For those that do not know, Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., has long had a "lock" on the business of providing husbanding services to Navy ships in Asia. It's quite a lucrative business and is also known as a good deal for retiring supply officers who might want to stay in
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Oh Happy Day!
It seems the Navy is on a roll correcting Uncle Vern's mistakes. This really pleases me. In 2003, The f*cking P-3 mafia-after 4 long years of lies and deception, took over not just their own staff-but that of our own hardworking wing staff of aviators and logisticians. I'll spare you the
Continue readingFinally correcting a big mistake
The Navy appears to finally have come to its senses and dropped the flying warrant officer program. Couldn't come a day too soon. The idea was a mistake from the start. The Navy has permanently grounded its 6-year-old Flying Warrant Officer Program, saying that though successful at turning enlisted sailors
Continue readingNo axe to grind here!
In the July Naval Institute Proceedings, there was an article by RDML Martha Herb and RDML Tony Kurta about the "epidemic" of sexual harassment sweeping the Navy. It's an interesting read-if only for the fact that it well highlights how the services themselves have been co-opted by the feminists and
Continue readingThings that make me want to chug a quart of anti-freeze
This is why the Navy cannot have nice things. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a close-up and comprehensive inspection of all military offices and workplaces worldwide to root out any “materials that create a degrading or offensive work environment.” The extraordinary searches will be similar to those the Air
Continue readingNavy Flags at Work.
Ever spend any time on a staff-or at Fleet Forces Command in the past 5 years? You know this scene quite well:
Continue readingThe worst part is that they pass these ideas off with a straight face.
I have long maintained that the Navy has some serious problems that it refuses to address up front. Its biggest problem is not, despite the opinion of others, its coming need to replace its SSBN's. That's a problem-but its a distant one. The nearest problem for the US Navy is
Continue readingWe have crossed over into the Alternate Universe.
In Star Trek, there is a story line about the alternate universe. One where the Enterprise serves the Terran Empire-and not the Federation. It would seem that the US Navy has crossed over into that universe. In the alternate universe of Star Trek, treachery is the norm and people move
Continue readingDecision making, Navy Style
How the Seventh Fleet commander came up with the new liberty policy:
Continue readingMisleading Conclusions
I normally do not post about contentious issues during the holiday break, preferring instead to have innocuous fun with Beer and Babes, or comics, or life in the promised land of Japan. However I came across and article that is simply so egregiously wrong-that fisking it just cannot wait until
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