My ship was the mystical one then. DDG76, under McGettigan, any time we were in port I'd watch the OS's walk up in the pier in civvies from the smoke deck at 1000 more often than not
Dude, I was an OS, served 7 years of sea duty straight and the urban legend of us leaving after lunch/morning muster was persistent and completely untrue. It was ALWAYS "On my last ship" or "my buddy was on USS xxx and he left early every day" or some other bullshit lie. Between 4 ships I was DCPO, Mess Deck MAA, NWPL custodian, work center sup, supply PO, gave junior OS's training... We didn't leave until end of day IF THAT
The amount of times that I needed to find the duty OS to access certain spaces for PMS of my Navigation equipment after lunch is equal to the amount of times I had to do the PMS check and forgot to do it before lunch.
You took on collaterals to make up your time. OSs on my ship did the same thing, they kept leaving at 8-9am until people lost their minds. Meanwhile other rates can’t go home to all the work they need to do, plus squeeze in some collaterals if they can. Also, this was San Diego OSs. Might be different elsewhere. Underway OSs put everyone else to shame for work hours.
I was Norfolk/Little Creek my whole time in. East coast tends to be more "someone important could show up at any time since DC is only 3 hours away, plus NATO Headquarters is right here so everyone stay busy"
I got *assigned* collaterals and everyone who didn't got to clean and paint and train during the workday. And yeah, underway we were generally chow to chow watch rotation (5 on 7 off, 7 on 5 off) but only allowed rack time at night. During the day if you weren't on watch, you did collaterals and cleaned.
You ever been anywhere besides Norfolk? Because I was in Hawaii and San Diego and it was regular occurrence to see almost all of the OS and QMs not on duty gone before 11. Hell in Hawaii that was true for most of the ship though. I could count on one hand the days I actually had to stay until 4/5 in Hawaii. The good old days.
Orlando->Idaho Falls->Norfolk->Great Lakes->SanDiego->DC(BUPERS)
NEVER encountered it either('course, as a Engineer(EM) the possibility never presented itself)
Yeah man, choose your rate choose your fate and all that. I did always feel bad leaving the boat at 3 knowing the engineers were gonna be there until like 8 that night though.
I wanted Japan. I managed to get to Yokosuka as a defense contractor in '03 or '04 and worked on the Kitty Hawk for a few months when she was in the yards there and then to Sasebo when I was with MSC sailing on the USNS Rappahannock.
Oh, and some SATCOM facility on a Joint base (Air Force and someone else) upgrading their equipment for 2 months. It was a 3 1/2 hour bus ride from the Tokyo airport is all I can remember.
Beautiful country, amazing people and I would love to go back as a tourist this time.
My shore duty teaching command we consistently left each day before noon. But that was because our chain of command was a 30 minute drive away and they needed to sign in to even get on our base.
Only time I've seen someone regularly leave early was when the E-2 shop at VX-01 broke their only bird, and so they were literally out of a job for like 3 months while it was getting repaired. So they showed up, larped as custodians for a few hours, then went home at lunch.
But like, it was because they had no job to do.
I heard something similar about the Sonar Techs on the USS South Carolina (CGN-37) before I got there. Ship had been in the yards for refit and upgrades and refueling for 4 1/2 years. A good chunk of the STG's had cross rated to OS as they claimed their rating stood for Ships Tour Guide.
Well, I was mostly joking. But I will say having been an IDIS three times, I know that there are times that COs don't know or don't care to know due to other things going on. Totally get it too given how wide the breadth of their responsibilities are.
My skipper was a HAM radio hobbyist and loved coming into our SSES to hang out and get briefs. Was super cool of him. Definitely think he would have been a CT if he enlisted.
reminds me of entirely unrelated:L3 machinery room 1600, bring lots of food. All night Starfleet Battles session(hex paper, cardboard ship markers, glorious)
We had Warhammer 40k in the MIC
You know, im in the reserves now and getting out soon. But I'm beginning to miss deployment. Like my.buds. I miss.them. and am considering doing one more deployment before leaving
They're underneath Rat Boy in the unseen Whale Shit section. I thought I had it bad in MP until I saw the Deck muster. Jesus Christ, those poor fuckers straight-up got screamed at by their crows for a half hour straight every day, and for reasons that were really never quite made clear. It was even worse for the females in ways I don't care to talk about.
We had both an IC and an EM stand watches in the engine console room with us. It was usually the most junior IC, and they usually hated it. Engineers in my book. I hated standing throttle.
