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Man, if only we had ppt's in WWII...we could've taken out all those defensive emplacements on D-day and recaptured Japanese owned islands with virtual slideshows without losing a single man.

Well, the rope and choke is the biggest bullshit around. I've seen more fat bodies pass the rope and choke by sucking in than anything else. Usually the guy doing the roping is a junior enlisted, and he probably feels extreme peer pressure not to raise a fuss about a certain LPO, chief, or...

PPT is good for displaying tables, graphs, and pictures that will augment a presentation. It's not good for displaying people's talking points in bullet form. Unfortunately, most people use it for the latter.

The 60's? I'm 5'9"...I have to try REAL hard to go over my max weight of 186 pounds. People might be naturally taller today than they were 40 years ago, but that's irrelevant since you get more weight with height. Someone said it before and I agree: if you're finding yourself over the limit...

It is what it is...it's no surprise what the height/weight standards are. If the Navy's ideal of body composition doesn't coincide with your body building goals, then you have to make a decision regarding what's more important. Navy PRT scores are mostly bullshit because at best Sailors ignore...

I'll give you that a lot of what Bush did was sanctioned by Congress after the fact, but there really wasn't much of a choice politically speaking. Congress: No, you can't imprison US citizens indefinitely without a trial FoxNews: CONGRESS CALLS FOR RELEASE OF TERRORISTS! Congress: No, you...

The Bush Presidency proved that the Presidency can do a lot without Congressional approval and get away with it. It's much harder to reduce a budget than to make it bigger, though. I agree that Ron Paul will never be President, and for good reason. Listen to that man speak, then picture him in...

Thinking, no. But they do teach you some good habits that are worth keeping. No, not the ENTIRE time. The only time that I had less than 4 hours sleep over multiple days was the week leading up to RLP. After that, the only excuse for getting less than 6 hours a night was having to stand watch...

Nope, but your utilities are. Your political bias is preventing you from seeing the elephant in the room... It's not about the speed or number of votes, but the legislative tricks they used to pass the bill that wouldn't work without a supermajority.

How is requiring insurance not a government-backed monopoly? Every insurance company has now been told by the US government that citizens have to purchase one of their plans. What "blue cross/blue shield" are you talking about? I never had that kind of policy, nor did I mention it in my post...

Honestly, the goal of healthcare reform had a lot of potential. When I was 23, I looked into purchasing a private healthcare plan. Unfortunately, in my area the plans ran on the order of $700-1000 a month, with $5k deductables for catastrophic situations. What good does that do a post college...

Yea, but think of all the things the Navy does inefficiently that they might do better if efficiency actually factored into the decision making process.

Is SWO EOOW like nuke EOOW? Eg, if you have a 4th grade reading comprehension level, are anal retentive about following procedures, and can memorize immediate actions for 4 casualties that require you to actually do something you can operate the propulsion plant safely?

You cannot get the loan repayment as an officer in the USN. However, if you think you'd be better off taking a loan repayment and enlisting vs. no repayment and going for officer, you can't do math.

No, it doesn't. The article insinuates that Graf is a victim of the Navy pushing undeserving women into positions of command in an overzealous effort to diversify itself. I don't buy it...it was Graf who chose to make the Navy a career. She accepted the command assignments instead of retiring...

Ah, how could we have missed it? The good Captain was merely a victim of sexism in the Navy, that's all.

I've read a bunch of posts like this about how "OCS is changing." Guess what? It's not really changing all that much. Sure, they're re-structuring the curriculum a bit, but in the end you will receive pretty much the same training as everyone else before you...just in a different order...

I agree that any number of CO's could've put a halt on her rise to command, but apparently the people writing her FITREP's either felt differently about how one should treat one's subordinates or simply didn't know. I've read plenty of threads on AW about gripes with SWO DH's and XO's, so it's...

What exactly is supposed to "weed those types out?" If her abusive ways were getting results as she was rising through the ranks, the people writing her fitreps aren't going to consider her division or dept's feelings.

Recommend 8 pairs of underwear/t-shirts/socks, not 5.

Skyward, I don't buy the company line. The military is moving toward becoming a non-smoking institution. I don't care because I don't smoke, but I wouldn't be surprised if 10 years from now there is a smoke free policy across the board.

You can try to pursue ROTC (not sure if it's too late), and it's a better way to guarantee a commission than OCS, since OCS is used to fill leftover slots from the FY. However, your designator is up to the needs of the Navy, so if you go ROTC you have to be okay with the possibility that you...

So the sub community will solve this by having B cups or less as a pre-requisite. When they start having to "draft" females into it to meet manning requirements, they'll offer free breast reductions. As for the males with large breasts, the sub community will introduce submariners to the...

