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2016-12-22 Government

Navy to Restore Enlisted Rating Titles After Months of Criticism

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Posted by Pappy 2016-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 This guy didn't write the proposal for the LCS and the Zumwalt did he

Posted by Cheaderhead 2016-12-22 05:54|| 2016-12-22 05:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Mabus needs to be ridiculed into retirement. Name a transgendered garbage scow after him

Posted by Frank G 2016-12-22 07:12|| 2016-12-22 07:12|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Have been talking to a few friends with connections to the USN and DOD. Their takeaway on this:

*The USN leadership had utterly convinced themselves that this would go over without a single complaint.
*The reaction - 'revolt' was apparently not too strong a word - apparently put the fear of God into some people, even more so when the usual incantations of 'sexist' and 'diversity' had no effect whatsoever.
*Notice SECNAV Mabus hasn't said much on this at all.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-12-22 08:17|| 2016-12-22 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Not quite Spithead, but who ever is put in charge with the new administration needs to retire a number of senior grade officers. When your ships can't make it through the canal, you got bigger problem than worrying about the dictionary.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-12-22 08:40|| 2016-12-22 08:40|| Front Page Top

#5 First off, it was another of a continuing series of SJW moves.

Secondly, it's just another step toward the 'purple suit'. For those unfamiliar with the term, it means having one 'defense establishment', similar to what Canada has (even Canada has backtracked from its original plan somewhat.) Other nations have similar set-ups as well.

While there are some advantages to combining certain common DOD functions, no one has made a solid case as to how such changes will actually contribute to the primary mission of supporting the national interest, or winning wars.

Posted by Pappy 2016-12-22 08:45|| 2016-12-22 08:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Outside of the front line medics*, most of the medical personnel could be 'purple', but given the entrenched culture nature of the services, highly unlikely.

* see - Hacksaw Ridge

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-12-22 09:27|| 2016-12-22 09:27|| Front Page Top

#7 ...spearheaded by former Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Michael D. Stevens.

What P2K said - we need to see a lot more of this.

Posted by Raj 2016-12-22 10:41|| 2016-12-22 10:41|| Front Page Top

#8 As a retired officer, I really didn't have a dog in the fight over the rating system. However, it struck me as a fucking stupid move. The Navy could have adjusted the names of some of the ratings to eliminate the (mis)perceived sexism. For example, Corpsman could have been renamed Medic,or something similar. The Navy changes, combines, and renames ratings all the time. Instead, Mabus et al decided to throw out the baby, the bathwater, and the bathtub.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2016-12-22 12:18|| 2016-12-22 12:18|| Front Page Top

#9 That would be corpse-xer.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-12-22 13:02|| 2016-12-22 13:02|| Front Page Top

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