Guten Tag!!

[Modulwhatuluv]

Hi I'm Matt, I've been modeling for the past 25 or so years and just recently got gud as my kids say! I specialize in WW2 fighters.

 

[urumomo]

Welcome Aboard !

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

Welcome Aboard !

Haven't heard that since I was in the navy!

 

[urumomo]

When was that , shipmate ?

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

2004 to 2008 active, then 2008 to 2018 reserves.

 

[urumomo]

85-91 active duty ,
USS Theodore Roosevelt


There's no dress code to cross the quarterdeck here .

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

85-91 active duty ,
USS Theodore Roosevelt


There's no dress code to cross the quarterdeck here .

I've crossed the QD while being carried and out of uniform more than once!

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

I've crossed the QD while being carried and out of uniform more than once!

USS San Francisco and USS Alaska (Blue)

 

[urumomo]

What rate ?

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

What rate ?

MM (Weapons)....Submarines baby!!! And you?

 

[urumomo]

Ha ha , MM .
What is the weapons in parenthesis ?

I volunteered for sub duty in nuke school .
After talking to a bunch of bubbleheads in Port Canaveral I decided meh , lol .
I asked for a flat-top on the east coast while in prototype and the mighty " Needs-of-the Navy " gave me exactly that

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

Ha ha , MM .
What is the weapons in parenthesis ?

I volunteered for sub duty in nuke school .
After talking to a bunch of bubbleheads in Port Canaveral I decided meh , lol .
I asked for a flat-top on the east coast while in prototype and the mighty " Needs-of-the Navy " gave me exactly that

Oh I hear ya. Well on subs Machinist Mates are divided into MM for the nukes back aft, MM auxiliary, and MM weapons which is Torpedomen....don't know why TM wasn't it's own rate while I was in.

 

[urumomo]

First time I've ever heard that .
But ,
they change things up and we're about 20 years apart .

When I was shipboard , Reactor Dept only covered the reactor plants and the MMRs were conventional MMs under Engineering , but I heard Reactors took over all 4 boxes .
IDK if that meant nukes needed to be in the MMR -- seems counterproductive to the personnel issues at the time

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

First time I've ever heard that .
But ,
they change things up and we're about 20 years apart .

When I was shipboard , Reactor Dept only covered the reactor plants and the MMRs were conventional MMs under Engineering , but I heard Reactors took over all 4 boxes .
IDK if that meant nukes needed to be in the MMR -- seems counterproductive to the personnel issues at the time

The navy doing something counterproductive??? Blasphemy!

 

[urumomo]

So , you wore a propeller or a torpedo on your sleeve ?
You went to torpedoman A-school , yeah ?

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

So , you wore a propeller or a torpedo on your sleeve ?
You went to torpedoman A-school , yeah ?

Propeller...always thought it was one of the most "Navy" like rating badges....yeah right after sub school, both in Groton Ct.

 

[urumomo]

Ha ha , hell yeah it's definitely the most Navy emblem .
Us , and boatswain mate .

So what was your path ?
Boot , subs school then torpedoes ? Or
No MM A-school , right ?

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

Ha ha , hell yeah it's definitely the most Navy emblem .
Us , and boatswain mate .

So what was your path ?
Boot , subs school then torpedoes ? Or
No MM A-school , right ?

3 months boot, 2 months sub school then 3 of A school then checked on board 2 weeks after that.

 

[urumomo]

Great Lakes ?

 

[Modulwhatuluv]

Great Lakes ?

Yeah, what about you? They had 3 boot camps in your day right?