Navy Must Be Hard Up

ScottD · 12-22-2004, 10:24 AM

Got an email today from the Navy Reserves wanting me to join and become a Seabee. At 45 and never having been in any of the armed services branches I find it unusaul that they would be asking be to join up.

lefty o · 12-22-2004, 11:07 AM

it would be a good experience for 'ya. lol

Big Dog · 12-22-2004, 11:15 AM

At 45, bootcamp would be a real PITA! Kinda fun when you're young&stupid.

Be a pain too, all those young squids calling you "pops" or "Grandad".

Good thing is, you'd be a shoe-in for Squad Leader.

jerry · 12-22-2004, 03:39 PM

Make sure you hit the Crows Nest @ Camp Shields Okinawa :right:

One of the best all ranks clubs in the Pacific. At least is was in '85.

PAPA G · 12-22-2004, 06:56 PM

tell them you'll start at no less a rank then Admiral!!!

Oxford · 12-22-2004, 07:07 PM

Had a friend in the Seabees in Vietnam. He learned to build bridges over water really fast...while being shot at. Then he got to see the same bridges get blown up. :jaw: :nod:

PAPA G · 12-22-2004, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Oxford

Had a friend in the Seabees in Vietnam. He learned to build bridges over water really fast...while being shot at. Then he got to see the same bridges get blown up. :jaw: :nod:

thats whats known as "job security"

Troy · 12-22-2004, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PAPA G

thats whats known as "job security"

or a make work project

PAPA G · 12-22-2004, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Troy

or a make work project

naaa, make work is like painting rocks, or crawling in line pulling weeds out of the parade field.

ScottD · 12-22-2004, 10:41 PM

While I would enjoy meeting new people and going to new and exotic places. It is the bullet catching thing that bothers me.

Really, I'm to old to be running around parade grounds and climbing obstacle courses. It would literally kill me before I ever would ship out. And besides, what I really want to do in the Navy they would never let an old fart like me do. And that is become an armourer for the Phalanx system and the like.

Oxford · 12-22-2004, 11:37 PM

I'm sure you guys understand that those bridges were blown up by the Cong as our forces moved forward at times and backwards at other times. Doubt if they'd consider this as making work. :nod: Seabees were caught in the crossfire not by choice, though. They were a group who deserved much more credit than they received. :right:

12-22-2004, 10:24 AM	#1
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	Navy Must Be Hard Up Got an email today from the Navy Reserves wanting me to join and become a Seabee. At 45 and never having been in any of the armed services branches I find it unusaul that they would be asking be to join up. __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

12-22-2004, 11:15 AM	#3
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	At 45, bootcamp would be a real PITA! Kinda fun when you're young&stupid. Be a pain too, all those young squids calling you "pops" or "Grandad". Good thing is, you'd be a shoe-in for Squad Leader. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

12-22-2004, 03:39 PM	#4
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,884 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Make sure you hit the Crows Nest @ Camp Shields Okinawa :right: One of the best all ranks clubs in the Pacific. At least is was in '85. __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

12-22-2004, 07:07 PM	#6
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,023 Blog Entries: 4	Had a friend in the Seabees in Vietnam. He learned to build bridges over water really fast...while being shot at. Then he got to see the same bridges get blown up. :jaw: :nod: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

12-22-2004, 10:41 PM	#10
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	While I would enjoy meeting new people and going to new and exotic places. It is the bullet catching thing that bothers me. Really, I'm to old to be running around parade grounds and climbing obstacle courses. It would literally kill me before I ever would ship out. And besides, what I really want to do in the Navy they would never let an old fart like me do. And that is become an armourer for the Phalanx system and the like. __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

12-22-2004, 11:07 AM	#2
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,807	it would be a good experience for 'ya. lol

12-22-2004, 06:56 PM	#5
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12	tell them you'll start at no less a rank then Admiral!!!

12-22-2004, 11:37 PM	#11
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,023 Blog Entries: 4	I'm sure you guys understand that those bridges were blown up by the Cong as our forces moved forward at times and backwards at other times. Doubt if they'd consider this as making work. :nod: Seabees were caught in the crossfire not by choice, though. They were a group who deserved much more credit than they received. :right: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".