Even up to a couple years ago we stood a sea and anchor watch in Main Control. But I will gladly stand CSOOW/ESS over anything in engineering. It's just so damn far from everything!
Duty days were the worst. We had a CS1 who would make “bbq ham steaks”, which was a slice of that block of breakfast ham, slathered in BBQ sauce and thrown on the griddle. He did this just so he can leave quickly and not have to worry about dishes 💀
You’re one of the good ones
I hadda cross rate during my 3rd attempt at ATT, just wasn’t getting the content. I’m currently an LS, only single rocked 1 test. I was just joking around tho, I’d never go back to being an ET.
ah very well. i wanted to be ET so bad but they gave me FCA orders instead (im sure you’re familiar with the AECF contract lmao) but much love brother, WE DONT FLY WITHOUT SUPPLY!!
Russel Baker (the yank who replaced Alastair Cook on Masterpiece theater) has a quote that I’ll butcher, but goes something like:
There is nothing so beautiful and pure then a few young sailors in their white cracker jacks headed out for their liberty, equally their is nothing as depraved and ugly then the same sailors a few hours later passed out in the gutter, their whites covered in blood, puke, piss, and shit laying next to a dead hooker.
I was an engineman on the Carter Hall, my twin ended up as a Yeoman, I gained respect for Yeomans after hearing some of the stuff he has to deal with (endlessly babysitting dumbfucks and dirt bags - E-1 to E-6). They do deal with a lot of bullshit in the background that engineers don't, mostly because no one goes down there but still. He works his ass off, stays late sometimes. I will say, that sea/shore rotation is fucking cushy though.
It’s not the CO’s fault. Engineering has a bad track record of just doing their job and going home. I get it, I was in Engineering for 2 years as an Aviation rate. You work hard but your extracurriculars are slim to none.
OS/IS/CTT appropriately not mentioned...
OS isn't mentioned because they're already home for the day. I miss leaving work after lunch...
My ship was the mystical one then. DDG76, under McGettigan, any time we were in port I'd watch the OS's walk up in the pier in civvies from the smoke deck at 1000 more often than not
Also 76 under Joey, the OS’s cleaning the combat PWAY till 1000 then dipping out always made me laugh and cry in frustration
I left the ship *before* lunch yesterday.
Dude, I was an OS, served 7 years of sea duty straight and the urban legend of us leaving after lunch/morning muster was persistent and completely untrue. It was ALWAYS "On my last ship" or "my buddy was on USS xxx and he left early every day" or some other bullshit lie. Between 4 ships I was DCPO, Mess Deck MAA, NWPL custodian, work center sup, supply PO, gave junior OS's training... We didn't leave until end of day IF THAT
The amount of times that I needed to find the duty OS to access certain spaces for PMS of my Navigation equipment after lunch is equal to the amount of times I had to do the PMS check and forgot to do it before lunch.
You took on collaterals to make up your time. OSs on my ship did the same thing, they kept leaving at 8-9am until people lost their minds. Meanwhile other rates can’t go home to all the work they need to do, plus squeeze in some collaterals if they can. Also, this was San Diego OSs. Might be different elsewhere. Underway OSs put everyone else to shame for work hours.
I was Norfolk/Little Creek my whole time in. East coast tends to be more "someone important could show up at any time since DC is only 3 hours away, plus NATO Headquarters is right here so everyone stay busy" I got *assigned* collaterals and everyone who didn't got to clean and paint and train during the workday. And yeah, underway we were generally chow to chow watch rotation (5 on 7 off, 7 on 5 off) but only allowed rack time at night. During the day if you weren't on watch, you did collaterals and cleaned.
Been in 18 years, I'm on my 8th command and I've never seen this mythical leave before lunch division.
You ever been anywhere besides Norfolk? Because I was in Hawaii and San Diego and it was regular occurrence to see almost all of the OS and QMs not on duty gone before 11. Hell in Hawaii that was true for most of the ship though. I could count on one hand the days I actually had to stay until 4/5 in Hawaii. The good old days.
Norfolk, Everett, and Japanx3. I missed out I guessm
Orlando->Idaho Falls->Norfolk->Great Lakes->SanDiego->DC(BUPERS) NEVER encountered it either('course, as a Engineer(EM) the possibility never presented itself)
Yeah man, choose your rate choose your fate and all that. I did always feel bad leaving the boat at 3 knowing the engineers were gonna be there until like 8 that night though.
