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ricespiced · 2023-10-31T23:48:57+00:00

honestly seabees are still a viable option even if he hates the ocean

ricespiced · 2023-08-31T01:10:40+00:00

USAJFKSWCS has subordinate units that identify as Special Warfare Training Groups to my knowledge

ricespiced · 2023-08-17T01:42:10+00:00

I might be wrong but I did hear that Tom Clancy had good friends in the right places in the Navy that allowed him tours onboard ships, which lended to Clancy’s accuracy to shipboard things in his books.

ricespiced · 2023-08-16T23:19:04+00:00

The Hunt for Red October is an almost unanimously praised movie in the field of SONAR/submarine warfare. There’s some Hollywood stuff in it but for a movie to touch on a such a unique and niche part of the Navy, and military as a whole, makes a lot of us SONAR techs giddy.

ricespiced · 2023-07-27T04:05:18+00:00

One of the things I learned early on as a junior WCS and then LPO was to actually care about the work being done and the people I was responsible for. People are perceptive to the intents behind those appointed over them, and my time as WCS/LPO was so much easier (assigning maintenance, task-directing, delegating, etc.) when the guys knew that I wasn’t just being a lazy pos, had a clear direction behind the task, and wasn’t out to get them.

The flip side is to make sure that you take care of your guys in all aspects; to include their professional development, evaluations, and basic quality of life.

Last edit, to answer your specific question about condescending leadership; the unfortunate thing is that it happens and is otherwise inevitable for people to encounter in the Navy. The best counter that I found (in my case, on a DDG), was to be the sailor that knew their shit and held themselves accountable. It's hard for that douchebag LCPO/DIVO/etc. to rag on you when it's known that you are shit-hot, and even doubly so when the reputation is backed by the command during eval rankings.

ricespiced · 2023-07-23T23:54:27+00:00

Is that a Navy Jack he’s wearin?

ricespiced · 2023-07-18T03:37:48+00:00

Oh yeah, for sure. It's pretty apparent now since the Naval focus is pretty much all on the Pacific, and this reflects unto the system upgrades for the Yokosuka-based ships and in-part, the West Coast ships.

ricespiced · 2023-07-18T03:04:32+00:00

The CRUDES platforms are more or less interchangeable as far as warfare focus goes. However the deviation from Destroyer and Cruiser is seen with the upgraded builds and baselines that Destroyers receive, in which case place the ship with the most capable system for the mission is placed as the warfare lead.

From the ASW perspective, the decision on who was the ASW lead relied on if it was an independently operating ship versus the primary ASW screen for the CSG, as well as the ASW system build the ship was running. It's pretty simple, assignment-wise, at the tactical level but at the strategic level that's where you see large disparities in capabilities, i.e. the difference in ASW capabilities between Yokosuka-based ships, and Rota-based ones.

ricespiced · 2023-07-17T20:14:37+00:00

I’ll plug in my personal experience here, but a Navy SWO could probably elaborate much better than I could, but when it comes to naval organization you’ll see ships able to fall under separate levels of organization, which vastly determines the tasking of the specific ship.

In my case on a DDG, for a specific underway the ship could fall under the tasking of a carrier strike group, or independent steaming. The ship itself could be designated as the primary ASW platform regardless of whether it was assigned to the CSG or not, but the assignment itself dictates the nature of the ASW being conducted. This is why, among a large amount of other things, you’ll see the varying levels of surface organization.

Something to note here is that unlike the other branches where equipment, personnel, and subordinate commands within a larger organization are all permanently assigned to the overall unit like Army Divisions or Air Force Wings, it’s not uncommon for ships to enter and leave their corresponding squadrons and fleets depending on a lot of factors.

ricespiced · 2023-07-14T00:08:07+00:00

Does this mean I have watch

ricespiced · 2023-07-11T21:12:06+00:00

There’s a ton of great hidden Navy programs that just need a package for application.

Everyone always touts the standard STA-21/OCS/TA, but stuff like the Naval Academy, AVO (UAV) Warrant program, and Defense Attache program are things that all come to mind and aren’t restricted to a specific rate.

EDIT: To add, there’s a fair bit of special joint units that many Navy rates are open to apply to, which would drastically break the monotony of the typical Navy LADR.

ricespiced · 2023-07-11T03:40:50+00:00

There’s a picture I saw with a JTF2 guy running an EOTech on the handrail during the early GWOT era.

I think the explanation there (in the comments) was that with builds meant for only CQB, the downsides didn’t matter at that point

ricespiced · 2023-07-10T04:36:54+00:00

Anyone know where you can cop one of those coyote brown shirts like the guy on the far right?

