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Reporting into A school forum!
Looking forward to going thru this next stage of their lives with you. Our son will be in GL for 30 weeks, he is in AE/CF program.
What is your son or daughter doing now? Where are they at for school?
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Permalink Reply by Molly Molly Fo Folly on
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Robin.......
It seems that a lot of rates have nicknames.
Skittles are not Snipes or Twidgetts, the are just skittles.
I wish I knew more of them but the ones I do know are Bubbleheads = Submariners
Snipes=Engineering
Twidgetts= Electronics
Skittles= When the avaition is all on deck together. I wish I knew what they individually call them :(
here is another website that I keep in my favorites.....it is all navy slang. So when you hear Trae talk you can understand :)
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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Skittles are making more sense as I watch Carrier; they have yellow ones, red ones, green ones, etc. I try not to laugh when I see them but I just hear you calling them...skittles!
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I was so interested in the Carrier because I had only read about these things, but now to see them in action it makes sence.
LOL I absolutley love that they call them skittles........... watching Carrier I too laughed and laughed ! :) -
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Although the focus of this program is on Carriers, they never travel by themselves. There is awhole fleet surrounding his ship, you just don't see the other ships out there.
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Hey Lisa B.
We will have to ask Molly about her snipe status...Molly has it all figured out for us!!! -
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Yep Lisa B.
ta ta ta ....We have a New Snipe !!!
Welcome ...... If you want to see her training there is a video that is awesome called ......SNIPES......
There is also a group called Snipe moms and on there is a whole room devoted to what they are doing there first weeks. When your daughter calls about Mods she is doing , one of the links will explain it all :)
And last if you wish to impress your daughter .....tell her that you heard "Snipes run the navy" LOL she will love it :) -
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Here she goes again..."Snipes run the Navy" "Snipes run the Navy!!" But who keeps the Snipes safe?!!! It's the Twidgetts!!! Like I know what I'm talking about!!! lol
It's very cool that you Snipe Moms have already set up everything on this site to educate all. -
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Yes give the Twidgetts there due........... they push the buttons that keep us safe :)
Welll from what I hear not only are they the button pushers, they actually set the darn system up, keep it running, then push the button. Its all about the Twidgett when it comes to safety :)
But the "snipes run the navy" LOL -
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yeah, yeah, yeah! I can see we are going to have some challenges together in the years ahead Molly!! lol
Gotta to go to work for awhile now..later! -
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Hello Mary....my son Travis is also AE/CF he graduated April 18th....yet started school officially today I believe. Travis said he would be in school 191 days. Thats almost 30 wks. I believe he has 2 roommates...all this info I've recieved from his GF...I've managed in my very hectic life to miss his calls home...I mailed his cell phone to him so this should increase his communication 100%....I sure hope so 'cause I miss his noise...I too am an empty nester.....the quiet can be deafening sometimes! ..Heres hoping our boys and everyone elses sailors..stay mentally, physically and emotionally well for their next big step in the right direction called NAVY.
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