My Dad Retired Today!

BigBull · May 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">From the navy!</div> 22 Years of the navy, and hes done.

Kinda proud of the guy.

All those navy stories.

Anyone have someone they know in the navy <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />
<img src='http://www.collegeprofiles.com/images/navy-marines-rotc-logo.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Retire as a Chief Petty Officer.

Less than 30% of people enlisted in the Navy, make Chief.

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Narfwak · May 2004

Actually, I don't know any sailors, but I do have a friend down at the LAN center who's a marine. He's one <i>crazy</i> ****ing jarhead (and I don't mean that as an insult - he really is just a crazy mother****er).

BigMadSteve · May 2004

My cousin is in the navy. He is going to apply for a position in the SBS (Special Boat Service, like SAS but better) soon.

Zig · May 2004

i know mr.E was in the marines :3

POOP_Akira · May 2004

My grandpa was on a destroyer in world war 2, he got medals for fixing the main guns during a heated battle.

Tonee · May 2004

my cousin is in, aircraft tech - think he is over america atm

CForrester · May 2004

My grandfather was on a ship during WWII, too. His job was mostly fishing people and corpses out of the water and loading cannons, I believe. He served on the "HMCS Arvida", a corvette, but I've been unable to find anything about it.

[EDIT:] Aha! <a href='http://www.readyayeready.com/cgi-bin/query/display.pl?index=1020' target='_blank'>Found something.</a>

BigBull · May 2004

While underway, my dad was the Sonar technician. You know that lil radar thing. Then toward the end of this sea duty he got an award for sterring the ship allthe time. Like dead on, something like that.

And then on shore duty he made plans for all the ships to come into port, and what fixes etc.

Narfwak · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigBull @ May 28 2004, 10:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> While underway, my dad was the Sonar technician. You that lil radar thing. Then toward the end of this sea duty he got an award for sterring the ship allthe time. Like dead on, something like that.

And then on shore duty he made plans for all the ships to come into port, and what fixes etc.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Sonar and radar are very different technologies. Sonar deals with reflecting sound waves off of objects, while radar uses high-energy light waves. Additionally, there is "passive" sonar, or simply listening for enemy subs or ships when you don't want to reveal your own position with a loud "ping."

raz0r · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigMadSteve @ May 28 2004, 04:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> My cousin is in the navy. He is going to apply for a position in the SBS (Special Boat Service, like SAS but better) soon.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
'like the SAS, but better' ?
the SAS pwn j00 n00b
AFAIK the SAS are the best in the world.
well they could pwn the U.S. marines any day <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

my Grandad was in the Marines, but i don't think he did much fighting.
other than that, most of my aunts/uncles are farmers

BigBull · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ May 28 2004, 11:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigBull @ May 28 2004, 10:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> While underway, my dad was the Sonar technician. You that lil radar thing. Then toward the end of this sea duty he got an award for sterring the ship allthe time. Like dead on, something like that.

And then on shore duty he made plans for all the ships to come into port, and what fixes etc. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Sonar and radar are very different technologies. Sonar deals with reflecting sound waves off of objects, while radar uses high-energy light waves. Additionally, there is "passive" sonar, or simply listening for enemy subs or ships when you don't want to reveal your own position with a loud "ping."  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
The radar looking thing <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

BigMadSteve · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ May 28 2004, 04:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigMadSteve @ May 28 2004, 04:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> My cousin is in the navy. He is going to apply for a position in the SBS (Special Boat Service, like SAS but better) soon. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
'like the SAS, but better' ?
the SAS pwn j00 n00b
AFAIK the SAS are the best in the world.
well they could pwn the U.S. marines any day <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

my Grandad was in the Marines, but i don't think he did much fighting.
other than that, most of my aunts/uncles are farmers  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I've only heard of the SBS on two occassions, both of the people are in the military. Basically my cousin is in the navy and he said he is going for a position there. A collegue of mine used to be a sentry at Buckingham Palace and was in Northern Ireland before that. He is the one that said the SBS are better when we were having a discussion about his military background. Can't remember how we brought it up though <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

Chaos_Llama · May 2004

<a href='http://pages.infinit.net/storage/In_The_Navy.mp3' target='_blank'>http://pages.infinit.net/storage/In_The_Navy.mp3</a>

HOORAH !

BigBull · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chaos Llama @ May 28 2004, 02:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <a href='http://pages.infinit.net/storage/In_The_Navy.mp3' target='_blank'>http://pages.infinit.net/storage/In_The_Navy.mp3</a>

HOORAH !  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
rofl

pardzh · May 2004

I don't think the Marines and SAS are at all similar though.

