I think it looks great for a bubblehead I was a EO 3 and my boot camp company sponser was SUBTRAFAC in San Diego. You guys are all right I dont care what the Airdales say.
I think its great you can spend all that time out there and still have that much done and such good work.I know it would drive me nuts to not be able to get to work on a layout when I wanted to.
Keep up the good work and keep in touch.
Yes we are on time but this is yesterdays train
jkroft wrote:Dave,It's funny to hear someone talking about fast attacks and prototype. I'm a nuke ET2 with about 2 years and some change left. I love off-crew life, although politics, lip-service training and IDE sessions get in the way.
Dave,
It's funny to hear someone talking about fast attacks and prototype. I'm a nuke ET2 with about 2 years and some change left. I love off-crew life, although politics, lip-service training and IDE sessions get in the way.
Yeah, I kinda figured that the off-crew life wasn't the little slice of heaven that it was talked up to be lol. So you all got the IDEs running up there? I served with ET1 Berhalter on the boat and then ETCS Berhalter a few years later when he was in charge of planning the S8G IDE deployment for SUBLANT.
What prototype were you at? Anyway, I got there in January of '06... Don't know a Rancourt. I can only imagine the pain you had to endure on a fast-attack... I've only heard stories. What boat were you on?
Okay, it was a shot in the dark, but i figured I would ask. Anyways, I was a student at S8G in '97 and back as a staff in '01. USS Alexandria (SSN-757) was my home in between. Well, I will admit that it wasn't a walk in the park, but some of the things I got to see and the places I got to go... But i did my 8.5 years (only cause i made 1st early) and then jumped ship... I work for the Army now :)
I have to assume that a nuke ET2 (you navy guys really need to include translations for us choo-choo lovers!) requires a very detail oriented , "plan twice , do once" type mind , because that's what i see in your layout construction.
Yes, the ET's (aka twigets) are notorious for being meticulous... for good reason! They do all the Calibration & Testing on the reactor protection systems on the subs... and then document their every move while they did it! There are severe consiquences (as you can imagine) if their Calibrations are off or if their paperwork is messed up.
Us Electricians are more on the shifty side of the house, renowned for being the Ninja's of the engineroom and Keepers of the 9/16" wrenches.
LOL I used the 87% op-tempo I had on the Alex to memorize the T-12 cover to cover.
Dave Loman
My site: The Rusty Spike
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ereimer wrote:(you navy guys really need to include translations for us choo-choo lovers!)
Quickie Glossary:
EM = Electricians Mate, aka Wire Biter
ET = Electronics Technicia, aka Twigets
MM = Machinist Mate, aka Knuckle Dragers
Boomer = Ballistic Missile Submarine
Nuke = Short Name for "Nuclear Trained Personnel"
F-ing Nuke = Short Name for "Nuclear Trained Personnel" uttered by those who are jealous or those who were just the brunt of a practical joke.
I will edit and add as necessary.
"You show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on." -anonymous
A true friend will not bail you out of jail...he will be sitting next to you saying "that was friggin awesome dude!" Tim...Modeling the NYC...is there any other?
Laugh?? Don't joke! That's very GOOD work for your first layout. You would fall off your chair with laughter if you saw my first layout!
Happy modelling!
Cheers,
Great Start!!!.....Keep us posted. Thanks for your service to our COUNTRY!
I'm also an US NAVY VET: USS Lexington CVT-16, USS L Y SPEAR AS-36 (SUBRON 6) & NAS Miramar. Was a SK (Storekeeper)= a Cumshaw Artist 3rd Class Petty Officer.
Thats amazing for a first layout! I guess all that time aboard subs gave you time to do your homework. My first two layouts looked like someone dumped styrofoam, plaster, and plastic scrap onto green shag carpet. Of course I was 13....but thats beside the point.
keep up the good work!
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
"Keeping my hand on the throttle...and my eyes on rail."