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what is that above his wings?  looks sort of like a US Army CIB...

Unknown, by me at least.  Some talk - just talk as far as I know, that perhaps COMNAVRES and/or some of the senior staff might be shifted to MARPAC.  That would  make sense in some regards, but I wouldn't see any savings or efficiencies by moving a lot of that HQ.  A lot of those functions can...

still too early but I think any changes to those items you mentioned would not be affected by this change. I do know that NAVRES will cease to be its own Formation and will fall under MARPAC.  But again, that change and the associated effects are not likely to impact training cycles, MOSIDS or...

Great book.  The Quisling concept was also pretty neat

;D

Sounds like para 5(b) of the CFPAS PDR - areas for development

I agree that part of the defence strategy has to be to attack all comers, owing to the political aspect of this thing.  I don't know anything about this lawyer's credentials or competence but I am left thinking that his application of such a strategy appeared boorish.  Surely there are more...

This is what I heard 20 yrs ago.  Sundays, Holidays And Days Off Work (civilian work, presumably)

I agree with everything you have said.

An that's a fair statement - being human and making mistakes and getting a grip.  Unfortunately, the way the senior leadership might choose to 'get a grip' might be to do away wih booze on ships.  Will it stop these kind of incidents?  No.  But at least the ship won't be contributing to it.  A...

In this case, it is a specific Naval document explaining the responsibility of a Ship's Captain in regard to those three items, in a ship/submarine environment.

Yes. It is MARCORD 4-15, entitled, oddly enough, "Charge, Command and Control". You certainly need to understand that MARCORD better than any other Reference for your OOD training.  At least as far as Command and Charge go (CHARGE is what you will have as OOD, your CO has Command) /rant Is...

We used to kick homosexuals out when we were living in a time and space where being homosexual carried MUCH more of a social stigma than it does today.  It Didnt make it "right" back then, but society was not as accepting.  Correspondingly, the knowledge that a military member was homosexual was...

And there might be again - that was one of the names on the list I was presented with about three weeks ago.  As were a couple of other names of ships that had previously seen service.  The entire list ran about 50 names. I don't think it is meant fr public consumption yet so I won't be posting...

I'm not convinced they have a bad rap.  They certainly have many limitations but they are still routinely used for missions well outside of their intended scope. Sure, if you are the Combat Officer in a FFG/DDH, then yes, looking at your own missions and requirements, a MCDV might not have much...

Contingency planning.  An entirely appropriate task for a higher HQ.  Staff routinely develop plans for Commanders, some of which come to fruition, and some that don't.

So, verge1993, it appears you have fallen prey to the age-old challenge of having made a bad first impression.  There is a reason that the saying "don't judge a book by it's cover" exists - because it is human nature to do that, to make judgements on people, things, ideas, etc, based on very...

"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" Although Snopes indicates it might not be true, navy lore indicates it stems from the time of cannons and cannon balls, which were tacked on a brass plate called a monkey.  Brass expands and contracts at a different rate than iron in cold and...

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You are, of course, going to require a naval officer to be a stick in the mud since, well, since it appears the navy started this whole ball rolling  ;) I know, I know, you guys were talking pips and crowns well before the navy got involved, but hey, we actually implemented stuff!  And we are...