usmarinemike said:
Absolutely class-less. I'm disappointed that you would react in such a way. As awesome as it sounds to sit on ones ass all day and have ones phone automatically send a text message to your squad leader every day, it doesn't work out in your favor. Morale does not come from tons and tons of time off. It comes from having a good QOL balanced with good training. Too much time off is just as bad for the Marine/Sailor/Officer/Martian/etc. as not enough time off. The pool doesn't need to work their asses off, they just need some actively engaged professional development. Oh, and this benefits everybody, not penalizes them. Sounds like a much better plan than the shit show they're currently performing, no?
Naples is almost 10 hours from Pensacola. They obviously had no intentions of mustering physically. If the pool had a proactive plan to keep their "professionals" professional this would have never happened.
Thank God I'm in the Navy and you're in the Corps. I pity your subordinates.
Being a professional military officer is a choice for each and every one of us to make. It is not something that can be forced into someones head with a few simple morning musters. If one is so jacked up that they are going to kill endangered/protected birds, nothing in the flight school program will stop that. It is best to let retards weed themselves out, and it does not make sense to punish the masses because of a stupid few.
If someone is an idiot do you really want the pool to babysit them or would you just rather they kick the idiots out like they do now. I prefer the latter, otherwise the idiot might be your wingman one day.
FYI the Whiting primary pool was always a phone muster. It was awesome and most of us were mature enough to handle it. Those that weren't didn't enjoy life.
Stop trying to make the military suck for the rest of us motard!
I will agree with the fact that more direction is needed for those USNA guys who come down not even knowing what a pint of beer and brow shoes are. All commissioning sources have their special ones I guess.