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Did this probably 8 to 10 years ago. Highly recommend it. I pull up Fox News or CNN every now and then just to see what they're talking about, but I don't watch it routinely like I used to. Same with talk radio.

That is a perfect description.

I don't even know what to say to that.

Frenchiee...welcome. What is it specifically you want to put in a package for? Have you read the Navy instruction for what you're trying (want) to do? That should be your first step. If you don't know what I'm talking about or where to start, I recommend that you go talk to your command career...

Something like that.

Circa 2006, I'm on a nice long afternoon run around the perimeter of the Navy base in Newport, RI. One lonely goose was near the path as I passed it. It skirted away as they normally did...at least that's what I thought. This time though, the little bastard waited for me to pass and then took to...

How is this thread is still alive? It's almost 18 years old.

I thought you may have been talking about nukes, but wasn't sure.

Divos, DHs, and XOs are not commanders. And institutionally speaking, even a great CO at the unit (ship) level isn't going to have much impact on the larger Navy organization. Also, your question assumes we were good ship handlers at some point in the past. Were we? When? To your initial...

I did my second tour on the Lincoln (circa 2003). There were definitely a lot more folks than that who weren't on the watch bill.

The proper terminology is SWOS in a Box

Nuke world vs. SWO world. What you're talking about here doesn't exist in the SWO world, at least not to the extent that you are referring to. Naval Reactors has a lot to do with this.

Lookouts or no lookouts, the OOD (and JOOD/OOD(U/I) and conning officer) should be doing that anyway, preferably every 15 minutes, but definitely not less than once every 30 minutes. This shit isn't rocket science.

"Commanders" is a fairly broad term here. Who are you referring to specifically? COs, ISICs, CNSF?

As a former XO of a NOSC, I can safely say that we never harassed the SELRES, the dirty slimy little cockroaches that they are. Our job was simply to ensure they were ready to rapidly deploy to all regions of the world in the larger effort to provide contributory peacetime support when/where needed.

No. We've known that for a while. We just haven't done anything about it because we were able to get away with it for so long.

Highest level of accountability short of criminal charges, yes. But I think it sets a very dangerous precedent to go beyond that.

She was the only OOD on watch on the bridge, yes?

Well, she definitely missed the ships I was on.

I've long been a proponent of "everybody stands watch" except CO, XO, CMC. I really don't give a shit that a senior chief with 22 years in thinks he's above standing watch. This is obviously geared at CRUDES, but but CVN/AMPHIB community could do something similar.

I said those same words once. To your larger point though, I don't get it either. I never have. It's really nothing more than managing relative motion in a 2D space.

Unfit or unqualified? Be careful with your words.

Just a heads up here, but calling someone Shipmate has a completely different meaning than saying something like, "We were shipmates..."

^ Yeah, what he said. I'll go so far as to say you probably shouldn't join the military if you don't want to deploy (multiple times).

It is. But I actually think this article downplays a lot of the challenges.

This is a relative question. What stories have you heard that sound "torturous"?

I sense a disturbance in the Force. This is quite a clever way of rewording the tired old question, "What percent get jets?"

And staterooms.

And little penises??

Budget is of no concern. Picklesuit is a rich mother fucker. Don't let him fool you otherwise.

A voice of reason. Never ever fucking enlist if you can be an officer. It's just plain old good common sense.

Soooo....the pilot didn't do anything illegal, break any rules, or put anyone in danger, but his actions were as you say, a result of poor headwork. Really?? You sound like a SWO.

My favorite part: “What happened this afternoon terrified me and my children. They were in their classrooms at BHS and Longfellow the the plane screamed over their heads. In my younger child’s class, children began screaming out of fear. Simultaneously, I was at home thinking, ‘So this is what...

Did they stop sending folks to Corpus for multi-engine training?

That's a pretty simplistic and very narrow view of an aircraft carrier. There's a bit more to it than that.

Well hell, since we're playing with statistics now, neither is getting commissioned. :rolleyes:

On the SWO side, we had no issues with officers doing their own thing. E-6 and below had their fun together and chiefs for the most part stayed in their own box too. No hurt feelings for anyone. Hail and farewells were all officer only except while I was in college, and even then it was only...

No need to. Photos on Facebook tell the whole story.

Google started streaming it today at 1pm Eastern

Not even remotely the same thing, unless of course you are acting in the capacity of an agent of the government.

It is possible to do both a masters on your post JO shore tour and then NWC later on as an O-4 or O-5.

I'm assuming you're just speaking about post JO tours for sub guys, yes? Because what you said is not applicable for SWO's in the sense that there is only that particular billet that is career enhancing.

Men think women should be just like men? That doesn't even make any sense. Why on earth would we want women to be just like us? And the women I've seen that have wanted to be just like men don't look or act like women. But I digress.

You don't have any sea time do you?

Yeah, kind of like when shoes and aviators found out they were going to do a tour in the sandbox in addition to (read: not in lieu of) their sea tours. Well, ok...maybe not quite the same thing.

Yeah, I bet it was. My stateroom on ABE was on the 2nd deck, port side, pretty much right below the start of cats 3 and 4. I got it on launch and recovery. God that sucked. Worst sleep of my life plus my rack had a slight bend to it. My back hurt for months after we returned back from that 10...

Man, I never slept so good as I did on the CG. Went through some pretty heavy seas and loved it, both on the bridge and in my rack. I spent A LOT of time in the RHIB for various reasons and never had a problem with that either. Those were some good times. Now, I just sit here and peck away at my...

Google Calendar, man. Google Calendar.

Don't do that. There are more productive things to do to tame your frustrations. Less No, sorry. What makes you think you'll be able to learn this skill at OCS? Besides, you can learn how to do anything on YouTube. Give it a try. You are so missing the point of all this. Getting your hair cut...

I know, but I was hoping she could clarify the gouges and nonsenses that I speak of on the interwebs. Truth