If you joined the navy what would you do?

[Kapitan]

Or what would you serve on to be exact?

Please vote and state why you feel this is the right choice for you.

[Steel_Tomb]

Carriers, simply because I have a love for aviation. And even though I'd be in the navy, aviation would still be a way of life.:up:

[Letum]

Patrol vessels:
Why be in the navy if your never going to get your hair wet. ;)

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Due to some physical maladies, I cannot join any military. So, there.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Probably couldnt due to my height, but SSBNs as a Master Chief :D

[silentrunner]

SSBN:rock::rock::rock::rock:

[Oberon]

SSN Sonar Operator or Carrier in the CIC

[Tchocky]

ASW Chopper pilot, mayhap.
Probably too tall to pilot anything smaller than a C-5

[nikimcbee]

SSN:up: listening to radio traffic (the black ops stuff). Maybe FFG

[Polak]

On anything, combat diver. ;)

[Jimbuna]

I'd have to go for those graceful greyhounds of the sea....the destroyer.

If I'm totally honest though.....I ticked them all to see if it made a difference. :oops:

[AntEater]

Well, depends on what types of vessles your navy actually has, and where the powers that be think you're needed.
I volunteered for Frigate and second choice missile boat and got assigned to a tall ship, go figure.
:rotfl:

Generally for enlisted ranks, I'd say smaller combat units like missile boats and mine warfare (and submarines, of course) units are preferable.
Ships with larger crews (above 50 or so) come only in two ways:
- tight ships resembling floating barracks
- ships where officers don't care and senior enlisted men establish a bullying system
On small units, there is a much stronger spirit of comradeship.
Missile boats/corvettes are definitely sexier, as these are the only surface units of today that are actually designed to sink other ships. Destroyers/Frigates are mostly to escort stuff. But especially missile boats are not for those who get seasick easily.
These are the "greyhounds" of today, while the old "greyhounds" are among the largest units that navies have.
But of course mine warfare has its own attaction, especially as those are usually the only ships of a navy that regularly blow stuff up.
Basically on a mine hunter, wartime and peacetime duties are just the same.
Submarines are a class by themselves. I dunno how large submarines like US SSBNs are run, but smaller SSKs crews are generally a elite force.
A navy within the navy, admired by the rest of the bunch. But of course many people might have a problem with not seeing the sun or even daylight for weeks
Auxiliaries in most navies tend to be run by reservists or civilians, so service on one of them is more like a job in the merchant marine.

[cowman1009]

I would absolutely go SSN; of course I'm biased having served on 2 of them along with a few other things.....although if you are looking for space then SSBN is the way to go just fewer port calls and what not. Either way submarines are the way to go.:rock:

[fatty]

Dance and sing, obviously. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7985652638971104003&q=in+the+navy+village+people&total=297&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3)

[Tango589]

I would have to be on an aircraft carrier, that way I can be at sea but still be working round my first love that is aircraft.

[Jimbuna]

Dance and sing, obviously. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7985652638971104003&q=in+the+navy+village+people&total=297&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/888/villagepeopleug1si6.gif http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2697/charactersvillaglf4.gif

[Sailor Steve]

I did join the navy, and I did ask for a destroyer, so I couldn't vote any differently. I think I was lucky--due to the time and place (San Diego, 1970) I served on one that was actually built during the war.:rock:

[CCIP]

Well, you ARE asking on a forum full of submarine fans, I wouldn't be surprised about where the majority of answers would lie :p

[Jimbuna]

I did join the navy, and I did ask for a destroyer, so I couldn't vote any differently. I think I was lucky--due to the time and place (San Diego, 1970) I served on one that was actually built during the war.:rock:

Which greyhound precisely did you serve on Steve ?

[CCIP]

I did join the navy, and I did ask for a destroyer, so I couldn't vote any differently. I think I was lucky--due to the time and place (San Diego, 1970) I served on one that was actually built during the war.:rock:
Which greyhound precisely did you serve on Steve ?
USS Wrinkley Ass, was it not? :know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brinkley_Bass

[Sailor Steve]

Yep, that be she...

and this be me on she
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bbassturret.jpg
Hard to believe I was ever that young.

