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Uh, yes, my gun is\/was kinda phallic, what?<\/p>\n
2)I joined the Navy because it was 1997 as it was the only way I could be in any kind of combat position as a female(things have changed since then and yes, I always wanted to be a bamf)<\/p>\n
3)I originally wanted to be a Tomahawk Technician, but couldn\u2019t because it was an offensive weapon and I\u2019m female. (How dumb is that?)<\/p>\n
4)When I originally enlisted, it was as a Sonar Tech, but I didn\u2019t want to wait until October to go to boot camp. They had an opening in early September for AECF (Advanced Electronics Computer Field, which meant I could have been either an Electronics Technician or Firecontrolman), so I grabbed it.<\/p>\n
5)Because I got a last minute slot, I had about 5 hours from when my recruiter called until I had to be at processing. So that was 5 hours to say goodbye to everyone and everything in my old life. And that included the hour or so drive to Seattle.<\/p>\n
6)When I enlisted we found out my parents had been using the wrong social security number for me for the previous eighteen years. Whoops.<\/p>\n
7)I basically have 2 years of advanced Navy electronics training I\u2019ve never managed to get a job using. It\u2019s been a long time, but I do remember a lot of it and can read electronics schematics.<\/p>\n
8)I got out early due to bad knees and never travelled further then Chesapeake Bay<\/p>\n
9)I was on the USS Radford:<\/p>\n
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Yes, it looks like a giant middle finger, it\u2019s actually an advanced sonar system and the only ship they ever stuck that on. I was on it for 4 months, but it was in drydock most of that time due to being hit by a freighter<\/a> a few months earlier. A good friend of mine got stationed on the Enterprise; I was kinda jealous.<\/p>\n 10)One of the proudest moments of my life was graduating boot camp and sometimes I still miss being in, even all these years later.<\/p>\n My terrible boot camp picture: I know, I look like a boy.<\/p>\n I\u2019m calling this the Navy edition because it\u2019s on my mind: 1)I was a Fire Controlman in the Navy and worked on the Close-In-Weapon System, aka CIWS Uh, yes, my gun is\/was kinda phallic, what? 2)I joined the Navy because it was 1997 as it was the only way I could be in any kind … <\/p>\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/b4263f85da19e9389a4dcfb8f8d82525\/tumblr_inline_mtggjtYcT61rw8a11.jpg\")
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