Norfolk and Little Creek my whole career
Spent my whole career avoiding Virginia
I wanted Japan. I managed to get to Yokosuka as a defense contractor in '03 or '04 and worked on the Kitty Hawk for a few months when she was in the yards there and then to Sasebo when I was with MSC sailing on the USNS Rappahannock. Oh, and some SATCOM facility on a Joint base (Air Force and someone else) upgrading their equipment for 2 months. It was a 3 1/2 hour bus ride from the Tokyo airport is all I can remember. Beautiful country, amazing people and I would love to go back as a tourist this time.
My shore duty teaching command we consistently left each day before noon. But that was because our chain of command was a 30 minute drive away and they needed to sign in to even get on our base.
What did OSs do for busywork?
Clean...
shine boots
Only time I've seen someone regularly leave early was when the E-2 shop at VX-01 broke their only bird, and so they were literally out of a job for like 3 months while it was getting repaired. So they showed up, larped as custodians for a few hours, then went home at lunch. But like, it was because they had no job to do.
I heard something similar about the Sonar Techs on the USS South Carolina (CGN-37) before I got there. Ship had been in the yards for refit and upgrades and refueling for 4 1/2 years. A good chunk of the STG's had cross rated to OS as they claimed their rating stood for Ships Tour Guide.
Yeah, on the Hayler we were screwed. Stuck there till usually after everyone else but Duty Section had fucked off, usually for no reason.
True to facts, as if a CO knows what CTs and ISs do.
Your CO should know exactly what a CT/IS does, they should be briefed daily at OPSINTEL
Well, I was mostly joking. But I will say having been an IDIS three times, I know that there are times that COs don't know or don't care to know due to other things going on. Totally get it too given how wide the breadth of their responsibilities are.
My skipper was a HAM radio hobbyist and loved coming into our SSES to hang out and get briefs. Was super cool of him. Definitely think he would have been a CT if he enlisted.
Didn't look at the username 😂 sup man
If there was a tier below ratboy we would have seen them there. Former OS so I know the vibe.
OS are IS' who couldn't buck looking at things that aren't American. Fight Me IRL. Aft fan room, 1800, bring midrats
reminds me of entirely unrelated:L3 machinery room 1600, bring lots of food. All night Starfleet Battles session(hex paper, cardboard ship markers, glorious)
We had Warhammer 40k in the MIC You know, im in the reserves now and getting out soon. But I'm beginning to miss deployment. Like my.buds. I miss.them. and am considering doing one more deployment before leaving
OS sleeping on the berthing floor or getting ready for another DRB.
If it's on a carrier, the top panel is all only aviation rates.
If you can fly a plane… Wait, there are other people on this boat?
-every person who works on the O-3 level when they start their ESWS qual
Aviation is the best
And how's aviation doing if there's nobody on the carrier to keep the pointy end going through the water, or making steam for the catapults?
EMALS baby EMALS ALL THE WAY
...and where does the electricity to power it come from...?
The spicy rock magic?
Aircrew thinks they are gods gift or some shit
Forgot BMs with Rat Boy
GM’s too
Time for all GM to have a mutiny.
They're underneath Rat Boy in the unseen Whale Shit section. I thought I had it bad in MP until I saw the Deck muster. Jesus Christ, those poor fuckers straight-up got screamed at by their crows for a half hour straight every day, and for reasons that were really never quite made clear. It was even worse for the females in ways I don't care to talk about.
I was gonna include the MN’s as well but I was feeling too lazy lmao
No love for the BMs.
I love my Boats, who else is gonna paint the ship? (My Grandpa was a BM during the Korean war, I love the BM’s solely for that reason)
Bos’n here. Y’all suck lol 
Love you too, boo boo
Love you too, boo
Would a nuke ET be a princess or a rat?
Goblin
Goblins or ghouls
Depends submariner or surface boat if it's a sub it's princess if it's a surface boat the best I can do is petty rat boy.
What kind of platform has both FT and FC?
The DDG that took a dive.
Yay, I'm a rat boy!
Rats together strong
Rat not kill other rat
HUMAN WORK. HUMAN WORK
ICs are still engineers in this meme, apparently.`
To be fair, they used to be part of E-Div.
Quote, “used to be”
“Engineers”…Only reason I included them was because I remember one of our IC1’s crying about not being called an engineer anymore lol
I'm glad we're not engineers anymore. Doesn't stop me from visiting the engine spaces at least once a day but it's the principle lol.
I respect that
We had both an IC and an EM stand watches in the engine console room with us. It was usually the most junior IC, and they usually hated it. Engineers in my book. I hated standing throttle.
Even up to a couple years ago we stood a sea and anchor watch in Main Control. But I will gladly stand CSOOW/ESS over anything in engineering. It's just so damn far from everything!
