Search results

Very unlikely. First, forget flight school in port. The Navy doesn't just TAD people to a 2+ year program for the hell of it. Second, the earliest you can lat xfer from submarines is post DH. That means 9-10 years of service and lat xfer as an O4 ready to be an XO to throw your hat in the...

I actually think ADM Richardson does want to make some changes, but institutional inertia from the way we've done business for decades will prevent it.

Campaign ribbons and medals have existed back to at least WWII, so they're not a product of modern award inflation. No one of any importance cares all that much about how many NAMs an Officer O4 and below has. They're liked gold stickers. Hence the name achievement and why they're given out so...

I always liked rough seas from the times my dad took me ocean fishing as a kid. Never got sea sick. I think it's a rite of passage that every sub OOD gets drenched on the bridge in bad weather. It's a bit scary when you think the boat may have temporarily submerged, as has happened on occasion.

No "slippery decks" on the nuke boats as you only go on topside decks during BSP/BSCs in a channel in low sea-state and very slowly at that. The Minneapolis St. Paul learned the hard way not to have personnel topside outside of a channel -- lost a few Sailors to the ocean, including the COB...

We can stay surfaced in practically any sea state. If it gets too bad then we shift the OOD belowdecks and shut the bridge access hatches, which some COs would do automatically for a long open ocean surface transit anyway so you can book it and get ahead of PIM. How bad is too bad depends on sea...

You mean the day that the Navy thinks you should start driving there, which is the distance you drive divided by 350/miles per day.

Don't be obtuse. I gave three examples of portable vehicles/tools that would have to run on batteries, not motors that can be connected to a constant power supply. It's not economical to use batteries that last for a couple hours and take a whole work day to recharge.

Nuclear power is not the way to go. It's all about the Benjamins. Right now (and in the foreseeable future), it costs more per kW/hr of power for nuclear power than for power obtained by burning fossil fuels. The costs of engineering triple safeguards to everything, machining materials capable...

LDOs are not SWOs, so that would probably explain why they are treated differently in a SWO wardroom.

Most liberals I know disdain police and think they, along with the rest of the criminal justice system, are racist and rigged against lower income Americans.

To add to Trader's comments, a recent Forbes (I think?) article stated that approximately 48% of people with a 4-year degree are employed in jobs that don't require a degree, and about 1/3 of those people are working in jobs that don't even require a high school degree (ie wait staff...

A family member of a friend lives on a boat. All I know is I thought "that seems like a simple, badass, cheap way to live." Then I found out the amount he paid cor yearly fees and upkeep could get you a mansion instead of a 30' boat and I said f that.

A lot of people are quoting job markets for people with technical degrees. I bet that A) those people would be offered jobs anyway even without Navy on the resume had they used their "basic networking skills" while a college student and b) the 6-10 years in the Navy probably set their civilian...

I'm just curious...with no debt, what expenses to you expect to have as a newly minted O-1 "for a few months" that won't be able to be covered by your salary + BAH? You'll get your first paycheck 15-30 days after you commission.

You can pay however you like. Most people opt for the STAR card because you get an instant 10 (or 20?)% discount immediately, and on a $1800-2000 purchase, that's a good chunk of change.

Take the $500-600 you'd normally pay toward the USAA loan on a monthly basis and put it into a savings account. Your liquidity will build up quickly, and you won't have to pay extra money long-term for some cash now. Also, your money depreciates in a savings account, since interest is lower than...

Nah, they just take away your desk, chair, and closet, so now you have to wake up 30 min early to iron the uniform that was shoved into your seabag, too (I guess that's one good thing that NWUs fixed). Then if they find you sitting on your rack before taps they might make you post a class p-way...

Yes. And it has to be perfect by the time they call reveille, which means you get to wake up 10-15 min early to make your rack.

Can't speak for the skimmer way but on electronic navigating subs, no one looks at paper charts when prepping a nav plan and official procedures say that ships using electronic navigation shall use DNCs as their data source with layers plotting data from message traffic detailing other...

The married w/ children perspective: 2013 O3 w/ dependents BAH for the area got reduced by $300 (about 12%), but the housing market that relies a lot on military tenants doesn't quite know it yet. There are property owners who like dealing with military who didn't know that their bargain...

Amen. The best is when they try to tell you that you are not entitled to get paid to move something that you actually are (like towing a boat) even after you show them the ink on the page, as if they get bonuses for cheating servicemembers out of benefits. I had a PPO civvy tell me that they...

You will pay for all your uniform items. It comes to about $2000 if you don't get more expensive dress uniforms (don't). You get an initial uniform allowance (google for most current) and opening a star card will knock an additional 10% off. Keep all receipts related to travel (except gas, that...

LSO, it's obvious neither side is going to budge, but I want to clarify something: I am not in the pregnancy crowd. The military loses more men to sports injuries, DUIs, assaults, and other risky behavior mostly undertaken by men than we will ever lose women to pregnancy. My attrition comment...

