{"id":6830,"date":"2023-09-08T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?p=6830"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:03:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:03:16","slug":"navy-friday-funny-the-senior-senior-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/navy-friday-funny-the-senior-senior-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Friday Funny &#8211; The Senior (Senior) Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000030\">Each military branch of the United States has its own cultures, language, and traditions. In the Navy, the\u00a0<strong><em>Chief Petty Officer<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0serves a dual role as both a technical expert and as a leader; emphasis being more on leadership. There is always a sense of humor that comes from this culture. For the Navy, I find the more ingenious humor typically involves a CPO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy this Navy Friday Funny! An oldie, but a goodie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two retired Navy Chief Petty Officers were sitting in the Senior Chief\u2019s living room, shooting the breeze while their wives were in the kitchen making coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senior CPO, several years older than the Master CPO, said, \u201cWe went to this wonderful place to eat last night; it was one of the better restaurants we\u2019ve been to lately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Master CPO asked, \u201cWhat was the name of it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senior thought for a moment, then asked, \u201cWhat do you call that red flower that everyone gives on Valentine\u2019s Day?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MCPO sighed, thinking his good friend was getting senile. \u201cRose. It\u2019s called a rose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senior turned and called out, \u201cHey Rose. What\u2019s the name of that restaurant we ate at last night?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000030\"><strong>Andy Adkins<\/strong>\u00a0is a US Navy veteran (\u201973-77) and the author of several books, including\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azadkinsiii.com\/book_closer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You Can\u2019t Get Much Closer Than This-Combat with the 80th \u201cBlue Ridge\u201d Division in World War II Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, published by Casemate Publishers (2005) and selected as the Book of the Month for the Military Book Club. His newest novel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/book_never.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>NEVER FORGET<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, is the story of\u00a0<em>A Vietnam Veteran\u2019s Journey for Redemption &amp; Forgiveness<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>NEVER FORGET<\/strong>\u00a0is offered as a FREE (PDF, eBook format) download. Adkins also writes a weekly blog,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cA Veteran\u2019s Journey.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each military branch of the United States has its own cultures, language, and traditions. In the Navy, the\u00a0Chief Petty Officer\u00a0serves a dual role as both a technical expert and as a leader; emphasis being more on leadership. There is always&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/navy-friday-funny-the-senior-senior-chief\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Navy Friday Funny &#8211; The Senior (Senior) Chief<\/span><span class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62,59],"tags":[206,207],"class_list":["post-6830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-navy","tag-a-veterans-journey","tag-navy-friday-funny","content-layout-excerpt-thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Navy Friday Funny - The Senior (Senior) Chief &#8212; A Veteran&#039;s Journey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/navy-friday-funny-the-senior-senior-chief\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Navy Friday Funny - The Senior (Senior) Chief &#8212; A Veteran&#039;s Journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each military branch of the United States has its own cultures, language, and traditions. 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