Real Chiefs

[DriftyGypsy]

>Real Chiefs think Ensigns should be seen and not heard and never ever be
>allowed to read books on leadership.
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>Real Chiefs don't own civilian clothes.
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>Real Chiefs have CPO Association Cards from their last five commands.
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>Real Chiefs don't remember life before they were a Chief.
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>Real Chiefs Wedding Proposal: "There will be a wedding at 1000 hours on
>29 October, be there in whites with your gear packed because you will be
>a prime participant."
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>Real Chiefs favorite national holiday is CPO Initiation.
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>Real Chiefs believe that every day is a holiday, every meal is a feast,
>every payday is a lottery and every muster is a family reunion.
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>Real Chiefs favorite breakfast is shipboard SOS.
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>Real Chiefs don't know how to tell civilian time.
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>Real Chiefs call each other "Chief."
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>Real Chiefs greatest fear is signing for property book items.
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>Real Chiefs dream in red, white and blue and occasionally khaki.
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>Real Chiefs have served on ships that are now war memorials or tourist
>attractions.
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>Real Chiefs get tears in their eyes when the "Chief" dies in the movie
>"Operation Pacific."
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>Real Chiefs know that prior proper planning prevents piss poor
>performance.
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>Real Chiefs can find their way to the CPO Club while blindfolded on
>fifteen different bases.
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>Real Chiefs have pictures of past ships in their wallets.
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>Real Chiefs only own ink pens that have "Property U.S. Government"
>printed on them.
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>Real Chiefs never volunteer to get mandatory flu shots.
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>Real Chiefs have a permanent curl in their forefinger.
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>Real Chiefs don't order supplies, they swap for them.
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>Real Chiefs favorite quote is from the movie Ben Hur, "We keep you alive
>to serve this ship."
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>Real Chiefs think excessive modesty is their only fault.
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>Real Chiefs hate to write evaluations, except for their own.
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>Real Chiefs turn in a four page brag sheet for their evaluation.
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>Real Chiefs always say their last ship was their best ship.
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>Real Chiefs know that the black tar in their coffee cup makes the coffee
>taste better.
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>Real Chiefs are proudest when one of their former strikers makes Chief.
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>Real Chiefs idea of heaven: Three good PO1's and a Division Officer who
>does what he is told.
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>Real Chiefs think John Wayne would have made a good Chief if he had not
>gone soft and made Marine movies.
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>Real Chiefs use the term "Good Training" to describe any unpleasant
>task. Scraping the sides of the ship is "Good Training." Having to
>sleep on your sea bag in the parking lot because there was no room in
>the barracks is "Good Training."
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>Real Chiefs teach their children that the highest attainment in life
>should be in becoming a Chief.
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>Real Chiefs can never fathom why a Chief would even consider accepting a
>commission.
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>Real Chiefs think "Crepes and Quiche" are a gay Hollywood couple.
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>Real Chiefs rather hitchhike than own an imported automobile, truck or
>motorcycle.
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>Real Chiefs think multi-tasking is done in the shipyard head reading a
>newspaper.
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>Real Chiefs love their mothers mainly because she has a son or daughter
>in the U.S. Navy.
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>Real Chiefs believe that the only thing to make life more complete is if
>he/she had been born in a naval hospital.
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>Real Chiefs are always right and they know it. In the impossible
>hypothesis that a subordinate may be right, the former still applies.
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>Real Chiefs do not regard an officer's rank and title as the measure of
>his or her competence.
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>Real Chiefs are the only people who can make the title "Ensign" sound
>like a four letter word.
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>Real Chiefs are always "The Chief" - even in shower shoes and a towel.
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>Real Chiefs will tell you that they are always a part of the solution,
>never the problem.
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>Real Chiefs will always say, "Let me do it for you, Sir," and then
>promptly assign someone to do it.
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>Real Chiefs don't sleep; they rest.
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>Real Chiefs are never late; they are detained elsewhere.
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>Real Chiefs never leave work; their presence is required elsewhere.
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>Real Chiefs never eat sliders at mid rats.
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>Real Chiefs don't eat quiche, and they can't pronounce it or spell it.
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>Real Chiefs never read the newspaper in the mess; they study current
>events.
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>Real Chiefs play cut-throat Hearts, not Poker; and never, ever Bridge.
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>Real Chiefs never play a sport where the ball doesn't come back by
>itself (bowling - yes, golf - no, tennis - never).
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>Real Chiefs call their spouses WIFELANT or WIFEPAC, or CINCHOUSE or
>CINCFAM.
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>Real Chiefs are at sea when their kids are born. ["You have to be there
>to lay the keel but not to launch them."]
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>Real Chiefs always say, "Morning," never "Good morning," except when
>they are getting ready to get underway.
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>Real Chiefs never eat off of the ship. They know the best food is in
>the Chiefs' Mess.
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>Real Chiefs are hated by Supply Officers who take inventory after the
>Real Chief pays a social call.
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>Real Chiefs don't write in cursive, except for their paycheck
>signatures.
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>Real Chiefs think that the easiest day at sea is tougher than the worst
>day on shore duty.
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>Real Chiefs don't make coffee.
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>Real Chiefs know that you can never, ever, at any time, at any location,
>sea or shore, or under any circumstances, be allowed to run out of
>coffee.
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>Real Chiefs never wash out their coffee cups, rinse maybe, but never
>wash unless they know that it has been pissed in.
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>Real Chiefs have a coffee pot next to their desks with an intravenous
>tube running into their arms.
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>Real Chiefs have a Goat Locker.
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>Real Chiefs never vacation; every day on the ship is a vacation.
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>Real Chiefs think that "sensitivity" is a control knob on a radar or
>sonar console and that's all it is.
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>Real Chiefs have the heart of a little boy ... kept in a jar on the
>desk.
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>Real Chiefs' think that remote control is a PO1 on the other end of a
>walkie-talkie.
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>Real Chiefs know that you don't need a computer to sail a ship,
>especially when the power is out.
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>Real Chiefs think that a seven-course meal on liberty is a baked potato
>and a six-pack of beer.
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>Real Chiefs never go on liberty with their juniors; they conduct
>training sessions.
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>Real Chiefs never have wine on liberty; it better be brewed and it
>better be cold.
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>Real Chiefs can name at least fifteen bars in Hong Kong, but know that
>the best bars are across the bay in Kowloon.
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>Real Chiefs have tattoos; otherwise, how would they remember what a
>great time they had on liberty?
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>Real Chiefs can communicate with each other using farts.
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>Real Chiefs have mastered the use of the silent, but deadly, fart and
>they are not afraid to use it, especially around watch stations.
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>Real Chiefs have a "Zippo" that has been everywhere and still works.
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>Real Chiefs have tattoos on their forearms that would force them to keep
>their cuffs buttoned at a church picnic.
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>Real Chiefs take eighteen year-old idiots and hammer them into Sailors.
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>Real Chiefs know that the term "All hands" means "All hands."
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>Real Chiefs don't have to command respect; they get it because there is
>nothing else that you can give them.
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>Real Chiefs are expert at choosing descriptive adjectives and nouns,
>none of which their mothers would endorse.
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>Real Chiefs have rows of hard-earned, worn, and faded ribbons, but know
>that ribbons don't make you a Sailor.
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>Real Chiefs are matured like good whisky in steel hulls over many years.
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>Real Chiefs aren't the kind of guys you thank; monkeys in zoos don't
>spend a lot of time thanking the guy who makes them do tricks for
>peanuts.
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>Real Chiefs are the standard by which you measure all others.
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>Real Chiefs were educated at the other end of an anchor chain from
>Copenhagen to Singapore.
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>Real Chiefs never excuse being late, not helping a shipmate, or running
>out of coffee.
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>Real Chiefs never spill a drink.
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>Real Chiefs never drink and drive because you might hit a bump and spill
>a drink.
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>Real Chiefs never go to sick call.
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>Real Chiefs have to go out and bring everyone back.
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>Real Chiefs know that you never wrestle with a pig because you both get
>dirty, and the pig likes it.
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>Real Chiefs never argue with an idiot because people watching may not be
>able to tell the difference.
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>Real Chiefs observe everything, but admire nothing.
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>Real Chiefs know that they will always get what they in-spect, not what
>they ex-pect.
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>Real Chiefs agreed with John Wayne when he said, "Life is tough! But
>it's tougher when you're stupid!"
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>Real Chiefs know that no Sailor is completely worthless, because worst
>case, they serve as a good bad example.
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>Real Chiefs know that there's no help program like a self-help program.
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>Real Chiefs will tell you that, "If you are going to do something
>stupid, at least be smart about it."
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>Real Chiefs can write up anyone they want.
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>Real Chiefs are the ultimate paradox. On the one hand they don't give a
>crap, but on the other hand, Real Chiefs are very careful and precise.
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>Real Chiefs can find the best bar in any port by dead reckoning.
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>Real Chiefs know bull when listening to it, and are able to sell bull
>when spreading it
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>Real Chiefs have a red and green buoy at the end of their driveways.
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>Real Chiefs eat lightning and crap thunder.
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>Real Chiefs consider a hurricane to be good sea trials.
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>Real Chiefs are the U.S. Navy.
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>Real Chiefs think that Ensigns, like diapers, should be changed often
>and for the same reason.
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>Real Chiefs know that once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve
>it only makes it worse.
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>Real Chiefs assume nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood
>and they act accordingly.
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>Real Chiefs view land as a mere hazard to navigation.
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>Real Chiefs never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained
>by stupidity.
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>Real Chiefs never take the advice of someone who has not had their kind
>of trouble.
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>Real Chiefs know that if it is stupid but works, it is not stupid.
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>Real chiefs will tell you that you can survive on charm for about 5
>minutes, after that, you'd better know something.
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>Real Chiefs know that assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
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>Real Chiefs never assume, they get the facts.
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>Real Chiefs do not confuse efforts with results.
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>Real Chiefs will give you three choices in any situation; change,
>accept, or leave the U.S. Navy.
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>Real Chiefs know that every part of the Chief's initiation is an
>important part of becoming a Chief and don't need to question it.

