The only reason you were such a rewarded PN3 is because you gave the best head on the waterfront, right? Had to be. Most PNs I knew were caniving dumb *****.
In any event yes, I indeed have heard of Independent Duty. I was an MAC aboard three ships, before being selected for SCPO and sent off to be a detailer. During my independent duty tours, I brought many sea-lawyer lying asses like you to Mast many, many times. Loved every minute of it.
Have a nice life, boot camp.
Yeah.......sure......"independent" indeed. Independent duty is generally characterized as being in a remote location with little to no military support services available. Sorry, as an MAC you're the Command Master Chief, but you're still onboard a Navy vessel. In DC, you still had Crystal City and the Pentagon. Epic fail ya crusty bastard, fail yet again.
And.......FWIW, while I was at the MEPS for 2 1/2 years, we never missed goal, not once. Why? Because I knew the book and was able to fight off egotistic asshole SCPO's like yourself. After I left? The guy that took over from me didn't have half the spine I did, and they MISSED goal for 10 months straight. Took someone to PCS from San Antonio (civilian incidentally) to set it straight again.
Sea lawyer? Not hardly, because when I was in Newport, they sent me to PN/YN school, which meant I learned not only my job, but the legal issues that the YN's had to deal with as well, so yeah......I know the UCMJ. Matter of fact, that's what set me up to go onboard USNS CONCORD independent duty. And oh yeah.......part of independent duty is a command, as well as an overseas screening due to the nature of the posting.