I was just wondering how they refill there military vessels
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At sea it is called an 'UnRep' - Underway Replenishment.  It's a really awesome thing to be part of with big ships, at least the first couple of times.  A lot of work.\n\nThere's these big supply ships that also contain huge amounts of fuel.  They'll pull alongside the ship to be replenished and - using rifles!- they will fire small ropes (Navy-types call ropes 'lines') across to the ship and those ropes will be used to haul very large, heavy duty ropes across and the ships will tie off to one another to help keep them aligned during the fueling process.  That way they don't accidently drift too far apart and tear apart the fuel hoses.  Next they haul across the fuel hoses, large fuel hoses, and connect them to the ships fuel tanks and start pumping!  It takes some time, and all the while helicopters will be busy hauling cargo nets full of groceries, repair parts, general supply items, and mail from the supply ship to the UnRep subject ship.  Any crew or embarked troops (Marines) who don't have an assigned task will line the walkways of the ship and like a bucket-brigade pass the supplies and stuff the helicopters are bringing, one item at a time, hand to hand, to the area it needs to go - mail to the mail room, groceries to the galley, supplies to the supply room, repair parts to the maintenance office.\n\nWhen they're finished they hoist back the fuel lines, release the ropes, and the next ship in the group takes its place alongside the supply vessel.
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To protect the seas. \n\nTry checking out some Navy sites. \nA good one is: http://www.military.com\n\nHere's a good one.\n \nhttp://www.navy.mil\nThere is an option on the home page to see the Navy's 2006 Objective. I tried to do a cut and paste for you, but was unsuccesful...it's really long.\n\nHope these help.
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they were suppose to get a ball bearing assortment...that means ball bearings for military vehicles
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What do you want to know? I was in the Navy, maybe i can help you out?
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Learn to use the caps less annoyingly.\n\nOn the space ships, they use vacuums. They suck up the waste. Then they either carry it with them until they land or dump it into space.\n\nWhen I said dump it in space I was mainly referring to moon missions.
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You have able seaman, deck hand, or ships force.  Now, the job of the person that works in the turret of the battle ship would be a gunners mate.
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Visit the site (copy & paste it.) http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Transportation_and_Logistics/Maritime/Ship_Owners_and_Management/
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As far as I know, Air Force pilots got some cheap whiskey. On the other hand, alcohol was strictly prohibited on US Navy ships.
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Storekeeper!  I had the pleasure of working around these folk when I was an SH striker (Ships Serivceman).  Despite what the last poster said, you will not be doing anything with the ships store (that is what an SH does along with laundry, barber shop, etc.).\n\nSKs, depending on your command, deal with supplies and ordering those supplies and a heck of a lot of moving them.  I was stationed on the USS Seattle (AOE-3) which was one of those big darn fuel-stores-weapons supply ships (all of which are now retired and the newer AOEs were moved from the fleet to the USNS fleet).  On that ship the SKs used forklifts to move the cargo we received and sent to other ships.  Since you can no longer be on an AOE or any Auxilary ship, you will be on the 'receiving' side.  However there will be times you will be sending them off (however the BM or Boatswains Mates often do the UNREP or underway replenishment...you'll be handling all the tracking and basic moving).\n\nCan't tell you about the school since it's not my rating and I've never been there.  If you can, get with your recruiter and if you live close enough to a base or command, they can get you in there to talk with the SKs and see what they do...even if you have to drive a bit, do it.
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Gunner's mates are common in both the Navy and Coast Guard. It is known as a source rate. Source rates are rates within the Navy or CG that are in use at nearly all commands. As a GM your typical day could be maintenance on weapons, ammunition magazines, checking and maintaining ammunition, running a gun shoot (ie training crew members, setting up range times, line coaching shooters, etc). In more specialized command gunners mates may run boat operations, land security, vehicle operations, support waterborne and land borne operations. With the changing face of todays services and increases amount of joint operations between services the possibilities are endless.   In the Navy there is a tradition of loyalty and pride to the rate. As long as wars are fought there will be a need small arms, crew served weapons, missiles and the big guns on many of the ships in the fleets. \n\nDeployments vary depending on your ship or boat and your ships mission. You will always hear the needs of the military dictate where and how long. Most commonly you can count on a 6 month deployment. As far as in country you can expect anywhere from a few hours on the water to a few days on the water.\n\nPlenty of info can be found online about the job if you run a search.
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they were the beasts of burden in the desert.  They were used to carry people and stuff long distances.  Just like....ships!!!!
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http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=202011&ESRC=unitpages.kw\n\nhttp://www.military.com/Community/RegPage/1,14778,202011,00.html?member_internal_source=UNITPAGEMEMBERS&strGotoURL=http%3A%2F%2Funitpages.military.com%2Funitpages%2Fmembers.do%3Faction%3DviewByIndex%26startIdx%3D1%26id%3D202011\n\nThese are the only connections to the unit I could find so far. Still looking though. Is that ship still being used?
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British soldiers on the Western Front would carry a total of 30 kilos of equipment. This included:\n\n\n1 pair boots\n1 pair braces\n1 service cap\n1 pair drawers\n1 pair service trousers\n1 pair puttees\n1 service jacket\n1 Great coat \n1 field dressing\n1 service pay book\n1 identity disc\n1 clasp knife\n1 shirt\n1 vest (winter only) \n1 pair socks\nPouches, basic equipment and belt\n2 smoke helmets\n1 iodine in bottle\n1 waterproof sheet\n1 cardigan, jacket, or waistcoat (winter)\n1 mess tin and cover\n1 water bottle filled with water\n   1 cap comforter\n1 holdall containing:\n1 hussif (mending kit)\n1 toothbrush\n1 razor\n1 comb\n1 shaving soap\n1 pair spare braces\n1 piece soap\n2 pairs socks\n1 shirt\n1 towel\n1 pair drawers\n\nIn Haversack:\n1 table knife\n1 table fork\n1 dessert spoon\n1 tin bully beef (*)\n1 tea and sugar (*)\n1 lot of biscuits (*)\n\n(*)Emergency rations known as Iron rations \n\n   Steel helmet\n1 rifle and sling \n1 oil bottle (for cleaning rifle)\n1 pull through (for cleaning rifle)\n1 bayonet and scabbard\n1 entrenching tool head\n1 entrenching tool helme\n1 entrenching tool carrier\n2x grenades \n220 rounds of ammunition \nWire cutters \n\n2x sandbags \nRolled ground sheet \n \n\nThe above made for a very heavy load when the soldier was marching, and caused quite some difficulty.\n\nRum was the only alcohol given to soldiers. Each division (20,000 men) had 300 gallons usually distributed after an offensive and also in exceptionally cold weather.
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this is an interesting idea. what exactly would you do though?...pick up supplies?
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everything that goes into a sea bag is in the Bluejackets manual. It's the Navy enlisted book that has all of the information for new people. Also I have put a web site in sources that shows what you are issued in boot camp that goes into a sea bag. You also have toiletries and can fit a couple changes of civilian clothes inside.
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Having spent 16 months over here now, I can tell you that the Marines in the Al Anbar province actually do something similar to what you just described.  In fact they take cities that have had lots of problems and basically wall them in them in with a huge berm.  Then they only allow travel in and out thru a few tightly controlled check points.  This reduces the amount of weapons that can be brought in, and it helps to catch foreign fighters and others.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_refineries#Operation