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Memorial Day
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Tread lightly is right. Man, do I miss those "training opportunities"!Yep, Durfish is a Navy MC. He’s like a brother from another mother.️
We’re technically not above officers, but they tread lightly around us. At least the ones with a good survival instinct.
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Yea, yea, yea... big scary Master Chiefs...
that said, I’ll never forget my first “lesson” from a Master Chief. Showed up two minutes “early” to a meeting with the skipper. Master Chief Jenkins made sure all the Ensigns, myself included, understood what timeliness meant in the military. I’m still 10 minutes early to this day....
- Jul 30, 2014
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Yea, yea, yea... big scary Master Chiefs...
that said, I’ll never forget my first “lesson” from a Master Chief. Showed up two minutes “early” to a meeting with the skipper. Master Chief Jenkins made sure all the Ensigns, myself included, understood what timeliness meant in the military. I’m still 10 minutes early to this day....
So, you started off by talking a good game, but then acknowledged that a MC straightened you out in a hurry. Actions speak louder than words, sir.
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Of course... Always keep a healthy amount of respect for that second screw
Wasn’t the only time I learned a “lesson” from the Mess, either. Figured out early on that success in the Navy requires a good Officer AND Chief, not one or the other. Been very fortunate to have been paired with great Chiefs in every assignment I’ve had.
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Yea, yea, yea... big scary Master Chiefs...
that said, I’ll never forget my first “lesson” from a Master Chief. Showed up two minutes “early” to a meeting with the skipper. Master Chief Jenkins made sure all the Ensigns, myself included, understood what timeliness meant in the military. I’m still 10 minutes early to this day....
If you’re 5 minutes early you are already 10 minutes late! Drilled into my head!
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I’m a mustanger. For those who don’t know that means I began my career as an enlisted man and was later commissioned as an officer.
As a young enlisted Marine I was “volunteered” to serve on a ceremonial burial team. I’m ashamed to admit that I went kicking and screaming. It was “extra duty” and nearly always on weekends. It took one funeral to fully understand the importance of that duty. I was so affected by the experience I continued on the team for 2 1/2 years.
I’ve carried flag-draped caskets, fired 21 gun salute volleys, and later presented folded flags to families. I buried a lot of dead Marines.
It was the honor of my life.
As a young enlisted Marine I was “volunteered” to serve on a ceremonial burial team. I’m ashamed to admit that I went kicking and screaming. It was “extra duty” and nearly always on weekends. It took one funeral to fully understand the importance of that duty. I was so affected by the experience I continued on the team for 2 1/2 years.
I’ve carried flag-draped caskets, fired 21 gun salute volleys, and later presented folded flags to families. I buried a lot of dead Marines.
It was the honor of my life.
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I’ve had a skipper tell me that I was wrong for having my folks formed up at morning formation more than 10 minutes ahead of time - didn’t want to waste everyone’s time. Roger that, sir. My company guideon was posted in formation exactly 10 minutes prior to 0700 every morning. They would “huddle” off the grinder to get accountability as it was impossible to get someone shook out of their rack and into formation with only 10 minutes to spare...
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Watching the Braves Mets game, which is currently weather delayed. FoxSports South just ran their Memorial Day tribute... Showed the process for preparing uniforms, flags, etc at Dover AFB where they receive fallen heroes and ended with a clip of a real Dignified Transfer from the C5 to the Fallen Heroes hearse. If that doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you aren’t American. It was moving.
Marine1
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My younger brother is a retired Master Sergeant USMC. He once had one of the most difficult assignments possible....among his responsibilities was to escort his OIC on home visits to inform families their Marine had met his fate. He said it was excruciatingly stressful. Not everybody could handle it. But families deserve a face to face visit.
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What the hell is a 'hinge'? I've been in the military since 1989 (enlisted Navy) and have never heard that term. I'm on my twilight tour; 2 years and 33 days left (I think). I'll invite ya'll to my retirement ceremony two years from now! :D I'm also a mustang; did 6+ years in the Navy (w/ a break in service when I went to JUCO then UF). Spent 2 years as a Coast Guard corpsman, then went to OCS in 2003. I'll be up for O5 the summer I retire, but we're ready to move back to Florida (I'll turn 50 two months after I retire). It's been a good ride. Like @Durfish I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman (San Diego A school, 1990) and Field Medical School C school (Camp Pendelton, 1990).
The wife and I took a walk through Arlington today. It was very busy, and I was happy to see that. A lot of families and kids. It's a humbling place to visit and makes you proud to be an American.
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That’s a lot of great service. From a website I’ve never heard of but seems to have it nailed down pretty well:
Hinge: Slang for an O-4, or lieutenant commander (LCDR). So called because of the lobotomy that is supposedly mandated as soon as a naval officer is promoted to this rank, in which half of his brain is removed. A hinge is then inserted that allows for reattachment of the removed gray matter later. The hinge also limits the LCDR’s head movement to the fore–aft axis. This is clearly demonstrated as the O-4 is constantly nodding in the affirmative and saying, “Yessir, yessir” when in the presence of the CO.
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I agree, but be prepared for the consequences when you piss off your boss and your customers.
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Interesting - a Navy Seal that was on 400 plus Army combat missions?
I’ve been on over 400 Army combat missions and have seen more war than most Americans. More than I care to remember, but cannot forget. There is never a shortage of war. War spreads faster than fire and like fire it leaves destruction in its wake.
I’ve been on over 400 Army combat missions and have seen more war than most Americans. More than I care to remember, but cannot forget. There is never a shortage of war. War spreads faster than fire and like fire it leaves destruction in its wake.
