tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post6850627638741582017..comments2024-01-01T11:53:37.594-05:00Comments on I Like The Cut Of His Jib !!: 2012 Navy Firings - A quick reviewMike Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04268185984165305315noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-33063950431156965112012-11-20T07:29:01.437-05:002012-11-20T07:29:01.437-05:00Add MOUNT WHITNEY and FORT MCHENRY for those who a...Add MOUNT WHITNEY and FORT MCHENRY for those who are keeping count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-13597790466430246262012-11-19T11:16:19.332-05:002012-11-19T11:16:19.332-05:00Only a suggestion but perhaps you could interspers...Only a suggestion but perhaps you could intersperse some CO Ashore pins in with the CO Afloat pins. Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-86754867368473499772012-11-19T07:56:15.478-05:002012-11-19T07:56:15.478-05:00While I doubt that there are any of us "witho...While I doubt that there are any of us "without sin", I think we are missing the point of the public firings and CAPT Lambert's noting them on his blog. Some great advice I got as a child from my father was this, "learn from other's mistakes, so you don't have to make them yourselves to learn the same lesson". The simple point is that we will all make mistakes, just do your best to not make them, don't make the same one as someone else, and you will most likely do just fine.<br /><br />And yes, there are plenty of amazing officers out there capable of being great COs and there is no reason we should give any other officer a "pass"...that is simply a road to ruin we cannot espouse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-86942048920547794632012-11-18T19:38:15.286-05:002012-11-18T19:38:15.286-05:00Trust me, there are plenty of us who are without s...Trust me, there are plenty of us who are without sin. Particularly free of the sins of these COs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-77795375745872982092012-11-18T18:39:42.183-05:002012-11-18T18:39:42.183-05:00Anon @ 09:32AM
I think I am an exception. It'...Anon @ 09:32AM<br /><br />I think I am an exception. It's not about "getting off" on these CO failings. I think we have sufficient numbers of exceptional officers without these failings that we don't need to have these "failing" officers in command. Mike Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268185984165305315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-91495502839045998622012-11-18T09:32:30.733-05:002012-11-18T09:32:30.733-05:00Hmmmm ... something about the person who has not s...Hmmmm ... something about the person who has not sinned can cast the first stone. All of this is overblown. People will fail and yes some of them will be CO's. With the way we can commuicate today - it seems people get off on the public failings of our CO's. Captain Lambert is no exception. Just remember - we have a ton of great Naval leaders in our history with personal failings as well. The difference is - we gave them a pass since they got the job done. Now, regardless to how effective you are, we want to flog you in public. The solution - hold all civilians in the DoN to the same 'high personal standards' of our CO's. Dig into their personal lives and publicaaly fire them when you find anything wrong. Once that is startted - the appetitie to subside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-17438411681999716582012-11-18T07:10:23.338-05:002012-11-18T07:10:23.338-05:00Captain Lambert,
In the past 50 years there has b...Captain Lambert,<br /><br />In the past 50 years there has been a significant change in the caliber of the individuals that have sought and achieved a commission in the United States Navy, those 50 years ago I was a Sailor that felt my Commanding Officer was next to God and he could do no wrong, but the bastardization of our society in general has led to leaders that are evidently not of the caliber that we expected those many years ago. Or maybe it is the declination of the moral attitude of the civilian individuals that have authority over the senior military personnel.<br /><br />Very Respectfully,<br />Navyman834Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com