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hackhelios · 08-28-2009, 09:43 AM

BrianR, sounds like you had a blast. Officers underwent shellbacking on my ship, as well--didn't mean to imply otherwise. When I said the captain lorded around, I literally meant he was treated like a god for the day, not that he was above the ceremony (although they DID have him in full costume on the freight elevator, a couple dozen feet above us 'wogs, who crawling around in the muck of the lower deck. That man had a voice that carried, and he used it).

The Chief's initiation remains a mystery to me to this day, as it should. One thing I quickly learned as a JO--even if you hear screams coming from the other side of the door, you trust your chiefs.

08-28-2009, 09:43 AM	#38
hackhelios Sun Hacker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 48	BrianR, sounds like you had a blast. Officers underwent shellbacking on my ship, as well--didn't mean to imply otherwise. When I said the captain lorded around, I literally meant he was treated like a god for the day, not that he was above the ceremony (although they DID have him in full costume on the freight elevator, a couple dozen feet above us 'wogs, who crawling around in the muck of the lower deck. That man had a voice that carried, and he used it). The Chief's initiation remains a mystery to me to this day, as it should. One thing I quickly learned as a JO--even if you hear screams coming from the other side of the door, you trust your chiefs. __________________ Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me.