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ottarrus

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Not only did she and others install it, but they also lied to their commander about it and paid for the service using their procurement card.

Sometimes real life is truly stranger than fiction. :unsure:
 
I live in an area where there are a whole bunch of veterans and a larger than average Navy veteran presence [Puget Sound WA] and all my fellow warheads are just gobsmacked by this. This isn't sneaking a case of scotch aboard or any of the other trivial disciplinary issues, this is a senior NCO and her fellow Chiefs exposing the position of the entire task group just so they can read tweets... and lying about it.
If had been a lower enlisted doing this, Swabbie Inc. would tar and feather the kid prior to public crucifixion, but these Chiefs are all just gonna be demoted and allowed to retire or denied reenlistment.
 
The grease pencil may be hard to read on the bomb....
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I was more amused by the like to the navy guy with the backwards scope. It does explain, however, why the navy gives out ribbons for being able to demonstrate basic firearm proficiency.
"Oh, I got Gun Combat 0 as a basic training skill"
"Here's your ribbon!" (zero chance of wearing it upside down)
 
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And this isn't an amusing issue, btw.
This is an incredible breech of trust by someone the Navy spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars training in leadership.
And here's the absolute stunner in the whole thing: Chief Marerro's original skill rate was Information Systems Communications Technology. This idiot bint was fully trained in communications signals security and did this shit anyway.
It's a long held belief in the American veteran community that the Army will crucify you if you actually commit a crime but the Navy's unforgivable sin is the unwritten commandment: 'Thou and all thy people shalt not make The Navy look stupid", see also the relief of the CO off the John McCain.
And you can forgive the CO... the cage bunny [the ship's armory NCO] handed him a rifle and he sighted down it. The scope was on back-asswards but before he could return it to the cage somebody got a photo. Sure it's a laugh, but cause for relief? REALLY?
But this female Senior Chief spends an entire deployment broadcasting the position of an entire battle group, lies about it repeatedly, and only gets demoted two stripes and is allowed to retire with an Honorable because Swabbie Inc. was able to keep it out of the news cycle for a year.
I'm not saying this is the Walker Spy Ring [a famous Cold War spy case about USN submarine commo - look it up] but somebody's priorities are more than a little eff'd up, ok?
 
To be fair, yes the CO got relieved of duty, but he'll be able to ride out his 20 on a desk somewhere. It's not like he crashed a sub into a fishing vessel or something.

The Chief's thing was much worse, for sure. In my experience hiring ex-Navy, E5/E6 seems to be the sweet spot of competence. In long enough to really know their stuff, not in so long that whatever happens when you become a Chief removes you from becoming useful. And I've only had one useful Navy officer hire (who oddly, when you talk to him, he's convinced the enlisted don't know squat - so there's that separation from reality too.)

Navy culture seems odd. Good thing only the stupid arrogance of being 22 and the handicap of having been a US citizen for one whole year kept me from signing the dotted line and going to OCS. Probably would not have been a good fit. My best friend spent six-ish years as a naval aviator and got out. Not a good fit there either , but it let me go on a few interesting field trips (I'd call them tours, but that sounds misleading).
 
The impression that my Sergeant Majors always left on me was one of high standards and sheer competence in their craft. Sure there was a level of politicking that led to getting that last bump to E-9, but you had to be a good First Sergeant before they'd even consider you for an SGM slot. That served to weed out a lot of brown-noser types.
In the Navy there seems to be more personal [and personnel] politics and less weeding out. And that's not inter-service rivalry talking. It seems like every week there's an announcement that the CO or Senior NCO of this or that Navy activity has been relieved for lack of confidence.
 
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