Chain Tools » Military http://chaintools.com ChainTools.com Sun, 20 May 2012 10:13:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 No tools in the MARINE CORPS to do my job, had to use my teeth to strip a wire, and much more? How do I get ? http://chaintools.com/blog/no-tools-in-the-marine-corps-to-do-my-job-had-to-use-my-teeth-to-strip-a-wire-and-much-more-how-do-i-get/ http://chaintools.com/blog/no-tools-in-the-marine-corps-to-do-my-job-had-to-use-my-teeth-to-strip-a-wire-and-much-more-how-do-i-get/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:24:31 +0000 admin http://chaintools.com/blog/no-tools-in-the-marine-corps-to-do-my-job-had-to-use-my-teeth-to-strip-a-wire-and-much-more-how-do-i-get/ chain tools
USMC Davis asked:


When I was in the field we have one set of wire cutters and I have been borrowing my Corporal’s Gerber. But we need wire strippers, volt tester which we do not rate. I went to our Corporal went to my SGT, went to a SSGT, and went to my Gunny. so I used the chain of command but last time I was was in the field I used my teeth to strip the wire, and to find the live wire I was grabbing two ends of the wire and zapping myself which was not much fun at all. LOL I am being serious lol The reason we do not rate some of the tools cause our unit is so small.
VMU-1
LCPL Davis Johnny
38 3D MAW MCAGCC
PO BOX 788253
Twentynine Palms, CA 92278
United States

That’s my adress so you can send those tools. Thanks

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Chris asked:

im kind of hoping someone thats been in the navy a long time or retired navy reads this.

basically im trying to see how a permanent duty swap would work, in order to get out of my current duty station. you see its not that i **** where i am, or anything like that.

simply its just not beneficial for me to be at my current station. I am a fleet engineering rate, Machinery Repairman who is stationed with the Seabees. I dont **** the seabees, but, i simply cannot learn my job here. dont have the proper tools, etc etc. and when i approach my chain of command about certain things they want me to do that i simply cannot do because i dont have the proper tools, they look at me like im lying.

the truth is, i am 1 of 2 people with my job in my battallion out of 700 people. no one here understands my rate.

its a lot of rambling, but basically how would i go about getting the ball rolling on trying to duty swap out of here.

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