anybody in the military?

[bjgove]

just wondering if anyone is in the military on the bored. i'm an e-6 in the navy. electrician's mate 1st class\ submarines, hope to be a special operations officer after i get my degree. want to jump and dive on uncle sam's nickel for living.

 

[Rick Murchison]

Well, me lad, far be it from me to pick a nit, but in SPECOPS you'll need to know the difference between such things as "bored" and "board."
Rick (USN Ret)

 

[bjgove]

not an english major, still enlisted. therefore the navy does not require me to know how to spell or type correctly. but thanks for the input as you must be on the ocs board for specops since you know so much about it.

 

[coberry7]

I was in the Army for eight years. I'd get a thicker skin, though.

The Navy has an OCS board for SpecOps??

 

[ddown]

According to military regulation..correspondence should be written a generaly well understood manner.. You understood he suceeded on getting his message across..

BTW

27 years here and still going strong

ddown
DC

 

[Rick Murchison]

bjgove once bubbled...
not an english major, still enlisted. therefore the navy does not require me to know how to spell or type correctly. but thanks for the input as you must be on the ocs board for specops since you know so much about it.

Your excuses are unacceptable.
And you will need a far, far thicker skin.
Trust me on this.
Rick

 

[CD_in_Chitown]

Rick Murchison once bubbled...

And you will need a far, far thicker skin.

I dunno Rick, today's military is softer and gentler if the stories I've heard from recent Boot grads are true it's nothing like it used to be.

 

[Rick Murchison]

At least not once the anchor is up. Though most of my contemporaries are already retired, some of my former students and JO's are still out there as CO's - and quite a few of the guys have children currently active. They didn't take care of business in Afghanistan and Iraq by being soft. I personally couldn't be any more proud of our active duty forces. Even the Bubbleheads.
Rick

 

[Don Burke]

bjgove once bubbled... just wondering if anyone is in the military on the bored. i'm an e-6 in the navy. electrician's mate 1st class\ submarines, hope to be a special operations officer after i get my degree. want to jump and dive on uncle sam's nickel for living.

In addition to the comments from others, I'd say you'll have your hands full getting the nuc world to let you go.

I did a tour in Special Projects in California and a tour on a SEAL support submarine (James K. Polk) out of Norfolk. I never saw a nuc get into either.

If you get a commision, I'd expect to see you at prototype, at a nuc school, on a tender, or at a SIMA. After that, maybe NR or Superintendant of Shipbuilding at some shipbuilder or yard.

Diving for money isn't the thrill one would think. It's serious work. On more than a couple of training missions we nearly ran our SEALs and divers into the ground.

 

[coberry7]

Basic Training is one thing. That is a numbers game. Refinement comes later in your military career.

SpecOps? You damn well better have a thick skin and an ability to spell to become a warrior of that caliber.

I don't doubt that BJGOVE can spell, but his skin is definitely thin.

As an officer he will be held to a higher standard. Currently he is making excuses for his abilities based on his NCO status.

SpecOps will require an even higher standard for him, and then even higher as a SpecOps officer.

So will the first year of college. Professors are hard nosed and spelling counts; excuses are irrelevant.

Simply put, he wants to enter a world where excuses are unacceptable. He will learn to not make any excuses, and learn that mistakes are not excusable, if he makes it to the SpecOps world.

And in answer to the original question BJGOVE...Yes, there are military people on board. Good luck with anything that you do in college. Good luck with anything you do in the military. I hope to hell you ring out if you walk into Coronado or Little Creek and say what you said in your second post. I expect more of the SpecOps community than attitudes like that. After all, now You are protecting ME!