Apolyton Military Rollcall....

[Lonestar]

...as we call it in the Navy, "Muster".

Since Mark is off in the Greek Army doing whatever it is Greek soldiers do, Che is claiming the military takes away your personality, Tassadar's "kid" wants to join up and Sprayber is back from the Middleeast, I thought we ought to have a Military muster. This is for current and former Military types, of all nations, although you Civilian types can ask questions here.

Paygrade: E-3, but I put on a Petty Officer 3rd in a month and a half.
Service: United States Navy
Job: Cryptologic Technician Maintenance, I'm in the Naval Intelligence community, mostly fixing machines but I've been trained to write up reports too.
Most interesting Duty station:, erm, San Diego?
Sea Story/FUBAR: Since I've only been in for a year, it's a bit limited. See my Stoopid Ensign thread.

[SlowwHand]

Branch - United States Air Force 1974-1978
Rank - Honorable Discharge E-4
Job - War Readiness Mobility
Most interesting duty station - They all had something to speak for them.
Story - How much we laughed at Navy personnel, and the prices they paid, for...things.

[Lonestar]

Bite me, Senior Airman.

By the way, what's "war Readiness Mobility"? Were you a truck driver?

[SlowwHand]

Among other things. A Ford F-100, jacked up in the back.
No joke.

[Lancer]

Army
PFC-honorable
Borderguard/mortarman 11C
Hof, Germany
Story-Once there was a princess...

[GePap]

Question: if you identify yourself by pay grade, does it mean you were non-commisioned? Or do commisioned officer also identify by pay grade?

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Among other things. A Ford F-100, jacked up in the back.
No joke.

Truly Fascinating.

Lancer, your thread made it seem like you'd have more stories than The Princess Bride...

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by GePap
Question: if you identify yourself by pay grade, does it mean you were non-commisioned? Or do commisioned officer also identify by pay grade?

Paygrade is just a good blanket statement to cover your "rank", whether it's enlisted (Rate) or commisioned (rank).

Comissioned Officers have Paygrades. O-1 through O-10

Enlisted E-1 through E-9

[SlowwHand]

An officer's pay grade is O-XX.
Enlisted is E-XX.

[GePap]

Hmmm...I wonder which posters has had the highest rank (period, any country)? Was it AH?
I guess I have to wait to see.

[SlowwHand]

You mean, you'll consider Aussies???

[Lonestar]

AH was in the Army?

[Kidlicious]

Branch: US Navy (87-90)

Paygrade: E-2 (busted down for disobeying a direct order not to consume alcohol until my release)

Job: Plane Captain (deck worker on CVN70 Carl Vinson)

Station: Whidbey Island WA. and the boat.

Can't think of a story to tell yet.

[SlowwHand]

Kidicious, that's just deploreable.
I assume you are still doing 100 Hail Mary's each day ?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Kidicious, that's just deploreable.
I assume you are still doing 100 Hail Mary's each day ?

No, those days are long behind me. I'm trying to think of a story I can tell that won't get me banned.