1st week under uncle sam...
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Topic: 1st week under uncle sam...
Posted By: merc
Subject: 1st week under uncle sam...
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:05pm
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so 1st weeks over. finally getting a chance to serve my country. (tried to join the marine corps when i turned 18 but was denied)
im set up on my way to being a hole technician for the department of the navy. 1st week was all intro. the most important question i had no one could answer... why do they paint the bottom of the subs red? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:06pm
To be like The Red October. Duh ------------- 
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merc wrote:Posted By: im_new
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:08pm
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how come corps denied you?? and what are the steps going toward joining? i.e aptitude test?, physical? interview? ------------- 98 custom pro e-trigger flatline torque loader tippmann expansion chamber |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:09pm
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Well, I figure it's a cost thing. Red Paint, being a cheap primary color to produce, is probably very inexpensive. No one is going to see the bottom of the hull unless it's in dry-dock, so it's not as if it's a tactical or strategic issue. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:39pm
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Maybe the red paint has an effect on the algae, stops is from attaching?
Anywho, you still down in Norfolk? |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:03pm
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USMC denied me because i had my GED instead of my diploma
probably partly cost, maybe algae. alot of ships/boats are red below/around the water line still in norfolk area NNSY shop 26 apprentice. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:07pm
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my friend was just sent home on discharge from the marines cause of asthma...was only in boot camp for 2 weeks.
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Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:24pm
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It's a physics question. Water tends to disperse red light, meaning, once you get below a certain depth, no red light filters through, so anything that is colored red cannot reflect the red light that isn't there, so it appears black, as it absorbs the other wavelengths in the spectrum. It's probably a camouflage thing, much as a lobster is colored red.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:36pm
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It's red because it's a type of copper based paint. Barnacles and other marine life cannot grown on copper, which is why the bottom of ships are also "red".
Red contains the largest percentage of copper as opposed to blue and green, so it's stronger. It's called "anti-fouling paint" ------------- 
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:39pm
/waits for whale. -------------
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:54pm
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Hole technician? WTH is that? ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:55pm
I dunno if you've ever seen a live lobster, but they aren't red. Only when you cook 'em. TRUST ME. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 10:34pm
I had a physics teacher tell me that one. Upon inspection of various lobster pictures on the internet, they seem to be a dark dark reddish color, that almost appears black. Wikipedia states they can also be green, blue, and various other colors. ------------- Skillet: I've never been terribly fond of the look of a vagina |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 22 August 2008 at 11:50pm
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The answer is quite simple, the bottom is red so that if the sub flips over you see the red and go hey ! That subs upside down !
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 12:36am
Ah . . . I guess that explains the undercarriage of your Mustang as well. ------------- 
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 12:40am
i work near the seafood dept. pure truth. funny seeing them crawling around...jim gaffigan anyone? |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 12:49am
So you're saying cartoons are not a reliable source of informatiom? What are you a flat-earther? ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: Frozen Balls
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 12:53am
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None of you have seen a freakin' live lobster??????? Are you serious???
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 7:44am
welder...we make holes then patch them back up... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 12:27pm
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 2:53pm
Alot of people in my basic were discharged because of "asthma" too. That's the easiest one to get out with. Just claim asthma and fail all your breathing test. I have mild asthma too, and was issued an inhaler. I'm not saying he didn't have it, but that's often a cop out. ------------- |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 6:41pm
Linus is right. ------------- 
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 23 August 2008 at 6:51pm
Sounds kinky. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 24 August 2008 at 1:05pm
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Har...Harvey?! ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 24 August 2008 at 1:17pm
lol wut -------------
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Posted By: rockerdoode
Date Posted: 24 August 2008 at 5:43pm
He was just saying your mustang sucks. Don't worry about it. ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 25 August 2008 at 8:15am
Sounds like a Hull Technician. I think that's what HT's do. |