Originally Posted by
Toymkr
Just as the Marines use the shortened version and say “Semper Fi”, those in the Navy who actually know it, use “Non sibi.” Now with that said, it’s also not really an “official” moto, but it works. As for giving advice to the younger generation, I’ve come to maintain that if they have some idea what they want to do when they get out, then they need to find out which service teaches that particular field to everyone else and that’s where they go. As an example, if you want to be a civilian first responder as a career, then Air Force Pararescue. I’ve got a lot of respect for those guys and a lot of it for personal first-hand reasons. I did 10 as a Navy Deep Diver, ’84 to ’94. Best compliment I ever got was when a Seal called us a bunch of crazy “M. F-ers”.
Now to stir the pot…
The odd ball to this logic is that the Army trains all of it’s own people, but that’s cuz they do things their own way… probably mostly cuz they can’t really comprehend how it’s supposed to be done. And somebody mentioned the Air Force resort trips being 90 days… that’s because they can’t be away from Mommy for longer than that.