Hey Navy folks! ...

[Johntodd]

I was in the Navy back in the days of Dungarees AND Utilities and coveralls. I was issued 1 pair of dungarees and 3 pairs of utilities up at Great Mistakes.

Just curious ... what is vaping policy on ships? Do you go out with the smokers?

Do they light the "vaping Lamp"?

Do the chiefs frown at vapers the way they frown at everything else?

former JO2; (<---What? It is really MC now?)
-Johntodd

 

[its_dizzle]

You gotta vape outside with the smokers. Hahah. Aint so great with the second hand. Smoking lamp is out no vape. Unless you're in the berthing then its all good. I would vape in my rack sometimes too or while in the head. Hahah!! Surprisingly there are a few chiefs who vape also.

Tell you what though. I was the last few with the utilities and i miss those damn things. Creases and all. Cant stand out with my uniform no more with the NWUs. BS. Hahah. Hope that answered your questions JO2.

 

[Johntodd]

Thanks!
Reminds me of old times in the Navy - lots of competent, skilled people, with a certain degree of nonsense thrown in.

 

[samwest]

Yeah, 18 and 19 year olds who actually had a mature work ethic. I had 15 of em in my radar shop.

 

[Johntodd]

My sarcasm detector needs overhauling.

Samwest?

 

[samwest]

OK. Well much more mature than what I see today.

 

[Rickb119]

I spent the winter of '77-'78 in C school at the Great Mistakes. Got a mite chilly.

 

[Johntodd]

I went to Great Mistakes in January. I'm originally from TN! Walking around in shorts one day, crying in the snow the next.

 

[samwest]

San Diego 73'. Very nice, good chow. Great entertainment watchin' the Marines push wheel barrows full of rocks around their obstacle course.

 

[Rickb119]

crying in the snow the next.

And the next, and the next, etc.

 

[Jab9920]

AO3 from the big E went to the decom ceremony and noticed all the Dungarees were gone gotta say it was like walking into a different navy guess things change

 

[Chnoubis]

AO3 from the big E went to the decom ceremony and noticed all the Dungarees were gone gotta say it was like walking into a different navy guess things change

AO2 here yeah no more dungarees shipmate its all camo now I miss my utilities! (IYAOYAS!!!!)

 

[Chnoubis]

I was in the Navy back in the days of Dungarees AND Utilities and coveralls. I was issued 1 pair of dungarees and 3 pairs of utilities up at Great Mistakes.

Just curious ... what is vaping policy on ships? Do you go out with the smokers?

Do they light the "Vaping Lamp"?

Do the chiefs frown at vapers the way they frown at everything else?

former JO2; (<---What? It is really MC now?)
-Johntodd

John, I'm on the USS Carl Vincent alot of chiefs vape now a days and we argued the point to get are own vape pit which never closes even during unreps! We got away from the second hand smoke and loving it. I miss my utilities so much.

 

[BlueFlyingV]

AMS1 here. VF45, VAQ33, and VA75 from 84 to 96. Did a couple cruises on the BIG E. I remember being nut to .... on the smoking sponson, it was so crowded you didn't even have to light up to get you nic fix.

 

[samwest]

Yeah tax free and cheap ciggs with an overabundance of geedunk made for a pretty unhealthy atmosphere. Oh and the chance of drowning. Kinda like a prison with a huge ... pool.

 

[atroph]

Probably few that remember dungarees. I left the Navy after 10 years of service for the shallow water variant in 07 (yes I am 6ft. tall ). Those chambray shirts and bell bottoms were comfortable once broken in. I liked the transition to the utilities as the "look" was more professional vice the old shirts with names written in sharpie. Even saw a few crows with a one line through the lowest chevron and the word "void".

I see a lot of vapers on base and it is indiscriminate across the ranks. JOs, senior O's, Chiefs, Warrants, junior enlisted we all vape, unfortunately outside in the smoke shack with the smokers. Its ok though as I have converted at least two smokers to the vape side. I moved to a desk job and stealth it all day long. I usually drink some smelly coffee so nobody pays attention to the scents from my desk.

Went to mustang school a few months ago and vaped all the time around my other classmates of assorted backgrounds. Nobody thought twice about it or really cared. My roommate was a previous smoker and vaper so he didn't mind if I vaped in the room and sometimes took a draw or two. We even had a few physicians assistants in my class and they totally endorsed it over smoking. I must say it was one of the most comfortable environments where I could vape and nobody would pitch a ...... Honestly I think they were comfortable around it vice being around a smoker puffing away.

 

[mosspa]

I'm curious to find out what are the current smoking/vaping rules for underway fast attacks and boomers.

 

[FOG clouds]

God.. I don't miss the Navy.

 

[sdixon13]

I'm an active duty seabee (the navhe's redheaded step child) and vaping has really taken offIn Gulfport. (never been on a ship and never will, so not much help there.)

 

[Thecezar]

Some ships might open up a vape room. i was on the stenos and people were saying there was one but couldn't find it.