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Well, I think that's best left up to the judgement of the doc, who was on scene. Lifting a patient onto a gurney for a few seconds is not the same as stopping CPR for 5 minutes to take a walk, and the flight BSN in the comments of the BuzzFeed story says that if the patient needs CPR, it's...

So that means he was in cardiac arrest, which means if the doc stopped administering CPR for 5 minutes to carry him to the ER, the patient would be brain dead upon arrival.

Yea, the story isn't very descriptive. We don't know why the man collapsed, if any doctors were present, what those doctors did if they were present, and whether the doctor's actions were in accordance with proper medical practices. Nor do we know if anyone contacted the ER directly in addition...

It is a relatively standard policy for companies to tell workers not to touch anyone who has a medical emergency. It's a huge liability for them if they do. Like it or not, if you touch someone who has a medical emergency and they experience complications or die from your efforts, you could be...

I think that you need to take a closer look at the payscales. Btw, the longest you will go without being promoted in the Navy, assuming you eventually get selected, is about 6-7 years (LT -> LCDR being selected below zone). If you aren't selected, then it'll be a bit longer until you finish out...

Yea, that was retarted. Dunno why I wrote that. I redact that. Are you saying UAVs are good because they were successful against enemy air defense or bad because they have a potential vulnerability? All weapons platforms have potential vulnerabilities, the key is to stay ahead of the game in...

I have no dog in the fight of UAVs vs. manned strike aircraft. But I'll simply point out that: A) the types of targets/theaters where UAVs are being used don't involve enemies with IADS. They're meant to be a cheap strike solution in low-intensity conflicts, not the wave of the future against a...

Stealth on surface ships is meant to reduce the effectiveness of enemy over-the-horizon weapons. Other countries have UAVs and surface-to-surface ballistic missiles of their own that heavily rely on radar to find their targets. The alternative is to try to shoot the missile/UAVs down mid-air...

This someone goes back to the sword rattling that R1 alluded to. The Navy is painting itself in a corner by not being able to decide presence that is 'nice to have just in case' vs. presence that is absolutely necessary. According to the VCNO, if something doesn't give the Navy will be able to...

Public opinion about invading Iraq a 3rd time in 25 years notwithstanding, I don't think the sales pitch that the Navy needs 13-15 carriers to ward off an enemy with no air force and no navy in the middle of the desert is the slam dunk you think it is.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Many Americans still have a sour taste from sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan for majority of the 21st century, and have no desire for America to get caught between groups of people who very clearly are intent on killing each other. People who follow this...

That one was very much on the sub CO's hands. He suddenly decided he was going to pretend to be a war hero in an exercise and throw normal safety protocol/procedures to the wind. Supposedly he was a golden boy before this incident. Submarine depth is measured in bottom of keel to surface, not...

I don't follow. If you shift to multi-crew options, you need more personnel per ship. Even at an optimistic 1.5x personnel per ship that would result in some fairly shitty optempo for many, you're talking about a net + in required personnel until you decommission at least a third of the current...

To have a favorable probability of having enough carriers materially ready to wage a sudden dual ocean, blue water war. Unlikely scenario? Infeasible scenario? Dunno, but that's what the 'requirement' is based on from the horse's mouths.

Are there enough training facilities to support multiple airwings attending them every day, and are they robust enough to keep them mission-ready during off-crew? Also, the increased manpower cost for doubling the amount of sailors the Navy needs to man carriers would be a substantial part of...

More from the fleet end, but voluntarily geo-baching is not in your best interest. Your mind will frequently be on travelling to see your family instead of focused on your professional task at hand. Schedule changes that screw with plans to visit your family will wear on you and your wife.

+1. I would add the 'borrowing money to invest it into relatively high-risk securities with delusions of becoming a millionaire off of passive income' in the irresponsible category. That $450/mo you pay toward your loan could be directly invested into your TSP. It's called cost-spread; no need...

It seems like 'the system' leaves a lot of latitude to COs to manage their wardrooms to match the right officer to the right job and to make sure he writes (or at least signs) a fitrep that is appropriate for how long an officer has been at a command. The fact that some COs drop the ball on...

When the time comes, you fill out a relatively painless web application, send in your transcripts, and the admissions office will give you a 3-digit academic profile code (APC) for your coursework -- one digit for engineering/physics, one for math, one for overall GPA. Lower is better. If you...

The way that the system is designed, it seems like flags would put the failure on your CO for not placing the JO in the right billet rather than the system being broken. If someone is doing a shit-hot job and can accept more responsibility, why put him in a job where he won't be challenged? I...

I'll concede that this is a minor change that would be easy to make, and would save members the effort from having to use books written on fitreps/eval reporting guidelines to decode the language, but I just don't see how it would be functionally different in regard to selecting the best and the...

As far as ranking the traits, I always thought there should be more than 5 categories, which are effectively 3 categories unless the person is a complete dirtbag and you have a pile of counseling chits to prove it. You're basically ranking people by 'ok(3), good(4), excellent(5)' and when...

Wouldn't seeking a British girl in Singapore be like going to a steakhouse and ordering the chicken?

I didn't show up able to max anything, either. In fact, I had no tolerance for running prior to OCS and that impeded my fitness greatly before showing up. I showed up really having to dig down to get a 12:30 1.5 mile on the in-PRT, but running was such a relatively small component of OCS that...

You're entitled to an opinion if it has some basis in fact. The PT metrics which one is held to at OCS are not particularly high by any objective standard. The people who showed up in proper shape universally lost performance. They had their running cut from ~20 miles a week or more/running...

