Any DSM meets in San Diego

[agarc023]

I guess I will. You stoping in oceanside?

 

[WIKDGSX619]

Good chance ill be there! No tune what so-ever so ill be limpin it

 

[GSX_TC1]

thats what im talkin about!

heres the current List, I'll be meeting up with AndrewRnava in oceanside at 7pm at the shell gas station located off the 5 near oceanside address as follows=

1145 Carlsbad Village Dr
Carlsbad, Ca

I'll be at the Shell untill about 730, then after we meet up we'll then proceed on to the Meet which is located at=

Sears Essential/Kearny Bowl
7655 Clairemont Mesa
San Diego, CA

if i missed anybody feel free to call or text me at 713 534 2023 or just meet up at that shell with us.


1.Me (Mike)
2. AndrewRnava (Andrew)
3. Zeekster777 (Isaiah)
4. OgamiGST (Jason)
5. SD_GST-99 [Maybe]
6. agarc023 (Augustin)
7. WIKDGSX619 (Derrick)
and 3 other 2g's from somewhere else

im leaving to go wash my car now, I'll be bringing my camera so expect photos =)

Cheers
Mike

I guess I will. You stoping in oceanside?

yes, meet us at that shell we always go to =)

 

[gofer]

I've got my advancement exam at 6am tomorrow morning so I won't be going, I'd rather pick up E-6!

 

[goodbuds]

good luck Corey.. would be nice to finish off strong.

 

[Zefal151]

Yeah GL Corey. Would certainly help to make rank

 

[gofer]

The Navy isn't allowing me to reenlist before the end of my contract anyway but the last 6 months I'm in I'd be getting paid an extra $220 a month if I picked up.

Thanks for the encouragement, the only thing that comes out of taking these rating exams is disappointment though. I wish the Navy would do a FITREP similar to what the Marines use, it keeps the people that should never advance from advancing... What a concept!

This is how bad it was last cycle for my rate to E6.

Number that PASSED the test - 463
Number advanced to E6 - 40
Percentage that advanced - 8.64%​

Basically taking the test is a way to blow 3 hours of work the day before a 4 day weekend.

 

[GSX_TC1]

Speaking of picking up, I'm going to be getting promoted again this Friday. Was gonna ask you Kris if you could do the honors and pin me on. Been waiting over 2 years to get promoted again.

 

[Zefal151]

I know exactly how that goes, but why can't you reinlist? Higher tenure? I know you can pass the prt so it can't be that... or could be closed rate

 

[goodbuds]

Ive heard the fuacked up sh1t about picking up in the navy. you have to be Phillippino to pick up.
as for me i can only do two years at a time if i don't pick up by 10 i get the boot.

 

[gofer]

I know exactly how that goes, but why can't you reinlist? Higher tenure? I know you can pass the prt so it can't be that... or could be closed rate

Higher tenure is 13 years for an E5, I just hit my 7 year mark. The rating I'm in is overmanned and anyone thats coming up on their EAOS (End of Active Obligated Service) in an overmanned rating gets their PTS (Perform To Serve) denied. The issue with it is that they're choosing who stays and who goes off of NOTHING, not on evals, PRT scores, previous duty stations, etc. They put your SSN in a machine once a month for 6 months (starting at 12 months away from your EAOS) and if the machine says denied each month then you get DAS BOOT.

Heres a recent article from the Navy Times about the PTS program the Navy's "revised" a bit over the last year or so.

Love it or hate it, Perform to Serve is the approval you need if you want to re-enlist.

After beginning with first-term sailors eight years ago, it's now mandatory for every E-6 and below with up to 14 years in who wants to ship over.

And it's the No. 1 concern that Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead hears when he visits sailors. The worry — voiced by sailors and even some commanding officers — is that the system is sending home the Navy's best performers.

We've got a running joke at our command that PTS actually stands for Prepare To Separate.

 

[banishedmunk]

in the marines they changed high tenure to 10 years for an e-5

 

[andrewrnava]

Pictures from tonights meet.
Didn't take that much of other car
Didn't really care haha.
Only about 5 dsm's showed up
Pretty chill day
Almost got a ticket but just got a warning pretty dope night I say

 

[agarc023]

Almost got a ticket but just got a warning pretty dope night I say

Is that why we caught up to you on the freeway

 

[andrewrnava]

No it was after you left we were by 76 and Oceanside blvd I was gonna pass mike and yeah he came out of no where but he was chill and gave me a warning

 

[agarc023]

so how did we catch up then? We had to sit through a light and go through Mike's signature u-turns

 

[GSX_TC1]

Lol you know you love my Uturns agustin! haha pics are being uploaded btw

 

[andrewrnava]

I waited a little I was stalling around 40 mph until I see mikes bright lights haha then it was like cat and mouse with us. Haha

 

[GSX_TC1]

Lol i love my HID's =D are they too bright though?

 

[Zefal151]

Damn, that is jacked... I knew the navy was doing some stupid changes but wow that takes the cake... any plans when you get out?

 

[andrewrnava]

Nahh your lights are fine I like them I need to get some and clean my head lights

 

[WIKDGSX619]

Good seeing you guys out there last night even though it was brief,hope to do it again sometime soon but at a real DSM meet

 

[andrewrnava]

I was pretty sick dude
We need all need to come out.

 

[agarc023]

Lol i love my HID's =D are they too bright though?

Id like em more if they weren't blinding me through my side mirror

 

[GSX_TC1]

Lol your really gonna hate when i get my JDM bumper with dual foglights on each side then haha