[volfan]

nice post DG.

scottie

[Old Sailor]

[fl0at]

Real Marines don't care.

[IHT]

Real Chiefs wouldn't be trying to trade Trent Green for a late round pick.

[688sonarmen]

Get'em Gypsy! There are fewer and fewer in the ranks today but when you meet a good Chief you know! HOOYAH! GO NAVY!

[Ivory Tower]

is a real chief just anyone in the navy or some certain rank in the navy???

[Skinsfan]

How many CPO's do we have here?

TCC USCG here (Old RM Rating (RMC))

[DriftyGypsy]

Originally Posted by Ivory Tower

is a real chief just anyone in the navy or some certain rank in the navy???

No not just anyone is the Navy is a Chief Petty Officer and not every Chief Petty Officer is a Real Chief. Like Sonarman said it is a dying breed in today's politically correct Navy. I am on an alumni mailing list for my old boat there are several REAL Chiefs there include a couple who were COB's when it meant something to be the COB (Chief Of Boat).

[Badkarma]

I made E-5 before I got out. And I had a few "Real Chiefs" around me quite often.

DG, this is priceless, brought back a lot of memories. I had a Division Master Chief that could easily live up to each and everyone of those!!!

Thanks bro.

[RETSF]

Chief wanted to be here, was going to be medically retired so I just retired.