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Had a guy bragging he worked on nuclear engines on an aircraft carrier and his work was classified. He was busted when I asked him his rank and he said sargent.
Lol, have not experienced that one. Were you able to keep a straight face?
Lol, have not experienced that one. Were you able to keep a straight face?
No. I had to laugh. Good thing I didn't have a drink in my mouth or I would have choked. I do exagerate when I tell people about my time in the Navy. I tell them I served 8 years. Actually, it was 7 years and 10 months. After my shoulder injury I began failing the fitness test and was forced out. I tell them 8 years just to round off the number. Dang, ain't I a fibber. Also tell them I was a lousy machinist mate but a damn good DCPO. My wife's nephew is a nuclear machinist mate and I flat out told him I was a horrible machinist mate. Why lie. Much more fun to make a joke out of yourself than to be a liar.
Had a guy bragging he worked on nuclear engines on an aircraft carrier and his work was classified. He was busted when I asked him his rank and he said sargent.
wait, you're telling me that they don't allow the marines to work on the engines of the ships they hitch rides on?
wait, you're telling me that they don't allow the marines to work on the engines of the ships they hitch rides on?
there go my hopes for the next float...
Naw, the NCOs will tell green recruit Marines that the ship has a steam room sauna and send them down to the engine room. Two came down to our engine room wearing only a towel and shower shoes asking for the steam room. We sent them to an area near the steam drains. Standard operating proceedure for starting up the steam engines is to open the steam drains until all the condensate is forced out and then those drains are shut and the HP or high pressure drains are opened which don't drain to the atmosphere. We sent them there, someone climbed up onto the engines and asked if they were ready. He then opened the LP drains hard. They took off running up the ladders.
Do y'all think I'd impress more women if I lied and told 'em I launched A-6s off a carrier deck than if I told 'em the truth that I only launched F-15s from a large concrete ramp???
Marmac, despite not having catapaults on USAF bases, we still call it "Launch & Recovery" when we get the jet started in it's parking spot or recover it there.
i am more of a harbor seal, round pudgy, like this.
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