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To: LonePalm
The duty storekeeper, now Logistics Specialist, is known as the "Jack-o-the-dust".

Odd.

We always called 'em "Skivvy Stackers".

(Sounds as if all of the Old School rates have either been transfigured into bureaucratic gobbledegook or, in my case, taken over by GS-12's and then disestablished.)

156 posted on 08/09/2021 1:01:19 PM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Here am I; send me.)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet
I think the Navy is trying to get the submarine down to four ratings, Front of the boat (OPS), back of the boat (ENG), Missiles/torps (WEP), and Cooks (SUP).

The surface Navy is just as bad. They have already merged the Quartermaster and Signalman ratings. I really wouldn't want my SMs navigating or my QMs doing blinking light.

The way they are going they will probably want to merge gunner's mates and Corpsmen.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

207 posted on 08/09/2021 4:12:27 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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