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"oh and also this is a serious question...are there any NOT ultra conservative people in the navy? can i get some moderates up in thurrr?"

YES, you're talking to one right here. We're not all in it to git us sum A-rabs. Read the officer's oath of commission - I try to take that stuff very seriously. And it just happens to be the same one the President swears when he gets inaugurated.

4/18/2008 1:38:08 AM

Im about to go sailing but I haven't been out on the ocean in a long time and I used to get sick- what are your suggestions for seasickness other than Dramamine

4/18/2008 1:38:51 AM

whew that makes me feel better

4/18/2008 1:38:57 AM

Yeah, and how is that working out for us again?

4/18/2008 1:39:35 AM

^^^suck it up?

^^

^well, if we were more like the Roman Republic we based our nation off of....we'd have better leaders in my opinion

4/18/2008 1:39:59 AM

haha dammit. How am I gonna impress the chicks if I'm picking off the side of the boat

4/18/2008 1:42:30 AM

they'll be doing it too. where you sailing out of? what kind of seas you expecting?

4/18/2008 1:43:51 AM

Watery?

4/18/2008 1:46:31 AM

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"Im about to go sailing but I haven't been out on the ocean in a long time and I used to get sick- what are your suggestions for seasickness other than Dramamine"

Just get drunk. If you throw up you can attribute it to too much alcohol.

4/18/2008 1:48:35 AM

we are just doing southport to wrightsville but I don't know if we are gonna be going out on to the "open seas" or not. If we stay on the intercoastal I imagine I will be fine but if I get on anything over 3-4 feet I might be in trouble

4/18/2008 1:48:42 AM

also do all girls cut their hair really short like a boy. or can it be short but not that short. my friend just did her basic training and is going to naval intelligence school and she is now rocking the boy cut. if my hair has to be short i would still like it to be cute not hideous

4/18/2008 1:49:00 AM

you are cute enough that it wouldn't be a problem

4/18/2008 1:51:50 AM

EEEEEEE-GAME

chembob, on a scale of 1-10 how would you rate his e-game in that post?

[Edited on April 18, 2008 at 1:53 AM. Reason : ]

4/18/2008 1:52:35 AM

not all the girls cut it short. as long as your hair is neatly kept up when you're wearing a cover (hat), you're alright.

[Edited on April 18, 2008 at 1:55 AM. Reason : i'd give it a 5.2]

4/18/2008 1:54:51 AM

haha hopefully zero- there wasn't much put into that one

4/18/2008 1:55:38 AM

sorry to call you out like that but i'm trying to prolong my procrastination as long as possible and that post was fodder in that cannon...

4/18/2008 1:57:21 AM

if you are in the military do you have to get married in your uniform

4/18/2008 2:04:42 AM

No

[Edited on April 18, 2008 at 2:06 AM. Reason : stupid iPhone]

4/18/2008 2:05:46 AM

well just WONDERINGGGGGG

4/18/2008 2:08:20 AM

ive been to several weddings where they did but several where they didnt (ie my sisters wedding, not a single person was in uniform)

4/18/2008 2:14:39 AM

oh yea. everyone i know has been in uniform and there have been lots of swords and stuff. thats just not really my style.

4/18/2008 2:15:43 AM

when I tie the knot I want to do a traditional Scottish wedding kilt and all- that or a beach wedding... Hell what am I saying- I'm sure whoever I marry will probably tell me what i want

4/18/2008 2:18:52 AM

Awwww. I wanted to talk about supercavitating torpedos.

4/18/2008 2:59:22 AM

well, I'm gonna get married in my uniform. Just got my officer's sword

4/18/2008 7:24:18 AM

ttt

4/19/2008 10:25:28 PM

SUPER

CAVITATING

TORPEDOS

4/19/2008 10:45:55 PM

^why we shouldn't trust the Rooskis...or the Krauts.

4/19/2008 10:48:50 PM

Do we gots them?

4/19/2008 10:49:16 PM

Nyet/Nein.

4/19/2008 10:49:56 PM

4/20/2008 3:04:39 AM

But we're working on them, most likely.

