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Maybe you should be sensitive to your 80-85th percentile income that still flows if you get told to stay home, and that the majority of the US population aren't in the same economic situation as you. It's one thing to preach saving, it's another to do it on a median $60k ish household income...

Well, as people keep saying... this isn't about you. Sorry you're part of the 0.5%.

'The Navy' is following the minimal to moderate workplace risk guidelines put out by the CDC, because the infection rate and health risks to the population of 18-45 year olds fits that definition. There's a pamphlet on the CDC's website if you're interested. People who fall into higher risk...

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the many or the one... Except when your political class and its voting bloc are made up of 'the few' - then fuck everyone else. I know of no one with COVID-19 because the current infection rate is 1:1000. I know of multiple people figuring out how...

Those certainly are very big numbers, but the projected deaths still amounts to 0.3% of the US population, most of whom will be over 60. In the meantime we're making policy decisions that are decimating the economy, putting millions of Americans into economic hardship, and weakening our...

Porn n chicken...

Does goose poop carry caronavirus?

Unfortunately, the CO is not 'wrong' per se: So if he wants to go the 'nuclear option' IG route, he would have to demonstrate that the efficiency and readiness of the command would not be unduly impaired (or that the billet would not have been gapped in the first place had the command...

If someone has a large income relative to the mortgage payment or is guaranteed to live to 90, you're right - put the 20% down and invest the rest of the money to maximize the dollar amount earned in a lifetime (20% is required to avoid a VA financing charge that can get rolled into the loan)...

Your CO is a bit misinformed. Millington isn't going to slash billets because your CO lets people go on terminal. In fact, it's likely to have the opposite effect where they formally see a demand signal for a new person and send the replacement sooner. Also a conversation to have at wardroom...

Can a CO stop someone from taking terminal leave?

What's stopping you from starting a new job while on terminal leave?

I think that's what they used.

The policy and mechanism is already there, it just needs refinement. Women can take a year off for child care and get rolled back a YG. I know of a man who used the same program to take a sabbatical during his divorce. The down side, iirc, is it involves a dramatic pay cut during the time off...

Having to involve the CO isn't really much better. My overall point is that we could make significant improvement by allowing servicemembers to see licensed psychologists or psychiatrists without referrals. For many people, seeking mental health professional help can be an embarrassing moment...

Maybe it's unique to small commands but... The 'doc' (I hate calling him that) HM1/HMC has to refer the member to behavioral health if they want to get the service. One cannot simply call 1-888-navymed and set up an appointment on the down low. This is most commonly done at the direction of...

Don't forget that someone with the training of an EMT and who is friends with most of your subordinates needs to write the referral to behavioral health.

We agree that he was a legitimate target and everyone knows that Iran funds and equips terrorist organizations. However, the 2001 AUMF is specific in its language and does not give POTUS the authorization to kill someone just by labeling him a terrorist. I don't lose sleep over the issue, but...

The answer to your question is yes, the President is required by law to seek Congressional approval to use force in the scenario you posted. Oh, your question was rhetorical because you're smarter than everyone and not actually interested in discussion on a complex issue. I should have known.

I understand that. The policy was crafted during the Cold War when things like smartphones didn't exist. It's outdated. And when I say that Congress rescinded that power, it's because if they didn't pass a bill authorizing the President to launch nuclear weapons in certain cases, then that power...

Under our current laws, a POTUS could order a nuclear preemptive strike without Congressional approval. That should make people feel uneasy about how much power Congress has rescinded. As to ideal future state: I suppose I have a bad imagination because I can't think of a scenario where the...

Yes. What did you have in mind? Unit COs already have the authority to make other countries SSBNs disappear if a launch is imminent if that's what you're thinking about.

Congress rescinded their own Constitutional authority. If they want it back, they simply have to pass a new bill (most likely with a 2/3 majority to override the inevitable veto). They don't want it though because Congress is largely populated by career politicians whose safe space is to avoid...

ELS is typically an administrative discharge that is not quite honorable, but not OTH. It is a discharge method within 180 days of swearing in for when the member is deemed unfit for service - whether that's medical, disciplinary, or performance. An ELS usually occurs after going to an ADSEP...

There is a wide gap between 'marginally effective' and acting like a SWAT team. Marginally effective meaning that I think the odds that a sailor comes out on top in a shootout against an insider threat/active shooter is less than 50%. Marginally effective meaning that the odds that a sailor is...

I think what Brett actually meant is that he doesn't have to live with the increased risk of an armed watchstander shooting another sailor or himself in a blue on blue incident and knowing that he's the author of that policy that allowed the incident to happen.

I have never seen base police inside the NEX/Commissary, so if they patrol there it's relatively infrequent. Without 24/7 coverage, it's very easy to just wait for them to leave. Operational units typically are in more restricted access areas. I'm still trying to draw the link on how giving...

