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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Yeah someone needs to answer the tobacco question.

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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

The gently caress is with navy flips and freemasons

Like I guess the Mafia can get worse

Nothing wrong with Freemasons.... >.>

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Calus posted:

Oh hi thread where I belong. Didn't see you till now :)

Uh huh.


What's the secret hand-shake?

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Your making my NOSC look like a well oiled machine.

That's not right...

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


I love blueberries for what they are. It's just a silly uniform that makes us stand out as sailors.
It's not like we would ever actually need camouflage.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Boon posted:

Have you ever worn coveralls? That or a version of that is literally all anyone ever needed

Yuck, wouldn't that involve me serving on an active vessel? No thank you.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Oh dear. Reporting for a long drill weekend in San Diego and my MC says to wear our digies "cause you gonna get dirty".
I am clueless what that even implies to an IS unit. I'm guessing janitorial work.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


I'm actually feeling really dumb for bringing my blues and both my peanutbutters and only one digi. From my past experience on AT and drill. This is a bit of a burn.
At least I got a nice room at the Hilton.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


What if I do them out of order!
:ohdear:


maffew buildings posted:

It only took 27 months but you're finally going to do sailor work!

Don't be jealous.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


lol I got cross rated to a unit that works on watertight doors and I'm attending a 4 day school.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Nah, it's just reserve status stuff. I thought it was a drill weekend with my cross assigned unit buts actually a class.

So now I have to scramble to resced my drill weekend.

Woo tools!

Crab Dad fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Jan 19, 2017

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Hey shipmates do us all a favor and don't slam the gat-damned doors. It's hell on the bushings and gasket!

Can't wait to start replacing them on my AT!

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Laranzu posted:

Just think, if people didn't slam the doors you wouldn't have had a school and AT time.

The jury is still out on if this will be a better AT than killing cockroaches in the basement of makalapa for two weeks.
Only time will tell.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Yikes yeah I witnessed a guy getting a hand totally mangled by a hatch on a tank and that poo poo was only 1/4th the size. I'm not loving around with safety on these things but I still find this assignment a little odd.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Does anyone serve on the Zumwalt?
Looking forward to wrecking some poor head tomorrow. Gah I ate too much pizza.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Got to crank! This reserve unit is fun! Much better than sitting in scif!

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


piL posted:

Had four reservists show up to observe an ET2 Full Time Support perform maintenance on an UPS this week. Gave them the full training experience by freaking out because I thought they were going to cut power for the check but then it turns out they weren't and then watched them sit cross-legged as ET2 made them read the MRC aloud and she pressed a button that showed how much battery was left.

Wish they stuck around to learn how to sweep rain, but there's always next month.

I volunteered to mop and fix up a bunch of hosed up small lines that needed to be back-spliced but the petty officer in charge of us just looked at me funny and was like "why don't you just sit in the galley and drink coffee".

Boo.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


ManMyth are you the highest O that burns time in here? Is this a useful tool or primarily fun(present issue aside).
I really like how many people stepped forward with good advice. I hope it helps you Anita.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Eh? What's caco?

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


no bones about it posted:

The people who bring your wife the folded flag, and the support system for your widow after the fact.

I would never want to do that, i wouldnt be able to handle it tbh.

Oh wow. Yeah that sounds tough.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Have you talked to anyone yet? I'm more than a little concerned for you.

Internet strangers care about you too.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


My unit likes to crank it out at the beginning of the fiscal year which is basically October. They plan a second one for April for all the peeps that miss the first one from either school or whatever. On top of that you can go solo to support another active unit if nothing really works out. Overall it's actually quite flexible. If you get cross assigned to a unit further than 100 miles(I think may be more) or so they can combine two month of drill at once and you can always drill local to you.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


vulturesrow posted:

I need some Sailors like you.

My CO just likes to talk about the Civil War.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Good luck! What are you hoping for?

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


squarerandom posted:

Hell ya now I can have 7th fleet BFEA ignore me from a ship now!! CO seems legit. I have no C-school though since I'm a NAT reservist, so would I go back to Pensacola most likely?

The horror.... the horror...

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Sir Lucius posted:

still at 4 monts until terminal. I'm really excited to get out, but I've only done 6 and never deployed or anything like that

Don't fret! Join the reserves and they are looking for e5-7 ITs to fill some mobs to Afghanistan!

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


vulturesrow posted:

I'm out next summer; definitely feeling some angst myself, mostly about actually finding a job.

Ain't you an IT? I'm a poo poo IT reservist and I'm getting some ok offers for work. Just make sure you got Sec+ and clearances squared away and you will be ok.
100% travel jobs are always looking for peeps.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Laranzu posted:

He's an aviation noble

Whoops i was thinking of another guy.


Yeah yer hosed. I don't see why anyone would want to hire a noble.

Try chik filet. Guaranteed sundays off.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Today, the reserves can eat my rear end.

gently caress you dude who sent me to an advancement exam without forwarding my test properly.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Already had that conversation. The worst part was I was ok with driving 1000 miles to test at my NOSC but one of my officers talked me out of it saying it should be fine to take my test at the closer NOSC.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Nick Soapdish posted:

Aren't you an IT? Have to be a couple of you testing at the same time, they can just split the test and be done with it.

After a random senior chief tried to force me into the test it was noted there wasn't a single IT2 taker so no actual test to take.

Remakes in a month.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Howard Phillips posted:

Whats the most important quality in looking for a wife?

Don't feel like you are a moron or she's a moron when talking to them.

Superficial stuff second after that.

Dog haters who is also a cat lover is a No Fly Zone.

Never ever horse girls. Should be first on any checklist.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Stupid E5 test for IT. Never even seen a radio in person.
Can't wait for results.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Howard Phillips posted:

Not a real IT. :troll:

I absolutely agree. Gonna sign up for radio c school next fiscal year. Then maybe a mobilization.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

Asking for someone. What are all the ideal IT-esque type of jobs for someone that wants to do four and get out, maybe use GI Bill, and have a possible career prospects as a civilian right out of the Navy

IT, CT-whatever except maybe the language variant. Those and IS can also come with higher level clearances which is also valuable outside.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


vulturesrow posted:

So it turns out Mr Retired GSM was the highlight of the day. :psyduck:

There's still time to jerk off in the head.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


How long until e4-E7 advancement exams are released?

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Sir Lucius posted:

CTN has the best career prospects at this time. I'm getting out in a few months, currently looking at offers starting at 100k minimum. It's a 6 year contract though, and a lot of universities are pushing cyber security degrees, so those numbers might be coming down once the market floods.

So he should go reserves right? Get in, get "trained", get his clearances, get a job.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Vriess posted:

CTN-trainee reserves are a little weird, because JCAC gives you about 25% training in all four fields and uses old examples just to teach technique and methodology. Without follow-on OJT & experience, you're not exactly useful in the field. I don't know what purpose CTN-Reservists even have.

You basically described the reserves. I knew two CTN reservists, one went active less than two months after school with a tidy bonus and the second just got involuntary mobed for the first time since school in mid 2015. He's spending just under a year in Virginia.

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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Happened back in 2015 with a student too. But he had just left riding home.

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