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Re:Problems plagued U.S. Navy destroyer Fitzgerald before fa... by sevensor on Friday January 18, 2019 @09:18AM (#18939414)
> What is this? High school??

According to most of the ex-Navy people I've met, it's high school part 2. None of them had been officers, and I'm a tiny bit surprised it extends to the officer class, but only a tiny bit.

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Re:Problems plagued U.S. Navy destroyer Fitzgerald before fa... by odn86 on Friday January 18, 2019 @09:48AM (#18939620)
Surface Warfare Officers eat their own. It's a constant game to make sure you don't get passed over for promotion.
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Re:Problems plagued U.S. Navy destroyer Fitzgerald before fa... by pc86 on Friday January 18, 2019 @02:26PM (#18942123)
I had a friend who was an SWO, was brilliant in school, extremely physically fit, spoke multiple languages, etc. He got out after the minimum enlistment and couldn't stop talking about how terrible the culture was and how you basically needed to do whatever it took in order to secure your next promotion.
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