Sorry I have taken a few weeks off this, but my point in the matter is that there is no staff trying to tell the BAT XO or COM what he could be doing better. When they are sitting up their in charge of all the mid's they get a very distorted perception as to how the world revolves, in that they think it revolves around them. On paper it looks flawless, the younger mids learn from the older ones, and progress toward better leadership occurs. Then again communism looks good on paper. In reality the older mids are pissed off cause they got treated like **** when they were 4/c and 3/c, so this is their opportunity for pay back by abusing their power. And the cycle continues. Our old BATCOM went to the USS Churchhill and ended up having a disagreement in her first month with her NCO. It came down to "I am an officer and you are enlisted." The NCO responded, "Mam, you will never get qual'd on my ship." Shows ROTC taught her a lot? Not really, anyways for all of you wondering I am in fact sticking it it, providing they will let me. My shoulder has become a thorn in many sides, and we are waiting to hear what the future of that will bring, but I want to stay in. So where there is a will there's a waiver. As far as PT, I know thats a pain for most of is Mid's. My big problem is that it is not taken into account we have real lives too. Now I don't drink but I do attend classes 10-5 Monday- Saturday. After I get back to my apartment, cook dinner, eat, and clean it is close to 7:30 or 8. Relax for an hour then dive into homework, I am lucky to be done by 1 am. Realistically how effective is it to have me PT at 0600 which means I am awake by 0530. You can only do so much on 4.5 hours of sleep. I stay in shape very well on my own, and I think if we can do that, from what I understand that would be better preparation for the fleet. Then again in this (dis)organization my opinion doesnt count. Finally, I don't know if you are familiar with MOOD (midshipman officer of the day) a typical watch that occurs nightly M-F. Now I am completely ok with this however our BAT XO is a MECEP, and has this crazy idea that he can turn us all into Marines. No offence to the Corps, but do not have those special chemical (im)balences to want to be a Marine. This is NAVAL ROTC, prodominantly preparing mids to be NAVY officier, it does not help when were are required to memorize Marine Corp watch procedures and Marine Corp turnover.