I covered this like 3 pages ago. ATFP is a mission that we tend to lowball, as demonstrated by your (and my) lack of confidence that your mark 1 mod 0 armed watchstander could hit a bad guy at 10 yards. So if we both agree that armed watchstanders would be marginally effective at best when...

For the majority of Sailors, god help us if we're losing so badly that they have to engage an enemy with small arms.

None of these shooters intend on coming out alive. They're just trying to achieve as high kill count as possible before they get killed. Moreover, they're familiar with the training that armed watchstanders get (or don't get), so if that training isn't robust then it's going to have no effect on...

I've been searched twice. Both times were leaving the base, in uniform, and at around 2000-2100.

Define 'trained well enough.' Does the ETSN know the conditions of the weapon, have current firearms proficiency, and explain how to challenge people when they come onboard the ship? Of course. Do I trust him to be able to hit the broadside of a barn and/or not do something to get himself...

I don't think that decreeing that SDOs/CDOs or DCPOs shall be armed 24/7 is the answer. For starters, the only formal training Officers receive for firearms is during initial PQS - that training covers conditions of the weapons, safety precautions, how to properly load/hold them, etc. but...

I don't know why everyone is being a dick to you about your question, but here's the answer: For at-sea commands, ship's company will stand 24 hour duty days, this includes at least 1 CPO and 1 Officer. When in a foreign port, the force protection guidance will typically require at least the...

The clearance process doesn't entail a psychological evaluation. It only asks whether you have sought treatment in the past, and quite frankly if someone lies about it, no one would know. All of the personnel involved in the incidents over the past year in the submarine force have been cleared...

Training and equipping watchstanders with firearms is the easy part. The hard part is that the shooting at PHNSY is one of about a half-dozen incidents in the last year (that I've heard of, which means there are more) where an American armed watchstander used his duty weapon to inflict harm...

Very nice. Education is rooted in facts and research. So before debating on what the law does and does not allow the President to do, you should probably know what the law actually says and then have some examples on how it has been enforced by the executive branch and interpreted by the...

It's a relatively ridiculous one not grounded in reality and not at all similar to what happened in the Gallagher case. Could the president point at someone and say 'you're a pilot now!'? Well, he could...is it lawful? I don't know. Off the cuff I would guess no because there's probably some...

The only thing absurd here is that you are comparing the POTUS's decision to prevent SECNAV and NSW from taking away a trained, qualified, and experienced SEAL's warfare pin as a final 'fuck you' on his way out of the Navy to plucking a random person off the street to fly jets with no training...

SECNAV just found out the hard way that he doesn't. Typically for an order to be considered unlawful, there has to be some law or regulation that forbids the superior from giving the order or the subordinate from performing the act. What law is Trump's order violating and/or what law would...

Dunno about the FAA, but in the case of the military he can and just did.

In the 'swiss cheese' model or 'switch' model, the OOD has his own hole or switch. You can put the CO in there, but that's only available if he's called in time. That's not what the Comprehensive Review says on page 13: "Primary causes of the collision were leaderships’ loss of situational...

Both of these ships had plenty of underway time to practice the practical application of the rules of the road (and to operate their steering systems). Neither of these ships had wardrooms that could ace a RoR exam. The SWO community writ large still can't ace a ROR exam according to a recent...

Not quite. I don't think that a lack of CODT is why the officers on the McCain and Fitzgerald didn't know how to apply the nautical rules of the road. Both of these ships spent ample time underway to build not just competence but expertise in this area through qualification and training programs...

The collisions were due to a fundamental skill/knowledge gap wrt practical application of the nautical rules of the road among the wardroom, which is fueled by a qualification and continuing training program that does not build and enforce the right level of competence. The collisions are...

'I need more CODT' is the battle cry of every CO of an underperforming crew. Almost always there are underlying issues with the effectiveness of training that doesn't need CODT to fix - in the example I quoted, putting someone on watch as OOD U/I without making sure he had the required knowledge...

No, they just need standards. Encountered a recent chop who has time spent standing conning officer. Aside from the fact that the comprehensive review stated that SWOs were not to do this anymore, the chop had 0 knowledge of the nautical rules of the road. Like, got a 25% on his written...

I know this is an accepted practice, but it makes my blood boil. "I didn't know the rules" is not an acceptable answer for a legal defense, it shouldn't be acceptable for committing an infraction in the military. It's your responsibility to know what is and isn't allowed.

No. Based on your post, you seem mentally ill and need to seek psychological help.

I got Epi-Lasik (the more modern version of PRK). The main reason was because of the contours of my eye, the doc said that there was less risk with LASIK - not that he couldn't successfully do LASIK, but when it came to my vision and a doctor talking increased risk I wasn't about to go with...