When I was in th Navy, I had the opportunity to be stationed with Marines at MCAS BEAUFORT, SC. The Navy/Marine Corps have y early audits for every NEC/MOS in existence. Every Dept, every Company, every Platoon, every work center, every program would be audited. If a program failed, they'd be re-aidited 30 days later and the program manager, workcenter Supe, Company Commander, Platoon Leader, etc would be on notice. If they failed the re-audit, they'd be fired for "loss of confidence" and a new person would be elevated to that position with orders to fix the problems and get that program, Company, Platoon, etc back on track.
If you happened to be that leader who failed an audit, you'd be reprimanded and have a permanent entry in your Service Record. If you were an Officer and failed bad enough, you'd be invited to resign your Commission. If you were E-6 and above and had at least 17 1/2 yrs in, you'd be invited to retire early.
I've seen Generals and Admirals lose their positions of authority in this manner numerous times. I've watched as E-6s, E-7s, E-8s, and E-9s retired early because they lost their way as effective leaders. However, at no time did I ever serv in a Command where the whole Command failed an audit. It was always a work center or Platoon that went "off track." We had a lot of good leaders back then. And for the most part, most unit and/or base commanders knew where every penny of their budget was being spent. But I left service in 2004, so I guess the practice of firing shitbag leaders was stopped at some point after. We need to bring that back ASAP.
Platoon. Chesty Puller. The stories I've heard. Hubby's older brother joined. Wrote to his mother about the horrors of Paris Island. She wrote their congressman who submitted an inquiry. He never got over being in the spot light (grin...and he's been an a$$ho*e ever since).
The few. The proud, The marines.
Marine Corp leads all services in implementing commands and policies. Always has.
It's the simple truth. Married to a Marine whose father was a China Marine.
Now, if our military ONLY defends the U.S. and no one else...
When I was in th Navy, I had the opportunity to be stationed with Marines at MCAS BEAUFORT, SC. The Navy/Marine Corps have y early audits for every NEC/MOS in existence. Every Dept, every Company, every Platoon, every work center, every program would be audited. If a program failed, they'd be re-aidited 30 days later and the program manager, workcenter Supe, Company Commander, Platoon Leader, etc would be on notice. If they failed the re-audit, they'd be fired for "loss of confidence" and a new person would be elevated to that position with orders to fix the problems and get that program, Company, Platoon, etc back on track.
If you happened to be that leader who failed an audit, you'd be reprimanded and have a permanent entry in your Service Record. If you were an Officer and failed bad enough, you'd be invited to resign your Commission. If you were E-6 and above and had at least 17 1/2 yrs in, you'd be invited to retire early.
I've seen Generals and Admirals lose their positions of authority in this manner numerous times. I've watched as E-6s, E-7s, E-8s, and E-9s retired early because they lost their way as effective leaders. However, at no time did I ever serv in a Command where the whole Command failed an audit. It was always a work center or Platoon that went "off track." We had a lot of good leaders back then. And for the most part, most unit and/or base commanders knew where every penny of their budget was being spent. But I left service in 2004, so I guess the practice of firing shitbag leaders was stopped at some point after. We need to bring that back ASAP.
Platoon. Chesty Puller. The stories I've heard. Hubby's older brother joined. Wrote to his mother about the horrors of Paris Island. She wrote their congressman who submitted an inquiry. He never got over being in the spot light (grin...and he's been an a$$ho*e ever since).
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