Is this a normal tour in the Navy? Interested as n hearing any stories.
So your CMC is 230 years old? Damn he's odl school.
It's sailing into Boston Harbor today, I think..
OPSEC!!!
The British are wringing their hands menacingly
I better get my shipment of tobacco, tea, and spices!
I just checked with Chop and you’re actually getting a shipment of rum, sodomy, and the lash.
Six of one, half dozen of the other.
No, it is not a "normal" tour.
The Constitution, amongst other tourist destination commands, low key have in their written requirements, "no ugly people".
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Oh, looks like the milpersman 1306-920 (USS Constitution) was updated on 2022.
Back in 2018, I remember the requirements including "no visible blemishes or acne or acne scars".
There's a reason why it's one of the few billets that still require a photo with the application.
I tried to get released for special duty for it. It was the only duty that would have gotten me to reenlist because I wanted to get back to Boston because my mom was dying of cancer.
Nobody has showed me the Milpersman for it at all. They probably had no idea it existed. Detailer said “No, we need you at a training squadron” and I told him “Thanks so much, but I’ll be getting out” and that was that.
See MILPERSMAN 1306-920 for the screening process. Tour length is dependent on rank.
Normal in what sense?
Well is it 3 or 4 years and what exactly are the roles since it rarely sails?
If you’re just a run of the mill junior enlisted Sailor you train on marlinspike seamanship, get the ship underway, do light work on the sails, give tours, do COMRELs, and teach Chief selects how to be seamen for the most part.
What Tolstoy said. I was a friend of a friend to the XO back in 2013. Got a personal tour when she was closed to the public for refitting.
Just saw her again a few months ago. Currently, her main mast is off due to a crack and is being repaired. She does still sail with tugboat help a few times a year.
Most of the crew are junior Sailors. They have the unique opportunity to learn the roots of the Navy, how the old jobs were performed, and how to actually sail a tall ship. They know the process to load and fire the cannons, muskets, pikes, etc. They do interact with the public when the museum is open.
The unfortunate thing about it is it's very expensive for junior Sailors in Boston for housing.
I think my first CMC was a plank owner on it.