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MADem

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11. I'm betting they'll find a reason to give him the hand.

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:00 PM

Jan 2013

He'll hear stuff like You were going too fast in unfamiliar waters; why didn't you check your depth, hazards to navigation can pop up anywhere, particularly after hurricane season; were you actively supervising your OOD, and if not, why not, and let's take the head off your XO, too, while we're at it! And the OOD/JOOD....

The messenger of the watch will probably be the only one on the bridge to escape the full wrath.

I predict no 2nd command for this guy, and no more promotions, either--unless he knows someone in the PAO or INTEL games who can pull a string or ten for him and get him reassigned. He'll be lucky if he can put in a continuance letter and drive a desk from now to retirement.

We'll see, though. I'm just not hearing a lotta Kumbayah out of the USN these days--it's a hard environment owing to force and budget constraints.

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