tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post161072828415233277..comments2024-01-01T11:53:37.594-05:00Comments on I Like The Cut Of His Jib !!: 8 signs you have found your life's work in the Navy. 5 of 8 is not bad either.Mike Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04268185984165305315noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-55446730204733246302012-11-11T08:09:58.841-05:002012-11-11T08:09:58.841-05:00Commitment should not come with blinders on. Sailo...Commitment should not come with blinders on. Sailors have, and are supported by families, communities, and have a commitment to society at large. Digging into one´s job exclusively without due concern and payback to family, community, and society (and a holistic perspective) is unhealthy for both the Navy and the individual in the long run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-78704029445426428782012-11-10T21:32:07.886-05:002012-11-10T21:32:07.886-05:00This is a tangent comment, but I'd appreciate ...This is a tangent comment, but I'd appreciate your thoughts on the "punished for your proficiency" way of business that haunts many officers who are considered "rising stars" in the Navy/IW community. In this regard, I write about the officers that break out on their fitness reports, do everything possible to serve the mission and the command and work themselves into the ground to only be given more work, and then, to rub salt into their wounds, watch less competent officers be given the most in-demand opportunities for doing absolutley nothing ie the officer that literally spent 2.5 years "studying" for the 1810/IDC qualification as his only job and was chosen to go on a deployment all the JOs wanted and had done more than him to earn because, as a senior officer put it, the guy was a project and couldn't be trusted to go on a submarine . . .<br /><br />Serving in the Navy is my calling and knowing I'm giving back to our country and our nation's defense is a reward in and of itself. But, to be honest, it takes the wind out of my Sails to give my all doing the work nobody wants to do and then watch those that contribute nothing to the Navy, those that abuse the Navy as some abuse foodstamps and social assistance programs, be given everything (so it seems). <br />Should I just stop comparing myself to others (rhetorical question) or is there a solution to what I perceive is a system that discourages hardwork and rewards incompetence?<br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758747359382999584.post-8255826097625185182012-11-10T11:48:12.918-05:002012-11-10T11:48:12.918-05:00Excellent post!Excellent post!Justin Rogers ENS, USN (1170)noreply@blogger.com