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

> Having said that, HM1 X could have been "entirely competent" at that
> level, but still "lacking critical leadership skills necessary to
> advance to Chief Petty Officer".
Well put Dave. I agree. Or maybe it was something beyond his control.

I had LPO's working for me that were more than ready for Chief, but were
"victims of the rate". Just not enough billets to promote them all. All I
could tell them was "hang in there, keep up the great job and your time will
come".


Larry
AECS (AW/SW/MTS)
Disabled Combat Veteran
USN Retired

20 years of Navy in my rear view mirror
and getting further away every day  ;-)



"Dave in San Diego" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Michael Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (UUMe) wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> -- 
> -
> "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