[CPOSharky]

I thank the Almighty that I retired BEFORE there were women on ships. It boggles the mind to contemplate what it would be like for some sailor to start crying when I directed or reprimanded one of them for one reason or another.

Roger that.

[CholeraJoe]

No one ever cried in my office while I was a Group Commander in the USAF and believe me I handed out lots of punishment. My secretary told me though that almost everyone broke down after they left the office.

I didn’t enjoy punishing people, and my Chief Enlisted Adviser told me I was one of the most fair he’d ever seen. I’m convinced that for every Article 15 I gave, at least 4 were avoided. I only preferred Court Martial charges twice. One to a woman NCO for stabbing her husband and one to a male NCO for dereliction of duty. He could have gotten off with an Article 15, but demanded trial by court martial.

The toughest sentence I could have given was loss of a stripe and two months pay. The court martial took away four stripes and gave him six months at hard labor.