Exactly. The PT at OCS isn't particularly rigorous. The lack of sleep and screaming at the top of your lungs will magnify it, but if you have a good fitness routine you'll probably think that it's pretty easy. If you are in good shape you probably will come out the other end with a performance...

If you've never done a lifting routine and don't know much about the topic, why would you tell someone to stop doing it? Weights are a great way to improve your strength and get ready for OCS, provided that you do a solid routine.

My outpost was 60% bear crawling/pushups/flutter kicks (including into the SUYA pit), 20% standing still and holding uniform items with stiff arms in front of you, and 20% lugging around a full seabag. My wakeup Wed was 30-45 minutes of bear crawling around the PT field. What was kind of cool...

You don't show up and just run 4 miles right away. The runs start out at 1.5 miles, 2.0 miles if you include warmups and the like, and if you're not in the fast group you'll stop periodically for plenty of other 'cardio enhancing' mini workouts. After 3-5 weeks, the runs turn into 2.4 (IIRC)...

Some degree programs offered through the Navy give you a sub-specialty code that would generally only come into play if you fell off (or wanted out of) the typical path to command/major command/flag.

Look, if this is about a friend then your heart is in the right place, but realistically pointing someone to where they can obtain information about their problem(s) is the kind of help you should give. You mentioned doing the same for your Sailors, but if they have medical troubles then you...

Why don't you just tell him about this nifty website called airwarriors.com where he can ask other officers for advice? Then you don't have to spend an inordinate amount of time being the middle man for a grown (wo)man. If you're telling the truth and this is really about a friend, you're kind...

I am an officer, so when a retired Col who seems to have an axe to grind says that there isn't a single officer with moral integrity, yea, I take offense to that. The 'officer corps in general' is composed of people, most of whom have done an exceptional job with the bag of shit handed to them...

This. We have 'lost' a handful of wars while inflicting casualties at more a 3:1 - 9:1 rate (depending on what estimate you use and which war you are discussing). The speed at which the U.S. invaded Iraq and toppled the government was nothing short of remarkable and we can only hope that these...

I'm a bit fuzzy on my mid 20th century history. Wasn't NATO formed precisely because the U.S. and several western European democracies identified Russia as an adversary? Why is this news?

As far as the 'new guy gets the P,' you are aware that O-1/O-2 cannot get anything other than a P by instruction, right? There's that whole automatic promotion thing that occurs which makes an EP/MP moot. The amount of officers in any given grade are set by law, so in order to allow more dynamic...

The IRS has a W-4 calculator which will project your federal income tax liability for the current calendar year. Only enter 'pays', not 'allowances.' In doing so, it will take out whatever deductions you think you qualify for. Divide that number by your annual pay and allowances and that's your...

IRFly nailed it. Since WWII the military has been good at what it's supposed to be good at - - killing the enemy and breaking stuff. We ultimately 'lose' these wars not because our military is overmatched or poorly led like the retired Col claims, but because politicians didn't want to...

I disagree with his entire premise. Does he expect General and Flag officers to use their status to hold press hearings so that they can publicly disagree with their bosses? Would anyone expect to still have a job, private or government, after doing such a thing? Does he expect junior and mid...

1 month into an operational tour and you won't know anything about the market either.

If the treadmill is set to a 1.0% incline, there is a negligible difference between treadmill and flat road/track running performance. The treadmill is slightly more quad dominant. The treadmill is good for working on increasing speed since you have an automatic pacer and most can be set to...

Look at the Navy PRT standards. If you can score a solid 'good' on all events then you will be able to make it through the program. If you can score an 'excellent' or higher on all events then you probably won't feel very challenged physically while at OCS. I would rank push ups and situps ahead...

I get the point. I'm just saying that when doing this financial planning, looking at stock market performance before you started working, let alone before you were born, is fairly irrelevant. The economy in 1925 is not the same as it is today. I often see people throw around the 8% historical...

2014 - 1996 != 15. It's easy to bounce back from that in your 20s/early 30s. If that 15 year 3% before-inflation return hits when you are, say age 40 up to age 55, you're going to have a bit of a conundrum with how you manage your portfolio 10 years out from retirement.

Over the last 15 years, the S&P has grown at about 3-4%. Same for DJIA. That doesn't adjust for inflation, so your real returns are around 1-2%, and most of that growth was in 2013. It's been a while since I crunched the numbers as a single Ensign, but I believe that investing in a traditional...

The spouse can continue to collect medical retirement pay and benefits after the service member passes away, so I'm not quite sure that the doctor is correct from a financial perspective.

It depends on what you mean by 'really bad.' I know two servicemembers who became terminally ill. One found it so late that he died within 3 months, not even enough time for him to medically retire. The other medically retired and passed away two years later. So no, the Navy doesn't just 'kick...

But that's the point. As a general rule, the CMC, XO, or CO shouldn't be unfucking one of your guys. Not because they can't, but because it's their division Chief's responsibility to handle those things unless the offense warrants going to mast. If the offense happened because of bad standards...

It's not about 'running' to his Chief or tolerating shenanigans. It's about letting the appropriate level get involved and do his job and using the chain of command both up and down. Put a stop to whatever shenanigans you find and if it's serious enough, "Get your Chief and report to my...

I think that the leadership tools applied by SNCOs and NCOs are different because they have different roles in the big scheme of things, and that Huey was talking about the latter not being able to use what's available to them for fear of being punished themselves. Things like when an E-5/E-6...