Best Path...

[hamsamich]

Yep, married people would have a much better chance in the Farce, I agree with that bigtime.  My experience in the Navy was extremely hard compared to many stories I have heard, but not as hard as a few others.  I am glad I did it and am very proud to have gone thru it mostly intact.  I draw strength from my fast-attack days.  But while it was going on I felt alot of it was very unfair and I would NEVER want to go thru it again.  If I had been married I don't see how 80%+ of women would have been able to deal with it.

[lagrange]

I disagree with some of this about how you don't get to design stuff...

I had this guy who, when assigned to scrub the diamond decks in lower level with a wire brush (EMI), found a whole bunch of the little buggers, cut the wood handles off of them, and somehow affixed them to a pair of old bilge boots so that he could scrub the decks simply by throwing a little water and soap on them and walking around.

You can also design bilge grabbers, and many pieces of arts and crafts made from copper wire and such.

So there, lots of designing to be done.

 

[Marlin]

I disagree with some of this about how you don't get to design stuff...

I had this guy who, when assigned to scrub the diamond decks in lower level with a wire brush (EMI), found a whole bunch of the little buggers, cut the wood handles off of them, and somehow affixed them to a pair of old bilge boots so that he could scrub the decks simply by throwing a little water and soap on them and walking around.

You can also design bilge grabbers, and many pieces of arts and crafts made from copper wire and such.

So there, lots of designing to be done.

 

We use to build bilge scrubbers out of pipe, valves, and copper tubing. It used water and 100# air that did a pretty good job of cutting the oil and grease and other gunk that collected below the decks. The nozzle was just the pinched end of the tubing that we pried back open to the right gap.

[lagrange]

We desgined a steam blaster from an old steam out hose pinched at the nozzle.  That tool was dangerous but a hell of a lot of fun (and pretty effective).

There, see, more design.

[Marlin]

We desgined a steam blaster from an old steam out hose pinched at the nozzle.  That tool was dangerous but a hell of a lot of fun (and pretty effective).

There, see, more design.

Maybe just nuke "Arts and Craft". 

[lagrange]

yeah, maybe just making really crappy work more interesting by increasing the level of risk...
with a little arts and crafts to boot!

[Marlin]

yeah, maybe just making really crappy work more interesting by increasing the level of risk...
with a little arts and crafts to boot!

  The real creativity came when we were playing head games with shipmates.  Woe be the nubs.

[Cycoticpenguin]

I am nearing my ship date (April 21, 2008), and I am thinking of my long term goals.  Some may argue that I shouldn't even think about that stuff until I'm in the fleet, but I would disagree.  Anyway, I hope to one day hold a bachelor's degree in nuclear/mechanical engineering and then a MBA (eventually).  I'm quite an ambitious young man, maybe too much, I don't know, but I don't want to work in a power plant or be a technician my whole life.  I would like to take advantage of the gifts God has given me in leadership and creative thinking.  Using my knowledge of "how things work" to successfully run a company is a dream of mine.  I 100% understand the "needs of the Navy" mentality, and I am prepared to submit to it.  However, who can offer advice as to what path I should take from here on out in order for me to achieve my goals?  Meaning, should I attempt to become an officer or SPU, be a lifer, what should I do once I get out, etc?  Also, I'm married, so if that changes anything, let me know.  Sorry if I've rambled or made grammatical errors, as I typed this pretty quickly.

Thank you,

Future Nuke (I hope!)

all I have to say, your time for leadership and creative thinking is really not through the pipeline. Keep a low profile and things run smoother... I PROMISE!

ambitions are nice, but keep your mind sharp and focused on your major short term goal you have coming up.

[Broadzilla]

The real creativity came when we were playing head games with shipmates.  Woe be the nubs.

There is nothing more destructive to friends and shipmates than a bored nuke! In addition to headgames nukes have figured out more ways to dump water on their buds than any species known to man!

Mike

[Marlin]

There is nothing more destructive to friends and shipmates than a bored nuke! In addition to headgames nukes have figured out more ways to dump water on their buds than any species known to man!

Mike

Just dump? A hose full of water attached to a 100# air outlet taped in the framework and aimed at the Upper Level enginerooms sound powered phone made my day more than once.  

[lagrange]

Just dump? A hose full of water attached to a 100# air outlet taped in the framework and aimed at the Upper Level enginerooms sound powered phone made my day more than once.  

or 150# firemain through vari-nozzle.