Navy Rating Modernization...

Scubadew said:
*Cheesy alert* , @TLDR20

You're a Corpsman. You're proud to be a Corpsman. You are part of the most decorated rate in the U.S. military with 23 Medal of Honors. You will go through hell and back for a wounded Marine and you bear the weight of the expectations that come with introducing yourself as a Corpsman.

Then one morning they remove the title because it's not gender neutral and tell you that your official title now is Medical Technician and also that all other rates have had their titles stripped.

It's just a title. It's nothing, but it's everything. My .02c
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Marines will still call their Corpsmen, "Doc." That ain't going nowhere, Sailor. It's part of the lingo, like scuttlebutt, pogiebait and swab-jockey.
 
Ocoka One said:
Marines will still call their Corpsmen, "Doc." That ain't going nowhere, Sailor. It's part of the lingo, like scuttlebutt, pogiebait and swab-jockey.
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No doubt. It's funny because the boys haven't skipped a beat. It's just the Navy bitching about the change. We will see where this all leads.
 
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Freefalling said:
What? This is my first post in this thread.
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....or is it? :ninja:

Ooh-Rah said:
Damn it! I don't know why after all these years I still mix you and @Marauder06 up from time to time. My apologies to whichever of you is most offended!
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Freefalling is the one everyone thinks is a girl. I'm the funny/witty one. It's not that hard to keep straight.

Freefalling said:
@Marauder06 by far.
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On a serious note, not at all. I think you have at least half again as much time as me downrange, and I have seven combat stripes. That's a LOT of experience in the sandbox. I'd be happy to have people confuse my relatively limited time in Afghanistan with yours. #I'mFreefalling
 
Agree on the idea that it's typically confusing in the joint community, although within each J shop you usually only ever had one or two rates to remember. I always thought it was weird referring to people as their rate though. I never knew what rank anyone was.

The big thing though that most of the people I'm working with right now is that they took their rate from them without the replacement. NOS I'm guessing isn't implemented yet. One of the guys was saying his eval that he just finished still had a rate in it too.

If it's an antiquated system maybe it needs to be modernized, if not, why bother changing for the sake of changing.
 

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