Eight years ago, I wrote a series of posts regarding the Navy’s imbalance in its flag officer community. The problem then, as it is now, is that the Navy has too many flag officers. It has more flag officers than it has ships. I pointed out then that the issue was a reflection of the… Continue reading I’m a trendsetter!
Category: Admiral Harvey is just another f*cking nuke.
Over time-they always wear you down.
It is called, "undue command influence" and it refers to the ability of a massive organization, sanctioned with authorities by the US government to regulate peoples lives-such as the US Military-to apply pressure on its judicial system to obtain a pre-ordered result. For the "good of the service". There are supposed to be checks and… Continue reading Over time-they always wear you down.
No honor whatsoever
Well, it would appear the circus is now over. The former executive officer of the carrier Enterprise can remain on active duty despite a finding that his job performance aboard the carrier fell short of standards, a Navy board of inquiry decided Wednesday. Capt. Owen Honors was brought to the board of inquiry for co-producing… Continue reading No honor whatsoever
No man can serve two masters.
Thanks to Maurice for the title of this post. This is a Navy Focused post. It would seem our boy Harvey is at it again-by usurping the chain of command: UNCLASSIFIED// FM COMUSFLTFORCOM NORFOLK VA//N00// TO ALFLTFORCOM ALPACFLT INFO RHMFIUU/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00/N1/DNS// RHOVZCH/COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI//N00/N01/N1// RUCBCLF/COMUSFLTFORCOM NORFOLK VA//N1// RHMFIUU/COMNAVPERSCOM MILLINGTON TN//N00/N01/PERS26/PERS3/PERS33 1// BT… Continue reading No man can serve two masters.
Because some fights are worth picking-Unbalanced Part II
Some things take longer than a comment block to explain. Accordingly-since this is my blog and I will write what I want to- I have decided to address commenter Michael Junge’s comments in a more lengthy fashion. After all, not everything in the world can be reduced to a Power Point slide-or a bulletized point paper.… Continue reading Because some fights are worth picking-Unbalanced Part II
Unbalanced
I have a theory about organizations and signs of their decay. It is not based on anything scientific-just having led and been lead by people for approximately 32 years. My theory has been reinforced by my current experience working for a customer that is an organization that is : 1) top heavy and 2) totally… Continue reading Unbalanced