Posted on 08/18/2014 11:06:16 AM PDT by george76
They will only allow the posting of titles and links.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/nation/military/2014/08/18/navy-chiefs-face-ax/14234181/
Yeah ... like the admiral in chief.
“These guys are the backbone of the Navy. This is scarier than the purging at the top.”
When I was in the navy, the E5’s and E6’s were the backbone of the Navy.
We did fine whether we had a chief or not. I was leading PO (E6) of the Aircraft and Elevator shop on the Enterprise and reported directly to the Engineering officer.
On the submarine, when we got a new chief he came to me and asked me what he was supposed to do.
Buts Obama He Give Us Da Fud Stamp!
If you accept an administrative reduction in rank then when you retire you get retirement pay for the highest rank attained.
America most definitely did NOT elect Obola even once, let alone twice.
He ascended to the Throne by virtue of massive voter fraud in both elections.
I live in Ohio, which “voted” 110% for Obola in some precincts and 0% for Romney.
That is a statistical impossibility, and it is a glaringly obvious proof of fraud on a massive scale.
Obola “carried” Ohio and other states by multiple crimes involving voter fraud.
He did not win either election. He cheated. Didn’t win. Isn’t legally the president.
Please stop chiding America and Americans. We are innocent.
Because he hates America.
I was in the Service during Vietnam. I started as an E1 and left as an E4. Of course we did the dirty work. The goal (if you stayed in) was to advance yourself to the higher ranks so that you did not have to do the “grunt work.”
Believe it or not, it’s the same way in real life...something I guess you have not experienced yet. You start at the bottom and work your way up to the top.
You must really worthless since you hate those who have made it and you have not.
And you must be some kind of asshole to attack me. Fuck off, jerk.
Yep. You sure did. You should leave here. You are clearly a big time lib. Voted for Obama too didn’t you?
I agree...guy is probably sour grapes because he had a Chief jump on him. Chief’s were once sailors too and are the backbone of the Navy. Proud wife of a retired Navy Chief and daughter of a retired Navy Chief. I can tell you they did a hell of a lot more than hold a cup of coffee in their hands and tell stories and whoever says otherwise is a liar.
Would love to tell my father and husband that you think the only thing they did as Chiefs was hold a coffee mug in their hands. That is a lie and you forget they were once sailor’s too.
Tell them. I have watched what chiefs do. They aren’t the demi-gods that many here think. They are just men.
Yep! Probably was yelled at by a mean ole Chief...what a weak person they are. Really low. Thank you and your husband for the great service you both did for our country and YES you did a ton!!!!!
FYI....
On August 18th “Blood of Tyrants” posted 83 posts to various articles from morning to night.
He must have been off his meds that day.
At first I read it as they were going to fire 8000 Chefs.
Who’s going to cook for them?
You nailed it DH. Hubby would have made E9 if not for a traffic accident that had him in hospital when Eval promotions were being done, and been a Ret. MCPO, instead of a SCPO.
Hubby started as a E1 at 18, 20 yrs later retired as a E8 SCPO. He was on the Midway when they pulled the Ambassador out of Nam, off the coast of Cuba during the Missile Crisis, worked the Flight Deck on his other cruises. Then Taught A/B schools in between. Kept the Communication gear operational along with his other duties.
He didn’t sit on his can drinking coffee. He WORKED during working hrs. Yes he might have had a cup of coffee doing his paper work. But even civilians do that. It was the way they stayed awake when pulling more than a 8 hr shift.
He EARNED his RANK, it was not handed to him.
Only those who went to college are basically handed their first rank after boot camp.
There have been purges of the Military after wars for as long as we have had a Military, but not at this high a level. It got so bad under the Peanut Farmer, Reagan had to nearly totally rebuild the Military along with fighting the Cold War. It got bad under Slick Willie, and GWB had to correct that. Now 0 is decimating our Military to make room for ILLEGAL INVADERS. You have to look for the motive behind the purging.
Krauthammer:
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/krauthammer-why-in-gods-name-are-we-doing-this
They do not claim to be demi gods but they earned their rank and worked hard ...quit lying and labeling our patriots. No surprise you are defending the Obama admin on his move to destroy and downgrade our military. You are despicable
And you are a fool if you think that chiefs are such heroes. They are men and women like everyone else. Besides, if the Navy is getting the axe, chiefs aren’t exempt. Fewer seamen and petty officers means fewer chiefs.
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