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Hahaha I know this was for @CadNav but thanks for that bud, I literally LOL'd at the very first clip. One time we had a sea training ORO who people reeaaallly didn't like. We were transiting toward Massachusetts in sea state stupid, and he got thrown from his rack onto the deck in cabin 5...

I remember we were doing a boarding in the GOO at the beginning of monsoon season. It was so rough (relative to the size of the Dhow) that the Dhow looked like a cork bobbing in a wave pool. Three of the members of the first wave had to come back due to sea sickness. I remember watching one of...

That's exactly what it is. There are 3-4 "section bases" on the ship where off watch personnel close up and standby to fight fires and floods. The first 4 get dressed in firefighting gear and will be the first ones to attack a fire if needed. They usually do drills in early morning (like 5 or...

Don't forget to mention the plethora of different measurement units they use: Ship's draft, breadth, and width: meters Ship's height and aircraft altitude: feet Water depth: meters unless you are working with Americans, then fathoms Distances: nautical miles, cables, and yards Distance for...

I didn't think I could even say this anymore, but, this is new low: https://deadline.com/2026/02/donald-trump-truth-social-ai-video-obamas-apes-1236710978/

I see you know how to Nova Scotia.

@CadNav How long were you in the infantry for? What rank/qual did you get up to?

Officer courses aren't referred to be "QL#". In fact neither are NCM courses anymore, they are referred to as "RQ" course (Rank Qualification, ie RQ-S1-SonarOP). You'll firs bring NETPO, followes by NWO Basic (the former NWO 2 and NWO 3 courses). To prepare for this, you absolutely can read the...

@Halifax Tar @Oldgateboatdriver oh yea I would never expect a Coxn to do that. I've never had a Coxn come up to bridge except to talk to the CO, nor do I think any of them would do that. I did have an experience similar to this once. We were doing a MOBEX so I went to the boat deck (diver), and...

Tell that to my IMO who, I'm not exagerating, spent about 50% of his off-watch facetiming with his girlfriend from the wardroom. Starlink is a blessing and a curse...

I'm assuming you don't mean while actually on the bridge. If the Cox'n ever tried to "come down on me" while I was on watch, I'd promptly tell him to fuck right off the bridge politely ask him wait until after my watch and that I'd come see him right away to discuss my shortcomings further.

Sit? What is this word you use? I don't recognize it. You don't "sit" while on watch on the bridge.... (except when it's 3am off the coast of Halifax and you have a highly competent "2nd Officer of the Watch" that you trust working for you and you take a seat in the XO's chair and doze off for a...

Say WHAT? Cellphones (at least when I was still in) were expressly NOT allowed on the bridge at sea unless the MFW was completely shut-off.

This is hilarious that you put it this way, because sometimes it is EXACTLY like this. When you are on the bridge and standing watch, you are responsible for a litany of things (we had to memorize that list), but some of the key ones are safely 'navigating' the ship, preparing the ship for...

Not that I think this is going to actually happen (I hope), especially considering Banon is just taking out of his ass (as usual), but it got me thinking. US elections are known for having long lines. What if during the next election, ICE sticks to its current tactic if racially profiling people...

Is this sarcasm? Most of the people who join the CAF don't have a fulsome understanding of what they will do day-to-day in their job, and if they say they do, they're probably wrong.

At sea, or alongside? Fact.

Are you currently an NWO under training, or are you only looking to apply as an NWO? I'll answer the easiest question first. You will never deploy for 8 months and then one month later re-deploy for another month. It never happens, and it's not even allowed to happen (wartime exceptions...

Kudos Mr. Harper, and please express this sentiment to Danielle Smith next time you see her. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-trump-national-unity-9.7072944

Trump doesn't care about the constitution, and he definitely doesn't he care about "states' rights". I think in his first time he had two things going for him: guard rails in the form of a "professional/establishment" staff that steered him away from the worst of it, and he was "less" senile...