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To: Diver Dave
No surprises to me here. The Navy benches skippers for scraping the paint on their command. At least that's the impression this landlubber has always had.
8 posted on 04/24/2006 9:27:42 AM PDT by hedgie
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To: hedgie
"The Navy benches skippers for scraping the paint on their command. "

Unfortunately, I believe that is true today. I remember reading, though, that Nimitz grounded his first ship he commanded on a sand bar. In todays Navy, he would have not advanced.

That's one of the negative side effects of trying to create a "zero defect" Navy. People make mistakes. So when the desire to advance is great, a great potential exists to cover up or ignore "bad marks" in your record.

This man has more then earned his right to advance. IMHO.

Sincerely
42 posted on 04/24/2006 2:43:34 PM PDT by ScubieNuc
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