Happy Veterans day!

[Avacado]

Big thank you to all my brothers and sisters who served with distinction and answered the call.

 

Throw back from 2003!

 

 

[damric]

2003 was a rough year to be in the army.

 

Thanks for serving!

 

 

 

[Cerberus]

Happy Vets day to yall too! (2012 e3 -> e4)

 

[damric]

4 minutes ago, Cerberus said:

Happy Vets day to yall too! (2012 e3 -> e4)

 

 

I seriously hate those uniforms. So glad I got out before those.

 

But thank you for your service!

 

What was your rate?

[Cerberus]

3 minutes ago, damric said:

 

I seriously hate those uniforms. So glad I got out before those.

 

But thank you for your service!

 

What was your rate?

Damage Controlman, you?

[damric]

1 minute ago, Cerberus said:

Damage Controlman, you?

Ooh on a carrier you were busy. I swear we had a random fire every freaking day on nimitz.

 

I was nuke et

 

But one of my 1st jobs on nimitz was work center supervisor for rx-40, our dcpo division. So I had to learn so much maintenance for all the dc gear in the plant, plus we had the extra containment stuff to look after. I got to know the ship's fire marshall and the damagecontrolmen very well because they used to find discrepancies in my spaces which were vast.

[Cerberus]

23 minutes ago, damric said:

Ooh on a carrier you were busy. I swear we had a random fire every freaking day on nimitz.

 

I was nuke et

 

But one of my 1st jobs on nimitz was work center supervisor for rx-40, our dcpo division. So I had to learn so much maintenance for all the dc gear in the plant, plus we had the extra containment stuff to look after. I got to know the ship's fire marshall and the damagecontrolmen very well because they used to find discrepancies in my spaces which were vast.

ET nuke, im sorry, your hours were worse than ours.

I was the 'cool' dc, i understood that everyone was human and things happen. also I'll sign your entire ESWS booklet for a chicken quesadilla XD

[Cerberus]

but, if you were one of the people who didn't wait in line and refill your SCBA after GQ, I hope you fall down a ladderwell, lol

[damric]

34 minutes ago, Cerberus said:

but, if you were one of the people who didn't wait in line and refill your SCBA after GQ, I hope you fall down a ladderwell, lol

Ok I know I'm old, but when I first got to the nimitz we still had OBAs which were those chemical canister darth vader looking breathing things. But I think in 2001 or so we finally got rid of those and got the scbas. 

 

Were you a tld carrying dcman? Just wondering if you got to go down into the reactor plant ever. Pretty much only the nukes and dcmen were the only ones with access.

 

But anyways, we had to learn how to use the new fangled scbas and putting them on correctly was a challenge for many because of those darn straps.

 

We would have races to see who could get from EOS control room down to the locker on the 6th deck. Remember it was a huge ass ladder from 4th deck to the 6th reactor room. 

 

I was the fastest one because I would slide down the ladder rails and I figured out an overhead technique for slinging on the scba. Looking back I'm surprised I never got hurt flying down that ladder

 

 

[Cerberus]

18 minutes ago, damric said:

Ok I know I'm old, but when I first got to the nimitz we still had OBAs which were those chemical canister darth vader looking breathing things. But I think in 2001 or so we finally got rid of those and got the scbas. 

 

Were you a tld carrying dcman? Just wondering if you got to go down into the reactor plant ever. Pretty much only the nukes and dcmen were the only ones with access.

 

But anyways, we had to learn how to use the new fangled scbas and putting them on correctly was a challenge for many because of those darn straps.

 

We would have races to see who could get from EOS control room down to the locker on the 6th deck. Remember it was a huge ass ladder from 4th deck to the 6th reactor room. 

 

I was the fastest one because I would slide down the ladder rails and I figured out an overhead technique for slinging on the scba. Looking back I'm surprised I never got hurt flying down that ladder

 

 

yessir, I was fully qualified in my rate for literally everything, I went to the CBRD "c" school, I had nuclear fire training, I was one of the few guys that had the great job of replacing every AFFF hose reel in the plants (all 10 hose reels between the 4 spaces)  I know of a similar type of ladderwell, it sucks carrying a 75lb steel hose reel down it, like a 30ft drop on either side...ugh

[bonami2]

Happy veteran days all!

 

 

 

[iamjanco]

Retirement, August 1992; 2 years C141s, C124s and C130s; 2 years F4Cs; 2 years F4Es; 2 years F101s, F106s, and T33s; 10 years A10s; 2.5 years RF4Es, in that order.

Edited November 9, 2022 by iamjanco

[schuck6566]

Thank you all for your service.

[Sir Beregond]

Serious respect from me to those who served. Thank you!