tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post5568646920918310259..comments2024-01-01T11:53:37.594-05:00Comments on I Like The Cut Of His Jib !!: Help for the bossMike Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04268185984165305315noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-88961204815729299062011-10-08T09:40:10.594-04:002011-10-08T09:40:10.594-04:00Amen and sevenfold Amen!
A favorite Pentagon tr...Amen and sevenfold Amen! <br /><br />A favorite Pentagon trap is for,say, a deputy-assistant under SECDEF to generate a pressing issue paper - preferably to a wide senior chop chain - and to solicit comments by 1630 the same day. Such happens especially during the budget build and/or when proponency for a major weapons sysatem or political matter needs action.<br />I wish I had a dollar for every hour I sat outside the Joint Staff Director's office at 1745 hours, a 'purpled' memorandum needing one 3-star's nod before moving on tothe next-senior officer for his/her chop, in a line that goes on forever...until 1631 (at which time the flags start THEIR 26-hour days.. <br /> Now, that's what action officers are for: to develop and route the issue papers, patiently waiting one's turn as an O-5, when the next most junior supplicant to the almighty is a 2-star. They are dispensible, moving hands on an eternal clock whose 2359:59 is somewhere in the E-Ring.<br /> Witness DR's plea supra, when the harried AO takes his triple padlock bag to brief SECDEF- PLEASE keep it to one paragraph, and remember: wrestlers, naval aviators, and cabinet level secretaries never have a rush hour because it's always midnight somewhere in the E-Ring... <br /><br />Steve MyersStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999402298802566632noreply@blogger.com