[FIREWALL]

I wanna be a U-boat Kapitan or a Pirate and that's final.:arrgh!:


I don't go down with my ship, I make the other Captain go down with his.

[Jimbuna]

Yep, that be she...

and this be me on she
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bbassturret.jpg
Hard to believe I was ever that young.

Very cool sir, very cool http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[geetrue]

I chose SSBN ... the new ones that have just been converted to launch 100's of missile's. I forget what you call them I'll have to google it.

They have about four of them converted now. Homeported out of Guam with two crews now Blue and Gold.

Makes it a little easier on the home life just having to serve three months (90 days give or take a day or two either way).

Lots of food in case of war, seal teams to go ashore for repleshment of supplies and we could outlive every nation on the earth after a nuclear winter.

Submarine's forever ...

[CCIP]

I chose SSBN ... the new ones that have just been converted to launch 100's of missile's. I forget what you call them I'll have to google it.


You mean SSGN?

[Jimbuna]

I chose SSBN ... the new ones that have just been converted to launch 100's of missile's. I forget what you call them I'll have to google it.


You mean SSGN?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSGN

[mrbeast]

I voted subs and SSN's. That whole stealthy hunter-killer thing is way to cool to pass up! :cool:

I like the idea of tracking a 'Boomer' while it doesn't even know you're there. Of course I'd hae to be the captain! :D

BTW, cool picture Sailor Steve:up:

It never really occured to me be those 5" turrets are pretty big. :huh:

[CCIP]

I chose SSBN ... the new ones that have just been converted to launch 100's of missile's. I forget what you call them I'll have to google it.

You mean SSGN?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSGN

Yea, that's what I meant. The Ohio SSGN conversion is what he's talking about there.

[Jimbuna]

I chose SSBN ... the new ones that have just been converted to launch 100's of missile's. I forget what you call them I'll have to google it.

You mean SSGN?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSGN

Yea, that's what I meant. The Ohio SSGN conversion is what he's talking about there.

Rgr that http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[geetrue]

Yep :yep: SSGN is the way to go:

http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,85615_1,00.html
A month ago, the nuclear submarine USS Ohio, formerly a highly survivable Trident ballistic missile thermonuclear deterrent platform (SSBN), triumphantly completed the initial sea trials of her conversion to an “SSGN” configuration: a super-stealthy and long-endurance undersea vessel designed for forward presence and deployment of up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), and as many as 100 Navy (http://www.military.com/Community/Home/1,14700,NAVY,00.html) SEALs or other commandos with their equipment and mini transport vehicles. That's right, the 24 seven-foot-inner-diameter vertical launch missile tubes from Ohio's prior successful career as a “boomer” have all been repurposed.

[Sailor Steve]

Lots of food in case of war, seal teams to go ashore for repleshment of supplies and we could outlive every nation on the earth after a nuclear winter...
Yep, you and all those other men...:rotfl:

[Tchocky]

Ah, a tiny flaw :p

Nevermind, just get the boys in the lab onto it.

[geetrue]

If I were the captain of my own SSGN my first thought would be to send a Seal Team ashore with the doc to acquire as many young, healthy, child bearing age, females as they can carry in one of those Seal Team UAV's.

Officer's get first pick ... :know:

[Urspankd]

SSBN or SSGN for me.

[peterloo]

Dunno why, but I have got a strong passion with submarines

A sniper in the sea, not big but able to kill the biggest foe, of minor significance but can deal great damage.

I love the diesel boats then the nuclear stuff. The diesel boats are quiet, manuverable, and agile. The nuclear stuffs are relatively noise

Well, if I had the chance to choose which boat that I'd like to serve, I would choose Kilo.

[August]

I think if I had to join the Navy i'd prefer PT boats.

http://hnsa.org/ships/img/pt658a.jpg

[geetrue]

I think if I had to join the Navy i'd prefer PT boats.

http://hnsa.org/ships/img/pt658a.jpg

Didn't John Wayne have one of those ... ?

They don't make them anymore ... in fact the US Navy burned the ones they had left over after WWII to keep from having to bring them all the way back home. Made out of plywood I think.