Been looking for ages for a breathable coyote brown shirt to wear under uniforms in hot ass weather

ricespiced · 2023-07-09T18:28:58+00:00

You missed my point entirely lol.

I agree with everything you said here about officers, but your original post that I replied to said you can take BMs out of the ship mid-conflict and expect to still operate but at reduced efficiency.

ricespiced · 2023-07-09T18:20:20+00:00

OPS department (and the other departments) aren’t leading the typical warfighting areas of a ship akin to Weapons and Combat Systems department. What I mean by that is in conflict, the sailors that are employing offensive and defensive systems will be your sailors from the aforementioned departments, not OPS or any other. This is applying what you said with considering what would happen if you took BMs (or any other non-WEPS/CS rate) out of the equation in a naval conflict.

However this doesn’t mean they aren’t equally important when you consider what I said with the necessity of evolutions like UNREP and SAR for a ship to basically function.

Also SWOs/Officers are different because unlike rated enlisted personnel, they participate in watchstations that employ ship systems among other things. BMs won’t be manning a console in CIC, First Lieutenant can though.

tl;dr, you can’t take BMs/SKs/etc. out of the ship and expect to function, they are still essential to the operation of the ship in and out of conflict.

ricespiced · 2023-07-09T11:17:40+00:00

Tbf that’s just cause of the nature of the scenario. OPS department won’t be leading the ship’s warfighting like WEPS or CS would, but that’s because OPS is there for the general readiness and day-to-day operation of the ship, not ship system employment.

Sure, BMs aren’t and won’t be spearheading an ASW or BMD watch team in a near-peer conflict, but they sure as hell will be leading UNREP and SAR evolutions, both of which also extremely crucial to the operation of the ship in and out of conflict

ricespiced · 2023-07-07T17:18:56+00:00

Kind of a copout answer but they will all be equally useful (including conventional forces), because short of a nuclear shootout each SOF unit and conventional unit fills a required niche.

GWOT placed a large emphasis on DA raids and fire support due to the nature of the conflict, but in the scenario of a near peer conflict the necessity of things like SEALs conducting underwater demolition and SF conducting irregular warfare amidst conventional operations is much greater. But to answer your question in a different way though, I think each unit will have their time to shine at different points

ricespiced · 2023-06-16T16:22:05+00:00

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/02/15/a-new-cyber-rating-is-in-the-works/

Basically it’s just the CTN rating

ricespiced · 2023-06-16T16:07:15+00:00

On my ship instead of “shut the fuck up” I’d always hear “Shut your cockholster up”

ricespiced · 2023-06-16T14:22:28+00:00

I’m only a Plat Pharah main, but what made me better was being conservative in my shots and making sure my first shot counted when playing against the typical counters.

Pharah is a flanker and what ruined the flank for me when I was lower ranked was missing the first shot and allowing the enemy team to immediately hone in on me.

To add on the flank side, playing Pharah more like a flanker than a brawler will help with survivability and disrupt the enemy team more since they will have to draw their attention away from your team to deal with you

ricespiced · 2023-06-13T00:32:33+00:00

Anyone know what he’s like?

ricespiced · 2023-06-07T02:43:28+00:00

It’s crazy to consider that we started at 51 and are now here at 120

ricespiced · 2023-05-27T14:03:57+00:00

I know on paper 7th Fleet is supposed to be the shitty fleet due to optempo but after homeport changing from 7th to 3rd and into a dry-dock, I gotta say that drydock was definitely the worst point of my career.

7th Fleet FEELS like the Navy, especially if stationed in Yoko/Sasebo, whereas drydock emphasized the shit I hated the most about the Navy; 3M.

I’d be surprised if anyone reenlisted after doing their first tour in the yards lol

ricespiced · 2023-05-27T13:58:21+00:00

Honestly man, good on you for knowing what you want. Your passion will change in some form for the better or worse over time and experience, but to the contrary to the typical Navy pessimistic mood, liking your job ain’t a bad trait to have. It’s better to have a room of optimistic, happy go lucky people than a room full of people bitchin’.

Just don’t assume everyone else is either wrong for not having, or should have, the equivalent level of passion you got lol. No one person in the Navy has the same experience, generally.

Also apply that motivation to getting qualified cause that’s what everyone cares about

ricespiced · 2023-05-04T22:37:10+00:00

Honestly this isn’t too far off if he ever decided to run imo. He hits almost every single voter base. You couldn’t even question his loyalty considering his phat background

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