Sam K, misogyny is still rampant among the culture of our youth. As the service is in many ways representative of our society, is it any surprise?

Outta here… Again. Bye, Mary.

On another analytical level there is a parallel her between the undue emphasis on the corrective programs UltmaRatioReg bemoans and military inspections in general. In the year 1969, for just one remembered example, the USAF TFW I was attached to had no less than 26 major Inspections of all kinds in one year–which saw, for example, the AEC brief out of their inspection of our nuke storage facility IN THE MIDDLE OF our ORI! At some point, one has to attend to un-interrupted periods of tng segments in order to learn and achieve competency in the basics of the mission. A parallel is the philosophical divide in education as between constant testing versus spending time on the subject matter being tested to death. Obviously some Aristotelian “Golden Mean” should ideally be achieved, but I think the article and many voices here believe the tail to be wagging the dog.

Captain, I never said they were children. My point is that when they find a situation where authority is not coupled with retribution, that much like small children, they will continue to stretch the envelope of correct behavior. I’ve been a supervisor in many different situations, and I’ve seen this same behavior so many times it isn’t funny. You let people know what’s expected of them, what’s acceptable and what’s not, and you prove to them what the consequences are when those boundries are broken.

Think “iron fist inside velvet glove”.

Lens,

I never heard you use a $5 word like “puerile” on the platform. “502 you’re going puerile, add power”. LOL. Always wanted to know: how in hell were you able to take them inverted pics while flying single seat?

I understand the meaning of the post by Ratio- another “process- feel good- mandate” that takes away from warfighting.

I understand the angst from VX/Sid other dino’s like ourselves who look back to the fundamental question “why are we co-ed in the first place?”. Even though we all know THAT issue is the status quo and will never go away. We have to face up to it.

Somebody up above mentioned it was a “felony”. I am sure sexual assault is covered by the UCMJ, right? Why not just reinforce existing training on the UCMJ. Read the Navy Times- there is a wide range of offenses published week to week ..Murder, conspiracy, treason, theft, sexual assault and even poaching by them poor Ensigns who shot up some birds. Context- Why should this criminal act get a a higher priority than the others?

What I don’t understand is the in-you-face of a “Fod detector” whose modus operandi reminds me of one particular character out of the book “Animal Farm”.

First post of Byron way up above says it all about “nav training”- I’d only add- give our pilots more flight time, too.

b2

Yes, you’re right, b2, it appears co-ed IS here to stay, but so are the problems that it engenders, despite the increasingly stringent and authoritarian measures used to try and reverse the effects of biology. It seems not to have dawned upon the upper echelons of the command structure that what they have enjoined in their attempt to master genetics and biology is a sisyphusian task that will never end, nor be resolved to the “satisfaction” of the powers that be. And, given that fact, the rising frustration levels that this state of affairs invariably engenders inevitably leads only to successive rolling witch hunts, repressive measures and the damaging/ending of careers of otherwise innocent, good commanders unfortunate enough to be present (or even in the vicinity) when “bad” things happen (think Tailhook.)

Over time, the increasing politicization of the force in an attempt to shape it to the Politically Correct mold/template desired warps and distorts the force like a metastasizing cancer until those PC elements seen as “ploblem” areas become an end in themselves. In effect, the “socialization” of the force becomes THE mission, not combat readiness, no matter how much lip service is paid to the combat role.

We used to joke about the Soviets with a political officer in every unit who was the co-commander, and the extent to which “political” decisions trumped military ones even at the small unit level. Look around, even today we have duplicated their system informally, if not formally. Careers are ruined if the requisite quota of minorities are not promoted etc. An extensive informal–and mucho denied–”back-channel” system of “jungle-telegraph” tom toms has arisen surely as extensive and as powerful as the more formal system of political control of the old Soviet system. At least the Soviets had the intellectual honesty rooted in a firm belief that their system was better that they were unafraid to formalize it in the full light of day.

So now we have “shadow” command structure of informal controls which is rapidly morphing into an out-in-the-open formal one which makes no pretense of hiding it’s goals–and is determined to force
it’s “needed” changes in the obvious belief that if only the right combination/mix of command emphasis is applied, the problem of human pheromones will be “solved” once and for all. Sisyphus would be proud.

UltimateRatioReg;

I can’t believe the USNI allowed you to post this blog with your title. You’re focus of the topic through a framework of “combat” is acceptable to many, but not to me. Obviously you have no one in your life that has been raped.

I won’t be visiting this USNI blog again.

Guy Stitt.