Yea, and Sailors have been smoking on submarines for approximately 80 years, perhaps more. Do you have any known instances of electronics breaking down because of cigarette smoke?

To let the crew know to be more careful when changing in berthing spaces or using the head (ie, shut the hatches), and that they probably shouldn't use the opportunity to tell some of their more colorful jokes. You mean like you can't feel them up when they walk past you in the p-way?

OP, if you only want to fly in the military, then you should seriously think about choosing NROTC. As m26 pointed out, you will have a greater chance at becoming an officer, but what you do in the Navy will be up to the needs of the Navy first and foremost, and your preference second. If you...

Did they actually start to, you know, incorporate engineering into the engineering class? When I went through not too long ago, they just used vague definitions to define stuff and there wasn't a single equation to know.

Didn't intend to call you a liar, just haven't met any SWO to sub chops. I guess this whole woman thing will change that. In more pressing news, they're getting rid of smoking on subs in the near future...entirely. I don't smoke, but it pisses me off that one of the few pleasures that my...

Not a single chop of the half dozen or so I met in SOBC did a surface tour...it was all suppo school --> DH school ---> SOBC ---> Boat. The chop on our boat is ending his first tour as well.

It's interesting to note for the non-submariner types reading this that even a boot Ensign chop is considered a DH on a submarine, so they're not necessarily phasing it in at the level of command that some people might be thinking of. Probably the same way they handle men. When push comes to...

That was me. I suppose the issue is exacerbated by the nuclear Navy wanting all the paperwork to be very particular, but yes it can be daunting to have to take an hour out to learn how to properly review a FWP that would ordinarilly take 5-10 minutes when you have a very tight schedule, and the...

I disagree. There are many reasons why a servicemember might want to get other health insurance.

PAINNNNNNN I pity da foo

It feels awkward because the training pipeline doesn't teach us the simple day-to-day stuff that'll make us look stupid for not knowing. PO2: Hey, sir, we need you to review these FWP's Me: What's an FWP? *PO2 explains FWP. If he's a good one, he'll explain how to verify it. If he's a shitty...

It might, it might not. But OP is asking the question because he/she is unsure about the competitiveness of his/her package. If that is the case, why not do what you can to improve it to the point where you feel comfortable with it?

What Flash said... I suppose my overall point was that shutting down the SoH would not be in Iran's long term best interest, and I'm fairly sure their government is aware of this.

You mentioned this, but wouldn't Iran be cutting off oil supplies to its allies, too? I don't think Iran's government is crazy enough to think that they can take on the entire world, and the long-term economic, political, and military troubles they'd incur from taking the act would far outweigh...

No one can tell you your chances. However, you obviously feel like your package could use improvement, so that begs the question: why not study harder and re-take the ASTB?

The Brits have a knack for naming ships, that's for sure.

That bank is being retarded. Firstly, check out the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act (SCRA). You can knock the interest on your student loans down to 6%. That might help with the monthly paymets. Additionally, you can look into USAA's career starter loan. They have a $20,000 loan available...

Parka + liner = Ralphie's kid brother in A Christmas Story "I can't put my arms down!" Luckily the parka is warm enough without the liner, and the turtleneck helps, too.

Perhaps you didn't know any better, but impersonating a military member is a serious crime. It would be a quick way to end your Naval career before it started if someone found out (and they probably will).

The fact of the matter is that Pres Bush had many times more gaffes than Obama ever will. As Flash said, I guess you gotta find something to hit the current guy on. The first 6-8 min of this show is golden, though: http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/wed-february-3-2010-atul-gawande

Pres Bush couldn't get over the whole "nucular" thing...does that mean he hated Navy nukes?

What's "right" is representing my interests and the interest of their constituents. That's what people elect them to do. When they no longer do that, even if it's because they think it's "wrong," it's time to vote for someone else.

That's like, kinda their jobs.

I'd be willing to bet money that if SDKs ever become authorized for wear, the majority of people who do business wearing service dress uniforms are eventually going to wear SDKs year round. It's just easier to maintain one uniform rather than two, SDBs aren't suitable for the summer and summer...

Summer whites are not equivelent to SDBs. I said to get rid of Summer Whites and Winter Blues because we have (and wear most of the time) Service Khaki...get rid of chokers and SDBs for SDK. No, I'm not out of my mind. The uniform board needs to decide whether it's more important to maintain...

A gigantic target for foreign Naval air power?

BDCP counts toward retirement? So one could retire after 18 instead of 20 following commissioning if he/she took full advantage of BDCP?