Comments | cannedweasel: I have seamen? Where's the boat?

cannedweasel

I have seamen? Where's the boat?

Nov 22, 2007 02:34

Yeah, so Tuesday I walked down to the Navy recruiting station at about 9:30 in the morning, and I didn't get home until Wednesday at about 5 pm. It happened pretty fast, but I'm now signed up as an Information Systems Technician in the Navy, scheduled for departure March 31, 2008. Apparently they're very eager to have you if you score well on the ( Read more... )

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kerai November 22 2007, 15:57:45 UTC

the details of which I'd like to never have to speak of again.

Turn your head and cough!

That doesn't sound so bad! I have no idea what an "Information Systems Technician" actually does though. D: Play minesweeper in a nuclear sub?

cannedweasel November 23 2007, 03:01:06 UTC

"Turn your head and cough" was the least weird thing about it!

IT basically builds and maintains networks and does programming, so the Navy'll pay me to take college courses in those disciplines since it's part of the job anyway. The classifier tried to sell me on Missile Technician though, which involves manning the missiles in submarines! The only two points he brought up in his defense were that you get extra money for being on a sub and "they're not as small as people say".

kerai November 23 2007, 05:51:01 UTC

In that case, I'm pretty sure I know exactly what happened!

cannedweasel November 24 2007, 16:07:19 UTC

You're not a good person!