A tale of a Navy Chief

Author Message   Edgar Inocentes Senior Member Username: Traveler88 Post Number: 565 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 209.242.132.226 Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 07:43 pm:    Rule #1 - The Chief is always right Rule #2 - If he is wrong, Rule #1 applies   Jeff Glanzer Intermediate Member Username: Jlglanzer Post Number: 149 Registered: 04-2007 Posted From: 207.200.116.12 Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 11:08 pm:    I never should have gotten out of the Navy after 4 years and joinded the AF. We were way to serious. Good joke Steve. One of my Navy shipmates did 32 years at Barber's Point as a VP(Patrol Squadon) Command Chief, 19 of those years were on deployments.   Charlie S Intermediate Member Username: Avcm Post Number: 138 Registered: 07-2003 Posted From: 76.109.41.57 Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 04:38 pm:    I know the answer! Someone set of the fire alarm and the sailors went into shipboard fire fighting mode.   Jim Hunt Intermediate Member Username: Jhunt66 Post Number: 107 Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 66.31.169.240 Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 05:53 pm:    Another Tale of a Navy Chief: "A Chief is a good guy to know when the local constabulary delivers you to the quarterdeck in a straw hat, your skivvies and flip flops, and you can't remember which house of horizontal refreshment you left your whites hanging up in... And you need an advocate to translate your gibberish into some kind of believable BS that the XO will buy. Chief Petty Officers can turn BS into gold at a rate that would even amaze Bill Clinton. That's basically what they do. One of the questions on the Chief's exam reads: 'You are in Guam… You are called to a local house of ill repute where you find five non-rated members of your crew holding off twenty members of the Air Force police with a high pressure fire hose. How do you convince the Air Force major that what these lads are engaged in, is in the best interest of the security of the United States? You have two minutes. You cannot use mind altering drugs or hand puppets.' " (with apologies to the "Old Goat" himself)   Denny Knott Senior Member Username: Degause01 Post Number: 1459 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 98.183.26.167 Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 02:42 pm:    If you arrive on time to relieve the watch, you're late. Traditionally, in the Navy, you always relieve the watch 15 to 30 minutes early. It is expected.   Leland Senior Member Username: Leland Post Number: 6332 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 98.218.147.237 Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 02:02 pm:    Actually, I think the definition of late is "five minutes after the stars arrive".   Jim Hunt Intermediate Member Username: Jhunt66 Post Number: 104 Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 66.31.169.240 Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 02:00 pm:    steve: AMEN! Too many folks want to dissect, parse and over-evaluate. It was a joke --- and as an ex-Chief, I got a hearty laugh out of it. BTW - as an ex-Flag Sec for a 3-star, I'm here to give testimony to being "late" -- nothing starts 'til the admiral arrives - no matter what time it is!   steve mccoy Intermediate Member Username: Nuhusker Post Number: 66 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 12.32.0.196 Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 12:40 am:    Cherry -- it's a joke! Relax. Enjoy life. And travel safely.   E.L.Fink Intermediate Member Username: Yahootie Post Number: 130 Registered: 08-2009 Posted From: 206.180.152.73 Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 01:32 pm:    An acquaintance of mine (young lieutenant j.g.), whose ship had just finished a long and tiring cruise, was standing OOD. The destroyer was tied up to the pier. He closed his eyes a moment and leaned back against the bulkhead in the warm sun. When he opened his eyes, the only thing he could on the pier was front end of the admiral's staff car with the flag. He hollered out, "Holy S***t! The admirals here," just as the blos'n keyed the mike on the 1MC system. The whole ship heard the announcement, including the admiral. The incident awarded the young j.g. with escort service of the admiral's daughter at the next ball. elf   Hale Lait Senior Member Username: Norwich50 Post Number: 877 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 70.232.162.80 Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 01:12 pm:    If, you are the a/c transporting a Flag, on time arrival is critical. In many cases the Flag will be met by another Flag whom you don't want to keep waiting. If, you touchdown earlier than planned you slowly taxi around via the longest route so as to arrive at the designated time. An early arrival at the terminal could embarrass the greeting Flag.   ed williamson Advanced Member Username: Regnav Post Number: 215 Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 76.114.109.206 Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 11:36 am:    I've observed numbers of admirals and captains arriving late for events. And one four star general. After all, they occupy positions of much responsibility and must often react to events more important than ceremony. It is the Flag Lieutenant who is responsible for the Admiral's schedule and getting him where he needs to be when he needs to be there. The driver drives to where he is told to go and when he is told to go. The driver would be blameless. Anyway, it is just a funny story.   Cherry C. Senior Member Username: Cherry Post Number: 6441 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 71.163.18.160 Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:56 am:    For the benefit of non-Navy people here: The problem with this "story" is that in all of my husband's long Navy career we NEVER observed an Admiral to be late for any ceremony. (This goes for Captains, too.) They pride themselves on being exactly on time for anything at all important. I suspect this is also true of general officers in the other services. If something like this -- being 15+ minutes late for a scheduled inspection, Change of Command, etc. -- did ever happen, the Admiral's driver would be busted so fast you wouldn't even see him go.   steve mccoy Intermediate Member Username: Nuhusker Post Number: 65 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 173.27.220.234 Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 01:01 am:    A good friend relayed this to me. Don't know if it actually happened, but from what I gather on this message board it seems quite possible. Norfolk Naval Station 1300 in the parking lot of the Chiefs club. All station personnel required to fall in for visiting Admiral to inspect upon his arrival. Chief tells Seaman Timmy that he is to go to the main gate and call him at the club when the Admiral comes through the gate, ETA 1345. At 1400 Admiral arrives at main gate and SN Timmy rushes over to the vehicle. Asks "are you the admiral that is here for the inspection?" Reply was "Yes I am, why?" Seaman Timmy says " just thought I would warn you that the Chief expected you at 1345 and you're late. Stand by for an ass chewing."