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On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:09:28 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 8/26/17 6:36 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:13:16 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:43:25 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Wednesday, 23 August 2017 21:00:56 UTC-3, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/23/17 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 8/23/2017 5:36 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/23/17 12:01 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 8/23/2017 11:02 AM, wrote:
This article offers some interesting insights into some of the issues
behind the recent naval collisions:

http://gcaptain.com/separate-equal-look-officer-training-us-navy-merchant-marine/

They make the point that many, if not most, US naval officers regard
sea duty as something that must be endured on the way to higher rank,
as opposed to a career goal in and of itself.

My wife and I once met a recently promoted US Coast Guard admiral who
expressed exactly those sentiments in a conversation with us.* We were
surprised by both the attitude and the candor but that was probably a
reflection of our inexperience with such things.

I don't know of anyone who was in the Navy, officer or enlisted, who
relished sea duty.

Then why sign up for it? One might think that if one is signing up for
the navy, one relishes the idea of serving on a ship at sea.

Reason number one:* It was Navy or the Army.

Actually, the Navy is much, much more than just ships at sea.* There's a
vast system for communications, aircraft squadrons, INTEL facilities,
administration, logistics and supply facilities that support the mission
of the Navy and the fleet.** I don't know the breakdown but* I believe
that far more Navy personnel are assigned to shore duty stations at any
one time than assigned to ships.

Typically, the rotation is three years of sea duty and then three years
of shore duty.* But it's more complicated than that because some
overseas shore duty may be counted as sea duty for rotational purposes.
I was actually on ships for three years but had two tours overseas that
also counted as sea duty.* My only duty that did not count as sea duty
was time in schools and my last duty station in Annapolis.

Yeah, I know the navy is more than just ships at sea, but...why would
you join the navy unless you were into ships at sea?

Funny you should ask that. I had a niece and a nephew's significant other who both joined the navy. Both were trying to find ways to avoid sea duty after a couple long deployments and especially after kids arrived. One had the navy pay her way through nursing school right here in Halifax.

Apparently they were not 'into ships at sea', eh?

Wow...you're quite the observant one, eh Johnny?

johnnymop is still totally devoid of content, I see.

....and you are still full of it, I see!

:)

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