ls1mike
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Doesn't matter Doc. The only good Marine is a Submarine... I kid. Know a lot of dedicated Marines I would be proud to serve with.
Help settle an argument. Are US Navy personnel ever considered "soldiers"?
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Ha! The age old discussion in The Mess when I tell Submariners they are weird....they always flip it and say I'm weird because I rather be in the dirt and/or getting shot at.
Blood doesn't bother me...but tight quarters would LOL.
OK, Shipwreck.
A Navy Captain is actually "CAPT"
I used to love telling other services, "I will bring my Captain this afternoon and you guys can have a measuring contest."
Usually to some Major or LtCol....
Me and my full bird (Captain/CAPT) show up, we get it done.
That's actually a great idea LOL. I'm going to save that one in case this situation happens.
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Shipmate...sing it with me
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Yeah - those differences show up on occasion.
Many years ago, I was in a class on Air Operations for Senior Officers at the 705th Training Squadron. I was one of the most senior officers in the class, and accordingly, in the class, I was seated next to the retired LGEN who was senior mentor to the class.
When I had checked in the VOQ (officers quarters) at Hurlburt, the night before, they gave me the room key and off I went. I thought the room was modest, but it was pretty big compared with ship board accommodations. I didn’t give it any other thought.
There was a problem with the AC in the room that night, and when I stopped by the front desk next morning, on my way to class, in uniform, to see if it could get fixed, the blood drained from the clerk’s face when he saw my collar devices and the room in which I had been placed.
Captain USAF is entitled to junior officer accommodation.
Captain USN is entitled to senior officer quarters. Very different.
The manager came out, deeply apologetic for the mistake, and said he would move one of the Lieutenant Colonels in my class out that night to rectify the situation. “Please don’t” I told him. An honest mistake between services.
The words “shipmate” are often followed by quite a bit of instruction from the Chief using that term…
ls1mike
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Accurate.The words “shipmate” are often followed by quite a bit of instruction from the Chief using that term…
I'd like to know why it's spelled "soldier" but pronounced soul-ger. 
The 1st thing I call any of them is selfless and I'm proud to shake their hand. My son is north of Chicago going through basic right now and when he completes it, he'll definitely be a Sailor. My neighbor's son up at the lake completed buds and became a seal and retired a few years back. Although you never truly leave the seals. I can tell you that they are without a doubt, a different breed.
haha. great one.
When we were traveling to/from Afg, as a Master Chief (E9 for the others), I got distinguished guest (DV) quarters.
Battalion Commander was an O5 and not happy.
He stopped in to see our quarters and was like What the...........
SgtMaj, "SIR, do you NEED something? If not, we would like to enjoy our quarters....which is only for E9, O6, and W5s"
The words “shipmate” are often followed by quite a bit of instruction from the Chief using that term…
"Shipmate, let's take a walk...."
Yeah, Captain in the Navy is a big deal, Captain in the Army is not. Got it.
I found an interesting conundrum. The Yacht Club at West Point, which I would assume has a good number of soldiers as members. I guess they’re technically sailors, albeit not in a military role.
https://www.westpointyachtclub.org/
Shouldn’t it be BUD/S to be accurate? I’ve heard of arguments over “Seal” vs SEAL since it’s technically an acronym. But still not a soldier.
If you wanna get technical, then I guess. He’s the only SEAL I’ve ever been around. He did have two guys from his team up there over the 4th several years ago. There wasn’t one of them that I’d have backed down from (stature wise) in a bar fight back in my younger days. Not realizing any one of them could have “Billy jacked” me in a second. That’s what makes them so unique. I always pictured a special ops guy as Rambo but it’s totally the opposite. We had a bunch of beers around the fire on a very early morning and he admitted that the Seals was basically 90% mental. How much can your mind take before it shuts the body down. The most ripped kid you went to high school with was the 1st bell ringer. Very cool stuff for sure.
My former boss was a SEAL. He was cool calm and collected. Mentally tough as they get. He would talk about training just a bit, but never ever about anything he did outside of training. Best boss I ever worked for. We were all his teammates and he took care of all of us.
He said the bell was always with them and you could ring it any time you wanted and be drinking beer with your buddies that night. Many rang the bell, a few have a mind as strong as their bodies and never rang the bell. Much of the training, which most people would consider to be torture, was about mental toughness. When bullets fly, you have to be completely predictable and trustworthy.
He said the bell was always with them and you could ring it any time you wanted and be drinking beer with your buddies that night. Many rang the bell, a few have a mind as strong as their bodies and never rang the bell. Much of the training, which most people would consider to be torture, was about mental toughness. When bullets fly, you have to be completely predictable and trustworthy.
