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Old 07-31-2012, 03:46 PM
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I just received a phone call from my son with good news. He said " I made Chief today". After many years in the United States Navy he made it. He was excited to say the least. My wife and I are very proud of him. He has been deployed 8 times to the mid east. We are very happy for him. I hope ya'll don't mind but I had to tell someone.
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Old 07-31-2012, 03:55 PM
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Congratulations to all of you...

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Old 07-31-2012, 04:03 PM
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Congrats to all, and we thank him for his service
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Old 07-31-2012, 04:08 PM
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Congrat's to one of the Navy's newest Chief Petty Officers Father! Make sure your son fills ya in on his Command's CPO initiation punishment!
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Old 07-31-2012, 04:32 PM
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Great news -- a difficult rank to achieve and a rank to be very proud of.
the "Goat Locker" will be his new home (mess/lounge area for CPO's on ships).
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Old 07-31-2012, 05:13 PM
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My son's an MP, staff sergeant, we're hoping he'll make Top later on this year. Everything's done waiting for a slot. Fingers crossed.
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Old 07-31-2012, 05:34 PM
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Please pass-on my congratulations to your son....and thank him for his service.

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Old 07-31-2012, 05:37 PM
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My son's an MP, staff sergeant, we're hoping he'll make Top later on this year. Everything's done waiting for a slot. Fingers crossed.
Let us know the moment you hear something cougar14.
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Old 07-31-2012, 05:51 PM
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I hope ya'll don't mind but I had to tell someone.
Why would we mind? Congratulations!!
If we can't brag on our young'uns here amongst like-minded friends, where can we brag?

Again, congratulations to you and your son!
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He got the "HAT"..

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Old 07-31-2012, 09:20 PM
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Congratulations to your son. Making the call to my Dad after I found out I made Chief was one of the proudest moments of my life. Dad passed away from a heart attack shortly after attending my pinning - I thank God every day he lived long enough to see it.

Tell your "Selectee" son I expect him to establish an account on this forum so that he may request electronic charge book entries from all of the "Honorable" Chiefs here.

Also I would like him to tell me the only major league baseball player to hold the rank of Chief.


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Let us know the moment you hear something cougar14.
Well, his unit is deploying to Gitmo for a year this January, hope it happens before he's gone. I'd wanted him to go Navy like me, because (I believe) the Navy does a better job of preparing men for the future if they get out after a few years, but it was his decision, and I honored that. The education I got in the Navy got me hired into a major utility company less than two weeks after my discharge, and I worked for them until I retired. I wish more people understood what you can get from the Military if you want to, rather than just screw off and fart around.

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Thanks for all the kind words. I will pass them to the new Chief. He said he already started the "initiation punishment".
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Old 08-01-2012, 02:47 AM
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We're all proud of him and wish him the best.
Thank him from me for his service to our Country.

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Old 08-01-2012, 02:51 AM
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Congratulations to your son. Making the call to my Dad after I found out I made Chief was one of the proudest moments of my life. Dad passed away from a heart attack shortly after attending my pinning - I thank God every day he lived long enough to see it.

Tell your "Selectee" son I expect him to establish an account on this forum so that he may request electronic charge book entries from all of the "Honorable" Chiefs here.

Also I would like him to tell me the only major league baseball player to hold the rank of Chief.


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Congrats to the newest member of the goat locker. That is a great accomplishment. A lot of chief slots are getting harder to come by.
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Old 08-01-2012, 03:07 PM
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Congrats. With all branches of the military facing downsizing these days making E-7 has become much more difficult than it used to be. I know that the Navy and Marine Corp are being forced to deny re-enlistment to some who thought they were going to do 20yrs and get a pension.
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Congratulations to your son for his accomplishment, and congratulations to you for having raised a fine son! We need pics of the pinning ceremony!
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