I've gotten the impression that the navy seems to have a continual slinky effect as far as officer selection. It seems like every community (although it is seemingly more pronounced in aviation) is either majorly over-booked or has a severe defeceit, thus a huge amount of shuffling and odd recruiting. Is the navy always bad at predicting its needs (which may be for a perfectly legitimate reason, like the bredth of its mission and operations), or am I getting the wrong idea? If I'm at all right, are there any citeable, specific reasons?
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Needs of the Navy?
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It doesn't stop at officer selection. I think most people would say that the Navy has a "slinky effect" in just about everything they do. Especially in the flight program.
There is a reason that the Navy's unofficial motto is: Semper Gumby -- Always Flexible.
I was expecting "military order" and predictability, and I've found that there is no such thing. Controlled chaos is more accurate.
As for the reasons, it probably has to do with the economy, funding, deployment cycles, force drawdown issues, base realignments and closures, weather (hurricanes), wars, new aircraft coming on-line, etc... Try managing all those factors on a global basis.
There is a reason that the Navy's unofficial motto is: Semper Gumby -- Always Flexible.
I was expecting "military order" and predictability, and I've found that there is no such thing. Controlled chaos is more accurate.
As for the reasons, it probably has to do with the economy, funding, deployment cycles, force drawdown issues, base realignments and closures, weather (hurricanes), wars, new aircraft coming on-line, etc... Try managing all those factors on a global basis.
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