Puttin on the CROW!!!

Sparky · 09-May-04, 02:03 AM

Woot! After 3 years in the navy i finally scored well enough on my advancement exam to be advanced to 3rd class petty officer. After i took the advancement test (3 times) i was always asked, "Do you think that you made it?" Not wanting to jinx myself i would reply, "Either way im still gonna get drunk." But after this test i told myself and others right off the bat that their was no way in hell that i could ever had made that damn test, and that ive started my own club called AFLA (Airman For Life Association). Looks like it worked so now im gonna go get 3 sheets and puke in my shoe! Woohoo! This means more money too BTW, and of course more responsibility

me_john85 · 09-May-04, 02:11 AM

congrats sparky, im personally not famililar with the navy rank structure yet so i had to look it up, only thing i know about it was my dad was an e-5 when he got out (looks like thats a Petty Officer 2nd Class)

EstwingMan · 09-May-04, 02:19 AM

Good job Sparky. I'm proud to be a part of a community with people such as yourself.

ZENNZZO · 09-May-04, 02:21 AM

FUBARed is good...try puking in someone elses shoes, always funner. Oh and congrats on the promo, enjoy the money...

BigAkita · 09-May-04, 03:02 AM

Congratulations, Dude. More money equals better equipment.

putwig · 09-May-04, 06:17 AM

Way to go Sparky.

jinxÂ© · 09-May-04, 08:10 AM

Looks like 3's the magic number...Congrats Sparky.

Sparky · 09-May-04, 09:27 AM

Thanks for props guys. This has been a long time comin and i just had to let my internet family know about it; not very often i get to brag about somethin. Anyways ill be sure to put up some pics on Friday of the before i get frocked and after i get frocked details of my arm. Not because theirs gonna be a new rank their, because its gonna be ugly once my buddies get done with me. Hehehe ive already got a broom handle with my name on it according to my supervisor. Ahhh traditions.

Lets hear about some other services traditions of initiation. Im sure BA and Slider got some tucked away.

godfoot · 09-May-04, 09:51 AM

And I am sure Bio can tell you about his blood wings as well.......no, not those blood wings, get your minds out of the gutter!

HoJo · 09-May-04, 10:37 AM

Congrats Sparky. Always nice to advance.

BigAkita · 09-May-04, 10:46 AM

We have blood stripes. The rank is pinned on the collar without the backing, then you bud's get to come up and "congratulate" you by pounding their fists onto the stripes, thereby causing them to dig painfully into your body. It's a lot of fun. Then, after your done, you must wet your stripes by getting beer sprayed all over you.

Rafiki · 09-May-04, 01:08 PM

ahh yes...but then again....alcohol is good for the healing

Congrats sparky....

biohazardpc · 09-May-04, 01:17 PM

One good thing about blood stripes is the higher you go up in rank the less people can give you the blood stripes..We have a tradition that only the rank that you are getting and the ranks above you are allowed to congrat you in that manner.. So if you are getting your E-2 you are in for some pain..Now after the pinning then your squad got to do thier share of celebrating.. We like to tape people up in the mummy sacks and hang them out the windows or push wall lockers down a flight of stars with someone in them.. I know is sounds harsh but no one has goten hurt since we have been doing it and we all have a few drinks afterwards..All my wings and rank were blood including my CIB..So I had my CIB,EIB,Airborne wings,Jump master wings,Military freefall wings,Pathfinder badge,Brittish jump wings,German Jump wings and all my rank..

V4mpiro · 09-May-04, 01:28 PM

Bio, it sounds like you have shed a lot of blood in the name of a promotion. Usually the loss of bodily fluids shortly after a promotion, means something a little shady. But in this case it isn't.

biohazardpc · 09-May-04, 01:57 PM

Yeah it is all good and in tradition.. I would not have felt I earned it if it was done any other way..

putwig · 09-May-04, 02:00 PM

As a non American, I am confused. Can someone explain the "crow"? I know the rank (PO) but I am unfamiliar with the slang.

biohazardpc · 09-May-04, 02:09 PM

navy ranks I am guessing that has to do with the navy rank.. There is a bird in it and I am assuming that that is what he is recieving..

