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Sgt. Mike Viet Nam Humor
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If deliberate and can be pinned down to an individual then that is sabotage and I would think a long tour in the CrossBar Hotel.
The other side of the coin it is incompetence with a lack of accountability. Looking at you Boeing.
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I don't think this just applies to Surface Warfare Warriors. I know there were lots of times I found myself thinking of what needed to be done at work when I was off and even when on leave. Use to get calls from work in the middle of the night, the Night Crew was asking for assistance in what to do. The best was I came home once on the Advance Party to get stuff set up for when the squadron arrived back from Japan. One evening the phone rang and my Wife answered it. One the other end was my best friend, she asked"When did you get back?", his rely was "I am not, I am still in Japan! Put him on the phone!". There was a problem there and they knew I would have the answer........
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I sometimes joke that my job description is "old and useful". I have been doing stuff in my field for so long that I generally have a good idea what the correct answer to a problem is. I compare myself to the Farmer's Insurance ads: I know things because I have seen things.
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Clyde was just the turn signal. He wasn't allowed to mess with the rudder.
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During Friday morning barracks inspection at Beautiful Beaufort by the Sea, the night crew could sleep in. We had a tag that said "night crew" that you could hang on the end of your rack.
I was in charge of the Radar night shift and when everything was done and buttoned up, we would head to mid rats and then back to the barracks. Stay up until 0130 and then get a little sleep. I think I only slept through one inspection and didn't really know it happened. Oh the fun we had.
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A couple of times we had grunt Sgt.Majors that did not understand the concept of night crews. Usually the CO would explain the facts of life to them. When we were on the carrier the Sgt.Major stayed in S-1 with the Admin Chief. He never ventured into the Maintenance spaces unless he was with the CO. And never on the roof(flight deck).
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Could tell some horror stories about grunt Sgt. Major's coming to wing units. Either they got snapped into the program or ended up sitting in their office drinking coffee and talking to the Career Planner, S-1, or the S-4 Chief's. The S-2 and S-3 Chief's had wing work to do.
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With all the new awards (Ribbons & Medals)) for stuff nowadays, this would not surprise me at all. It seems as if some of the services award ribbons to those that can go to the bathroom by themselves.
As an aside. Will maybe post another later. Could be off the net as Milty is inbound and may come to visit.
As an aside. Will maybe post another later. Could be off the net as Milty is inbound and may come to visit.
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Gives new meaning to the phrase "junk on the bunk". The sun was shining so it was during the hottest months of the year. No sun during the monsoons, just a constant rain and cold.
We had to rake the sand every Friday. Seems like one of those "we need more discipline" tasks when we were already working 12 hour shifts. Fortunately they did not have hooch inspections.
Gives new meaning to the phrase "junk on the bunk". The sun was shining so it was during the hottest months of the year. No sun during the monsoons, just a constant rain and cold.
We had to rake the sand every Friday. Seems like one of those "we need more discipline" tasks when we were already working 12 hour shifts. Fortunately they did not have hooch inspections.
