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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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Recently, navygrl11 started this discussion. Read the comments.
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/i-am-a-girl-joining-the-navy
Here are more discussions - one by Anthy with 50+ comments and one by guppy.
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/im-that-girl-who-joined-the
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/need-motherly-advice
Just click on the above links and start reading. You'll get a sense of some of the information available. Use the search function. Go to any of the discussion topics or blogs and input the key word appropriate like "girl" "joining navy" etc. Keep trying you'll never know what will come up. But i know this has been discussed before.
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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andrewsm go away!!! You are not wanted here.
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He was reported back in Sept.Too bad he is back. He must have been on deployment
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Not when you tell people that their daughter will commit suicide like you did on Sep 8, 2010. That kind of comment is WAY out of place and uncalled for. That is not advice.
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And then again on Sept 12, 2010 you told someone to kill their self...does that sound like the advice of a sane person. I hope that you get the help that you need but please do not make those type of comments on here. This is not the place for that type of comments.
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There is a way to give advice w/o creating a hostile enviroment. Your comments are way out of line for this type of forum. This is a site for information and support. Yes, I see that you want people to see your perspective but your delivery is not done in a way that people will believe that you are not just an angry, disatisfied, unhappy Sailor who is sorry that he joined. It is delivered in a way that will offend people and make them NOT want to read your comments. I am sorry that you are unhappy but you should not be venting here...at least not in that way.
When you tell people that their dtr may go insane or commit suicide and tell others to kill their self...that is stepping over the line.
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@andrewsm1989,
I believe you can make a valuable contribution here. Let's ALL start over. With exception of Anti M and Craig, the rest of us do not have the first hand experience. andrew is giving us a current view of Navy life - at least his current view of Navy life. The Navy, just like any industry will have the people who are passionate, the ones who are lazy and blood suckers, the ones who are competent and ones who are incompetent. My son also gets infuriated when he has to pick up the slack for others who manipulate situations to make themselves look good but avoid doing anything beyond the bare minimum to get the job done. The pay is the same but the competent sailors are asked to do more to compensate for the lazy ones. I asked, "Why can you change that?" He answered, "The mechanism is too big, it would take a huge effort from the top down and a real change in the way people are rewarded in order for this to happen - some very nice people should be let go - there would be a lot of pain." (or some words to that effect). If there was a war which requires the service of all our ships and then some - the ones who are truly competent would be elevated quickly.
@andrew, please do not suggest that someone kills himself/herself. In the years to come when your children are in the teenage years to young adult years, you will understand why such a suggestion would be enough to incite fury from a parent. I sincerely hope you don't make this suggestion to any sailor who is having a hard time with his work.
@andrew, how would you change things - the way things are done?
My husband and I have spoken with our son about this. If any of the sailors under his direction is trying and makes the sincerely effort to do the job, he will take time to help him individually. Often, this takes a lot of time on his part - leaving him with even less time for himself. However, he said once your team knows that you are on their side (and OK to bring up problems) the members will do more on their own creating a better performing team. The negative style of leadership is ultimately unproductive and turns people off. There is a percentage of sailors who really don't belong in the Navy - no organization can prevent that.
My thoughts are not very organized. I have had a long day at work.
andrew, I am truly interested in what you have to say. Not just some antagonistic vents but sincere analytic views.
BQB.
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