Digital-World · 09-May-04, 02:24 PM

Yeah Like BA said When I made 3rd class petty officer it required me to get the CROW TACKED on my arm and on my collar using the pins...Pretty Painfull but once your in the club you get to pass it out to the next dumbass that makes it..

Congrats on moving up from 2 hour fire watch to the now 4 hour DUTY DRIVER watch

And you still get to sweep the shop and take out the garabage...Just not when the airman are around..

Ahh the joys of making 3rd class.

hahaaha
Congrats on your promo man

in a year you can make e5 if your a good boy

Highperf15 · 09-May-04, 02:31 PM

Boy.....I remember when I got my "blood-wings" at Ft Benning........I had no clue about what they were until they asked me and I said "Airborne"...........wow.......my 1st Sgt was the worst........I thought he put my wings into my chest......

NoSlak · 09-May-04, 08:28 PM

Besides getting rank pinned and shots to the arm by your platoon in a gauntlet you had to walk through, Marine Corps NCO's and Officers have a blood stripe on their dress blue uniform trousers ( Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico every NCO or Officer was killed or wounded) so when u became an E-4 not just your platoon who was E-4 and above but the whole company would make you go through the gauntlet and get a knee to your thigh in addition to the free shot to the arm and pins on your collars.

09-May-04, 02:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sparky Apex Tech God Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sundance, WYOMING BITCH! Posts: 2,274	Puttin on the CROW!!! Woot! After 3 years in the navy i finally scored well enough on my advancement exam to be advanced to 3rd class petty officer. After i took the advancement test (3 times) i was always asked, "Do you think that you made it?" Not wanting to jinx myself i would reply, "Either way im still gonna get drunk." But after this test i told myself and others right off the bat that their was no way in hell that i could ever had made that damn test, and that ive started my own club called AFLA (Airman For Life Association). Looks like it worked so now im gonna go get 3 sheets and puke in my shoe! Woohoo! This means more money too BTW, and of course more responsibility __________________

09-May-04, 02:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
me_john85 Camp Pen-Hoe-tan's Hoe Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 2,375	congrats sparky, im personally not famililar with the navy rank structure yet so i had to look it up, only thing i know about it was my dad was an e-5 when he got out (looks like thats a Petty Officer 2nd Class) __________________

09-May-04, 02:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
EstwingMan Da Hammer Man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NJ, where libs vote for libs, bitch about them, then vote for them again. Amazing!!? Posts: 920	Good job Sparky. I'm proud to be a part of a community with people such as yourself. __________________

09-May-04, 03:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 14,314	Congratulations, Dude. More money equals better equipment. __________________ "I'll stop being an A-Hole if you will stop being an Idiot."

09-May-04, 06:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
putwig Dr. Hydro Pimp Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,198	Way to go Sparky. __________________

09-May-04, 02:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
ZENNZZO Direct Cool Hoe Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 0	FUBARed is good...try puking in someone elses shoes, always funner. Oh and congrats on the promo, enjoy the money...

09-May-04, 08:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
jinxÂ© Still Duck's Hoe Though Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Limbo Posts: 2,166	Looks like 3's the magic number...Congrats Sparky. __________________ "Life isn't like a box of chocolates...It's more like a jar of jalapenos... What you do today, might burn your @ss tomorrow."

09-May-04, 09:27 AM	#8 (permalink)
Sparky Apex Tech God Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sundance, WYOMING BITCH! Posts: 2,274	Thanks for props guys. This has been a long time comin and i just had to let my internet family know about it; not very often i get to brag about somethin. Anyways ill be sure to put up some pics on Friday of the before i get frocked and after i get frocked details of my arm. Not because theirs gonna be a new rank their, because its gonna be ugly once my buddies get done with me. Hehehe ive already got a broom handle with my name on it according to my supervisor. Ahhh traditions. Lets hear about some other services traditions of initiation. Im sure BA and Slider got some tucked away. __________________

09-May-04, 09:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta Join Date: May 2003 Location: "Truth is not determined by majority vote." Posts: 9,948	And I am sure Bio can tell you about his blood wings as well.......no, not those blood wings, get your minds out of the gutter! __________________

09-May-04, 10:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
HoJo Review Pimp, but still Jo's Ho Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Most modded city in the world Posts: 4,137	Congrats Sparky. Always nice to advance. __________________

09-May-04, 10:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 14,314	We have blood stripes. The rank is pinned on the collar without the backing, then you bud's get to come up and "congratulate" you by pounding their fists onto the stripes, thereby causing them to dig painfully into your body. It's a lot of fun. Then, after your done, you must wet your stripes by getting beer sprayed all over you. __________________ "I'll stop being an A-Hole if you will stop being an Idiot."

