Chief Memorization List Flashcards
What Time Is It?
“Due to the fallacious nature of my chronometer and the inability of my Cerebrum to function in the manner of an August CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, I am unable to ascertain the correct time to a punctilious degree. However, it is my firm conviction that the approximate military time is _________. “
(The time your pea brain thinks it is and you better be close).
How Long Have You Been in the Navy?
“All me bloomin’ life sir. Me mother was a mermaid, me father was King Neptune. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep. Barnacles and kelp is me clothes. Seaweed is me hair. Every tooth in me head is a marlinspike. Every bone in me body’s pure spar, and when I spits, I spits tar. I’s hard! I is… I am… I are!!!”
Chief Petter Officer’s Motto
“A Chief Petty Officer never drinks. But if they do drink, they never gets drunk. However, should they get drunk, the never stagger. If perchance they do stagger, they never fall. But should they fall, they do so in the privacy of their own quarters, or in such a manner, that their rating badge is concealed and passerby’s will think they are a officer.”
How High Is Up?
“Up is equal to the amplitude, but in the opposite direction to the deep of down, and its magnitude is often delineated in such phrases as: “Up your nose”, “Up yours”, and “You’re all hosed up, sir.”
What Day Is It?
“Today is the happiest day of my life!”
How Will You Wear Your Anchors?
“I will wear my anchors centered one inch from the front and lower edges of the collar with the vertical axis of the insignia positioned along an imaginary line bisecting the angle of the collar point.”
When Asked a Question for Which You Do Not Have an Answer, Respond in the Following Manner
“Not being informed to the highest degree of accuracy, I hesitate to articulate for fear that I might deviate from the true course of rectitude. In short, I am a naive CPO Selectee and in dire need of further training, Honorable Chief.”
