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Originally Posted by Camaero
I don't know how it normally is, but NAVOPS was easily the best department on my boat. Fewest problems and best of guys.
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Any department or division can become a septic tank but I was really lucky.
My first LPO was a bit of a Richard, he got short-timer's syndrome when he still had 7 months to go.
That was back when we were tied with the YN's for the boat's Most Lonely division at three but we had a cool RMC watching our backs. After that, I got to work for some first rate ET1s and ETCs. The kind of guys you just shut up and watch (and take notes). Both the ET1's were frocked for ETC and both wound up with the same love/hate relationship with their khakis (no more getting their hands in the gear).
I got out in '93 after a six year hitch. Actually, six years and one month (C.O.G.) because the Bremerton and SQDN 7 were trying to force the Navy into letting me stick around.
I kinda knew the jig was up when I scored pretty high on my ET1 exam and had spare bullets in my service jacket but still got a memo saying "passed, not advanced".
