How Star Trek Changed My Life

[Brie]

Thank you I really liked the second half of season one. Loving all the characters! Spock, McCoy, and Scotty the most. I cheated and watched Mirror, Mirror online because the evil doppelgänger thing sounded very cool and I didn't feel like waiting to get season 2.

Awe yay we have the same favorite characters (I love McCoy he's so sarcastic)

McCoy reminds me of Voyager's EMH. Yes I know McCoy came first but seeing as Voyager was my first Trek show. Do all the doctors use the "I'm a doctor, not a..." line or just those too?

Just those 2 (The EMH said those to pay tribute to McCoy, so glad you noticed that!)

 

[JamesGarfield]

This is of course assuming Spock could even bring himself to discuss PonFarr... considering how private this subject is kept in Vulcan society. Considering his age, Spock certainly had to have had previous PonFarr's before joining Starfleet.

Not necessarily. Who knows how being half human interfered with the cycle. I always assumed Amok Time was his first pon farr.

Teacake, I must admit, I had not considered how Spock's half-human biology might have affected the normal Pon-Farr cycles. A very good point, thank you.

We have another thread going on here about how long the Vulcan year is, compared to an Earth year. I think this would make a good subject for a thread all its own -- how much Spock's life differs from a pure Vulcan's, due to has half-human biology.

 

[IrishNero]

from a fellow military member thanks for serving. Did you enjoy it? Desert storm is always interesting to me because I work with pilots and some flew during desert storm. My XO on the ship is one of those people.

I am a desert storm vet too. In fact, I managed to go my whole 23 years and get invited to every 'party' they threw (from Panama to Iraq). LOL Happy to say that I'm retired now and living a much quieter life. Thank you both for your service.

Nice! Thank YOU as well. I know I'm not going to stay in till retirement. I want to go to college to major is psychology but I'm enjoying my time in. what branch were you?

Air Force. Pararescue, and later, computers. The former was for fun and the latterr was for a job when I got out. GI bill paid for all of my school and I was the first Ph.D. in my family. Can't say enough for how the military and trek shaped my life. One made me a bad ass, and the other (Air Force) made me a nerd.

 

[Brie]

I am a desert storm vet too. In fact, I managed to go my whole 23 years and get invited to every 'party' they threw (from Panama to Iraq). LOL Happy to say that I'm retired now and living a much quieter life. Thank you both for your service.

Nice! Thank YOU as well. I know I'm not going to stay in till retirement. I want to go to college to major is psychology but I'm enjoying my time in. what branch were you?

Air Force. Pararescue, and later, computers. The former was for fun and the latterr was for a job when I got out. GI bill paid for all of my school and I was the first Ph.D. in my family. Can't say enough for how the military and trek shaped my life. One made me a bad ass, and the other (Air Force) made me a nerd.

that's awesome, my friend is a jump master. I apologize ahead of time I'm not sure of Air Force rank, but what did you retire as?

 

[IrishNero]

Senior Master Sergeant(E8), chief cook and bottle washer.

 

[Brie]

Senior Master Sergeant(E8), chief cook and bottle washer.

haha that was a phrase my grandfather used and nice that's a chief in the navy.

 

[IrishNero]

Senior Master Sergeant(E8), chief cook and bottle washer.

haha that was a phrase my grandfather used and nice that's a chief in the navy.

Yes, that's how my dad always said it as he was Navy too. That's a nice way of saying that if you're enlisted (in any service), you've always got more than one job.

 

[SPCTRE]

It's about ethics in scifi TV programming.

#NotYourDeflector

 

[TheSubCommander]

I joined the Army during the summer between the third and 4th seasons, and remember watching part 2 of BOBW crammed into the rec room with many other fellow soldiers while in AIT and in training and preparing for war in real life (Desert Storm).

from a fellow military member thanks for serving. Did you enjoy it? Desert storm is always interesting to me because I work with pilots and some flew during desert storm. My XO on the ship is one of those people.

I am a desert storm vet too. In fact, I managed to go my whole 23 years and get invited to every 'party' they threw (from Panama to Iraq). LOL Happy to say that I'm retired now and living a much quieter life. Thank you both for your service.

Thank you both for serving.

I served just 4 years, enlisted active duty. Went in as an imagery analyst (MI), but was pulled for duty as an UAV operator (most people know them as drones, now), something that was new at the time. Did I enjoy it? Overall, yes. I'll always be proud I had the privilege to serve. I went in for the education benefits (which I took full advantage of), but actually really missed the life after I got out. Tried to get back in a few years later, but had health issues by that point that disqualified me.

Air Force. Pararescue, and later, computers. The former was for fun and the latterr was for a job when I got out. GI bill paid for all of my school and I was the first Ph.D. in my family. Can't say enough for how the military and trek shaped my life. One made me a bad ass, and the other (Air Force) made me a nerd.

Impressive! Imagery analysis and UAVs didn't do much for me as far as a civie job because in the 1990s, there wasn't any demand for it. Nowadays, people fly drones for fun, and Google Earth has better aerial imagery than what I used to exploit. Wish I had went into the Air Force or Navy, and did something computer related, in hindsight. I ended up getting into IT as a civilian, anyway. Now, I am going back for an MA, studying museum studies and want to go for a PhD in Anthropology (social anthropology) focusing on Southwest Native American culture, after that. Until then, I have to keep my day job as a technology janitor.

