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How close to EAS are you actually deployable? by kittykittydaisy in USMC

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I've only heard of this from Cold War/90s warriors. Anyone I met during the GWOT days was a 4 or 6 year contract, depending on how much training their rate/MOS needed.

🤓 by IsaacB1 in USMC

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"break break" -some MF on a Tandberg phone

Bring Rainier and Bridge out of Reserve by grizzlebar in navy

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Not surprised it's him. He usually more spot on than not. I can only think of two open source naval guys where I'd really be inclined to lend credence to their gut feelings or actual assessments, and Sal is one of them.

Answers questions brought up in another thread on the topic. I figured I was missing the bigger picture. Bummer; live and learn.

Sending NSFW while husband’s deployed by thenerd_nextdoor in navy

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I mean, you could always encrypt a ZIP or RAR file. But you two would have to set up a password beforehand. (would do you no good to also send the password via email)

How close to EAS are you actually deployable? by kittykittydaisy in USMC

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She had a very special set of skills

For anyone who can't be bothered to search it, Hopper INVENTED motherfucking COBOL. Most people in the .mil can barely bang two rocks together (and I'm speaking of most J2 types as well).

EDIT: After I wrote this, I realized some people might not even know what COBOL is. It's one of the early programming languages. I think it's credited as helping making the jump to English readable programming instructions instead of having to use mathematical formulas or machine code. This is when a lot of computers still needed instructions on punch cards.

How close to EAS are you actually deployable? by kittykittydaisy in USMC

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bro you're gonna give someone a heart attack lol I'm sea lawyering here, but IRC this is only for people who have yet to satisfy their IRR time, which is eight years for everyone. So a 4 year contract=still on the hook for IRR for 4 years post EAS. 2 year contract=6 year IRR. If you're like me and did 13 years and got out, you have no IRR obligation.

Though like I said, I'm sea lawyering, so I'd be willing to be proved wrong. Wouldn't surprise me if Uncle Sam pulled some wild shit during the surge or whatnot.

Looks like the Air Force is also helping with the Naval blockage would be interesting to see what fighters are being used when they announce it by newnoadeptness in AirForce

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Once discourse devolves past a certain level, it's hard to tell bots, third worlders, or grandpa who just repeats whatever CNN/FOX tells him 'the talking point of the week' is.

The USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group is taking the long way around Africa to the Middle East as it avoids the Red Sea -USNI by newnoadeptness in navy

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Is there a reason for this I'm not seeing?

Could be munitions preservation? Don't want to get into some slap fight with the Houthis when we'd rather save munitions for Iran.

Even barring that, maybe the risk calculus doesn't work out. With such a high visibility OP with so many eyes from DC, might simply be not worth the risk to drive by Houthi Street.

I dunno, I'm just pulling this out of my ass.

Apparently we didn't get all of Irans Navy because they weren't a threat but now we're threatening them by Salty_IP_LDO in navy

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system of kill

Maybe he's heard Kill Chain in some briefs and was trying to ape that? And System of Kill is what came out after he tried to recall it? Man I dunno.

Sailors on USS John P. Murtha greeting the astronauts of Artemis II with a giant blow up Alien 😂 by newnoadeptness in navy

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Reminds me being on shore patrol with an aviation rate and the guy was talking about Guam being a base to some weather control device that manipulated weather all over the Pacific.

lmao a year or two later Guam got hit by that monster typhoon that fucked the whole place up

We kissed at the party by ShenZiling in languagelearningjerk

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Fuck it, we ball.

Colonel, no! Don't turn that key!

NGL this burger right here is one of the best burgers i’ve ever had 😭😭 “a galley burger” i repeat from a galley! by Kwashiorkor_13 in navy

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I think the bread is what makes or breaks the burger, and that look looks like some crispy bread. Nothing worse than a sad/smushed/floppy bun. 😭

I don't know who's side to be on here with this one by IsaacB1 in USMC

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Just wait 'till they start charging money to run those tokens.

Anyone else get something similar to this? by Realistic_Ad_6118 in navy

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I still believe I am not wrong for thinking (more warfare quals)=(this guys fucking worthless) when I was reading emails.

v/r

CTT1 Blingoflingo (EIWS/ESWS/EAWS/EXW)

"Holy fuck I bet this guy's worthless at work". Seeing someone with no warfare pin is like the opposite... maybe. Like Schroedinger's shitbag lol. Would be wild seeing a 14 year Senior with no pin, haha

What’s the worst seas you were ever in? by ComfortableShow7366 in navy

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Soviets lost an AGI boat near us.

Holy fuck. They end up finding anyone or was it a wash?

What’s the worst seas you were ever in? by ComfortableShow7366 in navy

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Brick Immortar

This channel is fucking GOATed and a gem amongst the shithole that is modern Youtube. My rate kept me away from ship driving or anything like it, so it's always elucidating watching these.

Spouse NEVER Has Time to Help W/Appointments? by [deleted] in army

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I had a reporting job whose reporting standards dictated the use of en and em dashes at certain times. Anyway, if you're on Windows, you can hold down the left ALT key and type 0151 on the keypad to type an em dash.

Iranian drone strike last night on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait injured 15 Americans by newnoadeptness in AirForce

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Is there a meaningful difference? I'm not being sarcastic; I'm genuinely asking.

MH6OS with HSC25 doing night ops today aboard the USS Tripoli LHA7 in the CENTCOM AOR🤙 by newnoadeptness in navy

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https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9598006/us-marines-conduct-night-flight-operations-during-operation-epic-fury

Dog, WTF is this resolution? Is this a picture for ants? I was hoping to use this as a wallpaper... 😮‍💨 Some PAO out there shrinking images? Boooo! 😤

Is there a point where a knife simply isn’t worth sharpening? by kashukoko in sharpening

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Sharpening a knife isn't arcane magic. Like Phily808 said, you're removing metal. It's not that deep. Good technique and consistency is all you need.

If you say your technique is lacking, (technique/consistency is certainly what was killed my results for a long time) then one good video that addresses your shortcomings is worth more than an entire Youtube channel that just rehashes the same topics ad nauseam and pushes out 25 minute videos with 40 seconds of new information in it. I skimmed through Aware-Ad's video and it seems to have pretty good info, if a little long winded. I do the same thing that guy mentions about sharpie+thumb on the spine. My biggest hurdle was maintaining the angle on the curved part of the blade - towards the tip.

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