4/20/2008 3:09:19 AM

The tinfoil-hat part of me says that we already have them, but the realist in me says that we already have missiles that pwnt n00bs like Russia so who cares.

4/20/2008 3:18:56 AM

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"oh and also this is a serious question...are there any NOT ultra conservative people in the navy? can i get some moderates up in thurrr?""

I've noticed in the USMC that there is a very large contigent of right-leaning libertarians (myself included).

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"With our current Navy, do you think it's possible in our lifetimes that the United States will ever suffer an amphibious assault from a hostile country? "

Some things would have to really, really drastically change. Our Navy is like an order of magnitude (or maybe two) more kickass than the nearest competitor. The gap is pretty staggering.

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"How cool is the Phalanx CIWS? "

i hear it's pretty sweet...on the occassions when it's working.

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"wat happens when you guys pass the equator for the first time?... i saw this episode of JAG and was wondering if there was any truth to it. "

Yeah, there's truth to it. I'm sure the tradition has become more PC and watered down than it used to be, but it's still done (and it's the equator, not the PM)...I can't think of what the whole ordeal is called, but it's something about being a pollywog/"wog". I think they throw nasty shit all over you and do some other stuff. Apparently it's a real helluva mess.

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"Read the officer's oath of commission - I try to take that stuff very seriously. And it just happens to be the same one the President swears when he gets inaugurated. "

No, it's different from the President's. I'm pretty sure it is the same as the VICE President's, however.

4/20/2008 3:21:42 AM

I don't know why I though the President had the same oath.

The oath of office for Senators, Congresmen, and the Vice President IS the same as our military officer's oath.

4/20/2008 3:27:06 AM

correct.

4/20/2008 3:28:19 AM

President's reads:

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Same gist, really.

4/20/2008 3:29:08 AM

I read the oath once, but then my recruiter fucked my over and I blew out both knees in the interim.

My military career ended with me owing the goverment for my ~30 days of health insurance between signing the papers and not shipping off to Fort Knox.

[Edited on April 20, 2008 at 3:32 AM. Reason : .]

4/20/2008 3:30:54 AM

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"if someone was really really evil could they think of a way to get a straight person kicked out of the army for being gay? "

No, or at least it would be one helluva frame job (prob would be easier ways to get the person kicked out).

You can be gay in the military, (especially the Navy ) anyway. The UCMJ doesn't regulate sexual preference. You just aren't allowed to bone other dudes.

[Edited on April 20, 2008 at 3:34 AM. Reason : ^ ha, so you got a little taste of the green weenie right from the get-go.]

4/20/2008 3:33:49 AM

I think this is ask the sailor, not ask the Marine.

Less than three weeks till my commissioning.

4/20/2008 3:38:31 AM

Well done!

It wouldn't work for me because I would get commissioned, get hammered somewhere, and then cut a man in twain with my sword.

4/20/2008 3:44:43 AM

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"Apparently it's a real helluva mess."

It takes a few days to get all the lard out of your hair.

4/20/2008 9:32:12 AM

nvm

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 3:14 AM. Reason : .]

4/29/2008 3:12:13 AM

well, fuck.

4/29/2008 3:17:05 AM

I asked why the brits didn't use angled flight decks, but then I realized that they do, but theirs are little faggy angled flight decks.

Or that ski jump shit, which is just stupid.

4/29/2008 3:32:08 AM

haHA

5/5/2008 3:03:43 PM

Quote :

"I think this is ask the sailor, not ask the Marine"

Are you considered a sailor even though you have yet to be commissioned?
Serious question.

5/5/2008 3:14:57 PM

Yes. I'm a Naval Officer-In-Training

but as a Marine of any rank is a Marine, so is a Sailor.

and yes, I have been out to sea.

5/5/2008 3:16:31 PM

How big a threat is the current Russian surface fleet?

5/5/2008 3:17:05 PM

Help me out chembob.

It's not like there are other places on the internet where I can type in questions or topics and then receive applicable information.

5/5/2008 3:44:39 PM

I really don't know.

I don't know their capabilities, nor their strategy.

You can ask this guy:

5/5/2008 3:59:32 PM