You've got a question? Then I have an answer...and other fun stuff

[Craig]

Hey all,

Since I have a recruit going thru this Training Group (TG), I wanted to help you guys out. 

 

If you have any questions about the regular Navy that you don't understand, just ask (in this link).  If your question is about boot camp, then your best people to talk to is Diannep, JessicaB, & Lala.  They are the guru's when it comes to boot camp stuff. 

 

I also like make stuff fun, so it's time to take your 1st boot camp test...  For fun, tell me your score and the ones you missed.  I bet you'll improve by then end of boot camp.... 

 

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~ 10 Question Test ~
(posted with permission of NavyDep.com)

 

Navy Slang test - Do you think you know the Navy basics?

Since our recruits don't have access to the internet, so shall we!

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Rules:
1.  These questions are to be answered without the use of the internet.  Your sailors don't have access, neither shall you.
2.  There are 10 questions, each count 10 points each. 
3.  You will answer each question.  Each questions counts, so it's better to guess than not guess at all.
4.  You are required to post your score in this thread. 
5.  The answers are posted below question #10, so when your done, list the questions you got
wrong, just to compare with other parents....No peeking until you complete your test!

Correctly answered:
10 = 100%
9  = 90%
8  = 80%
7  = 70%
6  = 60%
5  = 50%
4  = 40%
3  = 30%
2  = 20%
1  = 10%
0  = 0%

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~ The Test ~

Here is a 10 question test.....

 

1. You are visiting Mayport, Florida when you walk into a bar and see your old friend, John Smith, in a Navy dress uniform. After exchanging greetings, you say you’re surprised to see that he has become a seaman. John indignantly replies that he is not a seaman, he is a "snipe."
What is a snipe?

 

1. A Navy SEAL
2. An officer
3. An engineer
4. An aviator

2. After a few words of conversation, John mentions that he is currently assigned to a "bird farm."
What is a bird farm?

 

1. An aircraft carrier
2. A submarine
3. A repair ship
4. A destroyer

3. Jack is a Gunners Mate (GM), while performing routine maintenance on a 5 inch gun, he decides
to “Gundeck” the maintenance so he could get done sooner?
What is Gundeck?

 

1. To lay the barrel of the gun on the deck to clean, rather that obtaining the correct equipment, to
get the job done sooner.
2. To clean the barrel with a round metal brush, thus, the barrel and the shell will have zero clearance. This is similar to car engines and heads that get decked to make them with zero clearance.
3. To mark a maintenance or PMS check as complete without doing the actual work (Pencil-whipping).
4. To oil the barrel of a gun. The oil what originally made by a company called the Deck Gun
Company. Sailors thus call it Decking (oiling) the barrel.

4. You order a round of beer for yourself and your friend. As your shipmate takes a drink, He says: "Boy this really hits the spot. We just got back from a Med cruise, and for the last three weeks, all we had to drink was bug juice."
What is "bug juice?"

 

1. Kool-Aid
2. Powdered milk
3. Water
4. Canned soda

5. As you are enjoying your beer, John spots a friend of his on the other side of the bar and points him out to you. "That's Jack Jones," he says, "he's a bubblehead."
What is a bubblehead?

 

1. A submariner
2. A Seabee
3. A civilian
4. A welder

6. Jack comes over to your table to join you. You notice his left arm is in pain. When you ask him about it he replies, "Oh, I just got my crow tacked on yesterday."
What does this tell you?

 

1. He has had a vaccination
2. He has injured himself
3. He has been promoted
4. He has been drinking too many beers (12 oz curls)

7. You also notice Jack is sporting a black eye. When you ask him how he came by it, he replies: "Oh, some friends of mine were out celebrating last night, and we got into a fight with a pack of jarheads."
What is a jarhead?

