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LOL spsiratt, pansy. Nice work, buddy, let them Navy boys tell you that Air Force pilots are inferior. Give me a break, you aren't Air Force, you're gonna be a Navy pilot. A word of advice to you, practice your landings, but more importantly, practice your ass kissin.
Really now, if I had hatred for aviators and officers, then why would I turn down an engineering career to be an Air Force Officer? No hatred for the aviators, it was mostly just envy back then. Really, the meat of what I've said is that I don't like the Navy uniforms, they don't train better aviators, they treat their enlisted like sh1t, I didn't like my job but I excelled at it, and I don't like to be told that my accomplishments don't merit a valid opinion. So where is all of the hatred and anger at? I don't feel it, and I don't see it in my posts, either. If you guys can't take it that I stand by my opinion that the Air Force provides a better opportunity and a better quality of life for the whole force, then so be it. Just don't mistake my comments for bitterness at the Navy as a whole.
Wink, you can think what you will about how I'll fare in UPT, I did pretty well in ROTC, while I enjoyed it, and I did pretty well in the Navy, while I didn't enjoy it. As for the aviator's respect for the green shirts: never once did I have a pilot tell me thanks, but I was corrected once for having a dirty uniform on the mess decks, by a pilot no less. Am I bitter about that, not any more, I've learned from it. Alot of the leadership principles I've learned were learned by example, long before I entered AFROTC. By learning what not to do from watching many of my superiors in the Navy. For example, what you don't do is tell a guy that's working his rear off to get the cat ready for launch that he has to stay up after work because the airmen responsible for cleaning the spaces he's responsible for didn't get the brass shiny enough for the CO walkthrough. Give me a break, the CO knows that the brass isn't always shiny, so get your nose out of his ass and let me get some freakin sleep. And no, this is not one instance I'm bitter about, it's an example of business as usual during my time in the Navy. Was I worried about doing the hard work on the Cat? No. It was all of the bs that went along with the Cat officers BFing their crew in order to enhance their careers by brownnosing the CO. Now, I'm also not naive, I'm sure that this goes on in the Air Force as well, but it won't happen to my crew. As a pilot (to be, kevin), I won't take on a leadership role for awhile, but when I do, I won't be more worried about my personal agenda then taking care of my troops. Spsiratt, you can apologize for me all you want, but if I was your boss, you'd be glad to have a guy like me, someone who is willing to get your back and stand by what I believe. There are jobs that have to get done to support the mission, and there are jobs that have to get done to support the commander. The mission should be the priority, and in the my experience in the Navy, that wasn't always the case. If it came down to a floor not being cleaned or a man getting a rest, the floor had to be clean. That, in my opinion, is a poor way to treat your troops, and I'm thankful to have learned from it. I started these posts with a semi-serious comment about Navy uniforms and UPT, now look, you guys made me break out my opinions on why the Navy has made me a better leader. I'm just glad that I've now been granted the career path that may enable me to change things someday.
After reading through what I've just written, I'm sure that some of you will see this as more bitterness, and maybe that won't be completely unwarranted. I can say that the mission of the Navy is necessary and valuable. I can also say that our Navy is the best in the world, as is our Air Force, and I'm proud to have served in both branches. Perhaps I do reserve a certain amount of bitterness for the Navy leadership that I was unfortunate enough to work under.