Maggie’s Navy Chief

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The Navy Chief noticed a new seaman and barked at him, "Get over here! What's your name sailor?"
"John," the new seaman replied.
"Look, I don't know what kind of bleeding-heart pansy crap they're teaching sailors in boot camp nowadays, but I don't call anyone by his first name," the chief scowled. "It breeds familiarity, and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my sailors by their last names only; Smith, Jones, Baker, whatever. And you are to refer to me as 'Chief'. Do I make myself clear?"
"Aye, Aye Chief!"
"Now that we've got that straight, what's your last name?"
The seaman sighed. "Darling, My name is John Darling, Chief."
"Okay, John, here's what I want you to do ....."

 

[phantasm]

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roflmao.

 

[goldy1]

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lol, i met a sailor named darling on the stennis not too long ago. i forwarded this joke to him when i got it from my mom out there.

 

[H2O Cop]

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If you're familiar with the naval custom of ringing off the CO & XO of a cutter/ ship, you'll laugh at this...

The USCG Cutter Firebush had a female CO that was... yup .... a redhead. I never knew her name, but when they came into port back in the day and we heard them ring her off, we about pissed our pants. Was just too funny!

 

[leprechaun]

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For those of us that were not in the CG/Navy can you explain?

 

[FryerJim]

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The section advisor for my Electronics Technician (ET) A school class was Chief Edar. He was also an Electronics Technician. Electronics Technicians come from the 'Seaman' family of ratings.

The other chiefs got a kick out of that when we pointed it out one day with the innocent

question "What did you call Chief Edar when he was an E-3?"

-Jim

 

[H2O Cop]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: leprechaun</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For those of us that were not in the CG/Navy can you explain? </div></div>

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Boat Gongs
Although technically considered a form of communication and not honors, boat gongs are similar to honors in that their number corresponds to the rank of the individual being announced. As the person being announced approaches the ship, the word is passed over the 1MC, "[Title] arriving," and a bell is struck the number of times corresponding to the number of sideboys to which the person would be entitled: eight for a vice admiral or above, six for a rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half), four for a captain or commander, or two for an officer below the grade of commander. The title used is the same as for a boat hail. As with the bells signaling the half-hours of the watch, the tones are sounded in pairs. A captain commanding a destroyer squadron would thus be announced, "DesRon-2 arriving," DING-DING (pause) DING-DING. One final "DING" is then struck when the person's foot touches the deck. The same procedure is followed upon departure, "[Title] departing" and the sounding of the bell. Boat gongs are sounded only between reveille and taps. If honors are being rendered (e.g., the visitor is to be piped over the side), the arrival announcement is made as his or her boat or vehicle approaches the ship and the announcement is "[Title] approaching."
The use of the short form of title makes for some interesting announcements, especially with foreign VIPs; hearing the announcement, "Russian Navy arriving" undoubtedly caused some double takes until those within hearing registered that a U.S. ship was being visited by the Russian Navy Commander in Chief.

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Naval Traditions and Customs

 

[goldy1]

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so the announcement would have went, ding ding firebush arriving/departing. thats really funny. i would have died luaghing every port with that co.

 

[oldgrayone]

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On my last command we had a few classic last names that would make you smile when they got paged to the QD. Seaman Drip, Seaman Stain and Seaman Seaman report to the QD for a line handeling party. You cant make this shit up either.