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Comment by Craig on March 11, 2013 at 9:30pm

sunshine - When we pulled into Yugoslavia, which at that time was a communist country, we were required to be in uniform while on liberty.  They could care less if we were CT's or not.  Anyone could see the dang lightning bolt and quill on our badges.    

When at a school command we always use to "play" with the guys going through school.  We just loved messing with them.

When you're on a ship, CT's actually work inside a vault.  When there is an emergency security drill, they will always post a Marine (or 2) with an M-16 outside our door to prevent intruders from getting inside the space.   It national security we are protecting.  However, the big story on ships is they tell the crew the reason the Marines are there is to shoot us in case we are captured so we can't divulge the stuff we do.  That is a huge joke.  As if I would let someone purposely shoot me.  But people believe it.  Many people....  It's so funny....

Let's face it, when you work in a vault all day long you think of stupid stuff you can do just to mess with people....

Comment by sunshine73 on March 11, 2013 at 7:25pm

And they proudly where CT shirts....hmmmmm....

Comment by sunshine73 on March 11, 2013 at 7:25pm

Craig, I also wondered about the patch thing.lol

Comment by sunshine73 on March 11, 2013 at 7:24pm

You guys have to understand that my son takes things very literally. If they tell him not to do something, he is not gonna do it. So, if he thinks it is a big deal, I will try to honor his wishes. He is my facebook friend and I do not want him to be upset with me over something so silly. ;) He is already so tight lipped about everything. I don't want to make it worse.

Comment by momoffour(Ship 11 div 119) on March 11, 2013 at 6:32pm

I sent my request to you Craig. as far as infor, I have never been told not to say his rate (which most people dont know what rate is what). As far as facebook, before he was deployed , they were told to not mention anything about their deployment and to tell his family and friends the same,and everyone has respected that and it has not been a problem. Heard the Navy plane went down and all three crew members were killed, praying for those families.

Comment by Mommahead on March 10, 2013 at 11:17pm

Gee wiz Ducky...wonder which group that could possibly be:)

 

Comment by Craig on March 10, 2013 at 9:32pm

sunshine - Frankly i think they tell these sailors this so they get big head.  Geez, they have they winter blue uniforms with a big CT symbol on them.  Everyone knows your a CT.  If they didn't want them to know, they would have you remove the symbol.  Anyone can see full names of all sailor at each advancement cycle.  It's open source info.

I should tell you some of the stories that go around about CT's.  Geez...  We actually have the official rules about social networks at work.  Let me see if I can find it.  It will explain what is OPSEC and what's not.   

Comment by Ducky on March 10, 2013 at 9:13pm

I don't think our feeds from the FB group can be seen.  I was in a PIR group where the feeds did not show.  That would have been seriously embarrassing considering some of the conversations we had.

Comment by sunshine73 on March 10, 2013 at 9:00pm

Seems we are good.

Comment by sunshine73 on March 10, 2013 at 8:54pm

Yep. People can see this but they have to look for it. On facebook, what we say pops up on the side feed for all of our friends to see. My sailor has been told that we shouldn't even say what his rate is ANYWHERE but especially on facebook. It says that the group is closed but not private or secret. Secret is the only way I know about that doesn't show. I'm not an expert, so I am not sure.

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