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Auridan · 10-01-2014, 06:05 PM

Brute force, and stupid tricks you'll just have to make up for yourself.

I know you want to know everything beforehand, and that's fine, as long as you understand you're not going to get it all in advance. I promise, when you get there, you'll have so much time to study the (current, up to the minute!) chain of command, you'll want to bang your head on the deck rather than do it anymore.

As for the stupid tricks: Learn names in chunks, particularly pairing commanders with their master chiefs. While I was there, the NSTC commander was RDML Mewbourne, and his MCPO was a Master Chief Walker. Originally, I misheard "Mewbourne" as "Newborn". Newborns don't Walk. Bam, paired, and I still remember it a year longer than I needed to.

The stupider the trick is, the better, because it will linger whether you like it or not.

10-01-2014, 06:05 PM	#2
Auridan Active Duty Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sea level Posts: 713 Rep Power: 156	Brute force, and stupid tricks you'll just have to make up for yourself. I know you want to know everything beforehand, and that's fine, as long as you understand you're not going to get it all in advance. I promise, when you get there, you'll have so much time to study the (current, up to the minute!) chain of command, you'll want to bang your head on the deck rather than do it anymore. As for the stupid tricks: Learn names in chunks, particularly pairing commanders with their master chiefs. While I was there, the NSTC commander was RDML Mewbourne, and his MCPO was a Master Chief Walker. Originally, I misheard "Mewbourne" as "Newborn". Newborns don't Walk. Bam, paired, and I still remember it a year longer than I needed to. The stupider the trick is, the better, because it will linger whether you like it or not. __________________ If you're not happy with it, fix it, because ain't nobody gonna fix it for you.