You may or may not know this, but I'm an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy, and I currently work at the Defense Media Center.  I'm a TV Broadcaster here - I transmit TV programs to U.S. military personnel stationed all over the world via the American Forces Network.

Anyway... We don't air regular commercials on AFN.  Instead, we have our own "military-made" spots that air in place of regular commercials.  Today, I noticed some Commodore monitors in one of these spots.  They're either 1701's or 1702's.  I uploaded a copy of the spot, which you can see here.  Pay attention about 13 seconds into the clip. 

-Andrew

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on May 01, 2008, 10:15 AMToday, I noticed some Commodore monitors in one of these spots.  They're either 1701's or 1702's.  I uploaded a copy of the spot, which you can see here.  Pay attention about 13 seconds into the clip. 

Very nice!  Now the question is, "What's hooked up to those 170x monitors?"  :-)

           Some kind of title generator?
           Robert Bernardo
           Fresno Commodore User Group
           http://videocam.net.au/fcug
           The Other Group of Amigoids
           http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

Man, they've got the up-to-date equipment in that learning facility, don't they?

In INFO we used to have a regular feature where readers would report spotting Commodore equipment in films and on TV. I should dig out a few and post them here. A surprising number of economy-minded property managers used cheap off-the-shelf CBM equipment as on-screen keyboards and monitors for 'high-tech' military, computing, and sci-fi facilities.

Quote from: airship on May 02, 2008, 12:26 AM
A surprising number of economy-minded property managers used cheap off-the-shelf CBM equipment as on-screen keyboards and monitors for 'high-tech' military, computing, and sci-fi facilities.

Compared to some of the crap that passes for computing today, the C= stuff is still high tech.

hehehe .. have you been doing your TV job long ?  Chances are I've watched some stuff you've broadcast .. used to live on a Nato base in Holland (forces brat) and we used to get the US tv.

Mark

Quote from: Mark Smith on May 02, 2008, 01:21 PM
hehehe .. have you been doing your TV job long ?  Chances are I've watched some stuff you've broadcast .. used to live on a Nato base in Holland (forces brat) and we used to get the US tv.

I've been working where I'm at now for the past two years, with one year left to go before I transfer again.  In the navy, you generally get transferred every three years.  Before working here, I was stationed at various locations in Japan for about 10½ years, so instead of being an AFN broadcaster, I was an AFN viewer. 

-Andrew

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I've been working where I'm at now for the past two years, with one year left to go before I transfer again.  In the navy, you generally get transferred every three years.  Before working here, I was stationed at various locations in Japan for about 10½ years, so instead of being an AFN broadcaster, I was an AFN viewer. 

-Andrew

Ah ha!  I knew it!  A "lifer."   =D

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on May 02, 2008, 03:26 PMIn the navy, you generally get transferred every three years.

Why? Do you get to choose where you go or what you do or is that out of your hands?

Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur on May 03, 2008, 12:40 AMAh ha!  I knew it!  A "lifer."   =D

Yeah, yeah...  But I didn't intend to stay in so long from the start.  I was going to do my initial five years, get out, and move to Brazil.  Instead, I ended up marrying a Brazilian who I met in Japan, having a kid, and re-enlisting.  Well, now we have three kids, so it's much easier financially to just stay in and get that regular paycheck to provide for my family.  Besides, I only have five years to go before I can retire...  and I'll be 38 years old then! 

Quote from: Golan Klinger on May 03, 2008, 02:05 AMWhy? Do you get to choose where you go or what you do or is that out of your hands?

Transferring people from one place to another every few years keeps people from getting "stagnant" in one position at one location.  It also helps to build experience in different areas of your assigned job.  Beyond that, it's one of the "perks" of being in the navy to "see the world". 

As for choosing where to go, you do get to provide input to a person called a "detailer", letting them know where you'd like to go.  You get to see a list of what positions in what locations are available when you get within 9 months of your transfer date (for me, that'll be this September).  Based on what's on that list, you can tell your detailer where you'd like to go, but occasionally the needs of the navy require that they send you to a specific location even if you didn't ask to go there.  That's never happened to me so far, but I have heard of it happening to other people.

-Andrew

The whole moving about stuff is also good for the kids of the forces personel .. speaking from personal experience :-)

You get a superb look at the world, though it does make you a bit careless with friends as you'd wave good bye to them after 3 years and just go make new ones .. taken me ages to track down some of my old mates :-)

For an example, I went to 13 different schools ... great fun! :-)

Mark