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Dear Nuke Moms….
I need some help understanding the Nuke ratings….
A lot of you guys remember me from the boot camp era, I run a website called NavyDEP.com. That website started in 2007. To keep that website running and free for the future sailors I sell boot camp challenge coins on www.PIRGifts.com I know some of you probably bought one for your sailors as a PIR gift.
Many of the sailors I worked with on my website now have gone on and made their way to the fleet. One item that many sailors in the Nuke rating ask is if I could make a coin for them since there is really not specific rating coin for the MM(n), ET(n), or EM(n) rating.
For some reason they lump all the MM(n), ET(n), and EM(n) nukes with the regular Navy MM, ET, and EM’s together. Let’s face it, they are totally different. They deserve their own rating challenge coin that is specific to them. I know I would. My old rating is the same way. We have CTI, CTM, CTN, CTR, CTT all lumped in with the CT rating. We are totally different.
So, this is where I need your help.
When I design coins I make them special. I tell a story. I want the sailors to be proud of having them and carrying them. However, I don’t know the 1st thing about the Nuke group.
To have fun and to keep a flow of ideas going I will reward three (3) of you with a $100 each. Contest will end in about 4 weeks ~ 13 Sept 2014.
Yes, being a sailor we have all sorts of contests to keep things fun, and let’s face it, I need help understating. The front of the coin is geared to Goose Creek, or, Ballston Spa. I know some of your training is at one, and some of your training is at the other. The back will be for their specific rating.
So what I need is:
I need 17 people that want to help me. These people need to give really good info for me to understand the below. I need honest effort. Saying something like “Put an anchor” doesn’t really help. I need specific things that mean something to Nukes. This will be their coin.
1. What is something that is important in Goose Creek? (building? symbol? etc…)
(a picture or web link will help greatly)
2. What is something that is important in Ballston Spa? (building? symbol? etc…)
(a picture or web link will help greatly)
Depending on your rating:
3. What is three things that is important to a MM(n) that could be on a coin?
3. What is three things that is important to a ET(n) that could be on a coin?
3. What is three things that is important to a EM(n) that could be on a coin?
4. I need to randomize the number to fairly let three people win the $100 money. I’ll tell you more how the Colorado Power Ball lottery will chose the random number once I know who the people are… But in the mean time. When you sign up, give me two numbers between 1 and 35. Do not use a number that is already taken by the person above up....
Big thing: You are working together as a team, so just throw ideas out there. Give me anything you can think of. Later on, the team will chose what's important and what's not. The reward will be given to three random people, not to the one who can draw, or came up with the best idea. All ideas are the best to me.
So just to get things started. I need 16 more people (with a total of 17) that want to do this. Once I find out who the 16 people are, then I’ll give you more info…. I will make a post in the discussion are, just reply to it, and the first 16 people (by date/time) order will be the ones I use.
btw: Since I pre-discussed this with B'sNukeMom to gather her thought, she is already on the list.
Since everyone has to pick two numbers, please let me know so we can get this part hammered out. I love having fun, and this is the part we need to get finished 1st.
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