U.S. Navy Enlisted Submariner Insignia

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 08/04/2016 at 10:48 • Filed to: None

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This was part of my post about Chief Saavedra, but Kinja ate it.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/04/2016 at 10:58

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Growing up, Mrs. Ttyymmnn had a next-door neighbor who joined the navy and went into subs when he was 18. He did his whole stint, 25 years, and retired at 43. He’s now a security advisor (or something like that) in the ME. Really nice guy, too.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 08/04/2016 at 11:02

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My parents had a Navy lieutenant living next door in a condo with the psycho who was a submariner.

jariten1781 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/04/2016 at 11:07

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“A metal pin showing the bow view of a submarine proceeding on the surface with bow planes rigged for dive flanked by dolphins with their heads rested on the upper edge of the bow planes”

Still have that memorized more than a decade out of OCS haha.

lone_liberal > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/04/2016 at 11:10

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Both my dad and one of my uncles were submariners. I had orders to a sub at one point but never ended up going and instead spent my entire enlistment on land. My dad never lets me forget that.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jariten1781 08/04/2016 at 11:21

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Well played, Sir. I most definitely should have included that in my post.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > lone_liberal 08/04/2016 at 11:22

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I bet he’s still proud that you served. And proud of his own service.

lone_liberal > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/04/2016 at 11:27

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I’m sure, but I don’t have all those cool sea stories like my he and my uncle do. My uncle’s sub (USS Halibut) used to spend a lot of time in Soviet waters doing spy shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation…

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > lone_liberal 08/04/2016 at 11:28

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You have more in common with your dad than I do with mine.

ttyymmnn > lone_liberal 08/04/2016 at 11:35

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The Air Force has 308,606 active duty personnel, of which 12,802 are pilots. That means that only 4% actually fly (a tad more if you include the 3,364 navigators). Without the other 96%, those planes don’t fly. I’m sure there is a larger percentage of Navy personnel who serve on ships, but the point is the same: without those shore-based Sailors, those ships don’t sail.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > ttyymmnn 08/04/2016 at 12:08

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Well, there’s also aircrew for all the aircraft, so it’s going to be higher than that.

But. I work with a lady who as in the Navy, and is very proud of the fact that she A) Not once went on a boat or B)ever learned to swim.

ttyymmnn > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 08/04/2016 at 13:01

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Good point about the crews. But I bet that only gets the numbers upwards of 10-15%. I have always thought that I would have enjoyed serving in the USCG. But I’ve never been a good enough swimmer. And the thought of drowning scares the s**t out of me.