Apolyton Military Rollcall....

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Midshipman
Not a ship. Navy 53s are shore based, although we did deploy to the Boxer, Bataan and Bonhomme Richard for a few days in the early part of the war. Mainly, Bahrain and Kuwait, with some in Fujairah, UAE

One of my uncles was on the Bonhomme Richard at the end of WW2. I assume this is a newer one.

[ThePlagueRat]

Sirotnikov, go out and make peace.
Don't shoot anybody! I guess your army is most likely to recieve/deliver kills. If you read our discussion above, you'll understand. War is meaningless... think about that nice redhaired chick.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Dissident
Branch: U.S. Navy
Paygrade: E-5 upon leaving. MM2 (machinist mate second class or you can use the generic petty officer second class)
Job: Machinist mate was my rating, but that doesn't even come close to explaining my various jobs. I joined the nuclear navy. Machinist mate wasn't my nuke job of choice- its what I got stuck with . Near the end of schooling I got accepted to ELT school (Engineering Laboratory Technician). Our primary job was water chemistry and radiological control in addition to normal reactor mechanic watch stations. Although on a carrier you can either qualify on the reactor mechanic side or the steam plant mechanic side. I also did some time at a Shore Intermediate Maintenance Acitivity- basically we did intermediate maintenance .

Most interesting duty station: I won't include my ports of calls- they weren't actual duty stations (they were all in the mediterranean and middle east region) I guess all of my schools in Orlando, Florida- although it was a shame I wasn't 21 though . Although strangely you can get into some juice strip clubs in Orlando if you are 19. I mainly went to concerts though and studied.

Sea Story: I've never been a good story teller. Some people have those story telling qualities and can exaggerate at the right time to make them seem more interesting. I've never been good at that. I mostly just saw some touristy sites (Vatican etc), drank, and chased women.

Another wannabe RC-diver. So which scrototype? Which class?

[Sirotnikov]

Sirotnikov, go out and make peace.
Don't shoot anybody! I guess your army is most likely to recieve/deliver kills. If you read our discussion above, you'll understand. War is meaningless... think about that nice redhaired chick.

I won't be shooting anyone, unless they charge at me in a busy israeli street. I won't have a gun for part of the service, and the other part I may have a pistol, as I will be an officer.

I'm not going to be a grunt. More of a desk job

[Sirotnikov]

In fact you will be classified.

if i get to a certain rank, possibly

[Bereta_Eder]

Refuse to go to the settlements and in the occupied zones like your democrat compatriots do.

[Sirotnikov]

paiktis:

1) it is completely silly and undemocratic to be able to pick your place of service.

imagine soldiers will begin to demand not to serve in the front lines, because of any reason they want.

2) the army being in the occupied zones is government policy - not for military, especially grunts, to decide upon.

3) if i want to change the government policy, i can vote, stage demonstrations and so forth.

4) for the n'th time i'm not going to be a damn grunt!

[Bereta_Eder]

well a soldier can be given an order to burn people, and he should refuse it...

[Sirotnikov]

that would be an illegal order.

there's nothing inherently illegal with serving in the territories.

[Chris 62]

Re: Apolyton Military Rollcall....

Paygrade: E-6
Service: US Army
Job: Airborne Infantry, MOS: 11 Bravo
Most interesting Duty station:Tie, Ft Bragg, NC & Ft Benning Ga.
Sea Story/FUBAR: Tie, operation "Urgent Fury" & UN Force Sinai.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Sikander


One of my uncles was on the Bonhomme Richard at the end of WW2. I assume this is a newer one.

Yes, the current Bonnie D!ck is a LHD.

[Bereta_Eder]

What do the "E-number" signify?

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by paiktis22
What do the "E-number" signify?

Enlisted Paygrade (rank).

In the US Armed Forces, every service has the same number of ranks. There are 9 enlisted ranks and 10 Officer ranks. Since they are called different things, it's easier to just say "I was an E-3", then we know if they outranked you or not.

[Az]

but O-1 can boss around an E-9, right?

[uh Clem]

In theory...