Don't give up though ... the US Navy reinstated the Gator Navy four years ago:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/return-of-the-gators-us-navy-stands-up-new-coastal-warfare-squadron-01861/

http://www.mshipco.com/images/concepts/coast-guard-M40-10.jpg

[August]

I think if I had to join the Navy i'd prefer PT boats.


Didn't John Wayne have one of those ... ?

They don't make them anymore ... in fact the US Navy burned the ones they had left over after WWII to keep from having to bring them all the way back home. Made out of plywood I think.

I'm 48 and former Army. That's about as naval as i'd care to go...; :D

[Sailor Steve]

Made out of plywood I think.
Plywood skin on a mahogany frame.

There were lots of riverine gunboats in Vietnam. Saw a few from time to time.

[August]

Made out of plywood I think. Plywood skin on a mahogany frame.

And probably built right here in Rhode Island.

[Bort]

I voted for an Aircraft Carrier. Planes are definitely my first love. :yep:

[V.C. Sniper]

688i Los Angeles class SSN

I will dive very deep




Damn the flat tops for putting the mighty battleships out of commision. >=O

[diver]

Surface escort (frigate/destroyer) or amphib.

[kiwi_2005]

Not trying to hijack the thread just thought this be a good place to put the link since its about the navies. Just watched this National Geographic version about the sinking of the Kursk.

Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare -Seconds From Disaster -- 1/6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuBaYDXOpI4&feature=PlayList&p=22FB420A6849566D&index=0

[Yahoshua]

I chose the amphib...mostly because I like my feet on the ground. So I'll hop on the water taxi and jump off at the first sight of land (well, maybe not FIRST sight of land).

[Rockstar]

I didn't see it on the list but a nice cushy desk job at puzzle palace would be great. I'd secure a job only I could do make myself indespensable, retire come back and fill the slot as a civilian contractor and make 10 times as much money. Yep thats my dream billet.

[Antiacus]

Or what would you serve on to be exact?

Please vote and state why you feel this is the right choice for you.

I'd get myself kicked out & join the Coast Guard. The only maritime service with actual sailors with real sailoring skills.

[August]

I'd get myself kicked out & join the Coast Guard. The only maritime service with actual sailors with real sailoring skills.

Is that why these salty sea dogs were part of the Department of Transportation until just recently? :lol:

[Tchocky]

Or what would you serve on to be exact?

Please vote and state why you feel this is the right choice for you.
I'd get myself kicked out & join the Coast Guard. The only maritime service with actual sailors with real sailoring skills.
You could be right there.
I mean, most warships would rather they didnt have to display sailing expertise, that's bad for sonar performance.
Whereas the CG have to.

[August]

Or what would you serve on to be exact?

Please vote and state why you feel this is the right choice for you.
I'd get myself kicked out & join the Coast Guard. The only maritime service with actual sailors with real sailoring skills. You could be right there.
I mean, most warships would rather they didnt have to display sailing expertise, that's bad for sonar performance.
Whereas the CG have to.

:lol::lol::lol:

[GunnerGreg]

Once a Gunner's Mate, always a Gunner's Mate. Battleships, cruisers, destroyers and frigates, oh YEAH!!!!

Put me on a fast, grey ship so I can sail in harm's way!

I would love to be able to be a Gunner's Mate on a ship with the new Electromagnetic Rail Gun, but at 43, I might as well pray to "Saint Hap'n'" (Patron saint of things that ain't happening...)

Besides, two section duty sucks, and I don't handle sleep deprevation as well as I used to. As they say, the mind is willing...

Greg "Gunner" Stitz

[Hakahura]

If you joined the navy what would you do? .....


Alcohol and women of loose morals!

:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

If you joined the navy what would you do? .....


Alcohol and women of loose morals!

:rotfl:


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[Gorduz]

I served one year on a Missileboat. Great action I would definitly have chosen that if I had enlisted. Just zig-zagging inshore between reefs and rocks in 30 knots in a 100 feet boat kind of kicks ass :rock: But Id try to stear away from your PT August, we had a couple of those(some kond of newer ELCO boats) in the RNoN 10 years ago. From what I heard it was freezing cold to stand on the bridge.

[sunvalleyslim]

SUBMARINES..............and never forget a real sub runs on diesel/electric.................otherwise you just think you're a submariner................"DBF"