Yes, that's SOP for clueless ENS's now. Give the ext. with the "transfer". You are right. They, at least, never call back.
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Yes, that's SOP for clueless ENS's now. Give the ext. with the "transfer". You are right. They, at least, never call back.
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Looks like he spent too much time with the Blues (tradition).
I'm a little disappointed I will be a JG by the time I get to my first squadron. I figure I would have more retard points to use as an Ensign, God knows I need them.
I'm looking at LT because of the Prowler pipeline... I've got no excuses.
My wife was a newly commissioned Navy Nurse and reported to Newport for the standard "knife and fork" school that Nurses and Doctors have to attend. The idea was to learn about the Navy and its traditions. One particular morning the topic was saluting.
My wife was all excited after the lecture. Later, while approaching the Exchange she passed a Petty Officer who did not salute her. Exasperated, she turned and asked the Petty Officer to halt, turn around and salute her. He did so, and she rendered a smart girl scout salute back...much to her embarrassment she had flubbed her first salute. From that day on my wife rarely saluted anyone.
My wife was all excited after the lecture. Later, while approaching the Exchange she passed a Petty Officer who did not salute her. Exasperated, she turned and asked the Petty Officer to halt, turn around and salute her. He did so, and she rendered a smart girl scout salute back...much to her embarrassment she had flubbed her first salute. From that day on my wife rarely saluted anyone.
The Up for UHF/Down for ICS used to confuse some SNAs in the Buckeye. I don't know if this belongs in "Dumb Ensign" or Stupidest Thing I Ever Heard" but TINS:
Back in the day, flying as Dash Four in the A-A Gun Pattern with VT-23, I overheard the following on UHF.
TRACTOR(with S-11, VT-23 XO, at the controls): "Three! If you thump the tractor again, you're goin' home!"
THREE (from the Ensign up front): "What the Fu@K is that a$$hole talking about? I didn't thump him!"
TRACTOR: "Three... go home."
THREE: (different voice) "Sorry Boss"
Back in the day, flying as Dash Four in the A-A Gun Pattern with VT-23, I overheard the following on UHF.
TRACTOR(with S-11, VT-23 XO, at the controls): "Three! If you thump the tractor again, you're goin' home!"
THREE (from the Ensign up front): "What the Fu@K is that a$$hole talking about? I didn't thump him!"
TRACTOR: "Three... go home."
THREE: (different voice) "Sorry Boss"
Don't worry, you will have plenty of retard points as the Nav...
Awesome.
Something that I learned very early on: If (When) you screw up, it definitely benefits you to beat the news up your chain of command. Bad news is always better coming from down below than from on high. I knew a pilot a while back whose entire career (no exaggeration) was saved because he told the XO about a mistake he had made and the XO was able to do pro-active damage control on his behalf before things got out of hand. As it turns out, his mistake had been noticed and if he hadn't talked to the XO when he did it probably would have ended very, very badly for him.