Nice! Thank YOU as well. I know I'm not going to stay in till retirement. I want to go to college to major is psychology but I'm enjoying my time in. what branch were you?

Congrats! Hope you attain your goal.

 

[IrishNero]

from a fellow military member thanks for serving. Did you enjoy it? Desert storm is always interesting to me because I work with pilots and some flew during desert storm. My XO on the ship is one of those people.

I am a desert storm vet too. In fact, I managed to go my whole 23 years and get invited to every 'party' they threw (from Panama to Iraq). LOL Happy to say that I'm retired now and living a much quieter life. Thank you both for your service.

Thank you both for serving.

I served just 4 years, enlisted active duty. Went in as an imagery analyst (MI), but was pulled for duty as an UAV operator (most people know them as drones, now), something that was new at the time. Did I enjoy it? Overall, yes. I'll always be proud I had the privilege to serve. I went in for the education benefits (which I took full advantage of), but actually really missed the life after I got out. Tried to get back in a few years later, but had health issues by that point that disqualified me.

Air Force. Pararescue, and later, computers. The former was for fun and the latterr was for a job when I got out. GI bill paid for all of my school and I was the first Ph.D. in my family. Can't say enough for how the military and trek shaped my life. One made me a bad ass, and the other (Air Force) made me a nerd.

Impressive! Imagery analysis and UAVs didn't do much for me as far as a civie job because in the 1990s, there wasn't any demand for it. Nowadays, people fly drones for fun, and Google Earth has better aerial imagery than what I used to exploit. Wish I had went into the Air Force or Navy, and did something computer related, in hindsight. I ended up getting into IT as a civilian, anyway. Now, I am going back for an MA, studying museum studies and want to go for a PhD in Anthropology (social anthropology) focusing on Southwest Native American culture, after that. Until then, I have to keep my day job as a technology janitor.

Nice! Thank YOU as well. I know I'm not going to stay in till retirement. I want to go to college to major is psychology but I'm enjoying my time in. what branch were you?

Congrats! Hope you attain your goal.

Thank you for your service! Strange that you mention it, but I have found that I miss that life after retiring too. Sometimes we think that being a Civvie is a panacea, but it's not always what it's cracked up to be. I guess the grass is always greener...

Good luck in your educational endeavors. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2011, and I have the military to thank for it (in terms of money and inspiration). I don't believe myself to be better than anyone else, but 23 years as an enlisted person serving under some of the best officers (and an occasional dumb officer) served to inspire me. I remember thinking "If that dumb ass can get a degree, I know I can!"

 

[TheSubCommander]

Good luck in your educational endeavors. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2011, and I have the military to thank for it (in terms of money and inspiration). I don't believe myself to be better than anyone else, but 23 years as an enlisted person serving under some of the best officers (and an occasional dumb officer) served to inspire me. I remember thinking "If that dumb ass can get a degree, I know I can!"

I was only in for a relatively short time, but it took about as long as I was in the military to adjust to civilian life on the outside. I missed the structure and the life and friends I made, in general. But I was relatively young when I got out, too, and you're right the grass is always greener on the other side. If I had it to do over again, I think I would have just went into the reserves after my active duty enlistment. Then again, I might have chosen the Air Force or Navy, and may have made a career out of active duty.

I always found the best officers I served with were either aviator officers, warrant officers, or officers who were prior enlisted service, especially if they were NCOs.

The worst officers were the recent wet-behind-the-ears ROTC grad, 5 jump chump butter bars, who didn't listen to anyone, and thought they knew it all and were somehow better than enlisted people.

 

[IrishNero]

The worst officers were the recent wet-behind-the-ears ROTC grad, 5 jump chump butter bars, who didn't listen to anyone, and thought they knew it all and were somehow better than enlisted people.

My last assignment, I worked for an ROTC butter bar who was as blithering as an idiot can be, and he started every story with: When I was at Cornell..."

I remember thinking "You're not doing Cornell any favors by stating that, chowder head."

 

[TheSubCommander]

Yeah, the butter bars from higher tier schools can sometimes be the worst. I once had a platoon leader who was a West Point grad, and tried to run the platoon like his cadet days....until our first sergeant and company commander straightened him out.

 

[IrishNero]

Yes, I had a West Point grad on patrol who decided to make up some lost time by dropping off the trail and getting onto a dirt road. I told him he was nuts because that would get us lit up. He more or less told me to let him do the hard thinking. So we dropped to the road, and about 200 meters later, we were lit up..Never use a road in a hot area with unfriendlies about. You're just asking to get ambushed.

Luckily, it was only an exercise, so it was only our MILES gear beeping to let us know we were just killed. I turned to him and said "Ain't no way in hell I'd ever go into real combat with you!"

 

[Brie]

I served just 4 years, enlisted active duty. Went in as an imagery analyst (MI), but was pulled for duty as an UAV operator (most people know them as drones, now),

Well I'll be damned. We were the same rate. In the navy I'm an IS but my NEC is strike, one of the other NEC's is an imagery analyst but we work hand in and with them to drop bombs only I work with pilots not drones