tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post5081268928665388939..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Navy SpeakJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11906814179103275812011-08-18T21:42:48.509-05:002011-08-18T21:42:48.509-05:00Don't forget breaking in the new lookout watch...Don't forget breaking in the new lookout watch standers underway:<br /><br />"Combat, forward lookout: air contact dead ahead, believe it to be a B1-RD or a CGU11"KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06525835553965564376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-5236926877772729092007-10-16T14:10:00.000-05:002007-10-16T14:10:00.000-05:00Don't forget "mail buoy" and "satellite" watches. ...Don't forget "mail buoy" and "satellite" watches. <BR/><BR/>An old CT joke was sending the NUB out for "Sonograph Ink." A sonograph was a device for plotting a Frequency vs. Time graph of an electronic signal. It used an electrode to literally burn the image onto special electro sensitive paper strips strapped to a spinning drum. It worked kind of like an old fashioned thermal printing fax machine. As such, there was no ink. <BR/><BR/>Also: 50ft of shoreline. Fallopian Tubes. Left handed monkey wrenches. My favorite: a stack of One D, 10 T forms, which for full effect the NUB would be required to write down so he wouldn't forget - inevitably written as 1D10T. Then there was the ST1 (written as STONE) degausser (usually somebody down in engineering would keep a big, heavy rock in a locked steel box, for just such a quest). <BR/><BR/>Done right though, such gags would quickly teach the new guy the layout of the ship, and introduce him to everybody of consequence. Done right it was <I>not</I> hazing, but good natured ribbing with a specific educational goals.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11769824244034864812007-10-15T13:21:00.000-05:002007-10-15T13:21:00.000-05:00I had two favorites.The "BT Punch." In the bad ol...I had two favorites.<BR/><BR/>The "BT Punch." In the bad old days, Navy ships used to be powered by gigantic boilers instead of the gas-turbine engines in use today. The individuals who worked on these machines were called "Boiler Technicians," or "BT's." When a NUB would be assigned to the ship, you'd tell them you needed a BT Punch to finish some circuit or project you were working on. You'd send them all over the ship looking for the part, until they finally ended up in engineering, where a BT would provide the "BT Punch."<BR/><BR/>The EMHO Report. During the mid-watch, you would send the NUB to get the "EMHO Report" filled out. They would have to take it to each division and get the appropriate measurement for each person. It wasn't until the watch was over that we told them that "EMHO" stood for "Early Morning Hard-On." <BR/><BR/>Ah, those were the days.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.com