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Old 12-06-2018, 06:50 PM   #41
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You don't pipe the side for "any sailor".
How many U.S. Navy retirement ceremonies have you attended?
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Old 12-06-2018, 08:35 PM   #42
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None. Why?

To the best of my knowledge, the US Navy doesn't pipe the side for common sailors, or commissioned officers not holding commands. Retirement status doesn't, or at least shouldn't, affect that.

It certainly isn't the practice in the Royal Navy (the font of all significant naval customs and traditions), or any other White Ensign navies.






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Old 12-07-2018, 02:15 AM   #43
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I think we are talking past one another.

In the U.S. Navy, the only people that get piped ashore and returning are the CO, flag officers and dignitaries.

But, it is also traditional at the end of a retirement ceremony, that any sailor can be piped ashore as the final act of a long and distinguished career. It is honorary. And quite moving.
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Old 12-07-2018, 03:37 AM   #44
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Old 12-07-2018, 06:28 AM   #45
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In the U.S. Navy, the only people that get piped ashore and returning are the CO, flag officers and dignitaries.
Thank you.
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Old 12-12-2018, 12:37 AM   #47
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Yes, congrats!


Did the same thing in 1986 when I quit the federal government, & started my own consulting company. I've been choosing my own hours & what I do, ever since.


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Old 12-12-2018, 03:00 AM   #48
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Congratulations!

I recommend you take one last walk around to all the places in your office/job site that mean anything to you and purposefully contemplate your final departure. Take the time to remember all the experiences and the people you interacted with. Smile a little, tear up a little, then take a deep breath and let it all go. It helps (helped me anyway) with the transition. Kind of like losing a significant other or old home, retiring has a lot do with separation anxiety in the beginning.

I’ve been retired just over three months, planned meticulously for it for seven years, left on my own terms and still have the occasional , “Oh crap! I’m late for work!!” Moments. I’m happy to say they are being replaced with, “Oh crap! This is freaking awesome! Why didn’t we retire earlier?”

Welcome to the retirement pool, the water here is just fine and the people are great!

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Old 12-13-2018, 07:45 AM   #49
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Misspelled subject line. I think you meant to type End of Sh*t.
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