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ET vs. ELT
mattrev:
--- Quote from: scruffy on Dec 11, 2004, 03:37 ---
Well Beer court I guess I was just too senior to dive the bilge
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Wasn't such a thing on my boat. At one point we had 11 MM1/SS' out of 23 in M-Div (4 of 5 ELT's) . Everybody dove bilges.
Already Gone:
--- Quote from: scruffy on Dec 11, 2004, 03:37 ---Well Beer court I guess I was just too senior to dive the bilge you see I was the only E-5 in my nuke school class and was the senior E-5 on my boat in enginneering had already taken the E-6 exam when their was no one secondary sample qualed then they had to have somebody aft of frame 52 to do them. You guys must of had one boat in bad condition because both of my boats that I was on never had more than 6 to 8 inches of water in the bilge ( except when the Swordfish was sinking then the water was above the ERUL deck) you guys should have taken better care of your boat! Apples and oranges you were in a Navy that was post cold war a different set of rules.
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There were four E-5's in my NPS class. I was one of them. I made E-6 one week after my 22nd birthday. I dove the damned bilge just like every other guy who pulled his own weight. If a MMCM or a Lt.Cdr. can be there with me, then you weren't too "senior" as an E-5 who took the E-6 test. We had a name for guys who didn't get dirty; we called them "riders" whether they were ship's company or not. Anyone who didn't clean the boat was a passenger.
If you never had slimy water in your bilge, you must have had the luxury of going up to PD to pump them once in a while. We didn't stay up that long very often, and wouldn't risk the noise.
I'm sorry you had the impression that I was "post-cold-war" as you put it. I guess all those soviets we were tracking were just out for a joy ride.
RCLCPO:
Now, now..........y'all be nice.
There's plenty of feather ruffling to be had between sub guys and surface guys, ETs and ELTs, etc. I've seen more than one alcohol-induced combat scene due to surface and sub sailors being in the same pub, but we don't need that here.
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