whats your occupation?
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05-30-2009, 12:42 AM
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I work at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI / pronounced: WHO-EEEE - for short). It's a mouthful of a name and most people won't recognize it unless they are really into oceanography and watching the science channel.
WHOI is most noted for re-Discovering the Titanic...Bob Ballard is a scientist emeritus here and he lead the expedition. I might be mistaken but I think they used our submarine "Alvin" to go down and explore.
I don't do any of that kind of stuff...I'm a Systems Admin for Finance and Administration. I fix the computers, servers and network stuff to make sure that the payroll machines work so that the scientists can get paid.
...Funny how computers that make things more efficient somehow make more jobs. =)
WHOI is most noted for re-Discovering the Titanic...Bob Ballard is a scientist emeritus here and he lead the expedition. I might be mistaken but I think they used our submarine "Alvin" to go down and explore.
I don't do any of that kind of stuff...I'm a Systems Admin for Finance and Administration. I fix the computers, servers and network stuff to make sure that the payroll machines work so that the scientists can get paid.
...Funny how computers that make things more efficient somehow make more jobs. =)
I have seen the titanic show where they dive back down and the name WHOI is familiar. Very cool.
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05-30-2009, 05:41 PM
The RPG screen always makes them look meaner. We never got any. I was always amazed at the fact that the Army got them, and we didnt when we went on their bases. That, and how nice they were. 
This is what they gave us, since they were out of HMMV's and MRAP's. Looks like crap, was old, very top heavy, tiny turret, little armor, caught on fire a few times, AC didnt work, but man would it go anywhere. Lock those diffs, go to low, and off you went. Its al old RG31, what our current MRAP's were based off of. Came from Africa.
Thats right, stud driver. Thats me.
My dailer driver. I was lead vic driver on convoys, sometimes gunner. But mostly driver.
Pretty heavy, at over 40,000 pounds. But it too could lock all six wheels, and go to low. The tires arent the best for mud, but it rarely rained anyways. Mostly just drove on open desert so it was fine. Very intense though, you get stuck out there, you're in trouble. Lots of pressure being up front navigating sometimes.
This is what they gave us, since they were out of HMMV's and MRAP's. Looks like crap, was old, very top heavy, tiny turret, little armor, caught on fire a few times, AC didnt work, but man would it go anywhere. Lock those diffs, go to low, and off you went. Its al old RG31, what our current MRAP's were based off of. Came from Africa.
Thats right, stud driver. Thats me.
My dailer driver. I was lead vic driver on convoys, sometimes gunner. But mostly driver.
Pretty heavy, at over 40,000 pounds. But it too could lock all six wheels, and go to low. The tires arent the best for mud, but it rarely rained anyways. Mostly just drove on open desert so it was fine. Very intense though, you get stuck out there, you're in trouble. Lots of pressure being up front navigating sometimes.
