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Comment on USS San Antonio Woes Continue by navymom

navymom — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:45:59 +0000

If this ship is not sea ready why is the Navy still giving orders for this ship. Especially orders for a sailor who’s job has nothing to do with a ship in Port. Why would a detailer send an E5 to this ship when he wont do anything with is MOS and he only has 10 months on his contract. Any advice

Comment on Muzzle-to-Muzzle: Women’s Veiled Combat Role by ArmyGuy

ArmyGuy — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:33:22 +0000

No one is going to mess with this issue.

Women aren’t vocal enough about it like gays are. To use a cliche, the squeeky wheel gets the grease and the grease goes to homosexuals (no pun intended).

Women in combat aren’t an issue because there is a way to get the mission accomplished w/o causing a ruckus.

No ruckus, no problem.

Comment on Here’s To You, Holly Graf by Survived

Survived — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:19:51 +0000

MOAA you shock me. I survived her reign of terror on DDG 81. Her style of leadership was to belittle both publicly and in private, whether speaking normally or screaming. She was a low horsepower, high rpm banshee from hell who epitomized the saying about absolute power corrupting absolutely. She obviously was pulled into the treehouse by people above her, while she stepped on the heads of people under her. On her own merit she brought nothing to the table but a toxic environment. I left her command utterly spent, and could have used some therapy, but was afraid to harm my own career (further). Instead I picked up the pieces of myself over the years that followed. The Navy did the right thing removing her from command. Thank God someone’s complaint finally found purchase.

Comment on Here’s To You, Holly Graf by Robert

Robert — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:22:38 +0000

“Here’s to you Holly Graf”??? As a former enlisted E-5 all I can say is RUFKM?.

This just reflects how out of touch some of you officers are. Abused crew members do not make for a good crew or ship.

There is a huge difference between a skipper being po’d and chewing your butt and a skipper who is tyrannical.

I had both types in one cruise aboard a carrier. We sailed with the tyrant for the first half of the cruise. Moral suffered, readiness suffered, operations suffered, etc… Moral just plain sucked.

We get a new CO mid-cruise and it was like being released from prison. The new skipper wasn’t all kisses and hugs either. He was firm but fair. He actually gave a crap about the enlisted folks. And from what I could tell, the JO’s were a much happier bunch.

Everything on the ship improved.

Take it from an ex-enlisted , don’t underestimate the effects of a toxic skipper aboard a ship and conversely the effects of being a strong leader with compassion and humanity.

Comment on Pot Shots at the Pentagon by Gina DiNicolo

Gina DiNicolo — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:24:39 +0000

OJ -

I wish you the same, but I am off the team.

Comment on Pot Shots at the Pentagon by OJ

OJ — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:29:32 +0000

Happy 235th, Gina.

Uuuuurrrrraaaaaggggghhhhh!!!!! ;->

OJ III

Comment on Pot Shots at the Pentagon by ArmyGuy

ArmyGuy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:44:53 +0000

I’m thinking disGRUNTled former Marine or Marine wannabe. According to the FBI it could be a former Marine that had something happen to him in combat for which he blames the USMC or possibly a Marine that didn’t get to go to combat and feels he missed his calling and therefore blames the USMC or it could be a wannabe that couldn’t get in. Heck, that means the shooter could be just about anyone.

I think I’ll become a profiler for the FBI.

Comment on Pot Shots at the Pentagon by Gina DiNicolo

Gina DiNicolo — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:19:46 +0000

OJ,

Thank you. You have followed this more closely than I. I just find it interesting someone is taking shots at these sites. I think a lot of people have fantasized about such actions, but have not acted on the impulses. It is just interesting.

As always, thank you.

India and Pakistan may be up next followed by my Veterans’ Day ode to combat exclusion.

Comment on Pot Shots at the Pentagon by OJ

OJ — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:12:06 +0000

Two key omissions from your blog should be noted. First, both the area of the Pentagon, and the Chantilly recruiting station were under renovation, with normal staff absent for the duration and only construction workers there in the day time. And; all four incidents occurred during the overnight hours when the facility involved was empty. [A conscentious sniper?!?!?!]

The Coast Guard recruiting station was located across the river from the Old Dominion, on Murrlund soil.

This differs from Muhammad and Malvo, in that there are no bodies, no leak-ridden joint investigation with real and false info appearing daily in the press/on TV, etc. The FBI et al have confirmed only that the same, identified to the media, weapon was used all four times. The have remained silent on everything else – e.g., whether or not they have been able to determine bullet trajectories in any of the incidents, and thereby a likely firing point.

This time, the task force is able to operate out of the limelight, unlike the Beltway sniper case. Personally, I hope that doesn’t change.

Comment on Karzai, The Melodrama: Act II by Half_O_Weeeee

Half_O_Weeeee — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:23:56 +0000

Yes, Karzai is the topic, but since we had progressed to talkig about the Bahamas, Club Med, Manly vacations and Colorado I figured I could jump in and answer the who is “we” question. We were already off topic anyway. On second thought, I suppose going to Afghanistan might be sen by some as a manly vacation, no beaches though.