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What kind of sorcery is this? That's one way to get the ice cream over to us tin can sailors quickly.

I feel personally attacked. What's wrong with pink polos and pastel shorts?

Everything has to go through your recruiter. If you're having trouble getting ahold of your local recruiter, try contacting the district headquarters. They should be able to get the most up to date info for a recruiter near you. I had a recruiter up and retire on me and another one transfer...

Do you have a link? I'm really curious what they went with.

This article came up in my news feed and figured y'all would get a kick out of it. The USAF is buying a whole bunch of adversary hours to the tune of roughly $430 million. If any of you guys have a MiG 21, you might be able to get in on the action as this is just the initial round of contracts...

A modern Linux distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.) would absolutely meet the word processing, e-mail, and internet surfing needs of the majority of our personnel. When it comes to ubiquity of software however, we'd be hard-pressed to find some of the things we need. That being said, there's a...

I wholeheartedly agree.

Hey now, it's not about the size of the sub, it's all about the potency of the torpedo and motion of the ocean. ;) SWO community does for post-DH tours. They are used for slotting you into various specialty jobs like finance, Congressional liaisons, and various DC jobs, and even which ship you...

To play the devil's advocate: How likely is it that this will be swept under the rug in our current political environment? I would imagine that her being a woman and already highly politically-focused, that any administrative action would trigger her to run to the press and raise a ruckus that...

Don't give them ideas.

Not necessarily. CONUS PCs still operate on a closed mess system (and I believe CONUS minesweeps do as well). There are multiple logistical issues that leave them with no other option. There are multiple loopholes for closed messes but the Navy is trying to eliminate them. Was the Goat Locker...

Can confirm, the food is all the same on the Mess Decks and Wardroom. There only place where it is different is the Goat Locker. Our chiefs on the FFG set a pool of money aside and used it to stock up on canned food, condiments, and various other odds and ends. My first MPA would eat down there...

The best is when we have acronyms inside of acronyms and people forget what the original acronyms stand for.

My favorite jody. I just wish people wouldn't look at me side-eyed when I sing it.

Probably the NATOPS for flight deck specifications and requirements.

Still, sounds like there's something going wrong at the contractor level.

Uh oh, it happened on Kearsarge, too. https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/07/18/us-navy-orders-to-general-dynamics-nassco-to-stop-work-after-fire-on-uss-kearsarge/

I've had pork adobo ruined for me by the incompetent/low give-a-shit galley crew. I can't even order it at Filipino restaurants because I've been so horribly scarred. Also, I've been disappointed many times by collard greens that ended up being inedible because they were as salty as the Dead...

Oh, we're being snarky and insulting each other? Roger that. You win this argument I guess. :rolleyes:

We have plenty of underutilized EDO Reservists who would be perfect to manage these availabilities. Also, the work would need to be spread out to shipyards around the country (not just in fleet concentration areas) which would help with our crumbling industrial base. If we also pushed ships...

Eventually you run out of time to pay the piper. You either choose when you need to pay him or the enemy and fate do. We need a full reevaluation of our operational priorities and strategic priorities as a nation. Shit happens and it's all about making informed risk decisions. Often times...

We already have ships which are long overdue for maintenance and maintenance availabilities which have been shortened. This has been going on for a long time. Upping the OPTEMPO and keeping ships at sea for even longer periods of time will mean that even more maintenance is missed. To keep...

We would run out of ships very quickly. We've already been running our ships too hard and shortening or cancelling maintenance availabilities already. Reducing the amount of ships and upping the OPTEMPO will only make things worse. We need more, cheaper ships such as PCs and OHP-class FFGs that...

Your two options are either increasing manning onboard ships or reducing the number of duty sections. One costs money and the other risks personnel never being able to spend any time with their families while in port. The latter is exactly what happened with the minimal manning and...

Well put. If she's in a maintenance availability, then her firefighting equipment is likely to be in some state of lay up. From the reports I've read, her firemain (seawater pumped throughout the ship) was tagged out (likely because they were working on it). Also, her AFFF system which piggy...

That's a really pretty watch.

I think that's just a normal Sailor and Marine skill.

Is that one of their vital skills along with being able to wind up all of that comms cable?

I'd be interested in seeing it. Where can I find said pictures

I guarantee they've got some sort of dewatering plan going on. Either they're running pumps and eductors or they've cut holes in her to drain the water out.

Rah Virginia Mil! Fun fact: Thomas Johnathan Jackson was hated as a professor (though beloved as a military instructor) because he was terrible at it. In fact, he was so hated that a student challenged him to a duel over his grading. That student was expelled but would eventually become a hero...

Most likely I'll be in a project or program management role.

There are berthing barges they can put in place for the crew. Not the best but it's something.

Since I'm about to go manage IT types doing development, what do you guys consider to be the keys to success for managing civilians coders and developers? It'll be my first time leading civilians which I'm sure is going to be very different from leading Sailors.

Doesn't look like she's in a shipyard. This leads me to believe that she's in a Continuous Maintenance Availability (CMAV) which is designed to be performed on a completely operationally ready ship in order to conduct small repairs and refits. This jives with the fact that she's supposedly fully...

They do if the Admiral orders them to and they get paid overtime.

Being light isn't much of a problem when pierside unless you're dealing with hurricane season or some other rough sea state. Also, LHDs have ballast tanks with which to compensate. Also, if she's at the piers I think she is, then she's so far up river that I don't think she's going to be...

But it does melt and all of the lagging, paint, oil, deck coverings, nonskid, and various other things installed on the ship can and do burn. You're also looking at a Class Bravo fire here due to the smoke. That means there some sort of oil or petroleum product fueling the fire. If it's so bad...

Reminds me of this video from the Vet Bro community:

Just repaint it.

Is it available on streaming services? I'm not even sure where to find silent films.

That's a small price to pay.

I read somewhere (I think it was in Haaretz or the Jerusalem Post) that Israel seems to think they are pretty close to having a vaccine. If I can find it, I'll post it. I'd take this with a grain of salt as I don't trust most news agencies in Israel as they act like propagandists much like RT...

I've got a cousin who's got similar misconceptions. I was deployed through Thanksgiving and Christmas one year and so our family put care packages and whatnot together for me. She apparently complained the whole time about why it was such a big deal that I was gone and why everyone was making...

And today I learned something. I never even knew about the Skyray. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray

Well, your day typically starts with quarters and is then followed by explaining to the every commanding officer and the admiral why things are broken and their email doesn't work. Somewhere in there is some professional development time. At least that's what my buddies who are IPs tell me.

Wasn't trying to be an asshole, I legitimately couldn't figure out what exactly @Birdbrain was trying to ask. I tried to address it as best I could. It seemed like he was worried that he wouldn't get fed when he went to the boat, which isn't the case. If he has never been to sea then he doesn't...

That's all about give-a-shit at the individual level. Which is about CSC, CS1, and SUPPO engagement. They need more access and freedom to use discretionary funds to buy stuff off of the economy or outside of the stock system. Most SUPPOs and ISICs are wary to use the command credit card for...

Huh? Have you ever been to sea? At some point the fresh stuff runs out and you end up with canned, rehydrated, and frozen food. There's only so much freezer and reefer space, so eventually even the frozen stuff runs out. How quickly all this stuff runs out is dependent upon the size of the ship...

"No laws when you're on the Whiteclaw!" I can only imagine the memes and mirth on board.