Subdeacon Joe Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Great place to do it. Quote Master-at-Arms 1st Class Brian Dunne, left, is reenlisted by Lt. j. g. Asa Calloway on the starboard anchor of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman Oct. 22. Truman is currently in Norfolk Naval Shipyard for its extended carrier incremental availability period. (MCSN Bela Chambers/Navy) https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/11/03/is-this-the-best-reenlistment-location-ever/?fbclid=IwAR3e8i0lysz6Bq0X-MdK07KgpCCDvO_z8z5wnRVyVlTDFERY4uEQhDXfpzs#.X6Hljx0W-Q4.facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Very cool. Something you don't see often....or ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Very cool. Something you don't see often....or ever. Agreed. That anchor needs some serious scraping, brushing, and painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 That’s interesting and very cool. I got to witness 2 reenlistments aboard the USS Constitution July 4th 2019 on a Turnaround Cruise in Boston. That was pretty cool too. When I typed “reenlistment” my phone auto communista changed it to “re-enlist mental”. Somehow that could be appropriate too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Neat...but how did they get on the anchor? Climb down the chain? Nah.... Pull up in a small boat, climb onto the anchor, have a third man pull away in the boat? Maybe... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Lead Pepper Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: Pull up in a small boat, climb onto the anchor, have a third man pull away in the boat? Maybe... Yes, I've seen it done this way before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I cannot get over these ridiculous new uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Lead Pepper Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 When I was choosing my alias, I had a good one that I strongly considered but only military people would get it. Doc Holiday Routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Most senior officers are willing to do wild things to get people to stay in. Once when I was in Iraq, we had some WWE professional wrestlers coming to visit on a tour (it was funny to see them in flak vests and helmets because we were literally 25 feet from the wire separating us from bad people). A soldier decided he wouldn't re-enlist unless Stone Cold Steve Austin held up the American flag for the ceremony. He did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Lucky Lead Pepper said: When I was choosing my alias, I had a good one that I strongly considered but only military people would get it. Doc Holiday Routine. Thanks for the laugh! That's a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Lucky Lead Pepper said: When I was choosing my alias, I had a good one that I strongly considered but only military people would get it. Doc Holiday Routine. Should have gone with that. There are a lot of alias’ that people don’t get in SASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Lucky Lead Pepper said: When I was choosing my alias, I had a good one that I strongly considered but only military people would get it. Doc Holiday Routine. Can you fill us in on the joke, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I cannot get over these ridiculous new uniforms. What do you mean? They're perfectly camouflaged against that rusty anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Go get 'em CVN-75! Give 'em Hell, Harry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Can you fill us in on the joke, please? Holiday Routine in the Navy is minimal staff working mostly just standing watches...like on a holiday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 17 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Holiday Routine in the Navy is minimal staff working mostly just standing watches...like in a holiday Thanks. I was thinking it was an all hands heavy work party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 16 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Agreed. That anchor needs some serious scraping, brushing, and painting. I shared the original post with my old buddy, retired Command Master Chief Mike P. His reply was ~ "If I would have been their Command Master Chief I would have given them both (officer and enlisted) some wire brushes and emery cloth and told them to get that rusty thing cleaned up while they were down there!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: I shared the original post with my old buddy, retired Command Master Chief Mike P. His reply was ~ "If I would have been their Command Master Chief I would have given them both (officer and enlisted) some wire brushes and emery cloth and told them to get that rusty thing cleaned up while they were down there!" Yeah, that’s a pretty sad anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 New lots of Sailors that reenlisted while flying over a tax free zone so that they didn't have to pay taxes on their reenlistment bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I am thrilled that some folks can choose where they take their obligation. My son-in-law pinned on Captain and chose to do it front of the Constitution at the National Archives. I was given special dispensation to do the photos without restriction, except for no flash of any kind. He was waxing emotional about the Constitution and being a patriot. His 10 year old daughter spoke up and said, "Man up Dad, it's YOUR promotion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 What is the deal when I was in the Navy and we were in the Norfolk Navy Yard we could not use our cameras on base. I wanted to get a pic of our anchor on a barge. This ship is a Nimitz class aircraft carrier so the anchors should be the same or darn close. Our (Nimitz) anchor were 60,000 Lbs. Each link of the chain was 365 Lbs. They had 150 shots of chain plus a danger shot and a swivel shot. the pelican head had a breaking point of 1.5 million Lbs. This is what I was told when I gave tours during one of the dependents day cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 10 hours ago, Dustin Checotah said: What is the deal when I was in the Navy and we were in the Norfolk Navy Yard we could not use our cameras on base. I wanted to get a pic of our anchor on a barge. This ship is a Nimitz class aircraft carrier so the anchors should be the same or darn close. Our (Nimitz) anchor were 60,000 Lbs. Each link of the chain was 365 Lbs. They had 150 shots of chain plus a danger shot and a swivel shot. the pelican head had a breaking point of 1.5 million Lbs. This is what I was told when I gave tours during one of the dependents day cruises. Bet this photo was taken by the Ship's or Base's Photographer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Bet this photo was taken by the Ship's or Base's Photographer. Safe bet since the photo is credited to MCSN Bela Chambers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 11 hours ago, Dustin Checotah said: What is the deal when I was in the Navy and we were in the Norfolk Navy Yard we could not use our cameras on base. I wanted to get a pic of our anchor on a barge. This ship is a Nimitz class aircraft carrier so the anchors should be the same or darn close. Our (Nimitz) anchor were 60,000 Lbs. Each link of the chain was 365 Lbs. They had 150 shots of chain plus a danger shot and a swivel shot. the pelican head had a breaking point of 1.5 million Lbs. This is what I was told when I gave tours during one of the dependents day cruises. No doubt you have seen this before: Re: Shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: No doubt you have seen this before: Re: Shots Subdeacon Joe. I think I have seen the video before. That is a big whoopsie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Bet this photo was taken by the Ship's or Base's Photographer. I thought that it probably done officially. I wanted to get a pic of me standing next to one of the anchor flukes while it was on a barge at the Navy Yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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