Posted on Feb 6, 2016
If you had to join a different branch of the military which one would you choose?
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We all choose the branch we served in for a special reason, but if you where not allowed into that branch which one would you choose to join? I was in the process of going into the Marines when I was involved in a car accident and ended that dream.
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Loved the Air Force and would do it again in a heartbeat. If not possible though I would go for Army EOD or Artillery; always loved things that go bump in the night. I get seasick, so the Navy would be out of the question.
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Capt Seid Waddell
MCPO Roger Collins, yes, and they head into the wind, I have heard.
I saw two ocean-going cargo ships on top of a restaurant in the Biloxi/Gulfport area after Hurricane Camille that failed to follow that rule.
I have also heard of large ships sunk by hurricanes at sea.
There are many reasons I would not care to join the Navy; it is generally a long way to shore when a ship goes down.
I saw two ocean-going cargo ships on top of a restaurant in the Biloxi/Gulfport area after Hurricane Camille that failed to follow that rule.
I have also heard of large ships sunk by hurricanes at sea.
There are many reasons I would not care to join the Navy; it is generally a long way to shore when a ship goes down.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Capt Seid Waddell - Subs are notoriously unstable on the surface, and guess what we are particularly at a critical stage when surfacing and submerging, that is why we have to ride it out on surface, rather than taking it down. Not as bad today with Nucs, that can stay down for days, if you can get down safely. A 300' tube is like a roller coaster in the surface.
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Capt Seid Waddell
MCPO Roger Collins, "A 300' tube is like a roller coaster in the surface."
So why do you ride it out on the surface? It would seem (to an AF type) the wise thing would be to ride it out submerged. As you said, everything is smooth down there; the turbulence is at the surface.
So why do you ride it out on the surface? It would seem (to an AF type) the wise thing would be to ride it out submerged. As you said, everything is smooth down there; the turbulence is at the surface.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Capt Seid Waddell - Explained above Capt. Stability submerging and surfacing. You have to get in deep water to submerge and then it is too late to "take her down".
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Was all set to join the Marines, was just waiting for the recruiter to call with the date for the ASVAB. Never got the call, so I went to the Navy recruiter and enlisted.
Finally heard from the Marine recruiter. He had a death in the family and went on emergency leave for 30 days.
So, if I had to pick, it would be USMC!
Finally heard from the Marine recruiter. He had a death in the family and went on emergency leave for 30 days.
So, if I had to pick, it would be USMC!
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USN. I loved being at sea. I was actually appointed to USNA (would have been class of 68) but my eyesight kept me out. I went PLC in college, and even after I was offered a regular commission out of OCS (I accepted), it looked like I might be NPQ. Then my sainted Mother wrote a letter to the President... At the height of the Tet Offensive ...("I feel like the most unnatural of Mothers, but when so many are fleeing to Canada and you have one who has wanted to serve since he was in second grade.....).
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Coast Guard; I did my honeymoon in the Bahamas, where i saw USCG station Bahamas.
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None. Kidding... Actually I tested (ASVAB, MEPS) for the Navy in 1980... But, ended up in the Army. If not the Army, it would have been the Navy. Never considered the AF or the Marines.
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I chose the army way back 31-years-ago because they alone would let me choose which language I studied at DLI.
If I could jump to another service today, it would have to be the Air Force, if for no other reason than that they have basses in Japan, and I love being in Japan.
If I could jump to another service today, it would have to be the Air Force, if for no other reason than that they have basses in Japan, and I love being in Japan.
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SN Greg Wright
MCPO Roger Collins - Heh. I once told a GS-22 (isn't that like a Vice-Admiral-equivalent? I forget, these days) he couldn't come into my SCIF because he wasn't wearing his badge. Turns out he was the civilian commander of the facility...but I still didn't let him in until he got his badge. I think I was SA, then.
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SN Greg Wright
LTC (Join to see) - That's what I hear, too, Major. I suspect he wasn't as shafted as he probably thought he was. Never made it myself, though.
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MCPO Roger Collins
SN Greg Wright - Off topic, but I , as a First Class took on one of Rickover's direct reports. Things in the lower parts of my anatomy was cinched up until finally resolved.
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I would pick the Navy for its travel opportunities. Army bases are usually in the armpits of whatever country it is in. All Soldiers are envious of the awesome locales of naval bases like Spain and Japan.
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Good Point...My cousin joined the Navy to see the world and he spent 4 years at Navy Pier in Chicago and we lived in Elgin, Ill.
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