For sure. Too bad, really, as these measures (along with the 5 year thing) increasingly stratify the force and further separate Fleet experience from policy making (where we already have a deficit).

Best of luck in whichever endeavor you choose!

@COMEVIL: I fear you are correct. As for detailers, there is no latitude, willingness, or benefit for them to go off script; the response doesn't surprise. @Sum1: If you prefer, you can use experience, know-how, history, instinct, strength, accomplishment, personality, passion, and many other terms ...

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?

It's unfortunate. Seems we've twisted the purpose of the LDO and now it's simply a supplemental accession method to ensure adequate officer capacity (commissioning for numbers value instead of content value). At some point, such decision making leads down a path of negative results.

are you asking where all source intel fusion is occurring? if so, i'd offer CNFK (where, by the way, they have an SMRD for their own cryppies without any cryppie officers), MOCs, in many of the lovely vacation spots with which we've become familiar (AFG, IRQ), and every day onboard ARGs and CSGs (ju...

jriot - congratulations on submitting your package and good luck. i'll take a crack at answering your questions: 1) what sum1 said - all of the above. 2) you know the answer to this question, not sure why you asked it. Of course quantitative skills are useful; qualitative skills are also. 3) again, ...

Wanted to hold off on replying to this until well finished with a little bit of time passed. Working off your original questions: - What was your experience as an XO/OIC (positive, negative, neutral, crazy)? very positive experience and crazy. an xo or oic job (my experience) is a job unlike any oth...

Did the Ctrl-F magic bug work on SIGINT and EW also?

"The CCMD sets the priorities and provides general tasking...". All plans and their pieces flow from this authority level. Title 10 operations and campaigns - which I believe will become increasingly important - are born here. The point I was making is our component cyber activities cost m...