SAS is more like the Navy SEALS, heh. I think. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

Zig · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ May 28 2004, 08:47 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigMadSteve @ May 28 2004, 04:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> My cousin is in the navy. He is going to apply for a position in the SBS (Special Boat Service, like SAS but better) soon. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
'like the SAS, but better' ?
the SAS pwn j00 n00b
AFAIK the SAS are the best in the world.
well they could pwn the U.S. marines any day <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
the SBS is like the sibling branch of the SAS "j00 n00b". they're parts of a whole >_>

plz don't insult military services you know nothing about.

DragonMech · May 2004

My grandfather was in the navy - and was a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He died about two years ago from a heart attack.

Mantrid · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ May 28 2004, 08:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Additionally, there is "passive" sonar, or simply listening for enemy subs or ships when you don't want to reveal your own position with a loud "ping."  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Yes, because if you did that, the enemy subs would kill you.

Thus making it a [NS Pun]"Ping of Death".[/NS pun]

Renegade · May 2004

I know a guy in the Navy SEALs. Though how he got there is a mystery to me.

Narfwak · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Duff-Man @ May 28 2004, 01:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I don't think the Marines and SAS are at all similar though.

SAS is more like the Navy SEALS, heh. I think. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
That's what I was gonna say . . . SAS is Special Forces.

BigMadSteve · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ May 29 2004, 12:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Duff-Man @ May 28 2004, 01:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I don't think the Marines and SAS are at all similar though.

SAS is more like the Navy SEALS, heh. I think. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
That's what I was gonna say . . . SAS is Special Forces.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Just done a little Googling and it appears that the SBS does sound a lot like the Navy seals with their under water activities such as demolision.

Narfwak · May 2004

Well, it makes sense for the Brits to have multiple divisions of SpecOps. Here in the US, we have the Army Rangers (quasi-SpecOps), Green Berets, and Delta Force; Navy SEALs; and Air Force ground operators (like the Green Berets, but they build airstrips out of sticks and leaves - 1337 stuff). That's not even counting the civilian agencies, like the FBI's elite hostage rescue SWAT team.

As far as I know, the marines don't have a dedicated SpecOps teams. They do, however, have STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) Scout/Sniper platoons, which are pretty badass.

7Bistromath · May 2004

ggpwn! Make sure your dad knows a fat kid in Massachusetts thanks him for his service to this nation.

My dad retired from the Army a few years back after 13 himself.

BigBull · May 2004

Blah hes always home now! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Things been moving fast around here. Last weekend, Saturday he got married.

Monday of last weekend my sister graduated.

So now hes home play DoD, and working with a dremel.

Good game.. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Mr_JeburtO · May 2004

got an auntie in the navy. she was in the falkland war so u gotta respect that.

my "old" uncle ( divorced from my auntie ) is also in the navy. he trains the new recruits ( dunno wjat the position is called ) so you may meet him if u join up in the south <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

raz0r · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zig @ May 28 2004, 08:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ May 28 2004, 08:47 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigMadSteve @ May 28 2004, 04:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> My cousin is in the navy. He is going to apply for a position in the SBS (Special Boat Service, like SAS but better) soon. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
'like the SAS, but better' ?
the SAS pwn j00 n00b
AFAIK the SAS are the best in the world.
well they could pwn the U.S. marines any day <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
the SBS is like the sibling branch of the SAS "j00 n00b". they're parts of a whole >_>

plz don't insult military services you know nothing about. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
it wasnt meant to be serious
sarcasm doesnt carry well over the intarweb <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

Tsungfai · May 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ May 29 2004, 01:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Well, it makes sense for the Brits to have multiple divisions of SpecOps. Here in the US, we have the Army Rangers (quasi-SpecOps), Green Berets, and Delta Force; Navy SEALs; and Air Force ground operators (like the Green Berets, but they build airstrips out of sticks and leaves - 1337 stuff). That's not even counting the civilian agencies, like the FBI's elite hostage rescue SWAT team.

As far as I know, the marines don't have a dedicated SpecOps teams. They do, however, have STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) Scout/Sniper platoons, which are pretty badass. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Marines have Force Recon.

7Bistromath · May 2004

Well, from what I understand, pretty much the whole Marines are SpecOps compared to most of the US military, but their specialist teams aren't as impressive as their counterparts from other branches.

RPG_Jssmfulhud · May 2004

My grandfather fought the Germans and was later captured, then put into the prison camp... Good thing the war was over before he starved to death. Although he lost a lot of weight, he was in good health and lived for many years after that, making a living in Germany... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

My Dad Retired Today!

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