First Week on a Carrier!

[Cycoticpenguin]

initial thoughts on my first week here

1) WHATS WITH ALL THE G#@ DA#@# STAIRS?!? I get a healthy workout every day
2) S-bag's galore!
3) Its not going to be hard to stand out amongst my peers. Good people, not so hot work ethic
4) Wow.
5) 30% done with bneq after 2 days of qual time... '

EDIT: I (finally) got what I wanted - RM! I was excited to hear that

[Gamecock]

It is easy to stand out on a carrier...All you really need to do is qualify on time.  Keep charging on.

[JustinHEMI05]

initial thoughts on my first week here

5) 30% done with bneq after 2 days of qual time... '

You're still dink nub.

Justin

[lagrange]

initial thoughts on my first week here

1) WHATS WITH ALL THE G#@ DA#@# STAIRS?!? I get a healthy workout every day
2) S-bag's galore!
3) Its not going to be hard to stand out amongst my peers. Good people, not so hot work ethic
4) Wow.
5) 30% done with bneq after 2 days of qual time... '

EDIT: I (finally) got what I wanted - RM! I was excited to hear that

Long, long way to go.  Once you stand a little Feed Pump Watch in the Gulf you'll have earned that nuke pay!

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[Fermi2]

Why only 30%?

[Cycoticpenguin]

Why only 30%?

haha Im already ahead of a guy that's been here for a month and a half. Kind of sad really.


I hope this is NOT what I should expect out of my division Im the only RM nuke down here right now though

[Gamecock]

Don't forget to start your PVO card as well.  As an RM guy, you'll be expected to know significantly more then your peers when it comes to that one.

Also...if you want to make a really good impression and be considered a hard charger, get a shutdown roving watch qual card and start standing UI's on your duty days.  If the RT staff won't give you one, talk to the RM div Training Petty Officer and he should hook you up.

Keep charging.


Oh....and don't pass judgement on those guys that are dink in BNEQ.....If you get the reputation as an arrogant jerk, you're qual progress will slow.

There are three ways to qualify slow.
1.  Be lazy
2. Be an idiot
3.  Be an arrogant jerk...this one applies even before you get to the ship.....We had a SPU who probably was the smartest nub I saw in regards to nuke stuff...but, he had been a jerk to several of the guys that were now qualified sailors onboard IKE....Those guys let everyone know that the SPU was a jerk....Despite being a very smart guy...he qualified BNEQ late.

[JustinHEMI05]

haha Im already ahead of a guy that's been here for a month and a half. Kind of sad really.


I hope this is NOT what I should expect out of my division Im the only RM nuke down here right now though

You're still dink nub.

Justin

[JsonD13]

Best thing for you to do is not focus on getting checkout from RT staff but get them from RM.  You'll be working for those guys when you qualify, so why not get to know them now.  Also, if you impress them with knowledge, that might help.

[rumrunner]

initial thoughts on my first week here

1) WHATS WITH ALL THE G#@ DA#@# STAIRS?!? I get a healthy workout every day
2) S-bag's galore!
3) Its not going to be hard to stand out amongst my peers. Good people, not so hot work ethic
4) Wow.
5) 30% done with bneq after 2 days of qual time... '

EDIT: I (finally) got what I wanted - RM! I was excited to hear that

Carrier duty can be great as long as you don't mind standing in lines.  At least you have internet these days.  Back in the "old surface nuke" Navy of 25 years ago we had to settle for mail call but being we were the airport, mail was a frequent arrival - another advantage of being on a carrier.  I remember ordering an espresso machine from the Navy Exchange in Italy and having it delivered a week later while the Nimitz was at sea.   

Please, don't call those ladders "stairs".  It'll embarrass you in front of the old salts who show up for a tiger cruise.  Heed the advice about spending time with RM divvers and not live in RT.  The RM people have a vested interest in getting you qualified and on the watch rotation.  I hated my RT time and couldn't wait to get out of there.

[Kev3399]

Glad you are living up to your enthusiasm. 

1) Uhhhh  We called them "Ladder(s)" on a submarine.
2) We didn't have those on Submarine's.
3) That would be everyone on a Submarine (the excellence you speak of that is...good work ethic's/hard chargers).
4) Exactly.
5) You'd be right on track on a Submarine.


Just to elucidate my point further.  You'd fit right in on a Submarine.  But, to that I'll say this:

Welcome to the Surface Navy.





Good Luck.  Keep up the hard work.  And, don't make me send the BoatsWain Mate (we didn't have one of those on a Submarine if you were wondering) down to educate you on Ladders and things.