 

1. A member of the Coast Guard
2. A civilian
3. A Marine
4. A homosexual

8. You and your friends decide to leave the bar and take a tour of John's ship, the USS Monica Lewinsky. While you are walking to your car, you pass a shop and John says, "Wait here for a minute. I want to go inside and get some 'geedunk.'"
What is/are geedunk?

 

1. Contraceptives
2. Shoe polish
3. Asprins
4. Candy/Pop

9. The three of you arrive at John's ship, and he begins your tour. Taking you to the engineering spaces, he tells you that when the ship was returning from its last cruise, she was going "balls to the wall."
What does this mean?

 

1. The ship was steering erratically
2. The ship was leaking
3. The ship was experiencing mechanical problems
4. The ship was cruising at maximum speed

10. You are walking down a passageway when you come to a door. You start to open it, but John stops you. "Don't  open that door," he exclaims, "It's the Goat Locker!"
What would you expect to find in a Goat Locker?

 

1. Prisoners
2. Female Sailors
3. Classified material
4. Chief Petty Officers

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THE ANSWERS:

 

1. You are visiting Mayport, Florida when you walk into a bar and see your old friend, John Smith, in a Navy dress uniform. After exchanging greetings, you say you’re surprised to see that he has become a seaman. John indignantly replies that he is not a seaman, he is a "snipe."
What is a snipe?

 

Answer: 3. An engineer
Engineering ratings crew members in the engineering rates; someone who works in the engineering spaces and seldom is seen topside when underway. MM's (Machinist's Mates) are the ultimate snipes. In today's modern gas turbine fleet, also includes GSM (Gas Turbine Specialist, Mechanic), GSE (Gas Turbine Specialist, Electrician), and EN (Engineman). Non-rated (i.e., E-3 and below) personnel who work in engineering are known as firemen, not seamen. They can be distinguished by the fact that they wear red stripes on their uniforms, whereas seamen wear white stripes.  It is believed that true snipes cannot stand direct sunlight or fresh air, must have machine oil in their coffee in order to survive, and get nosebleeds at altitudes above the waterline. It is also firmly believed that fresh-air Sailors who venture into SNIPE COUNTRY are never seen again.

 

2. After a few words of conversation, John mentions that he is currently assigned to a "bird farm."
What is a bird farm?

 

Answer: 1. An aircraft carrier 
"Bird Farm" a common nickname for a aircraft carrier. "Birds" are the aircraft themselves.

3. Jack is a Gunners Mate (GM), while performing routine maintenance on a 5 inch gun, he decides
to “Gundeck” the maintenance so he could get done sooner?
What is Gundeck?

 

Answer: 3
To mark a maintenance or PMS check as complete without doing the actual work (Pencil-whipping).
In the Navy if you are caught intentionally falsifying logs or records, filling in the blanks just before an inspection, you will be hammered. This is one of the Navy’s biggest pet peeves.

 

4. You order a round of beer for yourself and your friend. As your shipmate takes a drink, He says: "Boy this really hits the spot. We just got back from a Med cruise, and for the last three weeks, all we had to drink was bug juice."
What is "bug juice?"

 

Answer: 1. Kool-Aid
Not real Kool-Aid, but a Kool-Aid type beverage ubiquitous on Navy ships. I found it vile. It is usually orange or red in color and is made from some unknown chemical compound. The differences in color are purely cosmetic; it all tastes the same. Med cruise is short for Mediterranean cruise. A Western Pacific deployment is called a West Pac. Believe it or not, Bug juice is used to clean brass fire station hoses nozzles. You leave the nozzles in a bucket of bug juice for a day, they come out nice and bright, much like coke.

 

5. As you are enjoying your beer, John spots a friend of his on the other side of the bar and points him out to you. "That's Jack Jones," he says, "he's a bubblehead."
What is a bubblehead?

 

Answer: 1. A submariner
Submariners are referred to by personnel on surface ships as bubbleheads (among other things). Submariners call surface ship Sailors “Targets”. They have now approved females to be bubbleheads.

