Admirals Check-In

[SarDragon]

Admiral Cranford
CINCELKRVRFLOT

Reporting in.

(Title looks Navish...Commander in Chief Elkhorn River Flotilla)

Well done. My sweetie is COMNAVHOMEPAC, since she outranks me Navy-wise.

[isuhawkeye]

just wait until you all get Shanghai into service

[Nick Critelli]

Admiral Critelli is also in if you need me.  If not, I can return to my duties as a Colonel in the great army of  Kentucky

[sardak]

Just to throw a note of seriousness here, back in the late 1800s and up until WWII about half the states had a naval militia, including quite a few inland states...

I strongly suspect that Nebraska's Admiral program is the remnants of their naval militia system.  While they may have turned it into a joke, it still is a serious matter in some parts.  Just wanted to bring it to your attention. 

That sounds better than the real story. Excerpts from a 2003 newspaper article:

"The navy started when Gov. Charles Bryan left the state for a few weeks in 1931 and put Lt. Gov. Theodore W. Metcalfe in charge. Metcalfe's friends had been goading him to appoint them to government positions, so he created the fictional navy and began appointing admirals.

"My answer to them was that I could do them one better and appoint them with the highest rank I could think of," Metcalfe said in a 1946 letter.

The practice was continued by Gov. Dwight Griswold in the 1940s, and the tradition was passed on to subsequent governors.

[Former] Gov. Mike Johanns has granted 6,609 admiralties in Nebraska's Great Navy since taking office in January 1999 [through 2003]. His first official act upon taking office was to grant admiralties to his wife, Stephanie, his then-20-year-old son, Justin, and his then-16-year- old daughter, Michaela.

But not every person who applies will receive an admiralship. Johanns has rejected a handful.

"The one that I specifically remember was very strange," said Cherri Carpenter, the governor's administrative assistant who handles the applications. "It was very militant and gave no reason why he should have an admiralship."
(Future CAP Talk applicants take note).

"In Kentucky, it's a big deal to be a Kentucky colonel," [Admiral Gloria LeDroit] said of that state's goodwill ambassadors. "We're admirals, so we're a little smoother."

Them sound like fightin' words.

Mike

[CLB]

I've said it many times....(Becks back me up here)

Forget Admiral........

I want to be the first CAP COMMODORE!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

I'll be the Commander of the CAPSOPC in wartime. 

[Al Sayre]

Psst.   Commodores are the do-boys of Admirals (O-6 or O-7 vs. O-10 see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_%28USN%29), so go get us Admirals and Admiral Designee's some coffee and donuts

[davedove]

For those of you who received your Admiralships, especially those who don't live in Nebraska, what did you use for your reason for nomination?

[jimmydeanno]

Sound Effects - Boatswain's whistle

All Hands, All Hands, Admiral Jimmydeanno on board.EDIT: Sorry to any naval personnel if I botched the protocol...

Thou art summarily demoted to the rank of Ordinary Seaman. Bosuns don't have whistles, they have pipes, and the resulting sounds are calls.

Duely noted, and corrected.  I do believe that according to the pamphlet recieved, that something like this would be punishable by walking the plank.  First I'll have to complete objective 10 - "Increase the fleet of flagships of the Nebraska Navy" before I have a plank to walk however.

[RogueLeader]

Admiral Seng is on Deck.

[RogueLeader]

I do believe that according to the pamphlet recieved, that something like this would be punishable by walking the plank.

Better make it walking a short plank, a full length one would take across the river to dry ground.  We want you to at least get wet,

[Al Sayre]

CINCMSFLT arriving. 
My commission arrived today.
Date of Rank 15 April 2007. 

[RiverAux]

Wouldn't you all just die if I found some little-known clause in the Nebraska statutes that made you liable for some form of service now that you have these certificates?    Don't worry, you're safe -- I already looked.   

[Al Sayre]

We might be tasked to apply a crowbar to Colorado and Wyoming in order to seek Nebraska's sea...

[DrJbdm]

Admiral Meiners checking in.

[Major Carrales]

Wouldn't you all just die if I found some little-known clause in the Nebraska statutes that made you liable for some form of service now that you have these certificates?    Don't worry, you're safe -- I already looked.   

Now..THAT WOULD BE  FUNNY!!!

[RogueLeader]

Wouldn't you all just die if I found some little-known clause in the Nebraska statutes that made you liable for some form of service now that you have these certificates?    Don't worry, you're safe -- I already looked.   

Now..THAT WOULD BE  FUNNY!!!

You just about gave me a heart attack.

[jimmydeanno]

It does say "and you are to observe and follow, from time to time, such directions you shall receive." 

[LTC_Gadget]

It does say "and you are to observe and follow, from time to time, such directions you shall receive." 

And much as it functions in this organization, they've gotta *find* him first... 

V/R

[Major Lord]

I think I am an Admiral "select". I have not received my official commission in the e-mail yet. I prudently entered a date  from last year to make sure that none of you would have time in grade over me!

Capt. ( Adm, Select, ) CAP and Navy of Nebraska

[mikeylikey]

Hmmm.....got mine today.  The only thing is I never sent for one, and the name on the thing says "Mikeylikey".  So Admiral Mikeylikey checking in.  I have never been to Nebraska nor have any intention of traveling to that fine state.

I guess they have a machine printing these and mailing them out, as a real person would have caught that!

COLGAN.....did you do this you?