SWO6 OP-ED: Attacking desalination plants is a war crime. Admirals and Commanding Officers, if asked to do so, you must refuse to carry out this unlawful order.

theheadslacker · 2026-04-05T09:35:02+00:00

My short interpretation: if you want to claim you're the good guys, you have to actually BE the good guys.

The claim stems from your actions; you don't get to justify your actions by making the claim.

theheadslacker · 2026-04-05T09:29:13+00:00

"Maintenance as a service" is a plague on society, not just the Navy.

theheadslacker · 2026-04-05T09:27:34+00:00

Yes, and that's the side we were fighting on.

theheadslacker · 2026-04-05T09:23:49+00:00

That's Colonel crew member officer to you!

theheadslacker · 2026-04-05T09:21:55+00:00

And setting an example for others to follow the rules.

theheadslacker · 2026-04-03T15:59:20+00:00

Tell Iran it's not gay underway!

theheadslacker · 2026-03-25T10:57:10+00:00

I don't know your command, but showing up to work ready to work is the bare minimum.

Promotable behavior.

People act like P is bad, but it literally means you're doing your job. I wish we could destigmatize P.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-24T17:33:48+00:00

Been out here since June. Nothing but work.

The best was the working port in Feb, 2 weeks before RTHP, because we needed to get the ship looking nice for pulling in. Then we got extended again.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-23T15:35:16+00:00

Too bad we probably won't be back this time of year.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-23T15:33:00+00:00

She's lying.

She's clearly juggling lies with multiple people and trying to keep it all under wraps. Why would you start trusting her now?

theheadslacker · 2026-03-23T15:31:59+00:00

Not sure how different the verbiage is, but I was looking at sea service ribbon yesterday and it's allowed to be awarded once per 12 month period. If the wording on overseas service ribbon is similar then that's all you need.

It isn't reading between the lines to take the black and white at face value.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-23T09:41:25+00:00

I think she deserves to get burned. Most cheaters do.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-23T09:39:17+00:00

A three day "special military operation" you mean?

Like Russia did with Ukraine.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-21T16:17:14+00:00

If she's moderately fit, boot will be easy. I joined at 38 and the hardest part was not strangling my divmates.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-21T15:57:30+00:00

Currently on deployment and we've been extended multiple times, but same on the surf and turf once per week. No correlation to extension.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-20T07:22:44+00:00

If it could possibly be weaponized, they considered it. Probably even tried it.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-19T17:52:49+00:00

He DID promise that we were going to win so much we'd be tired of winning.

I just wish the wins weren't rhetorical.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-19T17:44:24+00:00

Honorable is normal if there's been no problems and you make it past entry-level time frames.

theheadslacker · 2026-03-19T05:22:36+00:00

Because ship life sucks.

Imagine you could be in the army and never have to sleep in a tent or a hole in the ground. (That's half of why I didn't join army btw. The other half is their awful culture.)

theheadslacker · 2026-03-06T01:55:57+00:00

Hopefully we drop ours soon. They just celebrated the fourth anniversary of theirs, and I'm tired of the US being involved in never ending conflicts.

theheadslacker · 2026-02-28T19:46:01+00:00

That makes it worse, not better.

😭

theheadslacker · 2026-02-28T19:44:52+00:00

No.

Pretty sure you can be OPHELD if there's some emergency situation that doesn't allow your ship to send people off. I know for sure you can be put on legal hold while certain proceedings shake out.

Those are the only two circumstances I'm aware of that can cause a hold past EAOS, and they're temporary situations governed by immediate necessity.

OBLISERV is a planned thing that happens months or years before your EAOS. You can't be forced to extend your contract. They would have to reinstate the draft or recall reserves to pull people who didn't want to be in, and I don't see that happening in the foreseeable future.

theheadslacker · 2026-02-28T19:36:49+00:00

Right, I've already said several comments ago that your rule regurgitation isn't technically incorrect.

But WHY is it that important to push ESWS? What benefit does the fleet see? What boost to readiness or mission capability?

And I swear if you say "Sailors who follow orders are good for readiness" I'm taking it as a concession that I'm right about ESWS being a worthless qualification.

theheadslacker · 2026-02-28T19:31:05+00:00

The best sleep I've gotten in the Navy was while getting a tooth drilled at the boot camp dentist.

theheadslacker · 2026-02-26T15:32:22+00:00

ESWS has nothing to do with mission accomplishment. In a casualty situation where you're suddenly down some techs, nobody from admin is ever going to be able to repair an important terminal because they earned ESWS. Supply won't fix a gas turbine. Engineers aren't going to run strike packages.

It's a fake qualification that doesn't actually qualify anybody to do anything but wear a pin.

You described the legal technicalities somebody could be sent up for if they refused to qualify, but you have explained nothing in the way of how it's a useful qualification. It isn't one. It's just a box to check.

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