League of Disgruntled Majors: The officer version of Specialist Mafia?

2014-10-30T19:11:23-04:00

Most everyone in the Army know about the Specialist Mafia, but do many know about the League of Disgruntled Majors? I did not until I was deployed and rarely hear of it now. That may be due to being assigned at lower levels that have fewer Majors and most are in leadership positions. Did you know about this organization?

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 30 at 2014 7:16 PM

2014-10-30T19:16:54-04:00

Never heard of it, sir. Reminds me of the WOPA (Warrant Officer Protection Association).

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 30 at 2014 7:15 PM

2014-10-30T19:15:02-04:00

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca ?

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 30 at 2014 8:45 PM

2014-10-30T20:45:37-04:00

Never heard of it.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 30 at 2014 8:49 PM

2014-10-30T20:49:43-04:00

But I am a Major Loser. so you can I join? :)

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 30 at 2014 9:07 PM

2014-10-30T21:07:20-04:00

I've never heard of League of Disgruntled Majors, but that seems logical. If there's an E-4 "Mafia", then why not have an O-4 "Mafia". Even better, how about a W-4 "Mafia"? LOL!

Response by CW2 Joseph Evans made Oct 31 at 2014 12:36 AM

2014-10-31T00:36:01-04:00

Major Mafia by another name.

Response by SSgt Gregory Guina made Oct 31 at 2014 1:39 AM

2014-10-31T01:39:33-04:00

Never heard of this however I did have a CO that stated only two types of officers wear gold:
Those that know nothing and
Those that do nothing

Response by MSG Wade Huffman made Oct 31 at 2014 7:21 AM

2014-10-31T07:21:37-04:00

Never heard of it, but in retrospect, I believe I may have crossed paths with several members of this organization during my career! Sure does explain a lot! LOL!

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2014 10:48 AM

2014-11-01T10:48:14-04:00

Don't forget the first rule.....

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2014 10:54 AM

2014-11-01T10:54:08-04:00

Don't forget the first rule.....

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 2 at 2014 5:04 AM

2014-11-02T05:04:41-05:00

http://www.disgruntledmajors.blogspot.com/

Last post was January 2008. Maybe majors in 2008 were a bit more disgruntled than majors in 2014, but that's hard to believe, given the change in circumstances from 2008 to 2014. IE, 6+ additional years of deployments; decrease in promotion rates for majors from more than 100% to LTC to around, what, 64% in this last round; OSBs; etc; etc; etc.

Perhaps The League of Disgruntled Majors from 2008 has transformed into The League of Very Happy Lieutenant Colonels (as statistics suggest almost all (if not all) majors from 2008 got promoted to LTC).

The League of Disgruntled Majors

A Forum for Warrior and REMF Major alike to vent on the Pitfalls and Privilege of Majordom.Mediocrity - Ambiguity - Sarcasm

Response by MAJ Matthew Arnold made Jun 18 at 2015 10:35 PM

2015-06-18T22:35:23-04:00

Nope, never heard of it. If I had of I would have stayed a major longer so I could get in. (I may have been the longest (time in grade) major in modern (post WW2) time. Yeah, there were reasons for that.)

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Jun 19 at 2015 12:07 AM

2015-06-19T00:07:16-04:00

Actually heard about it when I was in Cambodia from the MLO at the Embassy. Although the cut point for senior officers is O-5 for the Navy, there does seem to be a law of the universe when it comes to officer ranks. Gold attracts shit.

Anyone else out there a Turtle, like me?

Response by MAJ James Woods made Jun 19 at 2015 11:13 AM

2015-06-19T11:13:49-04:00

That's funny. I do remember how my Co CDRs used to complain about the LTs forming their own union. Don't remember what they called it. Guess it depends on the unit and current command climate across the military.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2015 12:05 PM

2015-06-30T12:05:20-04:00

Never heard of it, and wouldn't be impressed by me peers if they thought this was a valuable use of their time.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Sep 16 at 2015 2:21 PM

2015-09-16T14:21:27-04:00

They are the primary staff officers at HQs which is worse than death.

Response by SFC Joseph Weber made Sep 16 at 2015 2:42 PM

2015-09-16T14:42:36-04:00

Sounds like someone is a little excited about possibly joining a cool club.

Response by LTC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 25 at 2015 11:41 PM

2015-11-25T23:41:52-05:00

It's easy to be flip, but most staff work is done...redone....reformatted...and can't be done by MANs who suffer the brunt of expectation fatigue and ethical fadding. Majors suffer the slings and arrows of uninformed decsions that must be executed despite the fact that systems of record are flawed....G6 has stripped any use automation functionality....(I could go on with the venting...but nobody cares)

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 7 at 2016 9:43 PM

2016-03-07T21:43:53-05:00

Can't talk about it

What ever it was you were referring to

So how about those red socks lol

Response by Capt Tom Brown made Mar 8 at 2016 5:27 AM

2016-03-08T05:27:47-05:00

The topic is still alive and well as can be seen in the below thread "Angry Iron Majors (A.I.M.) posted Feb 29, 2016.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 4 at 2017 6:29 PM

2017-04-04T18:29:13-04:00

I wonder if the people responsible for the website were ever reprimanded, that is, if anyone found out who they were. When I was an XO, the Commandant of the Transportation Officer Basic Course sent my Commander a letter alerting us to the online activity of an incoming 2LT. This was in 2007. It turns out the 2LT's name popped up on a blog commenting negatively on aspects of TOBC to include it's instructors at the time. Poor form, I suppose.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 26 at 2017 12:28 PM

2017-05-26T12:28:43-04:00

My answer does not equal endorsement or acknowledgement.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 1 at 2018 3:19 PM

2018-02-01T15:19:05-05:00

I'm hoping to be inducted before too long.

Response by SPC David Willis made Feb 1 at 2018 3:32 PM

2018-02-01T15:32:49-05:00

Ha never heard of that group but its not surprising, I always thought MAJ was an odd rank in that I never ran into many of them (shaming) and was never sure what the ones I did meet actually did (ambiguity).