@@KelloTheArtist How much of the promotion were race based? You can't deny the Military takes race into consideration for EVERY promotion. The truth is the truth.
@@frankrizzo1433 the truth is you're wrong. Maybe at O5-O6 level but shippy in the video is enlisted. I've sat in eval ranking boards and fact is if anyone brought up race they'd get reported immediately. Exams also don't take race into account. That's the great thing about numbers. Another truth is you're looking pretty racist and attributing someone's success to their color is pretty disgusting. Need to keep your Vietnam era Navy values to yourself because we don't want or need that shit anymore.
Finally some love for my rate when I was in the Navy. QM is one of the best rates in the Navy. Not only is the watch underway easy but you're on the bridge where all the officers stand watch eventually as Junior Officer of the Deck or Officer of the Deck. So you get to know them and they get to know you. Sure it's hectic during sea and anchor detail having to fix the ships position every two minutes and complete all the calculations and report to the captain, but that's just part of the challenge. The flip side is that you are responsible for the ship's safe passage wherever in the world you happen to be. Plus you get to be at the helm during underway replenishment when you are tethered to another ship only 100 feet away. Any mistake you make could spell disaster for both ships. You gotta have nerves of steel to do that.
I was not a GM but I did get to work with them. I'm not completely sure how they work on other ships but on a destroyer, I know they pretty much maintain the weapon systems and from what I seen they enjoy it
Ok speaking from years of experience. Your rate should be based on the skills you want to learn, and what after military job you want. I don’t know anyone that joined knowing they were going to stay 20 years. The size of the ship, affects the how much the job sucks. Do you want to be one of many, or one of the few? Size matters. Some rates have a higher chance of going to the big boys, some will never see anything but a tin can. Some it’s a 50/50 chance. Go engineering and you will be on ship well before everyone to get underway, and watch as everyone else leaves the ship when the ship returns. Go combat systems or navigation rates, they don’t have those same heavy demands. Don’t have to pull shore power, hook up hotel services or refuel. Choosing a rate you choose a life style. Ask questions find out what it’s like at sea in port, and watch qualms and duties.
So yeah just by watching a few of your videos I can tell you've only been on one ship because some of the things that you say are literally because you've only been on one ship you haven't seen the rest of the fleet so your ship does it that way but other ships don't do it that way it's kind of weird also I don't think you actually gotten to know these people's rates and what they actually do and how much every shipmate on a destroyer are a cruiser does other shipmates rating jobs too so I mean good video though
Quit your winning I was a IS or tradesman to you and I was assigned the duty as damage control person for the unit if an antenna or running light went out it was up to me and an assistant to go ok the last and repair fixtures I served on the USE Towers DVD 9
In choosing a rate, you need to look at what will be beneficial after you leave the Navy you don’t want Navy time wasted. So I T is very good training for when you get out into civilian because it’s a very high paying secure job and you don’t have to do additional college you could do all your training in the Navy. You should concentrate on tech training while you’re in the Navy so you don’t have to waste your time when you get out.
The ward room for officers have their own CS that they pick which also makes food for the captain but the quality is alright I wouldn’t say the greatest but it’s not the worse
@@KelloTheArtist It varies by ship. Has to do with the way a mess is funded. And size of ship. Your right that the captain gets his own cook, but not the wardroom. They for the most part eat the same food as the crew. They can have better from time to time, but is a question of storage space. Tin cans just don’t have space for it. Nor do they have the personal for a dedicated wardroom cook. To some regard the CPO mess works the same way. They also have the ability to have special dinners, it’s a question of funding and food storage. It is also worth mentioning that e-1 trough e-3 pull mess cranking duties. They have a possibility of working for the mess decks, ward room or cpo mess.
On a DDG it’s still GM overall but they’re split into 2 divisions GMM is more like missiles VLS systems ect and GMG is like small arms like pistols and riffles… at the end of the day you still end up doing the basics and quals it’s just more of a specialty type of thing
It honestly depends on what you wanna get out of it. I don’t know much about the aviation stuff but I think engineering rates like EN and MM have good advancement and transferability for if you wanted to stay 20 or do a contract and get out
@@KelloTheArtist Wanted to confirm with you, just checked videos but it seems like hard labor on aviation and mechanics, I'm debating between culinary specialists and aircrew survival equipment
@@rodolfomorenoiii135 compare the job summaries and see which one you like the most and if you want to know if they have decent advancement and stuff you can search the last couple years of navy quotas. I’m going to make a video on tips for choosing the right rate
@@KelloTheArtist According to the recruiter if I retake the asvab, the rest will be harder cause recruits that take it again will score lower than the 1st time it gets harder, he kind of trick me to take it asap. I have little to no experience as a cook will they teach me, is a cook a good job, or what about aircrew survival equipment job, I dont know If I should retake it again.
I was DC and loved every minute of it. You're basing your list off of what you have determined is the easiest. You just wanna go home early and not actually do any physical work. Oh- and that DC training is designed to save your life, shipwreck. When there is a fire or casualty on your DDG, make sure to stop crying and get out of the way when the flying squad comes through to save your ship, since you obviously can't or wont do anything about it.
I based my list of of my personal preference. Every job in the navy is important or it wouldn’t be a job but I said I personally would not do it. I am fully DC qualified and CPR qualified to help in emergencies if needed. Not everyone wants to be Superman…
Used to be PN's ( Personnelmen) now they are named PS's (Personnel Specialists). Being a retired PNC, I know how my rating is always looked at as the conscierge of everything regarding recruitment, enlistment/reenlistment, medals and awards and separation from the Navy. Just like the YN' s on officer's records, we update and maintain enlisted service records. We have clear access to command hierachy from XO to CO when it comes to administrative matters. The PS work calls for accuracy with long hours to make sure the crew's morale are running high. On a DDG or frigate, with 360 crewmembers, usually there are only 2 to 3 billets of my rating with TONS of paperwork. I don't know now how the PS's deal with better technology than we used to with manual and electric typewriters with no computers that make our job faster and easier. We only do 3 years sea and 4 years shore duty rotation unlike some ratings that are much more salty. Lots of deadlines to meet and are expected to be accomplished so it creates heavy mental stress rather than physical. One thing I enjoyed about being a PN, everyone knows you as the "go to" guy. They are always nice to you. Cooks offer you food on the side because they know you handle their paperwork on special requests, i.e. leave and pay.
