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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on October 02, 2014, 10:10:26 PM
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Navy sailors distrust commanders, fear crippling political correctness
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/30/us-navy-sailors-harbor-widespread-distrust-of-seni/
Navy sailors harbor “widespread mistrust†in the admirals who command them, complaining of poor leadership and a disciplinary environment that tolerates absolutely no mistakes, says a survey of the fleet.
The disgruntlement runs deepest in the officer corps, where scores of commanders have been relieved of duty in recent years.
PC is a huge problem in the military.
The independent survey was released amid complaints by some aviators about excessive political correctness as the military seeks to stamp out sexual harassment and misconduct in an increasingly gender-integrated Navy.
“Most troubling is the perception sailors hold of senior leadership,†the report says under the heading “Widespread Distrust of Senior Leadership.â€
The military should be a defense force, not a social PC experiment gone bad.
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The biggest catalyst to this explosion of PC was tail hook '91, which I attended and survived. Many I knew didn't, and not for lack of innocence.
The females (loose term) senators from California saw that "crisis" as an unheralded opportunity the likes of which they had never seen.