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2023-06-24 -Land of the Free

USN is not healthy: ‘...fewer than half of our junior officers desire command.’ ...not retaining top talent...much frustration about administrative requirements...number of unqualified junior officers

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-06-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Why stay in SWO if the USN's top ranks are selected from former Bubbleheads or Aviators? An old friend started in SWO and transferred to Staff/Intelligence for the rest of his career.

Posted by magpie 2023-06-24 00:52|| 2023-06-24 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Meet Sage, the US Navy's newest official comfort dog

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-24 01:17|| 2023-06-24 01:17|| Front Page Top

#3 After GPS gets trashed, wonder how many can use a sextant to get back to port?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-06-24 08:48|| 2023-06-24 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 #3: remminds me of my first attempt at celestial. i left tampa-bay in my 23ft sailboat, alone, and using only a sextant,and sailing due south, i raised the dry-tortugas after 30 hrs. I only guessed at my longitude but my latitude was right-on. If i could do it anyone could and with a good timepiece they could do longitude as well. hoorah!

Posted by irish rage boy 2023-06-24 09:40|| 2023-06-24 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Point to ponder:
If large groups of the SWO's find the job undesirable and leave, consider the mindset of the one's that do decide to stay.
Kinda skews the results.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-06-24 10:05|| 2023-06-24 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I read a story some years ago, and I hope its true, that around WWII - that's WW11 for you ticktokers - a submarine lost propulsion so they rigged together sails and navigated back to a friendly port.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-06-24 10:57|| 2023-06-24 10:57|| Front Page Top

#7 But do they know their pronouns and drink Bud Light?

Posted by AlanC 2023-06-24 10:58|| 2023-06-24 10:58|| Front Page Top

#8 SWO life was unpleasant but rewarding in the 90s. My second ship was co-ed, which added more complexity. Underway the workday often ended at 6PM. We stood either 4 hour of 6 hour watches both in and after the work day. The sailors that I served with are friends for life. The lifestyle did not seem sustainable to me for a long-term hitch.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-06-24 15:14|| 2023-06-24 15:14|| Front Page Top

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