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To: nolu chan; stand watie
[cvn76 #309] ["in point of fact" .... both terms [gunnery mate / gunner's mate ] are and have been used interchangeably in MY navy as well as the mc on board usn fleet.

Only if one considers your navy to consist of you in the bathtub in the basement of your mother's house, accompanied by your fleet of rubber duckies.

Nobody serves "on board" a fleet.

In civilian parlance, some folks are "aboard" a ship.

In proper U.S. Navy parlance, a sailor serves "in" a ship.

Fire up your google engine again and search on "served in uss" (with quote marks).

If you insist on making believe you are U.S. Navy, at least learn some of the jargon.

The cvn76 navy

319 posted on 12/29/2004 7:02:28 AM PST by nolu chan
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To: nolu chan
!!!!!!!!!

free dixie,sw

323 posted on 12/29/2004 7:57:01 AM PST by stand watie ( being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
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To: nolu chan

but you never were mr chan.

its ok we understand.


327 posted on 12/29/2004 11:01:04 AM PST by cvn76 (F=GMm/r2 this actually works!!!)
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To: nolu chan

"at least learn some of the jargon."

for you mr chan(ret navy librarian)........
no! lol!!!!!

now you are navy huh?

i could ask you what rank/grade but being the googler librarian you are, you will look one up. lol!!!!!

in another persona have you also served in another branch or will you google that up as need be? (snicker ,snicker, snicker). all your paper tiger buddies have listed their courageous service in their "about" pages or run their mouths off in posts about it, but not you.....until now.

how convenient.lol!!!!

"Nobody serves "on board" a fleet"

too bad ..... i didn't serve "in" cvn76. the term is ON BOARD.......exactly what decade was your imaginary GOOGLE inspired service??? lol!!!!!!!!

once again, wrong palefaced turd!

do you fancy yourself some kind of kepper of the anthology of navy parlance? when you "served" (gee...maybe that's not the right term for mr chan?maybe i should say "floated" or "sailed" or "plied") did you as (i'm sure) a senior officer threaten to recommend MASTING someone who didn't conform to the terminology code you made up?

can i have my ON BOARD time back or not? ON BOARD, ON BOARD, ON BOARD.

google the word "sarcasm":)

what a phony!!!!....go back to the aisles of the library you fake "sailor" (oops...maybe the wrong term again)


330 posted on 12/29/2004 11:35:47 AM PST by cvn76 (F=GMm/r2 this actually works!!!)
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