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Skriven 2007-05-16 13:05:54 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: Re: skimmer
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Howdy Carol!
-> 
-> -> Actually, I'm a Senior Chief but I am not sure they had those when you 
-> hn> were in?
-> 
-> hn> Of course you are, and of course they had Seniors when I was in 
(grin)
-> hn> Masters too...but all in all they are E7-E9 labelled as "Chief Petty O
-> hn> while those of us who were E4-E6 were simply Petty Officers.
-> 
-> Ok!  Generic works!  Same now for that but we get a bit more careful for 
the 
-> First Class now.  Dunno why exactly except a PO1 is a very different 
animal 
-> from a PO3.
-> 
Sure, PO3's can't get into the acey-deucey club LOL! Actually you and I 
know why, PO1's generally are lead petty officers in a gang (LPO) and Chief's 
generally have more "departmental" duties and more admin work than actually 
standing watches within their rate. Not that they don't stand those watches, 
but they have several other "hats" that compete for their time, firsts hardly 
ever do unless they are filling an extra billet. 

-> -> Class as I feel there are folks who just don't test well but are ve
-> hn> valid if 
-> -> they want to stay in.
-> -> 
-> hn> I made 1st in 6 without the aid of the star program (they still have t
-> 
-> Yes, we still have STAR and SCORE both.  (for the others, STAR is trainig 
in 
-> your own rate and may get you advanced depending on the school, 
SCORE is to 
-> change job types).
-> 
-> hn> pretty competitive rating (FTB, which I'm told is no longer a rating h
-> hn> been combined with MT's). When I went through "C" school at Dam 
Neck,
-> 
-> Grin, MT?  Sorry ong gone too.  ET's I think for all of them.  DS is also 
gone 
-> (FC or ET).
-> 
Things keep on changing (lol)

-> hn> available as there were 41 boomers online and tenders and school bille
-> hn> ashore as well. Still all in all you had to pass the test and that was
-> hn> task! Got PNA'd once because there were actually too many 1st's in 
the
-> hn> and only (if I remember right) 35 or so got advanced. And as you know
-> hn> higher you get on the ladder the fewer billets are available for you.
-> 
-> Yup.  Still happens today.  Higher the rank, fewer the openings.  Steve's 
got 
-> the same issues with orders and hits high year tenure APR09 while I hit it 
-> MAY09.
-> 
-> 
-> hn> Course ya do! You are a goat aren't ya? (grin) Do you have separate 
gu
-> hn> girl goat lockers? And of course you live on a ship big enough to have
-> hn> a "Chief's Mess" ....we only had 125 on the whole dang crew (officers
-> hn> included) so our chiefs ate with the masses (grin). Then again the 
-> hn> relationship of a crew on a sub is entirely different than that of a s
-> hn> vessel. We lived an 18 hour day three section at sea, so meals were 
se
-> hn> before and at the end of each watch. Non qual's (also called "dink's")
-> hn> minutes to eat and had to spend the rest of that time working on 
-> hn> qualifying...of course they spent 98% of all their off watch time work
-> hn> getting those dolpins. The saying was "if you ain't qualified, you're
-> hn> delinquent, 
-> 
-> Heye yes, girl goat locker sleeping part.  We dont wanna hear the guys 
bleet in
-> their sleep.
-> 
-> Surface Navy is a little kinder on how long you get to qualify, but not 
much 
-> more so.  'Warfare' pins now are a little different with much less required 
and
-> 
-> you can do it in 3 months.  Sheesh.  Used to take 2 years for a hard 
charger on
-> -> their first ship to do that.  Most did it second ship after they got all
the 
-> pre-reqs on the first one, if they did it at all.
-> 
-> hn> hap (gee getting nostalgic here *grin*)
-> 
-> Grin, not to worry.  Folks here like to hear about it.  I suspect we show 
them 
-> a different world and one they are curious about.  We've both been 
careful to 
-> omit any navy 'terms' that might upset the moderator even if translated 
(wink).
-> 
->                                        xxcarol

I can still swear like a drunken sailor....having been one in the past (grin) I

however choose not to.......well MOST of the time at least! Although the 
other day I did blush when I heard some really creative swearing....but it was 
a junior high age girl doing it so I claim I was blushing for her!
chat with you soon
hap 
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