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I agree, I retired because I was not able to deploy as a single father. If you are a Naval Officer you should be on a ship or at least in the normal rotation. LT Brad McInnis CDR Mike Kovack PO1 Jay Lefever Maj Marty Hogan MCPO Roger Collins LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SCPO Larry Knight Sr. SCPO David Lockwood PO1 John Y. CWO3 Dennis M. Capt Tom Brown CMDCM Gene Treants MCPO Roger Collins CPO (Join to see) CDR Mike Kovack CPT Jack Durish Col Jim Harmon PO2 Robert Aitchison SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas LT Axel Newe
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CWO3 Dennis M. - Warrant I believe that relates to someone who is in a Non-Deployable status. A sailor on shore duty is still deployable, there were many incidents during the gulf wars that we augmented someone on shore duty to fill a critical deployment overseas for six months. Many of my guys when I was on shore duty asked to do those because they would get the extra pay. Well maybe they wanted to get a way from a spouse for six months.
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CWO3 Dennis M.
CWO3 Dennis M.
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LCDR (Join to see) - I understand and agree. By the way, your last sentence caused me have the first belly roll laugh of the day!
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CWO3 Dennis M. - I am at least always good for a laugh. I had a bunch of Chiefs with lots of drama on the home front.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
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Hooah!
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1SG Dennis Hicks
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To little to late, this has been an issue for decades.
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Commander in Chief was the issue. we have mad dog as secdef now and hes not just preaching about readiness, hes making them live it.
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1SG Dennis Hicks
1SG Dennis Hicks
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SGT (Join to see) - Actually this was going on before Barry, we had troops that would never deploy and they bounced all over the place but never were discharged. When you need troops to deploy it doesn't help when you have more broke, lazy and shifty bodies then deploy able.
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SGT Motor Transport Operator
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yes I agree to some degree. its seemed to get exponentially worse in those year though. or maybe it was that I just started personally seeing more often.
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MCPO Roger Collins
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Fifteen of my 21 years were at sea. Of the five remaining, teaching or training assignments. As noted earlier, normal rotation. There must be major differences in this area, with the Army. Non rotation wasn’t a choice for me. It is a pet peeve of mine that some SMs continuously managed to get staff duty, which resulted in promotions and plum assignments.
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CWO3 Dennis M.
CWO3 Dennis M.
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We are sailors. I am with you Master Chief, 14 if my 23 years were sea duty. Not quite up to your Sea/shore duty, but still up there.
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MCPO Roger Collins
MCPO Roger Collins
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Close enough.
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