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The UK has not "updated" Remembrance day to Remembrance Sunday. Remembrance Sunday has been around for decades as the closest Sunday to "Armistice Day".  It is a recent development that there is a 2 minute pause on Nov 11 as well as the full ceremony on the Sunday.  The closest thing to...

I think Chief Stoker meant that some submariners are there because the boats don't sail much, not general service personnel avoiding boats because they sail too much. I could be wrong, after all I was never one of the "elite" just a "skimmer".  If you ever want to know how superior a submariner...

Yes, happy birthday to the junior Marine Corps ;D

I didn't want to correct the Colonel on a bus where everyone would hear, it would be a bit humiliating for him and to be frank, me too. I remember years ago in Halifax when I was in the navy, an officer ordered me to go and tell a Master Seaman that he wasn't carrying his backpack correctly as...

You would think that listening to an ipod in uniform on the bus would be limited to the younger crowd who seem to need to be constantly stimulated but there is a full Colonel I sometimes see with his on and it just looks wrong. He often has his jacket open while wearing it as well.  It is...

I believe in the UK, 5 years in will earn you this medal, makes sense to me.  No lottery, no old boys network, just a straight yes or no.

Hey Pat in Halifax, stop using the term "kipper" to describe RN personnel, it's offensive. http://www.forces.ca/en/job/marineengineeringmechanic-31

"I remember one trip where one of the Air Det bought a ride-on mower to bring home.  He found a place for it, but the Captain was less than impressed!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Typical of the air types...

At sea you can read, watch movies, work out, play video games. Depending on your trade, you will probably either be on watch or in bed, or eating etc. The 1 in 2 watch system kind of dictates your life at sea. I was engineering so I didn't do that crap, 1 in 4 or daywork is what I did. You...

I served briefly on/in HMCS Skeena in 1990 and my first day down the mess when I was getting changed for work, someone started speaking French to me, I said sorry I don't speak French very well and was told "that's your f&%$ing problem"

And here endeth the lesson......hopefully.

If it makes you feel ok thinking that, then fine. ;D

Here's another "tradition" although not naval that is being used more often....."I could care less"..when in fact you are trying to say "I couldn't care less"  I am not a grammar nazi but you would think an officer would know better. ;D

Sigh, so it's different in the non skimmer world?

I'm sure we can agree on "aboard" which means "on" or "in" a ship

Pusser said "I once had an XO who threatened that anyone who talked about serving on the ship would have to sling a hammock on the upper decks and would not longer be allowed inside" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow...

"Don't they let you inside?  You must get cold sometimes (and wet)! The correct terminology folks is that we serve in ships" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bit of a nitpick there, yes we serve in ships but who actually says "hey I'm...

"Stoker's dhoby hitch"

Having sailed in ships ranging from MCDVs to Aircraft Carriers I can say that luckily for me I never got physically sick. There were many times when I felt lousy but I never puked. It can be very tiring when you can't sleep properly and still have to time the ladders going up or down to get to...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I think you both are misinterpreting what Bruce said.  I'm pretty sure he's saying that it's sad but true that some are of the...