 

 

6. Jack comes over to your table to join you. You notice his left arm is in pain. When you ask him about it he replies, "Oh, I just got my crow tacked on yesterday."
What does this tell you?

 

Answer: 3. He has been promoted
When one is promoted to the paygrade of E-4, one becomes a "Petty Officer." Petty Officers wear a badge denoting their rank on their left arm. It consists of an eagle (or crow) on top, with one or more inverted chevrons below it, denoting one's rank. On dress uniforms, there is a symbol embroidered between the eagle and the chevrons that denotes one's specialty, or rating (for Electrician Mates' it is a globe, which looks exactly like a basketball; for Boatswain's Mates, two crossed anchors, etc.) All of one's shipmates of equal or higher rank celebrate your promotion by hitting you, a small smack to so congratulations.  However some try to hit as hard as they can, on your rating badge which totally goes against the tradition. This is called "tacking on the crow." This is a lot of fun for the tackers, not so much fun for the tackee. In the newer, more proper Navy, this is not allowed because of the idiots that try to hit hard.  I don't care what it is, there is always idiots out there.

 

7. You also notice Jack is sporting a black eye. When you ask him how he came by it, he replies: "Oh, some friends of mine were out celebrating last night, and we got into a fight with a pack of jarheads."
What is a jarhead?

 

Answer: 3. A Marine
The Marine’s work under the Department of the Navy, the women’s department. j/k
The word “Jarhead” is reportedly, due to the "high and tight" haircut favored by many marines; it looks as if someone put a bowl on the victim’s head and cut or shaved off all the hair that protruded. At the back of the head, you will see folded up “rings” of skin folds that appear similar to the one used on canning jars, making him, litterally, a "jar head”.

 

 

8. You and your friends decide to leave the bar and take a tour of John's ship, the USS Monica Lewinsky. While you are walking to your car, you pass a shop and John says, "Wait here for a minute. I want to go inside and get some 'geedunk.'"
What is/are geedunk?

 

Answer: 4. Candy/Pop
Geedunk is a generic term for any kind of sweet, but usually it implies a candy bar or a can of pop. The National Defense Service Medal, which is given to everyone who served during specific periods of time, is sometimes called the "Geedunk Medal.". BTW: The name Monica Lewinsky was used to throw you off, but it does look like she had too many geedunks.

 

9. The three of you arrive at John's ship, and he begins your tour. Taking you to the engineering spaces, he tells you that when the ship was returning from its last cruise, she was going "balls to the wall."
What does this mean?

 

Answer: 4. The ship was cruising at maximum speed
This term has nothing to do with the male anatomy. An early type of engine governor (speed control) consisted of two metal balls connected to a shaft. As speed increased, centrifical force made the balls move outward. At maximum speed they would be horizontal, nearly touching the walls of the space that contained them. Hence, when a ship is going "balls to the wall," she is cruising at high speed.

 

10. You are walking down a passageway when you come to a door. You start to open it, but John stops you. "Don't  open that door," he exclaims, "It's the Goat Locker!"
What would you expect to find in a Goat Locker?

 

Answer: 4. Chief Petty Officers
The "Goat Locker" is the berthing space for Chief Petty Officers (CPO) onboard a Navy ship. It may get its name from the fact that CPO's are older than most of the crew (i.e., are "old goats"). The female CPO berthing is called Menopause Manor.

[IndyMom02/933 PIR7/1]

Hello.  I missed 5:)  I guess not too bad.

[JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3]

I just have a question. What is the rule as far as phones and computers for A School? Can the Sailors have them when they board the plane on the way there (mine is going to SC) I read somewhere that they are technically in boot camp until they check in to A School and it would be taken away (old thread though), and my boyfriend just (built the computer before he left so that'd be bad... Can they have their cell phones or will I need to just mail it once he gets to A School? I know they can't take them onto the base at night, I'm just wondering for when he actually is leaving for school.

