Is this the same as the Army passing berets out to all enlistees instead of dress covers ?
Obama getting his last pound of flesh, anything to disrupt decorum and long honored polices that gave us unmatched success on the high seas.
Is there anything he hasn’t fixed (f-—— up) yet?
Hey You!
Navy Announces Enlisted Rating Modernization Plan (HISTORIC NAVY RATINGS SYSTEM SCUTTLED!!!)
I am so glad I got out when I did.
No more corpseman?
No more “Hey Boats”, Hey Guns”?
Are they finally going to do away with the ‘globe’ on the Electrician (?) rating badge?
The WICHES of ACOWITS trike again.
Since all this crap was driven by women and "men" who are women at heart, everyone should be addressed using the feminine.
I'm sure glad my Aviation OrdnanceMAN Sea Daddy is retired and doesn't have to experience this.
Politically correct BS in order to remove "man" from Navy rate names.
I am so glad I retired before the obamanation.
what next? Doilies in the torpedo tubes ??
More “fundamental transformation,” if you can stomach it.
Another stoke of Ray Mabus’ pen to destroy the Navy before he leaves.
I dunno, but this seems like a window dressing rather than any substantive change. If a sailor is enlisted and trained to do a certain job, they will do related jobs through their career, even if they weren’t specifically trained for every one of those jobs.
I was a Cryptologic Technician Interpretive (French). My insignia was a crossed quill and lightning bolt, indicating that I was a communication specialist and radio operator. At a glance, anyone could know something about my job. By doing away with the rating title and insignia, the Navy becomes more like the Army—where you cannot tell by looking at a Soldier what his/her job is, you ask their MOS. And then you ask what job that MOS means.
The idea that this will make sailors more flexible and broad in their skills is bogus. They will do work that they are trained for, regardless. Just like in the other services.
So we are going to drive subs without sonargirls (it’s an inside joke, folks) and machinist mates? Or is it that we will not have designations like STSSC(SS) or MMMC(SS).
End of a distinctive tradition for the navy. They other branches have been going by rank forever. They managed to survive.
I am a retired Machinery Technician Senior Chief not a generic E-8. This decision was made by wimps that I’d run out of the engine room in 3 days max.
Translation: people with little skill assigned to lowly positions were hurting their feel feels.