09-May-04, 01:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
Rafiki Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: southern NJ Posts: 855	ahh yes...but then again....alcohol is good for the healing Congrats sparky.... __________________ "Doc says I Suffer from Delusions of Invincibility coupled with a Strong Homocidal Urge........ Basically, I have a Kick Your Ass Fetish." Molon Labe.

09-May-04, 01:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
biohazardpc H.A.L.O.-Hoe Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Fayetteville NC Posts: 1,617	One good thing about blood stripes is the higher you go up in rank the less people can give you the blood stripes..We have a tradition that only the rank that you are getting and the ranks above you are allowed to congrat you in that manner.. So if you are getting your E-2 you are in for some pain..Now after the pinning then your squad got to do thier share of celebrating.. We like to tape people up in the mummy sacks and hang them out the windows or push wall lockers down a flight of stars with someone in them.. I know is sounds harsh but no one has goten hurt since we have been doing it and we all have a few drinks afterwards..All my wings and rank were blood including my CIB..So I had my CIB,EIB,Airborne wings,Jump master wings,Military freefall wings,Pathfinder badge,Brittish jump wings,German Jump wings and all my rank.. __________________ When all else fails beat it with a hammer. One shot One kill, why waste ammo.

09-May-04, 01:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
V4mpiro Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Posts: 639	Bio, it sounds like you have shed a lot of blood in the name of a promotion. Usually the loss of bodily fluids shortly after a promotion, means something a little shady. But in this case it isn't.

09-May-04, 01:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
biohazardpc H.A.L.O.-Hoe Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Fayetteville NC Posts: 1,617	Yeah it is all good and in tradition.. I would not have felt I earned it if it was done any other way.. __________________ When all else fails beat it with a hammer. One shot One kill, why waste ammo.

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putwig Dr. Hydro Pimp Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,198	As a non American, I am confused. Can someone explain the "crow"? I know the rank (PO) but I am unfamiliar with the slang. __________________

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biohazardpc H.A.L.O.-Hoe Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Fayetteville NC Posts: 1,617	navy ranks I am guessing that has to do with the navy rank.. There is a bird in it and I am assuming that that is what he is recieving.. __________________ When all else fails beat it with a hammer. One shot One kill, why waste ammo.

09-May-04, 02:24 PM	#18 (permalink)
Digital-World Old Skool Pimp Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Naked in a bean bag eating cheetos! Posts: 2,669	Yeah Like BA said When I made 3rd class petty officer it required me to get the CROW TACKED on my arm and on my collar using the pins...Pretty Painfull but once your in the club you get to pass it out to the next dumbass that makes it.. Congrats on moving up from 2 hour fire watch to the now 4 hour DUTY DRIVER watch And you still get to sweep the shop and take out the garabage...Just not when the airman are around.. Ahh the joys of making 3rd class. hahaaha Congrats on your promo man in a year you can make e5 if your a good boy __________________

09-May-04, 02:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
Highperf15 a.k.a., Frank Bullitt Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Have Gun ....Will Travel..... Posts: 3,891	Boy.....I remember when I got my "blood-wings" at Ft Benning........I had no clue about what they were until they asked me and I said "Airborne"...........wow.......my 1st Sgt was the worst........I thought he put my wings into my chest...... __________________

09-May-04, 08:28 PM	#20 (permalink)
NoSlak Gridiron Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hovering over the Neg Rep Button Posts: 3,640	Besides getting rank pinned and shots to the arm by your platoon in a gauntlet you had to walk through, Marine Corps NCO's and Officers have a blood stripe on their dress blue uniform trousers ( Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico every NCO or Officer was killed or wounded) so when u became an E-4 not just your platoon who was E-4 and above but the whole company would make you go through the gauntlet and get a knee to your thigh in addition to the free shot to the arm and pins on your collars.

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