Category: Navy

Is worth what you pay for it.I had the unique experience a while back,  of being asked for advice about life in command. That caused me to do a lot of thinking-both for good and for bad.  So here for your information and comment are the comments I sent back:

Concerning Admiral Clingan. The Navy is busier than snot-but good guy or bad-Admiral Clingan and the rest of the flag leadership are guilty of crossing a line that never should have been crossed in the first decade of the 21’st century. He is now in a position where he sanctions

It could be worse. Courtesy of the Jaded Major, here is a collection of really bad days. What is interesting-I actually was witness to three of these mishaps when they happened, no lie! I’ll bet a lot of you folks who were in Naval Aviation in a previous life can

Pretty stupid if you ask me. There are certainly ways to save money without resorting to this: Under heavy pressure to find real cuts, Navy officials are seriously considering decommissioning a nuclear aircraft carrier halfway through its planned lifespan, two Pentagon sources said. George Washington’s three-year-long refueling overhaul, scheduled to

As an extra added bonus-after completing a 4-5 year sea tour, the Navy will send some of you to an IA in  ( pick the hell hole of your choice): The Navy announced this week that more than 60,000 sailors will be required to spend more time on sea duty.

You know, when Roughhead became CNO-I actually looked on it as a good thing. An initially he did try to reverse some of the insanity of the previous years. But now-heading out the door-it would appear Admiral Roughhead has been binging on the Kool Aid: Asked about layoffs under the

That the Navy’s shipbuilding priorities are all screwed up. Of the 11 commissioned U.S. warships ships en route to Japan, almost half are big Cold War-era amphibious assault vessels purpose-built to land Marines on hostile shores. But while these unglamorous transport ships dispatch helicopters and critical aid to a grateful