[Craig]

Jessica - Yes, you can have a cell phone and a computer in "A" school.  If you have items for your sailor, remember they cannot bring them back to the Recruit side of Great Lakes (where they are at now).    All electronics are off limits on the recruit base.  Their RDC will  usually will make arraigements for the sailors to store their cell phones if they are leaving soon after PIR weekend.  They will lock up the cell phones on the quarterdeck (the barracks main entrance) until they are ready to leave.  Per the computer, I don't think they will be able to store that, so you will have to mail it to him, or give it to him at the airport. 

I'm not sure how OHare is doing this now, but normally a family member (ie GF are considered family members) are allowed to keep their sailor company while they are at the airport gate.  It just depends if the TSA at whatever airport allows it, which most do.  If they do, you can give him the items there also. 

Lastly, if you are allowed to be at the gate, which you should, there isn't much time for a quickie's....

Accommodations for U.S. Military Personnel

Military Family Member Gate Passes

Family members who want to accompany a military service member being deployed to the boarding gate or greet them returning from deployment at the arrival gate may receive passes to enter the secure area of the airport.

Interested military family members should contact their air carrier representative at the departure/arrival airport for proper local procedures.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1880.shtm 

[JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3]

Awesome, I'll just give it to him at the airport then(: I know he can't have them on base, I'll just keep them in my hotel at night. I'm hoping I'll have more than just a few hours, hopefully the holiday works in my favor(: I will have to call O'hare and figure out that policy. Do you know if they have a limited number of gate passes per Sailor? 

And just to be sure you didn't make a typo, yes as a girlfriend I can get a gate pass?

 

Thanks!

[corpsmanwifeschu]

Only missed 2!

[TL3MOM &1's a Sailor-Ship2Div932]

Craig...thanks for making this fun during this nerve racking time for all us woman.  I missed 3...better than I thought I would do.  I know I will be having a million questions.  My daughter is on Week 1 Day 3...I know nothing!!!  Already to start I had 2 questions I was wondering about answered (electronics & waiting with my sailor). 

[Craig]

Jessica - Yes a GF can get a pass.  My nephew always has his GF at the airport gate when he leaves.  All you need to do is contact the SATO office at Great Lake and ask what carrier will he be flying.  They won't know this info until the last week but here is the link... Just look for SATO and tell them he's a recruit that just turned sailor. 

http://www.mwrgl.com/GEN_INFO/General_Base_Numbers.htm

[Craig]

TL3MOM - I actually run a website for Deppers.  After boot camp they always come back and give their information to the next group going through.  One of my gals wanted to help alot so she wrote down everything that happens each day.  All the recruit follow about the same schedule, give or take a day.  The reason, for example, is you can't have 1000 recuits doing the pool on the same day.  So compare this list with your daughters, and you can tell her what she is about to do.  ~ha

http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433

 

All - You're doing better than I thought on the test.  Remember, they get tougher each time....

[TL3MOM &1's a Sailor-Ship2Div932]

Thanks again...you are awesome!

[BluAnjel NoLongerNavyMom]

I got #1 wrong (put Seal, cuz they do a lot of "snipe-ing" ! ), #3, #6, and #8

 

Is it true about female bubbleheads?  My daughter will be sonar, but STG... she was told for right now only female officers on subs.  Don't know if she'd actually like bein on a sub tho - carrier (bird farm - love it, haven't heard that one in a while!) for sure!

 

Thanks Craig!

[Craig]

Blu - They are having a real hard time with the female submarine officers at this time.  They have already sank 3 training submarines.  The problem?  They keep wanting to open the hatch while submerged to ask for directions.  j/k

 

Anyways, it's true that the female officers are in the pipeline now, and it will probably be early 2012 when they finally get to the fleet.  The enlisted are due to arrive 2013.  Here is more about the females on submarine:

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=52990

[BluAnjel NoLongerNavyMom]

i'll check it out - thanks Craig - yer a gem!  The trivia test was a hoot