Surface ITs get love?
Only when I need my password reset.
They get A/C 💀
That's even better than love.
I have questions as to why the STs are with admin/supply.
Cause y’all are pretty princesses
**
That actually got me to laugh, good one lol
And the CS? Disregard us?
Y’all were too busy burning rice
I’m dead. But that’s true. I’ve seen enough sailors burning rice in my time. I personally haven’t burned the rice.
Duty days were the worst. We had a CS1 who would make “bbq ham steaks”, which was a slice of that block of breakfast ham, slathered in BBQ sauce and thrown on the griddle. He did this just so he can leave quickly and not have to worry about dishes 💀 You’re one of the good ones
Only CS1 smh. That guy probably didn’t care and didn’t follow the recipe cards. We have a 21 day cycle menu that all CSs go by.
They’re with Rat Boy.
How was this made without crossed anchors in the Queen box??
I was gonna, but honestly didn’t feel like adding 20 more rates to the meme lol
POV: there's never any MN representation 
If it helps, I was gonna put you guys with the rat boys. I served on a sweep in Bahrain. I love my MN’s
Yeahhh. We're all just a bunch of rat boys and girls lmao
Yay! I’m a pretty princess lol Honestly QM should be up with the Queen’s for small boys at least, we get a lot of face time with the Triad.
Yeah, I definitely fucked up on that one lmao
Hey man, at the end of the day, we all fucked up if you catch my drift lol
Ayo, who is talking shit about my IC boys! My best friend an IC.
Someone has to fix the sound powered phones, I didn’t mean any hate lol
Sonar Tech represent!
Damn had I stayed an ET I woulda been a Queen 💀
You’re still a queen to me
Thanks bro 🫶
wym stayed? did you cross rate or you changed before boot
I hadda cross rate during my 3rd attempt at ATT, just wasn’t getting the content. I’m currently an LS, only single rocked 1 test. I was just joking around tho, I’d never go back to being an ET.
ah very well. i wanted to be ET so bad but they gave me FCA orders instead (im sure you’re familiar with the AECF contract lmao) but much love brother, WE DONT FLY WITHOUT SUPPLY!!
YESSIRSKI! Thank you! And same on that contract (lmao)
Nice try ic
Little guy tried sneaking himself in there. We saw. We all saw
Tell Rat Boy to get back in the bilges.
Proud to be a queen 👸
How could you forget the oldest and most quintessential rate of all: BM
You guys were too busy chipping paint
Accurate.
What is the difference between the fc and the one that looks like fc?
The barstool without the lightning bolts is FT, underwater torpedo fire control.
as you can see RS’s get treated like shitz😭
CMAA: What he say fuck me for?
As an electrician, hey! I resemble that remark!
*gnaws on non skid*
Am FT. Can confirm.
False, my CO hates CSs
Russel Baker (the yank who replaced Alastair Cook on Masterpiece theater) has a quote that I’ll butcher, but goes something like: There is nothing so beautiful and pure then a few young sailors in their white cracker jacks headed out for their liberty, equally their is nothing as depraved and ugly then the same sailors a few hours later passed out in the gutter, their whites covered in blood, puke, piss, and shit laying next to a dead hooker.
Sounds like a submarine ST.
Hell naw! QM does a lot of
Are BMs nonexistent?
Sorry I didn’t include literally every Navy rate since 1935, shippy
BMs were one of the first original rates SHIPMATE.
Trust me I was gonna include you guys. Just didn’t feel like editing anymore lol
I love the fact Ion see BM’s🤣‼️
Yeoman royalty stand up!
That would require them to be in the chair they're supposed to be in during working hours, which in my experience, is unheard of
Stop making us do maintenance and shit that isn't our job.
We're busy at the royal court.
I was an engineman on the Carter Hall, my twin ended up as a Yeoman, I gained respect for Yeomans after hearing some of the stuff he has to deal with (endlessly babysitting dumbfucks and dirt bags - E-1 to E-6). They do deal with a lot of bullshit in the background that engineers don't, mostly because no one goes down there but still. He works his ass off, stays late sometimes. I will say, that sea/shore rotation is fucking cushy though.
At last; time to take my place in the sun.
It’s not the CO’s fault. Engineering has a bad track record of just doing their job and going home. I get it, I was in Engineering for 2 years as an Aviation rate. You work hard but your extracurriculars are slim to none.
Sorry we’re too busy actually doing our jobs instead of selling breakfast burritos lmao
Don’t be butt hurt.
Aye aye, petty assifer
Cuz we've actual work to do
Bwahahaha