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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:17 PM Original message |
Strange news from my brother last night...Navy issues |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would be skeptical, too. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Tell him NOT TO ACCEPT THAT DISCHARGE! |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The way he made it sound |
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bluestocking_lib (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. I would be VERY skeptical |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Aren't they retiring subs and scaling back the fleet ? |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. His sub isn't being retired |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Don't believe what you read in a newspaper or hear on television.... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Be very, very, skeptical |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Don't ask, don't tell"? |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. No, that's not it |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 08:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
65. If you are a "Non-Qual" |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, we know for a fact there's a "back door draft," but |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Let me add one more word to your excellent post: |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. My $.02 the matter. They want him to take the discharge, but not |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yeah, I saw the 60 Minutes on that a while back |
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Boo Boo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
68. Absolutely. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sounds rather unusual. |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. He didn't go to an academy |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I served on subs myself. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. I went through naval nuc-u-lar power training...believe me, |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. It can be such a dog and pony show and kissup game in the service |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Jeez, in the corps if your captain didn't like |
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retnavyliberal (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. I hate to say this |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Its a RIF, he needs to ask about severance pay for firing him early |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. "recommended for an honorable discharge" |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I got an honorable discharge from the Navy after only 1 1/2 years. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Whew, you said it! |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. They could be trying to pull a |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I'm with you, distrusting the |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. did somebody ask or tell? |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No...I've already answered that above n/t |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. He has nuclear traing and sub school and they are giving him an |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. His training cost hundreds of thousands |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Exactly |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I agree -- something doesn't add up |
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kurtyboy (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Stinks to high heaven. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Having been a former Navy officer myself, your brother's situation... |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I know that he hasn't gotten along well with the captain on his sub |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Every Navy officer, surface or subsurface, has to meet some basic.... |
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kurtyboy (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Yep, sheep -dipped is the most plausible |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Once they discharge him he becomes inactive reserve they |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That's pretty much what I'm afraid of |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
66. It;'s also cheaper for the armed services to do this. The pay rate and |
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onecitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. This sounds exactly like....... |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Stationed where? |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Kings Bay or Bangor? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Wow!!! |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yep that's a Trident -- |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Damn! The SMALLEST of those subs would fill out a football field! |
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kurtyboy (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Huge is right! |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #38 |
53. He's in Norfolk |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Lovely place....was stationed in Little Creek for a year. Yuck. |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. He should not take the discharge, |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Please keep us posted on how this ends up... |
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Canadian Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. No it doesn't |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I plan to sit down with him soon |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. I will |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I think it smells worse than a decomposing skunk. |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Pretty much |
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kurtyboy (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 01:02 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. "they will be connecting him with resources to find a civilian job." |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Yep, running the power plant in Dick Cheney's bunker... |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. resign his commission the day he musters out. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:43 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. They couldn't bring him back AT ALL? Not even as a grunt or a noncom? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
51. Definietly sounds fishy |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
61. You are spot on to question this! n/t |
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cleofus1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
62. self delete |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
63. The "Blue to Green" program has been around, in varying... |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
67. My niece is in the Navy |
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hector459 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Two reasons for this according to my Navy cousin. |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. If your niece is a nuke in the Navy... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
71. If he doesn't officially sign off, they can call him back to duty... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
72. Ok this is fishy as hell |
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