Re: FY-19 NAVY ACTIVE-DUTY COMMANDER LINE SELECTIONS

yoshi wrote:indeed, lots of folks turn down jobs, lots of folks volunteer the 'don't pick me' when the MS options aren't lining up for what/where they want. as for a CO decision to cycle folks through for MS credit - well, that's kind of the problem. the numbers aren't supposed to add up. i wonder if that type of mentality isn't the same as the FITREP conveyor for all officers that don' have obvious problems (good-better-best). the most important component for success: get in line and wait their turn. hopefully, the MS thing is fixed with screening. the fitrep thing requires knowledge, involvement, dedication, and few other things.
Actually, the numbers should line up, plus a small bank. We should screen to opportunities and make those opportunities meaningful. Otherwise, the entire process losing meaning.
We have way too many MS billets. We screen way too many people for MS. The entire process has lost any value and the impact is real.
As a result, we give Officers an easy method to decline Sea Duty. I am fundamentally opposed to to allowing Naval Officers to decline sea duty.