Again, it's a fairly non-issue because they can finish the patrol if it's really that bad of a national security issue. On boomers you can shift the ridiculously high section officer watchbill to make her stand watch in the fwd compartment. Pregnant women are allowed to take radiation from Naval...

Yea, didn't think about that different community thing, so apologies for the bad gouge in that regard. Nothing we (submariners) do on shore duty matters except earning a masters or working in a "high visibility" job. The word was that USNA kinda-sorta gives the opportunity to do both, but...

One of my XOs did it, as did a DH. XO was a boat schooler and wanted to be a company officer because that was his thing. As a future "lifer," the Masters set him up for O5+ screening and he got to play golf with influential people. He screened CO and O5. DH was a prior E looking to network with...

Talking about adversity can hurt if it looks like you're doing it for the sake of it and the problem is minor in the big picture. And your audience is a group of people who have led careers of eating shit sandwiches on occasion, so they might not be very sympathetic.

Women are allowed by NAVSEQ policy to go in a radiation area while preggo. We just choose to be extra conservative because we can. If we can't for national security, they can finish the patrol or mission doing their normal jobs and still be well under the allowed limit - probably somewhere at...

No one is advocating OP lie. Would telling a story about finishing school early because of a divorce (from a woman) who was supporting him be any different? Probably not. You don't need to talk about overcoming adversity to get selected. I think Tiz put it best: your credentials speak for...

Here's the thing: No one really cares about your sexual orientation. No one cared 2 years ago when DADT was policy, and no one cares now. If your essay's central thesis revolves around your sexuality, it might come off as pretentious (just as it would if I spent 400 words saying I'm super...

Flash, I would call the 28% difference in burglary between the countries statistically significant, too. The numbers are interesting. Just curious: how do the studies count crime? Do they use arrests for that particular crime? Convictions? Calls? I ask because one of the major takeaways from a...

I'm amazed skimmers use O gangers for a watch we man with E2-4s.

I'm fairly certain they were taught not to murder at an early age. The 10 commandments are not the only possible source of morality.

You mean LPOs in the skimmer Navy don't "manage" divisions by: assigning 90% of primary and collateral duties to the couple of PO2-PO1s who are competent and motivated to advance, divide up the other 10% of duties among the rest except for the window 1-2 lickers, who they hide from everyone...

Yea like "working hours" underway... I mean, wtf mate?

The other factor is that Submariners and Aviators don't work on the same ships, so you naturally won't hear about Submariners on an aviation board. There are two sides to every story, and aviators' status as not ship's company can breed jealousy and malcontent. While we don't have pilots, we had...

All of the above and because wardrooms are so small, DHs get ranked against the others in squadron and on the ship... but it's the squadron one that counts. Being 1 of 1 spot promoted LCDRs or 1 of 2 LTs just for reporting aboard earlier doesn't mean anything, so backstabbing the other guy won't...

Yeah but that CMC can be there 3+ years. And its not just the CPO mess that gets fractured, but the wardroom/CPO relationship as well.

o The wardroom is the command. Don't know too many COs who want E7-E9s undermining their Officers, particularly O-3/O-4s standing OOD, by "correcting" made-up uniform violations in front of entire watchteams. But that doesn't stop the Goat Locker from trying... and sent back to their proverbial...

Better a LT than a CPO with a bug up his butt. There are Chiefs who try to apply the NWU sleeve rolling guidance to poopie suits.

Yes and ask your recruiter.

My lawyer back in the day indicated that civilian employers could only ask about criminal convictions. Security clearance checks are obviously different. I guess he was wrong.

Unless it changed, doesn't the application ask for convictions, not arrests?

Then the HR guys would all get canned for hiring a bunch of dirtbags, and the company would revamp its screening process. But it would not attempt to restrict its employees who otherwise follow the law because they know it would lead to a lot of people quitting, a lot of lost productivity, and a...

Brett, true, but to play devil's advocate, the leadership skillset required to succeed as a senior military officer is significantly different than the skillset required to succeed as an upper-level business executive. If an executive at Apple decided to prohibit his employees from drinking...

Phrog, nothing wrong with someone being hired for connections. Often one's job performance and ability to make connections are correlated; it would be. difficult for a career shitbag to make GO/Flag, let alone get others to vouch for his job performance. The recent headlines of guys getting...

It's not "BS" and certainly isn't unprecedented. For example, if you retire in the state of NY from a career that gets paid by the state or county, and thus collect from the NY State and Local Retirement System, you are not eligible to get a second retirement benefit package from within the...

You think someone who makes over $100k/year to argue about stuff for approximately 90-100 days/year "just fine?" I don't disagree that the president has a lot of responsibility, but it's public service so he shouldn't be in the top 1% of earners. Additionally, his salary doesn't account for all...

I'm okay with it as long as they can't "double dip" retirement packages. Really this wouldn't be an issue if federal governent wages weren't so inflated. For example, the average salary of a Congressman being over $100k/year and the POTUS making $400k/yr for the rest of his life than I am with...