Re: Are these USS Kitty Hawk uniforms worth buying off eBay?

Michael Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (UUMe) wrote:
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2206398881&category
>> =36068 
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> Four idiot stripes and still an E-6. How many watches did you fall 
> asleep on?
> 
> --Mike
> 

Begging your pardon, SIR...

A sixteen year corpsman in today's Navy is not unusual, as it wasn't when 
I retired some years ago. Not everyone can make Chief, and in the current 
competitive environment, it's not what you know, it's who gets the best 
suck-up points. When the eval system becomes objective, and the brass who 
write and approve them become competent, then maybe the promotion system 
will work like it's supposed to. 

Having said that, HM1 X could have been "entirely competent" at that 
level, but still "lacking critical leadership skills mnecessary to 
advance to Chief Petty Officer".

Not all you folks make Captain; not all of us make Chief.

Dave Bowles
AT1 USN Ret
quoted from my own evals
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"For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes 
turned skyward; 
For there you have been, and there you long to return." 
Leonardo da Vinci