Newbie on board

[NavyChief]

Hello everyone.

I am a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer (hence my player name of NavyChief). I served from 1984 - 2004 throughout various commands located around the Pacific Ocean. My tours on ships included the USS Kinkaid (DD-965, Destroyer, San Diego), USS St Louis (LKA-116, Amphib, Japan), USS Dubuque (LPD-8, Amphib, Japan), and the USS Wadsworth (FFG-9, Guided Missile Frigate, San Diego). My shore tours included Military Police (Sasebo, Japan) and Afloat Training Group Middle Pacific (Pearl Harbor, HI). My retirement ceremony was held on the USS Missouri (BB-63, Battleship) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

My job was as an Electronic Warfare Technician (EW) and my avatar is the rating symbol. This rating was known as the "Defenders of the Fleet" and our job was to find the enemy ships/aircraft/missiles and render their sensors ineffective while preserving the integrity of our own sensors. Late in 2003 this rating was merged with the Cryptologic Technician Technical (CTT) rating and is therefore gone. Due to my seniority I was able to retire as an EW and not a CTT.

Some of my awards include the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal (3), Good Conduct Medal (5), National Defense Service Medal (2), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), Expert Rifle Medal, Expert Pistol Medal, as well as numerous other non-medal awards.

As you can see by my tours, I spent a little over 9 years stationed overseas in Japan. I loved my experiences there and that is where I met my wife. We have two children (girl-9 and boy-12).

I currently work at the University of Texas at Arlington as a PC Specialist II.

I love playing FPS games and have been playing them for over 10 years. My current favority is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I try to play 1 or 2 games a night if possible and more on Friday and Saturday evenings. I also play Team Fortress 2 a little.

My second genre would be strategy. I like playing the Command and Conquer series but have never done so online.

I am looking forward to participating on these forums and getting to know everyone.

[cygnus]

Welcome to Team BPN Navychief!  Impressive resume I must say   

[Stuntin]

welcome to team bpn ull love it here the members are great plus we own sometimes.lol

Look foward to playing with you<<that didnt sound right,

[Got_Amm0]

welcome navy, glad you joined. BPN is a really cool group of people that just like to chat and play games

[Schlup]

Now THAT is how you do a Welcome New User Introduction.  Bravo NavyChief!  I may have to sticky this to give others a good example on how it's done.  With this post I know a little bit about you and your history, what brought you here and what games you play.  +5 BPN Props for that post!  I look forward to gaming with you!

[CoCoCountyKiller]

welcome buddy
good people tend to attract good people
so you came to the right place

look forward to fraggin with ya

co.co.

[NavyChief]

Now THAT is how you do a Welcome New User Introduction.  Bravo NavyChief!  I may have to sticky this to give others a good example on how it's done.  With this post I know a little bit about you and your history, what brought you here and what games you play.  +5 BPN Props for that post!  I look forward to gaming with you!

Thanks for the glowing praise.

What are '+5 BPN Props'?

[Schlup]

You see on the left side of the screen there is a little up and a little down button under everybodies names.  Those are props, if you like something somebody said give them a prop...

Now everybody can only click this once for +1 BPN Prop, but since I am Master Admin I can grant more than that, I have never given more than one before but that post deserved 5!

[NavyChief]

Now I get it. I was wondering what the red and green arrows were for.

Thanks for the honor of receiving the first +5 mark. 

BTW, my points still show a '0'. Does it take a while to update?

[Schlup]

No, it just didn't save apparently.  I did it again.

[NavyChief]

No, it just didn't save apparently.  I did it again.

Thanks. It worked perfectly.

[Deagroth]

Welcome NavyChief.  I look forward to running with you sometime EWC.  Hopefully you'll feel at home here with us, we've got members from quite a few walks of life, including active duty, retired, and former service members.  Who knows, maybe you served with someone during your enlistment.

Again, welcome aboard.

[Old_Colonel]

Welcome Chief.  I look forward to playing with you in the near future.

[Schlup]

What is EWC?

[NavyChief]

What is EWC?

EW = Electronic Warfare Technician

Rank:
EWCM = Master Chief Petty Officer
EWCS = Senior Chief Petty Officer
EWC = Chief Petty Officer
EW1 = 1st Class Petty Officer
EW2 = 2nd Class Petty Officer
EW3 = 3rd Class Petty Officer
EWSN = Seaman
EWSA = Seaman Apprentice
EWSR = Seaman Recruit

My official title was:
Electronic Warfare Technician Chief Petty Officer (Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist)
or
EWC(SW) for short

[Schlup]

Ah ha!  Thanks for giving me the heads up...learn something new everyday!

[Dr Butcher]

Welcome Chief, you will have to give me some cooking tips, good to have you aboard

[NavyChief]

Cooking tips???

You do NOT want cooking tips from me. I could burn water if it was possible. The only thing I can make is a mean PBJ sandwich. If the box doesn't have explicit instructions - then I can't make it.

My wife handles all the cooking in our house. I have never had to cook for myself. The military provided me with all the meals I could ever need and the variety/taste was excellent.

[chinokim]

welcome. hope to game with you one day

[CoCoCountyKiller]

Welcome Chief, you will have to give me some cooking tips, good to have you aboard

I think he thought it read "chef" instead of Chief

co.co.

[Schlup]

LOL...you might be right...didn't think of that.

[CoCoCountyKiller]

it was 5;30 in the morning when he posted it

co.co.

[Stuntin]

i want a pbj sammich