I was thinking about the navy captain from the Roosevelt this morning

[captain queeg]

It reminded me of a time I was in charge of an army installation years ago. It was a civilian installation but owned/operated by the army. It was in a hot environment with daytime temperatures over 100 degrees. We had two large heat pumps that provided cooling and one after another they failed. We tried everything in our power to repair them but they were old and the tubes kept rupturing. I kept asking my boss for help and was ignored. In frustration I finally wrote an email to everyone I knew in the organization in management and supply outlining the situation. I got in a world of shit, but we got new heat pumps expedited for replacement.

I didn’t get fired, probably because I was a civilian, but my career was dead. I’d been sort of an upwardly mobile professional before then but after that I ended up having to change career paths. The military is really into the whole chain of command. It just occurred to me this morning that my experience was somewhat similar to the captain. I hope he gets reinstated but even if he is I doubt he’ll be getting any promotions in the future.

[efhmc]

1. Well this Texan appreciates anyone who gets her AC back on line in the 100+

summer heat. I see where he may be given back his command.

[marble falls]

2. Successful carrier Captains get promoted. The CNO has already indicated this will happen.

[Arazi]

3. A Navy reporter, David Larter, says there's no record of any captain reinstated to their ship

Once they've been removed, for the Navy, you don't get that command back.

He states there are other ways Crozier could still advance in the Navy but it would be unprecedented for him to get back on board the Theodore Roosevelt

[efhmc]

5. I can see why that would be a problem. As long as he continues to advance that would

be good.

[Arazi]

6. Under Trump, yes, but he'll get better treatment with President Biden

[flotsam]

7. Unless he is only a careerist

(and he has proven he is not) then commanding the carrier was his apex of his military life-the thing he most wanted. Any promotion takes away the thing he loves and as an aviator you fly (figuratively) or you die-I doubt he would ever settle for a desk. I hope they break with navy tradition and restore his position even if only till the end of this tour and if only the public demands it.