<p>So today is definitely a happy day and a realization that this thing really is happening. I woke up this morning, checked my email, checked my bank account, and then checked to see if I had received my orders yet and holy crap, they're actually there. So I finally got my orders today, which say detach in may, yet its the 31, hmmmm, wonder how the yeomen are going to like that. They probably won't, too damn bad. I am finally going to get some time off and get a chance to sell my stuff and move out of my apartment. YAY!</p>
<p>All right fergsonfire! Great news. Enjoy some well-deserved time off before jumping back into the fire. But, at least its a cookout you WANT to attend! ;)</p>
<p>Be safe, enjoy, God bless and we'll see you VERY soon! :D</p>
<p>GO NAVY!!!!</p>
<p>Never underestimate the ability of a YN or PN to ruin your day! </p>
<p><--- Former ADMINO. ;)</p>
<p>Tell 'em you ole salty dawg! ;)</p>
<p>yeah no joke. YN's decided to ruin my day today after at least getting orders. Sometimes I think that the only thing that matters in the navy is someone who doesn't know anything about your work's opinion. If it weren't for the fact that I still need to finish transfering I think I would have hit my YN upside the head today.</p>
<p>Fergsonfire, you think YN's can ruin your day, you'd better get the mindset that some pimply Youngster 3 years younger than you will be able to chew you out in just a few weeks. So practice clenching your jaw and biting your tongue now. :-)</p>
<p>Nah. 2/C do the flaming. 3/C are too busy just chilling out. :)</p>
<p>I know your're right, Z, but my point was that F. might wanna start now with that mindset, but for the record, thanks for setting it straight.</p>
<p>Zaphod:
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Nah. 2/C do the flaming. 3/C are too busy just chilling out.
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<p>Was it you who posted about how eating placements were arranged? Basically, the 1/C and the 2/C being the tough ones to serve, and the 3/C were still recovering from shell shock. Ehh...I know I'm going to screw up every day with that serving deal (probably spill everything and annoy the upperclass...and that three chews deal...).</p>
<p>Yep. That was me.</p>
<p>Look, it'll be challenging, but not impossible. If you're paying attention, you won't spill anything. As with anything in life, you get used to it and then you get better at it. That's the point.</p>
<p>Pilots call it "Situational Awareness". There's a method to the madness.</p>
<p>You'll be fine. Just keep your eyes and ears open and your brain working.</p>
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I know your're right, Z, but my point was that F. might wanna start now with that mindset, but for the record, thanks for setting it straight.
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<p>Oh, hey! No foul! Just clarrifying things a bit.</p>
<p>One that subject, one word of advice, and an anecdote:</p>
<p>Yes, it's true that the 3/C were Plebes just a few months before, and yes it's true that they are the most laid-back class at the place. However, THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. They are you SENIORS and SHALL be treated as such! Don't make the mistake of getting ratey with them or.....</p>
<p>...the anecdote...</p>
<p>I was a 3/C during the Fall of 1988. As I'm walking down the p-way during chowcalls, a Plebe chops by in less than the proper way for his chow call. I say to him, "Dude, square yourself away so you won't get chewed out."</p>
<p>His response? "Oh, sure. Why don't you show me?"</p>
<p>:mad:</p>
<p>I waited for him to finish his second chow call (it's when all the upperclassmen REALLY come out of their rooms), and stood in front of him. </p>
<p>I asked calmly, "Who do you think you are replying to me in that manner?"</p>
<p>"Sir, I'm sorry if I offend...."</p>
<p>He never finished. I launched for the first time in my USNA career. I flamed him up one side and down the other. The other upperclassmen stopped in shock at the sight of a 3/C going off on a Plebe. I just doesn't happen UNLESS something like a Plebe mouthing off happens.</p>
<p>When I finally shoved him off, the other guys came over and asked what had happened. I explained. One other guy had wittnessed it.</p>
<p>That Plebe did NOT have a good time for the next few weeks. The 2/C descended, and the 3/C let him swing.</p>
<p>So, the moral of the story: They will help and guide you, and won't ride you, but they are your SENIORS, not your BUDDIES.</p>
<p>Zaphod,</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you would be labeled as a huge "joe" if you did that now. Most youngsters and plebes are friends...regardless what you say.</p>
<p>Plebes and youngsters being "friends" will not exist around me! Youngsters are mentors...not friends.</p>
<p>Then I guess you're a Joe, too? </p>
<p>Welcome to the club. ;)</p>
<p>It's not good that Youngsters and Plebes be friends. Does neither of them any good, and short-circuits the system.</p>
<p>But hey, I'm not there now. I learned my lessons (both good and bad) in the system as it was. I HOPE the same lessons are still being learned, even if taught differently.</p>
<p>A "Joe" because you chewed out a mouthy Plebe. What has the place come to? :confused:</p>
<p>Theres another one that should be rough, considering I know quite a few that are going to be 3/c while I am a plebe. Damn that going to boot camp with them and power school and prototype. It's just something else that I will have to get used to. I wonder what Fran(guy, nickname, not last name) will do. Should be interesting to find out.</p>
<p>about the serving order deal, that doesn't happen anymore, everyone serves themselves.</p>
<p>All at once, or do the upperclassmen still go first?</p>
<p>We just had to pass the serving trays around. We never directly served the upperclassmen (sorry if that got lost in the details).</p>