Posted on 02/20/2015 6:09:09 AM PST by luke1825
It may not have been a shot heard around the world, but it certainly was a shot that reverberated throughout the United States Navy.
No, it was not the scandal involving the censure of three U.S. Navy rear admirals for being on the take, which is bad enough. It was Navy war hero Sen. John McCain calling a fourth rear admiral "an idiot."
(Excerpt) Read more at lowellsun.com ...
We’re these guys promoted while the Jihadi Bammy was CinC?
The Senator is onto something. I never thought that I would ever say this of a Navy Admiral, but Kirby is a coward.
Kirby put a new meaning to REAR in REAR Admiral. And he sort of tarnishes the word Admiral in the process as there is little admirable about his service.
Well said. And spot on.
Is old Johnny McCain showing his anger at the navy again because he never made flag rank like his daddy? After watching his performance on capitol hill these many years it’s perfectly understandable why they refused him an admiralty.
CC
Aren’t there any principled honorable people any more?
I couldn't stand watching him, let alone listening to his torutuous spins.
He always looked like a deer caught in the headlights...or, more precisely, the runaway bride, or...groom, or....whatever.
Looks like he finally did flee from his demeaning job...or he was thrown from the ship by his master.
Anchors a-way, dumnkopf.
Leni
“Stick close to your desk and never go to sea
And you may all be rulers of the Queen’s Na-vy”
He should be keel-hauled.
I know an ex-admiral....one of the finest human beings and decent guys I’ve come across. He earned his flag rank for putting so much ordinance and supplies on Diego Garcia prior to Gulf 1 that it almost sank. I’m sure there are some admirals in the navy (only 216 in all by the way) who are a little shaky, but I doubt many are worthy of the turd pile. The most interesting thing I learned from this article was that Kirby reported to a civilian P.R. person.
He was both.
Leni
The public affairs admiral is not the only idiot on parade here. The author of this piece needs to spare us his vast knowledge. A Rear Admiral of the Navy is the equivalent of an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force Brigadier General (one star) or Major General (two stars). The Navy divides their Rear Admirals into two different ranks for reasons that are rooted in the sands of time. An Army or Marine Corps General wears four stars and is comparable to an Admiral.
I saw Kirby lie directly - said ISIS was demoralized, having to conscript troops etc ..... this during the time Congress was getting direct testimony that ISIS was expanding. The head-up-Obama’s-@ss was so obvious, it was disgusting to watch this person, dressed in an American Military uniform, outright lie and act in such a disgraceful manner.
Now that’s a question I ask myself every day.
1) The writer gives much more credence to McCain than I ever will. His POW account in in overdraft, IMO. He’s built an entire political career around that and gotten rich in the process. Yet, he couldn’t bring himself to speak this plainly in his own 2008 presidential campaign about what was readily apparent about Obama then. He couldn’t even rise to the level of plain-speaking that his VP candidate subsequently used to build her own political fortunes.
2) I would truly be amazed if a journalist of any kind ever begins to understand military rank structure. Specifically, a USN Rear Admiral (always capitalized) is equal to either a Brigadier General (one star) or a Major General (two stars) in the other services. It depends on whether the individual is a Rear Admiral (lower half - one star) or a Rear Admiral (upper half - two stars.)
3) The other military fact the writer overlooks is the political nature of becoming a flag rank officer. Once they have the stars on, they are no less a politico than any of the others. The only difference is the clothes they put on in the morning, a pinstripe suit or a military uniform with its accoutrements.
Kirby C#*%sucker.
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