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How To Simulate Being A Sailor
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Posted on 05/16/2010 9:58:23 AM PDT by DogByte6RER

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Now I remember why I took a pass on re-enlisting...
1 posted on 05/16/2010 9:58:23 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

This hi-larious! and oh so true. I’m going to have to share it with my fellow ex-sailors.


2 posted on 05/16/2010 10:01:21 AM PDT by MNnice
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Dude, that was funnnnny! And I thought the Army was better because we had less uniforms to maintain.


3 posted on 05/16/2010 10:02:18 AM PDT by joesjane (The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling)
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Classic!


4 posted on 05/16/2010 10:03:33 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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5 posted on 05/16/2010 10:05:31 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: MNnice

this is why I didn’t reenlist.


6 posted on 05/16/2010 10:05:47 AM PDT by brivette
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To: DogByte6RER

THANK YOU so very much for posting this gem!

I found it on USENET about 12 years ago, and haven’t been able to find it since then (because DejaNews was bought out, and then gutted, by Google Groups).


7 posted on 05/16/2010 10:06:04 AM PDT by thecodont
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I know why I joined the Army.


8 posted on 05/16/2010 10:07:01 AM PDT by Volunteer (Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
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The list is eerily accurate, and while I enjoyed my Naval service, I do not miss it.


9 posted on 05/16/2010 10:07:11 AM PDT by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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My nephew just graduated his Class A school at Great Lakes. As an ex Navy man myself I can relate to all of these, but he don’t know yet. I’m sending it to him so he can “ponder” the future. LOL


10 posted on 05/16/2010 10:08:47 AM PDT by Blackhawk (God said it, I believe it, That settles it. Forever. Amen.)
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ROTFLMAO, Two thirds of those “ideas” could apply to the Army also. Those “ideas” were made by E-9’s through O-6’s.


11 posted on 05/16/2010 10:12:45 AM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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40. “Dump all trash over the fantail,” and then standby as the ship circles the trash and your skipper uses floating objects for 50 Caliber Machine Gun practice from the bridge.


12 posted on 05/16/2010 10:12:50 AM PDT by OldNavyVet (One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years.)
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13. Make your family qualify to operate each appliance in your house - dishwasher operator, blender technician, etc. Re-qualify every 6 months.

Not a bad idea, except that nobody in the family wants to use most appliances. Maybe if they were fined for not maintaining qualification ...

13 posted on 05/16/2010 10:13:47 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Amateurish," agreed Janet Napolitano, the White House amateurishness czar.)
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I lucked out - my "sea duty" was with the Marines.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
14 posted on 05/16/2010 10:17:09 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; Bean Counter; investigateworld; ...
SONOBUOY PING!

Off topic, but I thought everyone would get a kick out of this. Let me know if you have strong feelings either way about posting items like this.

Click on pic for past Navair pings.

Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
The only requirement for inclusion in the Navair Pinglist is an interest in Naval Aviation.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.

15 posted on 05/16/2010 10:20:48 AM PDT by magslinger (Tagline impounded as a threat to national security.)
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Make coffee using eighteen scoops of budget priced coffee grounds per pot, and let the pot simmer for 5 hours before drinking.

In other words, Starbucks.

16 posted on 05/16/2010 10:23:22 AM PDT by mnehring
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As a Marine who deployed aboard LPH’s and LHA’s I can relate. Although we didn’t have to play the paint chipping game. Life on the ship is pretty much the same for Sailors and Marines alike. The only difference is we Marines are only “guests” for 6 months, the ship is home for a Sailor.


17 posted on 05/16/2010 10:23:33 AM PDT by sean327 (God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
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LMAO!


18 posted on 05/16/2010 10:24:38 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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Be promised that ever 18 months you will receive a $30K bonus for being a qualified nuclear engineer. At the 17th month, 29th day, you are told your role has changed to a piston cleaner. At the 18th month, first day, your role is changed back to nuclear engineer- no bonus.


19 posted on 05/16/2010 10:25:33 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: Volunteer

We could make our own. like cooking C-Rations over C-4. LOL


20 posted on 05/16/2010 10:27:37 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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