Posted on May 29, 2015
Did you do these 9 things after you made Chief?
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I put on "the hat" in 1967.
Back then "Shipmate" was a proud and honored title. So was "Sailor", and so was "Chief". I answered to any of those titles, and yes, I smiled.
Nobody called anyone "Senior" or "Master". "A Chief is a Chief is a Chief is a Chief". Some got a little bigger payday, but they all answered to "Hey, Chief, can you help with this?"
I didn't wash my coffee cup when I was an SN, why should I start when I wore khaki?.
Maybe the good LCDR is a boot, because he doesn't seem to understand what being a Chief is supposed to be all about.
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H. Hans Brakob RMCM, USN (Ret)
Back then "Shipmate" was a proud and honored title. So was "Sailor", and so was "Chief". I answered to any of those titles, and yes, I smiled.
Nobody called anyone "Senior" or "Master". "A Chief is a Chief is a Chief is a Chief". Some got a little bigger payday, but they all answered to "Hey, Chief, can you help with this?"
I didn't wash my coffee cup when I was an SN, why should I start when I wore khaki?.
Maybe the good LCDR is a boot, because he doesn't seem to understand what being a Chief is supposed to be all about.
v/r
H. Hans Brakob RMCM, USN (Ret)
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Just so you know Master Chief I was a Chief long before I was an officer and Sept 15 1992 is still the best day of my life
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MCPO Hans Brakob
Then you know better than to post such a bunch of lame questions.
Damn, I've been retired for over 30 years and I still have to train Junior Officers?
Damn, I've been retired for over 30 years and I still have to train Junior Officers?
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I made chief on April Fool's Day in 1966 in Pearl Harbor. (Some have commented that date was significant to my advancement!) I didn't have much of an initiation as there was no other chief on the old LST heading for Vietnam at about the same speed as made by Columbus. Just a sort 'uh thing thrown together in the CPO club by such CPO's that were that Saturday morning. I didn't know a single one of them . . .
Made RMCS in 1972 and RMCM in 1974 and you can bet I made an effort to make certain new CPO's didn't miss out on their initiation when I was in position to accomplish that as mess president, CMC, whatever. I regretted not having a real initiation.
Last initiation I helped set up was at the Old Mill in Gaeta, Italy, for COMSIXTHFLT and USS BELKNAP sailors advancing to CPO in 1989. I have not since attended an initiation and have no idea how they are conducted now that we have so many females in he Navy. (We toned down an initiation in Rota, Spain in 1973 because we had a female in the group, but I suspect it still was rougher than they now are.)
Made RMCS in 1972 and RMCM in 1974 and you can bet I made an effort to make certain new CPO's didn't miss out on their initiation when I was in position to accomplish that as mess president, CMC, whatever. I regretted not having a real initiation.
Last initiation I helped set up was at the Old Mill in Gaeta, Italy, for COMSIXTHFLT and USS BELKNAP sailors advancing to CPO in 1989. I have not since attended an initiation and have no idea how they are conducted now that we have so many females in he Navy. (We toned down an initiation in Rota, Spain in 1973 because we had a female in the group, but I suspect it still was rougher than they now are.)
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Thanks to the BELKNAP Master Chief I had to work on a computer with tubes in them on the USS Josephus Daniels in the late 80's. Helped me make Chief in 1992 though. Had a female at my initiation and they did not tone it down for her. She was a real trooper, married to a Chief, made for an interesting time when everyone with her last name was charged with cavorting with and E-6. Of course it would have helped if only her husband would have stood up when they asked the question.
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MCPO Forris Hudkins
Sounds like your female was a real trooper. So was the one in Rota, but we didn't know her well and feared she'd go off plumb. Somebody got one each of the Philippine's fermented eggs for each of the six CPO's being initiated. My next door neighbor, a BUC, saved the other five. He was a Filipino and ate 'em all!
Actually, I was attached to C6F, not Belknap. Went through three flagships while I was there-- Puget Sound, Coronado and Belknap. Would like to hear about the computer with tubes in it -- I probably had one in a previous ship, such as LONG BEACH, KING, etc. I had something to do with DANIELS during the 'Eighties, but can't recall when or where.
Take care, CDR.
Actually, I was attached to C6F, not Belknap. Went through three flagships while I was there-- Puget Sound, Coronado and Belknap. Would like to hear about the computer with tubes in it -- I probably had one in a previous ship, such as LONG BEACH, KING, etc. I had something to do with DANIELS during the 'Eighties, but can't recall when or where.
Take care, CDR.
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No. I made chief in 1984. I had a ensign for lunch every day, I never called anybody shipmate I sure as hell didn't smile after going thru initiation, I didn't make love to to my wife because I couldn't stand to see a civilian have a good time. I did a lot of other stuff too but don't have time to go into right now. Being a Chief Petty Officer in the U S Navy is the best job in the world. It's also very hard work. Running the Navy took a lot of time and effort.
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