Jason

You submarine types are funny. In his defense, they are actually stairs.

Stairs
"1 : a series of steps or flights of steps for passing from one level to another"
This is what I remember. Steps going down or up at an angle.

Ladder
"1: a structure for climbing up or down that consists essentially of two long sidepieces joined at intervals by crosspieces on which one may step"

I only used one ladder on a carrier and that was to go the shaft alleys. I only did that once to look for a missing shipyard worker. What can I say - RC Div. 

Have you ever been on an aircraft carrier?

[PWHoppe]

You submarine types are funny. In his defense, they are actually stairs.

From my boot camp days, many years ago, ALL stairs were called ladders, even those in a building. Does the "new" Navy use toilet's now and not head's

Have you ever been on an aircraft carrier?

Nope, always was a sewer pipe sailor

[Samabby]

 "
From my boot camp days, many years ago, ALL stairs were called ladders, "

Even this old Airdale agrees! 

[lagrange]

Ladders.

DUH

[Len61]

Ahhh, I remember my first look at IKE. I was fresh from NPTU Balston Spa, She was near the end of a COH in Newport News.
It was close to dusk as I walked up the pier.
Welding sparks were flying, people scurrying all about, the smell of heavy machinery lingering in the air, and this massive beautiful gray lady (kind of odd referring to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as a female) appearred towering above everything else, and I thought to myself holy S***.

[Fermi2]

Dude,

You're at the point now where you can probably start telling the qualified guys there's nothing they can ask you that will end up in a lookup. Sailors respect that kind of can do attitude and it'll help your quals immensely.

Len how's the Ferry treating you?

Mike

[mlslstephens]

haha Im already ahead of a guy that's been here for a month and a half. Kind of sad really.

Congrats on doing well thus far but that isn't surprising from your prototype days...you're motivated.

As for your quote...don't compare yourself against the slackers and then feel good about yourself.  Find the hottest runner and then whip him in quals. 

Food for thought...Just because your shoes are shinier than the guys next to you, doesn't mean you have shiny shoes.

Good luck in all your quals and oh yeah, thanks for "standing the watch" so the rest of us can "go ashore".

[rlbinc]

Yep - that and...

"There's no way I can be greased."

Is another sure-fire way to command their respect.

[mlslstephens]

Find the hottest runner and then whip him in quals. 

How sexist of me...find the hottest runner and then whip him/her in quals.

[PWHoppe]

Yep - that and...

"There's no way I can be greased."

Is another sure-fire way to command their respect.

Yea, that ALWAYS worked on all the subs I was on ...try it, maybe it will work on a carrier

[rumrunner]

Let's see....as I recall the Quarterdeck watch would announce "sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down both fore and aft. Sweep down all lower decks, ladder backs and passageways! Dump all garbage in the dumpsters on the pier! Now sweepers!" 

So now is it "Sweepers, sweepers, use (don't want to say "man") your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down both front and back! Sweep down all lower floors, stairways and halls.  Now sweepers." ??

[mlslstephens]

Let's see....as I recall the Quarterdeck watch would announce "sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down both fore and aft. Sweep down all lower decks, ladder backs and passageways! Dump all garbage in the dumpsters on the pier! Now sweepers!" 

So now is it "Sweepers, sweepers, use (don't want to say "man") your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down both front and back! Sweep down all lower floors, stairways and halls.  Now sweepers." ??

Funny.  Who knows?

On subs it was simple it either went like, "Secure from security violation drill, Commence Field Day" or with no warning just as the galley closed from breakfast..."Reveille, reveille up all bunks, all hands turn two and commence field day"

[Fermi2]

Let's see....as I recall the Quarterdeck watch would announce "sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down both fore and aft. Sweep down all lower decks, ladder backs and passageways! Dump all garbage in the dumpsters on the pier! Now sweepers!" 

So now is it "Sweepers, sweepers, use (don't want to say "man") your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down both front and back! Sweep down all lower floors, stairways and halls.  Now sweepers." ??

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. After 17 years out I finally got this out of my head now you put it back in!!!

[flamatrix99]

Dude,

You're at the point now where you can probably start telling the qualified guys there's nothing they can ask you that will end up in a lookup. Sailors respect that kind of can do attitude and it'll help your quals immensely.

Len how's the Ferry treating you?

Mike

That's a good way to look like a cocky ass and have a bunch of unnecessary lookups. I would rather keep my mouth shut, answer the questions asked and get through the checkouts.

[Fermi2]

That's a good way to look like a cocky ass and have a bunch of unnecessary lookups. I would rather keep my mouth shut, answer the questions asked and get through the checkouts.

Ya think?

Mike