Today, we are left with an alternate path commissioning. Nothing more. The horse is dead. Unsure if the horse you're referring to is the "Mustang" part of the community, or just the discussion that we always have about IWC & the LDO/CWO community; however, I thought that this image wo...

It's not this community - it's the navy. I'm curious to get your take - what do you think the Navy is trying to accomplish? Do you see a balancing act between wardroom competence and numbers management (I do) or do you feel we have sufficient wardroom competence to afford such a change? Shortly aft...

I wrote about this once...

https://stationhypo.com/2016/04/25/beating-a-dead-horse/#more-303

To the answer to the question of "how do we grow JOs into senior officers capable of assuming duties and responsibilities of an afloat IWC?" I think N39/J39 tours at Fleet Staff/COCOMs is one answer. I also think we need to value and desire more afloat tours. If you look at the rest of th...

Taking a JDAL billet with a (most likely) three year lockdown in a place is NOT/NOT the only way to get Joint credit. This was actually recently changed. DTM 17-005 reduced the hard and fast requirement from 36 months to 24 months. NPC just updated the JDAL MILPERSMAN indicating that the tour will ...

Definitely not equivalent to being a URL CO. Does anyone really think our CO tours are/should be the equivalent of being a DDG or F/A-18 Squadron CO? What value is there in the comparison anyway? We all have a role to play and ours is largely providing expertise and leading the execution of niche c...

On a brighter note, its damn good to be on a CSG staff again!

I wonder if the IWC is going to take ownership of its functions, solidify, and standardize them. Sure, the CSG one star decides all, i get it. But, aren't we 'supporting' these functions, rather than leading them as 'operator's? I'm pretty sure senior IW leadership could take ownership, engage the ...

So, where is the value added? We have created/shifted an O-6 IW Commander (IWC) billet, added a designated DIWC (senior CDR), but done literally nothing else. Is this how we get to success as an IW Afloat model by adding more titles? I think it's clear that snatching IWC away from the carrier CO an...

Looking for some advice on trying to lat transfer. I applied to the Jun 2017 board and did not get picked up. I am an NFO with not the best FITREPS(Long Story) but not sure why I missed the boat on this one. It could very well be my package, or perhaps the competition. As an NFO I couldn't apply un...