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Yup. He dropped a dye marker and beat feet during a mission so it has double meaning.
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Yup. He dropped a dye marker and beat feet during a mission so it has double meaning.
JDL
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When was that? I have been on that trip in 1972, also went to AP Hill I think in 1973. At least we were able to go there by plane. I was in a battalion support unit at the time. The unit was once a Mech-infantry unit but switch to battalion support.I couldn't imagine getting that many blanks. Every f***ing combat training or whatever they had us doing with blanks I'd get like 20 rounds for the entire exercise.
So retarded. We'd drive an entire battalion from MA to Fort Drum just to immediately skin flint the entire thing.
JDL
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Way after me.
The Navy does it a lot. Itās usually 50/50 either something sexual or toxic leadership by screaming all the time, throwing things, constantly putting people down and not setting a healthy command climate with decent moral.
I have a theory, and it's based on the West Pointers I served with and other interactions I've had throughout my life, and it goes like this:
Engineers disproportionately make poor leaders.
Most Navy officers are some sort of engineer, and so are West Pointers. I've always found that good leadership among engineers is more rare than it is among other career fields, even outside the military. Engineers can manage, but they can't lead as well. I don't know why (though I have ideas); it's just something I've observed all my life.
Might have to do with the engineering mindset, which is geared toward analysis and solutions. Good leaders understand that groups of men are not systems that can be analyzed and solved. Some engineers can shift that gear; most, it seems, cannot.
Dench
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I was pretty lucky. All the brass I worked under were reasonable, smart people.
I did have to deal with the occasional retard E5 or E9 though. I think everyone has to do that though
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I was pretty lucky. All the brass I worked under were reasonable, smart people.
I did have to deal with the occasional retard E5 or E9 though. I think everyone has to do that though
āTo piggy back off what the commander said, it would BEHOOVE you to orientate ā¦ā
Quite a few senior NCOs just stealing oxygen until retirement.
Dench
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If I saw E8 or higher the sham shield cloak was instantly activated.
There was only 1 E9 who I liked. He was from the Puerto Rican national guard. Great dude. Smart, fair and looked out for his guys. He unfortunately died shortly after our deployment from some illness.
Commander of Navy warship relieved of duty months after backward rifle scope photo flap
The commander of a Navy destroyer thatās helping protect the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East has been relieved of duty about four months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward. The image brought the Navy considerable...
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Sounds like their leadership is f***ed. If you are constantly firing your underlings, something is wrong with you, not them. Either you canāt hire, or canāt manage.
cockpitbob
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As an engineer myself, I can confirm this. Almost all really good engineers have at least a touch of Asperger's. Great individual contributors, but not great in leadership roles.
HorizontalHunter
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Thatās probably what the Gunners Mate made him look like a moron by mounting the scope back ass backwards.
HorizontalHunter
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Meh, small arms arenāt a big thing in the Navy and see very occasional use.
you think he personally mounted that scope on that rifle?
i would not assume that for a second. somebody did a number on him, or it was just a screwup of colossal proportions, due to sequential offsourcing this task to some total moron.
Dench
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I just think if someone hands you a rifle with the friggen scope on backwards even a novice would know theres a big problem.you think he personally mounted that scope on that rifle?
if he was properly hated, then it would make sense of why it was done, and the fact that he himself at his rank had no idea what end of the scope should face his mug - well, is also very indicative.
i still would vote sabotage first, but, may indeed be a wider issue as well. sad if the latter is true.
If the Navy is like the AF, then three quarters of these will be because they failed their PRT.
allen-1
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apparently it's not okay to mount your own personal starlink satellite based wifi on a Navy ship - who knew?
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There is Dysfunction, and then there's USS Manchester (LCS 14) Gold Crews in 2023
yes..."stinky" is appropriate
cdrsalamander.substack.com
apparently it's not okay to mount your own personal starlink satellite based wifi on a Navy ship - who knew?
There is Dysfunction, and then there's USS Manchester (LCS 14) Gold Crews in 2023
yes..."stinky" is appropriate
Wow, that is one stinky goat locker.
same reason why russia is unable to war wars no more. as when you start promoting people by political reasons and party loyalty instead of actual capabilities, you will get yes men and ass kissers loyal to you, sure, but, well, the helmets will be worn backwards and soldiers will be sent to meat grinders, in order to continue to maintain the office, not to win the war.
just a sign of a normal decay, and it seems some branches are affected more by a 'scope backwards' syndrome than others.
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