Where's my military people?

I am a 9 year Veteran (US Navy, Army National Guard & US Navy Reserves) looking to network with any branch of service for anything. Look me up in game under baelin Aeon.

Culpeper, VA? Me too, well at least I work there.

The only Military guy I know in SL is a USMC Captain and Gorean Panther girl. I suppose you would rather pass on that introduction.

regards,
lee

There is a veterans gourp in SL.

If I recall correctly there is also a group for the disable vets.

just go look at the inworld search under groups and look for veteran.

I was in the Navy for my 4 years.

Navy, 4 years, IS2.

They were featured on SLCN.TV recently. I wrote down the group as the Veterans Support Network and they have a Visitor Center in world.

Where do you work at in Culpeper,VA?

Lee Ponzu]Culpeper, VA? Me too, well at least I work there.
The only Military guy I know in SL is a USMC Captain and Gorean Panther girl. I suppose you would rather pass on that introduction.

regards,
lee

8 Years Air Force currently.. saw a avi running around... she made it a point to tell me her was an officer lol

somethings never change.

Makes me wonder: if it were a male making the point that he was an officer, would you have reacted the same way? Or is it non-coms vs. officers, with the non-coms looking down their noses at officers . . . or vice versa?

I think just the general enlisted v. officers. And honestly, some officers exhibit some horrible traits for what their role is and i am pretty sure 90% of the population has no ideas of the shockingly negative view about enlisted personnel that officers are taught in school.

My time in the name was spent on a staff attached to 2 different Admirals (2 star and a 3 star) as well as spending time at Navy Personnel Command, and during Kosovo i did flight operations briefing aboard a carrier, so I have spent all my time in top heavy commands. Of course I will also say that many of the enlisted were like cave men, but that still does not excuse that elitist attitude that many officers carry and the way that some would look down on us. After all, last time i was in CIC aboard a ship, it was enlisted driving the ship, calculating course changes and telling the officers exactly where they were in the world and it was us E-5's training 0-1's that arrived fresh out of school.

There is a very large group of Veterans and it is a very active group. We have military balls, parties, etc. The main location offers direct links to DAV, American Legion, and other groups and some of the groups have established an SL presence since they became aware of the size and unique opportunities available in SL. There is a vetting process, ex. the avatar who claimed to be a Major in the US Navy. Please feel free to contact me or visit the Veterans Center. Veterans of other countries and family members of veterans are also welcome to join.

Trimbor Slade

I've seen all of this before, and what you say is, all too often, true. Unfortunately.

I served in USAF for 4.5 years, exiting as a Captain. My dad was a WWII non-com (E-6 in today's parlance). He taught me to listen to my non-coms because--as he put it--they knew more about how things really worked than most officers. As he put it: you respect them, and they'll respect--and even take care of--you. I found his advice all to be true many times over.

I treated everyone on my crews as if we were all part of a business with a mutual share in how things went. I took care of my people; they took care of me. Result: d@mned good crews . . . and I'm pretty sure I had the respect of almost everyone, especially when I stood up to the Brass in defense of my people more than once.

That was during the Vietnam era when I served in NORAD. During that period of time the real nose-in-the-air officers tended to be USAF Academy graduates. We 90 day wonders used to tease them unmercifully and had to work around them all too often.

I guess my main points here are that not all officers are bad, nor are all non-coms good, nor are women as officers something to snicker at. USAF had its misogynists--too many of them; and I always feel a strong impulse to--metaphorically or otherwise--kick their butts whenever I encounter such prejudice against women. Such misogynists clearly have their noses-in-the-air (like the elitist officers they also dislike) where they don't belong.

Thanks, i agree wholeheartedly.

10 years Navy.

I'll look up the Vets group tonight.

re O's vs. E's. I knew some good O's and some absolute jerks. Just like everywhere else. Although, thinking back, every O I truly respected was a Lt. and NOT an academy grad. O-4's were too close to command, and the Ensigns and JG's were mostly too clueless.

Bri...here's an old joke you probably remember:
What's the difference between an Ensign and a Seaman? The Seaman's been promoted...twice...!

10 years Navy here as well. AMS1
Thanks for the heads up on the Vets group!

LOL!

Yes.

I was a "push button" however. I was E3 because of college credits, then in "A" School i finished #1 in my class which got me E4 and express special duty orders to Navy Personnel Command (used to be BUPERS) in Millington. From there I hopped on Staff duty and in my first advancement test scored 99% and made E5, all in about 14-16 months.

It upset lots of other enlisted who had been in for 4 years and were still E4.

PUSH BUTTONS FTW!

Wow..good on ya. I was E3 out of boot camp for the same reason.

My rating (AW) bit for advancement. I was taking the E5 test for two years before it was even mathmatically possible to make it...and that was with all 4.0 evals.

At 10 years, the last exam I took, I made E6 (only the 2nd time taking the test I where it was mathmatically possible to advance). But I separated before my advancement date.

Yea that mathematically impossible thing that some people ran into really surprised me. Even for my advancement, with no points, 3.0 evals, 1st time testing, (my chain of command didn't believe in 4.0's since it gave you no where to go but down - or so they told me, but yea i did not buy that load of crap) i NEEDED to score in the upper 90's percentile to make it.

That crazy part is how it can be mathematically impossible for you to advance but you take the test anyway so you get the points on the next exam period for the attempt.

15 years USN OS

OS's are so cool!

I would go into CiC on the carrier and sit with them when i was hiding from work. We would sit there in the back room in the dark and they would do the silliest things.

OS's always got out of work on my Staff, those chumps. First off work, first off ship, first on shore during port visits...


15 Years as an OS - surely you made Chief!? Senior?? Master?!!!!

6 years ARMY in DC during the 80's babysitting army docs. MASH had nothing on these guys.

10 years Army ,(5 years Ranger 3rd/75th)

Nice to meet you all...