Modulwhatuluv
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Hi I'm Matt, I've been modeling for the past 25 or so years and just recently got gud as my kids say! I specialize in WW2 fighters.
Haven't heard that since I was in the navy!Welcome Aboard !
I've crossed the QD while being carried and out of uniform more than once!85-91 active duty ,
USS Theodore Roosevelt
There's no dress code to cross the quarterdeck here .![]()
USS San Francisco and USS Alaska (Blue)I've crossed the QD while being carried and out of uniform more than once!
MM (Weapons)....Submarines baby!!! And you?What rate ?
Oh I hear ya. Well on subs Machinist Mates are divided into MM for the nukes back aft, MM auxiliary, and MM weapons which is Torpedomen....don't know why TM wasn't it's own rate while I was in.Ha ha , MM .
What is the weapons in parenthesis ?
I volunteered for sub duty in nuke school .
After talking to a bunch of bubbleheads in Port Canaveral I decided meh , lol .
I asked for a flat-top on the east coast while in prototype and the mighty " Needs-of-the Navy " gave me exactly that
The navy doing something counterproductive??? Blasphemy!First time I've ever heard that .
But ,
they change things up and we're about 20 years apart .
When I was shipboard , Reactor Dept only covered the reactor plants and the MMRs were conventional MMs under Engineering , but I heard Reactors took over all 4 boxes .
IDK if that meant nukes needed to be in the MMR -- seems counterproductive to the personnel issues at the time
Propeller...always thought it was one of the most "Navy" like rating badges....yeah right after sub school, both in Groton Ct.So , you wore a propeller or a torpedo on your sleeve ?
You went to torpedoman A-school , yeah ?
3 months boot, 2 months sub school then 3 of A school then checked on board 2 weeks after that.Ha ha , hell yeah it's definitely the most Navy emblem .
Us , and boatswain mate .
So what was your path ?
Boot , subs school then torpedoes ? Or
No MM A-school , right ?
Yeah, what about you? They had 3 boot camps in your day right?Great Lakes ?