Musings, leadership tidbits and quotes posted by a retired Navy Captain (really just a high performing 2nd Class Petty Officer) who hung up his uniform a bit too early. He still wears his Navy service on his sleeve. He needs to get over that. "ADVANCE WARNING - NO ORIGINAL THOUGHT!" A "self-appointed" lead EVANGELIST for the "cryptologic community". Keeping CRYPTOLOGY alive-one day and Sailor at a time. 2015 is 80th Anniversary of the Naval Security Group.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Excellence as the standard
"Admiral Rickover was the genius that gave a generation of naval officers the idea that excellence was the standard."
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Anonymous
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Captain Lambert,
It is my duty and obligation to point out that Admiral Rickover gave more than a generation of officers a standard of excellence, he gave close to two generations of officers that same standard. Along with that he provided that same standard of excellence to probably ten times as many senior enlisted individuals in the Navy. Who do you suppose did the majority of the physical effort required to keep a reactor on line and operating safely? I think that without that inspiration there would have been times that we on those nuclear powered vessels would have been unable to fulfill our mission. Admiral Rickover's dedication to his program was the major factor in ending the Cold War. The Soviets knew that Rickover's fleet was always present, in good operating condition and fully capable of carrying out their assigned mission of continuing deterrent patrols as long as those patrols were necessary.
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Captain Lambert,
It is my duty and obligation to point out that Admiral Rickover gave more than a generation of officers a standard of excellence, he gave close to two generations of officers that same standard. Along with that he provided that same standard of excellence to probably ten times as many senior enlisted individuals in the Navy. Who do you suppose did the majority of the physical effort required to keep a reactor on line and operating safely? I think that without that inspiration there would have been times that we on those nuclear powered vessels would have been unable to fulfill our mission. Admiral Rickover's dedication to his program was the major factor in ending the Cold War. The Soviets knew that Rickover's fleet was always present, in good operating condition and fully capable of carrying out their assigned mission of continuing deterrent patrols as long as those patrols were necessary.
Very Respectfully,
Navyman834
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