What do you think of the commander of your ship? The other officers? Are they competent and respected by the sailors? What is your overall relationship between officers and sailors on ship?

Jews don't go out on the water unless there's a pinochle game near the buffet on the Lido deck.

Seriously, WTF kind of question is that???

I went in as an E3 because I was a recent college grad. I wanted to go to Officer school but it would have taken a few months and I wanted to get in under a GI Bill deadline. The old GI bill was disappearing on Jan 1, 1976 so I went in on Dec 29, 1975.

Anyway I was an AZ (Aviation Administrationman) and was attached to an aircraft squadron (attached to an aircraft carrier) where I was tasked with maintaining and making entries into the aircrafts logbooks as every minor or major work on each aircraft is meticulously detailed for CYA and other issues. After about 2 years I decided to try and get into Officer school and was accepted. At the time I was an E4 and had just passed the E5 test. I did my 4 more years as an Officer and then got out at the rank of Lieutenant (O3). Then I did a few more years in the reserves where I reached Lieutenant Commander (O4) but quit the reserves shortly after Kuwait was invaded because at that point in my life the last thing I wanted was a callup to active duty.

tyrancic he cant ans questions like this :
You mentioned that part of your tour is in the Persian Gulf. Have ships shifted near the straight of Hormuz?

What has been you longest time out to sea between ports?

There is in the sense of fleet importance, carriers are the most important. I couldn't tell you much more than nuclear ships are number one. When we pull into port, the shop with the highest ranking captain gets first pick on which spot on the port they pull into, etc. The sailors on the ship's aren't seen as a higher caliber by being on a more important ship, however. The only sailors given more respect are officers and special ops (SEALs, SWICC, EOD and Diver.)

There is a ship store, but it's basically a mini walmart (food, uniform items, toiletries, etc.) No alcohol. There are always those who decide they want to bring it on anyway. If caught they could get kicked out of the navy.

I'm pretty busy at work and internet access is limited, I will answer all of them eventually.

So far what is your favorite foreign liberty port and why?

I haven't played battleship in years.

I am not superstitious, although some people onboard are. Sweeping the boots is a common one. But I haven't heard anyone comment on the red sunset/rise.

I enjoy the southern hemisphere's constellations more because they are new to me. The night sky on a ship is breathtaking. Zero light pollution.

I highly doubt we have a Kraken. I've never heard of that. But who knows really; I'm not in the combat department.

I don't quite understand that next one.

What I meant by two happy endings, was two female masseurs(?) and myself.

I am neither superstitious nor religious, so that wouldn't effect my judgement.

I appreciate it.
Favorite body of water is the Red Sea - it is a whole different blue.

Here's a picture of a DDG for you guys. Yes, it has a 5-inch gun and a Phalanx. The Phalanx isn't primary armament, it's purely anti-missile. There are also a bunch of missiles (they are called Guided Missile Destroyers for a reason).



Thanks for your service. I worked for a Navy contractor for a while out of college, so I worked with a lot of senior enlisted guys (E7 through E9) as well as having a lot of former sailors working for the contractors. So I have a lot of respect for you guys and what you do. And you're right, their desk jobs were so much easier than life on-board a ship. You should probably re-enlist just for that chance.

--if your boat sank and eleven hundred of you went into the ocean, and (because of sharks) only three hundred and sixteen got out, would you ever wear a life jacket again?

capital this is a jaws reference. the uss indianapolis was sunk by a sub in ww2 after delivering the bomb. only 316 men survived 500 or so got eaten. quint said after that hed never wear a life jacket again.

Not that I am aware of; people normally stock up before underways. But don't leave anything unattended...

I appreciate the

do you not pay taxes?

Some ports (if a recent port visit has ended poorly) don't let us pull in. Some bad decisions can **** everything up for years.

Normally they know were coming and make appropriate business changes to accomade us (and collect mad profits, obv.)

The ladies are wild. You have to be careful she's not a hooker, though.

-The simple game of betting on whether or not a chosen female is a hooker or not a hooker by the way she acts; if she's talking to us, by how she converses. You'd be surprised..

-I actually got a tattoo before I went off to college, but haven't gotten one since I got into the military. I've been on-and-off planning a few but I need them to be perfect.

-I'm not sure on the straight of Hormuz tbh.
-No racism as far as I know. We're a tight-knit crew. There is teh tad bit of sexism floating around, but it isn't common.

-On the ship, I'm not sure if there are any non-citizens. In boot and A school there were a few non-citizens who joined to gain citizenship (from what I gathered). I didn't know that was/is possible until I joined tbh.

-I'm sure there are a few Jews. There is a Rabbai onboard. The Navy has religious figures from hundreds of religions.

-Once you go into the skin of the ship you lose service. It sucks. Internet is intermittent but possible on the secure computers. But they monitor everything so it isn't enjoyable. We don't have to pay for it, but with the poor quality I wouldn't give them a dollar anyway. TV is intermittent too. But we also have Cox network which blowsssssss. I miss Directv..

-No bookie, and we're going to be underway during the Superbowl We also missed the championship games.

Thank you sir.

The captain is awesome. He's really chill and down-to-Earth. He gets to know everybody personally so he takes care of his crew well. The rest of the officers I don't really know personally. The respect is there, but it depends on the rank. An E7+ is a mentor for an O1, becasue O1's are essentially brand new. They just are officers so they inherit different privaledges and respect.

That's awesome. I wish I could be an officer. But I don't want to commit that much of my life.

Thank you for your service sir.

A month and a half. It was rough. We could have pulled in to refuel and replenish but the Admiral on the carrier said no. So we sat there a couple miles off and got refueled and replenished by another ship instead.

Portugal. I grew up in Europe and miss the culture badly. It's so much more personal over there.

The parties were crazy, they were very friendly and enthusiastic, and the girls....
Best week of my life. There was stuff to do at all times, and the nightlife was rowdy. My kinda place.

I appreciate it. We work with contractors consistantly (they fix it when we can't).

Wait for it... I've never seen Jaws.

I probably sound stupid in my response to this then. I was quite confused.

I'm pretty sure we have weapons to fight all enemies, be it land, air, or sea. But I don't know any specifics.

how the f would he?

I'm sure OP knows exactly what he's going to do if they're attacked, that's what they train for. Offhand I'd say his job has something to do with making sure his ship doesn't lose power/propulsion, including fire defense.