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Advancement
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At around 2130 on this evening of 27th May, the CO put out over the 1MC those among the enlisted that advanced...
I am now a Petty-Officer, 3rd Class (E-4)! W000000000000000000000T! 
Congrats for going up a pay grade. So are you gonna end with E-9 or are you contemplating the W-* & O-* chain.
Congrats BA! Welcome to NCO-hood!
 -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. 
Gratz! I presume you are off to level with the trainer standing in the yellow circle at the bow of the ship.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
As everyone else has already said, congratulations.
----- Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
Being ex-service, this requires a couple of questions. (don't answer if too personal or violates security)
What's your rate? and How long have you been in-service so far? _____ DEATH is Certain. The hour, Uncertain... 
He's a gummers mate, but I forget how long he's been in. Somewhere between 1-2 years though.
Congrats BA. How's your arm feeling after they've 'tacked' on that crow? ' Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky? That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry- NO QUARTER!!! -- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
Gummer's mate??
I thought the navy had the problem of canabilism relatively under control... Seriously though, congrats are in order; and perhaps hot sauce an an unchallenging Merlot... wait stop...
If you're going to be eating the Gummer's Mate, you're gonna need a whole lot of hot sauce. Fortunately, your new payscale should allow you to afford this!
Congrats, BA! "No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies 
Did I hear a "Ding!"?
Grattzorz! --Sam "In Soviet Molten Core, bosses farm you!" 
DANG it! Everybody got all the lame good gaming references before I did! Sheesh!
 Seriously, congratulations dude! ^_^ 
Congrats!
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Thanks everyone! (^_^)
It turns out I did a lot better on the exam than I originally thought. OUt of a possible score of 80 points, I made 75. Meanwhile, the average for this exam cycle was 52 points. I thought they were pulling my leg at first when I started getting comments like, "You smoked that test!" and "Rhodes! You blew that shit outta the water!" Rod: I got my eyes on Warrant - at age 29 I don't have much chance at scoring a good O-package. Besides, on certain matters a Warrant Officer commands a little more respect that a regular Commissioned Officer. Got my eye set on making positive changes to the Navy. LOL! Bob: funny you should mention that. Now I have to go to Petty-Officer Indoctrination. The Navy is weird this way among its enlisted - it's almost like a caste system. You have your Seamen (E-1 to E-3), your Petty-Officers (E-4 to E-6), and your Chiefs (E-7 to E-9). Kurisu: Like Star said, I'm a Gunners Mate and I've been in for a little more than three years. Though I wish I had joined a few years earlier - then I would have got my rate at the big Green House where there was a lot more hands-on training. It's a big greeen-glass building at NTC Great Lakes thats been condemned because all the glass is leaded. Of course, they can't really get rid of it because it was made by Germans as part of the reparitions from WWII. IIRC, they had actual systems for Mk45 and Mk75 guns, the Mk13 and Mk26 missile launchers, and Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes. (One of the wooden shields that kept people on the outside of the building from getting blasted whenever they fired air-slugs still bears the mark of a tube-cover someone forgot to remove.) Once again, thanks everyone! (^_^)
this is a little late but congrats.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?" B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Congratulations on your advancement BA
 _________________________________ Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.
Ah, yest the start of the NCODP ladder. You do realize what comes next after you go thru the Navy's equivalent of PLDC, right?
Paperwork! Or the electronic equivalent thereof...*snicker* __________________ Into terror!, Into valour! Charge ahead! No! Never turn Yes, it's into the fire we fly And the devil will burn! - Scarlett Pimpernell
Just to be fair, I should tell you what I was when I was in.
Sonar Tech (STG) and I got as far as E-5 in 6 years. (Yes, I was a push-button, I know) _____ DEATH is Certain. The hour, Uncertain... 
belated congrats!
I have no knowledge of military employment, but I assume the pay raise is worth the paperwork/responsibilities/other hassles? -Terry ----- "so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today" TF2: Spy
Eh, Base pay goes up by about $300/month, but then, so does my Cost of Living Allowance, which offsets a high cost of living depending on where you're located. Given that I'm in Japan... *CHA-CHING!*
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