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Well, I greatly appreciate the feedback. I really want to go to KP because I am interested in ships, sailing and primarily engineering and its my dream to use the knowledge I will gain from kp in the active duty navy.
 
20012002 said:
Well, I greatly appreciate the feedback. I really want to go to KP because I am interested in ships, sailing and primarily engineering and its my dream to use the knowledge I will gain from kp in the active duty navy.
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Just remember, what you may want now will likely change in a few years anyway. You might even come around and decide that the life of a mariner is preferable to a Navy life while at KP. One never knows and that is what makes life interesting. I know that I never even thought of the career that I am in now and have been for 15 years, yet here I am and enjoying most every minute. I mean it IS work you know.
 
cmakin said:
Just remember, what you may want now will likely change in a few years anyway. You might even come around and decide that the life of a mariner is preferable to a Navy life while at KP. One never knows and that is what makes life interesting. I know that I never even thought of the career that I am in now and have been for 15 years, yet here I am and enjoying most every minute. I mean it IS work you know.
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Amen to that.

I went to KP just caring about the license and not even the degree. I almost went active duty SWO (best decision I never made) and considered USMC. I ended up sailing inland but gave it shortly thereafter. I spent the next 12 years making good use of the degree that I wasn't really interested in and now I am back to sailing having kept my license current.
 
KPEngineer said:
Amen to that.

I went to KP just caring about the license and not even the degree. I almost went active duty SWO (best decision I never made) and considered USMC. I ended up sailing inland but gave it shortly thereafter. I spent the next 12 years making good use of the degree that I wasn't really interested in and now I am back to sailing having kept my license current.
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Kind of hard to tell from your icon, but are you sailing for Allied Towing?
 
cmakin said:
Kind of hard to tell from your icon, but are you sailing for Allied Towing?
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I did my two years of returning to sea penance with Dann Marine Towing and now I'm at Penn Maritime. Personally, I think it is about the best sailing job there is.
 
KPEngineer said:
I did my two years of returning to sea penance with Dann Marine Towing and now I'm at Penn Maritime. Personally, I think it is about the best sailing job there is.
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Dann Marine. My only experience with them was when I was with ABS and I will leave it at that.

Penn, I do believe that one of my old shipmates is over there. On the VALIANT, I think.
 
I cant complain about Dann Marine too much, they always treated me fine. I was on two boats with DMT ... the first should be an inshore boat ONLY! She rode so bad even a trip across NY Harbor could be an adventure. I was on the next for a whopping seven days when they woke me up to "The ABS inspector is here". I guess I did OK since he gave me a business card and said I should call him when I am ready to work shoreside.

Penn is awesome. Like I said, the best sailing job there is. Good equipment, good crews, good money, good benefits and a great rotation. Everyone tells me I don't want to go to the VALIANT because it burns HFO. But thats exactly why I would want to go. I guess its all the old guys who are to accustomed to the good life.
 
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