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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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Anita Dickinme posted:I wasn't sure if they had a confidentiality thing. They do.
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squarerandom posted:CTT, so here's to hoping I get something good. LOL. Ship in Japan for you, pal.
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I go to college for a living. Pretty much owns. VA pays my mortgage, tuition and books and also yoga pants all day. Today I went to a meeting and got free pizza.
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Boon posted:Also, my dudes, a friend's consulting team is working a project for vets and they need help for some demographic data. They need data from vets, and really need data from lady vets. If you're willing to assist please complete the short 7 question survey at the link below. Where does this info go? What kind of org is it? (I'm a Lady Vet.) poopkitty fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Feb 12, 2017 |
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vulturesrow posted:Day one of TAP, finance guy is a retired GSM. Welp that's my story. Expectations managed.
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vulturesrow posted:TAP Day 2. DoL contract instructor is a retired NCC. Ours was a 23 year old milspouse with a Master's in business. The DOL teaching job was her first out of college. Yay. Whatever, I just got out and went to college.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:50
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Sarkazm posted:Hey ladies, you probably don't remember me, but I stalked these forums a few years ago as a disgruntled and very bored Chief. You shits even wrote me a NAM for my retirement that is still on my dresser at home. Anyway, I'm back. Hey bro. No beard, because welp. But I'm out too. Y'all need to get Rick from the outprocessing unit in WA to do your VA portion. The actual VA reps were poo poo, but he got me fixed up. Dude's legit.
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Not false. Also, Rick is a TPU guy. Retired CPO, fat, bearded, the works. He gives a "How to get your due" class, unofficially, to folks outprocessing in WA. It's a great class, probably because it's entirely just his experience and off the record. Nothing official at all. TGPS sucked rear end and was so far useless. Rick is awesome (even if he did scare me out of smoking weed in WA, and now I'm in TX where it will never be available.)
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Also, y'all that are still in need to look into SkillBridge. 6 months of TAD learning to work for a non-govt company, while the Navy still pays you. It's a real thing and no one talks about it. http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVADMINS/NAV2015/NAV15222.txt Sarkazm - being trapped in Japan for TGPS is awful. The FFSC folks are out of touch, we rarely have an actual VA rep (usually just someone they send out to read us the book.) And good luck going to another base. I went three times while there. I'm just bitter because it's so freaking hard to outprocess from there and they really don't have a lot of advice (surprisingly) on how to apply for jobs or schools from overseas. Also, my class was 3/4 dudes with ARIs getting booted. They gave no fucks. I wish ReTap still existed. Edit because folks are asking: This is legit, really. https://dodskillbridge.com/ poopkitty fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Apr 21, 2017 |
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I got absolutely everything documented while I was in. The VA contract docs didn't give a poo poo about any of it and did their own exams. I got money for my bad knees (that I went to medical for YEARS about) that the Navy told me were fine, and 0% for my very well documented hearing loss. VA Disability is a crapshoot, man. But it's worth it for the free parking alone, in my state. DV plates are free, for anything above 30%, and disabled vets don't pay for parking. State Law. Every time I go to a game it saves me $20.
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germskr posted:Did you submit on your own or have a VSO or representative do it? I'm not paying a lawyer, but apparently doing it through the VA website makes it less likely that you can file poo poo later on down the road, which is something that I will more than likely have problems from my current service-related injuries. Just wondering if it's worth using a VSO from a VFW or similar. I submitted mine through the DAV. I was armed with a spreadsheet listing each issue/date of diagnosis/description/frequency/length/current treatment - example: Left ear/ none/ loud tonal ringing/ daily/constant/none. Right ear/ruptured eardrum Dec.99/hearing loss/daily/constant/none ETC It helped a LOT. The DAV rep also asked a lot of questions, and frankly the C&P doctors are great. They WANT you to get covered and treated. Navy docs loving suck. The only issue I had was the psych part. That was a painful process, proving my assault over and over again to the VA (different offices and people,) despite CO's mast paperwork and police reports, and actually finding a shrink that doesn't suck. Still trying that, actually. But YMMV if you're not a lady goon in TX. OH also, it was backpaid to the day I MADE my appointment with the DAV. 2 months before I actually filed. I got 7 months backpay. That was great.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Most likely patch her up so she can sail on her own to San Diego in a Yoko drydock and finish repairs CONUS. If not, they'll load her up like they did the Cole and Samuel B Roberts. I doubt they do full repairs in Japan. A couple years ago they pulled the engine out of the starboard side of a DDG and rebuilt it before putting her back together - the shipyard is very capable and the Japanese workers/American yard could likely handle the job. It's going to come down to money and time and the drydock schedule. There's only two (since the carrier needs it's big one available on schedule) and they're usually occupied. I'm wondering who will replace her in Japan.
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One night on the midwatch when it was quiet I chatted with the 0-4 TAO. Freshly back on a ship from shore duty I asked why there were so many damned Ensigns running around these days. He told me that it now takes 500 Ensigns to make one CDR, where in the 90's, it only took 200. When I asked why he though that was, he yelled "LOOK AT MY LIFE, CHIEF!" with the most crazed eyes I had ever seen. CIC got REAL quiet after that. He's out now, flipping houses somewhere. Too bad for Uncle Sam, because he was fantastic.
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Dingleberry posted:
I'm imagining Benny Hill music.
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http://www.fox30jax.com/news/florida/navy-removes-workers-who-called-babies-mini-satans/611500760 How does Jax work? Navy Nurse, Corpsman, or contractor?
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/17/americas/argentina-submarine-missing/index.html Argentina loses contact with a sub. It's not "lost" though. You have to look for for it to be lost according to guy hoping no one will call him on his BS. Edit: Better article. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42030560
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Nov 17, 2017 19:42
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I'm going to go home tonight and hug my DD214 after I kill this final exam. In college in Texas where the uniform of the day is leggings and crop tops.
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shovelbum posted:Just talked to a guy I know who is on a destroyer about the work hours, he told he about getting like three one hour naps per night and nothing else for months, with a crew of hundreds. As a merchant mariner it is just all super alien to me, you can run a thousand foot ultradeepwater drillship 24/7 such that everyone gets 12 hours of rest a day with half the crew I mean I know a destroyer is more complicated than a box full of boxes like I'm used to these days but gently caress man those schedules can't be good for not getting run over  But is everyone awake for an hour of cleaning stations? How do your passageways stay spotless without an army of zombie OS's waving radiator brushes at your pipes?
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One time Sarkazm and I put "Has a really cute wife, for a dweeb" under a technician's strengths on a midterm. He did, and I still have no idea how he duped her into marriage. We were seriously hurting for strengths.
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boy are my arms tired posted:
QOL=good. Chance of advancing ever=not awesome. What kind of IUSS? Sea or shore?
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boy are my arms tired posted:
Eh. Some folks love Whidbey. I forgot you were new. You're young, you'll be okay wherever you end up. Just get qualed and keep your nose clean.
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