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"in order to" - or just say "to"

Ain't going to lie, that has been put into emails, guides, templates, you name it. I just couldn't remember who did it. Thanks DAA!

Brazenly stolen without credit from some other poster: Quick and easy guide to writing any memo: Para 1:  The Ask.  What result do you want from writing this memo? Para 2: The History.  Background information (short and to the point) that provides the context for The Ask. Para 3: The Logic. ...

The one and two year rules are there to ensure replacements come on station immediately and not several months after the position is vacated. I discuss with my subordinates 13 months out their options and present their TOS 12 months out. Unless they're 150% positive this is what they want, I...

With more than 30 days remaining, you can request a previously refused terms of service.  Reference is CMP instruction 05/05. Please note, these are not a high speed turn around and may not actually materialize until minutes before your TOS expire.  However, unless things have radically changed...

Sounds like it's designed to offer a more clear vision for those with their heads up their asses.

I believe other officer generation programs have encountered similar pain.  SCP for MP do not get the simultaneous promotion to Lt, either but I believe DEO do.

I take your comment above as your having failed to adhere to QR&O 5.01. I understand your leadership has failed you, but this is not "their fault."

The layout seems like to promote more bullet-on-bullet contact in the bag and that's a pretty big chute.  The feed pawls will have to work pretty hard to get the next round seated.  I predict more stoppages than a coyote coax.

And Brian Cranston on that documentary he did about cancer treatment.

If not for intolerance (or Celiac disease), why go to a gluten-free diet at all?  This latest diet fad is right up there with eliminating carbs.

About as much as wearing a crown from Burger King.  It's not a real country.

Pull string make gun go boom

I wondered about that, and perhaps there's someone who can provide an answer.  In areas where officers outnumber troops (assuming such places exist), are their mess fees lower?

I think the delta between your reasonable platform and reality is the Treasury Board who has decided that is a subsidy and we are thus not entitled.

That's how I get away wearing with my stamp collecting badge I got in Cubs.

Tankers' pay would double overnight if duration and cost of training was a factor in pay.

Where did that conclusion come from? I see no harm in a supervisor wanting greater compensation than a subordinate. I mean really, makes sense if we want to incentivize successive generations.

One can always come from excellence and pursue mediocrity.  The true mark of a leader is how well he does at a staff posting. ...Right?

Highlighted portion of your pullquote which shows the individual's predilection for excellence.