It's bad form for an officer to snivel...
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Originally Posted by
Ken White
He sniveled and sniveling will draw flies. Always has in my observation. Bitching is okay, sniveling gets flak. Difference? In the eye of the reader or listener. Solution? Try to avoid even coming close to it.
That seems to apply regardless of branch, experience, rank or whatever.
...and it makes one wonder...if a field grade officer can't find a solution to a simple problem in the land of plenty how in the world he will be able to operate effectively down range...:eek:
As a former holder of US Army Enlisted MOSC
67J20, Meat Can Model 1932 Repair Technician -- who fortunately got later converted to MOSC 00Q3P, Small Unit Coward, non-tactical -- I appreciate your mention of my former worthy if potentially dangerous employment.
I also respect and agree totally with your characterization of the locale and temper versus the thrust or background of the original poster.
Thanks for that clarification. That means I can
forget my former mild bemusement and chuckles at what I thought had occurred.
Now, as a former overpaid DAC, I can get torqued off at a guy who may have a valid point but knows so little about his environment he posts about the issue in a totally inappropriate place instead of doing something concrete about it like forcing it up the chain of command and giving the always slow system time to react. Nobody's going to fire him. If that doesn't work, going public as a last resort can work -- but in the media, not on a weblog...