Master Chief Humor

[fc2spyguy]

So around here, the big joke is, "What's the difference between a Naval Academy grad and an NROTC grad? When the ship sinks, the NROTC grad drowns. The Naval Academy grad swims for forty minutes and THEN drowns."

And that is the difference between prior enlisted or not. Us priors say forget swimming, I'm grabbin me a life raft...

 

[highlyrandom]

I dunno what's with the "no partying" thing, seems to me I had a fridge full of Sam Adams most of the time and they just opened up a new club for the first class over at the crew house, poker nights on tuesdays, even as a freshman i recall going to many a debaucherous weekend event at some sports team "sponsor" house. It just isn't as easy to go to the parties if you're on academic probation for doing badly in an advanced class full of Asian dudes you never should have been in in the first place. But other than the first year, it was a blast...and that's only because they wouldn't let us "recon" government buildings after the USS Cole incident, which I understand.

 

[Goober]

One of the big differences in the Naval Academy and NROTC is our greater emphasis on swim training. We train from Plebe Summer, developing our swimming technique and eventually reaching the high point of a 40 minute continuous swim, designed to simulate a ship sinking.

Congratulations...everyone swims a mile in API with times averaging right around an hour (USNA, NROTC, and OCS). You're currently qualified to drown.

 

[JIMC5499]

One of the big differences in the Naval Academy and NROTC is our greater emphasis on swim training. We train from Plebe Summer, developing our swimming technique and eventually reaching the high point of a 40 minute continuous swim, designed to simulate a ship sinking.

So around here, the big joke is, "What's the difference between a Naval Academy grad and an NROTC grad? When the ship sinks, the NROTC grad drowns. The Naval Academy grad swims for forty minutes and THEN drowns."

I kind of hoped that they both would teach you guys how to keep the ship from sinking in the first place.:icon_mi_1

 

[Fly Navy]

One of the big differences in the Naval Academy and NROTC is our greater emphasis on swim training. We train from Plebe Summer, developing our swimming technique and eventually reaching the high point of a 40 minute continuous swim, designed to simulate a ship sinking.

So around here, the big joke is, "What's the difference between a Naval Academy grad and an NROTC grad? When the ship sinks, the NROTC grad drowns. The Naval Academy grad swims for forty minutes and THEN drowns."

Have you gone through API? You'll quickly see commissioning source has NO BEARING on who is afraid of the water and who sucks at swimming. Trust me.

 

[IHTFP]

It's. A. Joke.

I'm proud of my school. I'm glad I came here. I've learned a lot. I regularly recommend that people not come to USNA because there's NOTHING here that you can't accomplish at a good NROTC program, much less on your own if you have the drive.

Sigh. You guys totally kill the funny around here, you know that?

 

[IHTFP]

Congratulations...everyone swims a mile in API with times averaging right around an hour (USNA, NROTC, and OCS). You're currently qualified to drown.

What do you think I did during the 40 year? I didn't swim for forty minutes. I just failed to drown for that long.

And I agree that commissioning source has no bearing on the swim tests in API. See above post.

 

[Fly Navy]

It's. A. Joke.

I'm proud of my school. I'm glad I came here. I've learned a lot. I regularly recommend that people not come to USNA because there's NOTHING here that you can't accomplish at a good NROTC program, much less on your own if you have the drive.

Sigh. You guys totally kill the funny around here, you know that?

Hey, you just never know with you Academy kids.

 

[gregsivers]

Hey, you just never know with you Academy kids.

Aint that the truth.