I can tell you're good fleet squid material... the high speed low drag boats don't get paint... it slows 'em down... LOL.
No more Seaman!
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Touché. Well played!
Congrats on the promotion.
Not knowing much about the Navy, which guy are you in this picture?
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Someone has to try an pickup the clipart slack. Mara has been dropping the ball lately.
Neither really. Closer to the guy in the blue coveralls though. The text says he's a SEAMAN, but he has crows and his ESWS. I'm nowhere near being in khakis yet.
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Let me help out with some clipart of what your main job will be on the ship:Congrats on the promotion.
Not knowing much about the Navy, which guy are you in this picture?
Someone has to try an pickup the clipart slack. Mara has been dropping the ball lately.
Watchstanding and maintenance take a back seat to cleaning, generally at least two or three times a day for 30+ minutes each session. Couldn't resist inserting such a... strange picture.
Watchstanding and maintenance take a back seat to cleaning, generally at least two or three times a day for 30+ minutes each session.
Shit, on my first boat we had an hour of field day every day right after quarters. Cleaning and 3M checks are pretty much the vast majority of what we did.
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Rev > Quarters > Sweep > Some 3M > Lunch > Field Day ("heavy" work right after a meal?!) > A little more 3M > Sweep and dust whatever managed to accumulate since lunch > Think about getting liberty > Stand around while LPO tries to figure out where Chief went > Figure out Chief left for the day > LPO leaves, finally granting liberty as the door shuts behind him/her
Lol. So true....
I'm assuming that's not going to work for me when I first get to a ship due to quals and what not...
Sweepers sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down fore and aft. Sweep down all lower decks, ladder backs and passageways. Throw all trash clear of the fantail. Now sweepers!
What do you mean?
Are quals (watch standing, DC, FF, etc) worked on during normal working hours or after? We've been told to expect long days (once we report to a ship) until we start making some good headway on our watch quals and our ESWS sign offs.
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You should have a reasonable amount of time prior to getting 3M qual'ed to get some of your DC out of the way. Beyond that, it'll either be after hours (DC, ESWS) or during scheduled watch U/I periods for your various in-port or underway watches.
Depends. Sounds like IT101 had a different experience than I did. My command was all about getting the DC quals done pronto. So there were times we were able to skip other shit in order to get quals done. Duty days are great for getting shitloads of quals knocked out as well.
Well, IT101 , you said you showed up to your first ship as a 2nd class after a shore duty, correct? That might be why you had a different experience. I would assume that'd be a bit different than a fresh-out-of-A-school E1-3 or push button E4.
Fuck I wish I'd had more time/better resources to research all this shit when I quit. Que sera, sera.
Fuck I wish I'd had more time/better resources to research all this shit when I quit. Que sera, sera.
Got my first "Good morning Petty Officer" greeting today. I never know if people around here do it to be smart asses or if they really don't know any better. 
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