up in April and left in June. The memory that sticks with me is standing watch in an empty compartment a week or so away from graduation. It was warm, the trees were green again, and I could hear them rustling gently in the wind and thinking it was actually kind of nice. It was a short moment.
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Jan 10, 2017 20:00
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Calus posted:Edit: Just read the thread. What the gently caress happened after I left? You fucks were supposed to be fixing it not... Whatever the gently caress is going on Next guy's problem.
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Jan 10, 2017 21:23
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mpve4VvJV0 Just lol
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Jan 11, 2017 02:36
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Oh the memories. I almost forgot about the aquaflage. I always liked the utilities better Edit: What do you guys do about the mood swings? They got nothing for me at the VA Edit 2: On my way to the va Calus fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Jan 11, 2017 |
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Jan 11, 2017 02:53
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they're caused by eating red meat and sleeping with any pressure on either of your shoulders forces bad vapors to get trapped in you
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Jan 11, 2017 23:19
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Also! Try to go to a shrink, maybe two: one for hugs and one for drugs.
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Jan 11, 2017 23:19
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Calus posted:Oh the memories. I almost forgot about the aquaflage. I always liked the utilities better Bonus points to whomever identifies exactly where that is and on what class of ship. Also, mood swings? 
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Jan 11, 2017 23:57
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Calus posted:Oh the memories. I almost forgot about the aquaflage. I always liked the utilities better They were both equally awful. Just in different ways.
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Jan 12, 2017 13:08
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I get that Type III was probably the cheapest solution to the N-dubs problem, but it's still pretty bad. All the camouflage just seems...out of place compared to coveralls and the like. The Navy is trying way too hard at this.
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