Posted on Feb 8, 2016
Navy, Air Force lag behind in professionalism, top Pentagon official says
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A study of the misconduct of senior military officers and the policies in place to prevent it has found that there are significant differences between the services. The Army and the Marines were ranked as the best for military professionalism while the Air Force and Navy were graded poorly.
It was found that the training programs for professional development belonging to the Army and Marines focused on teaching the "intangible virtues of leadership" As a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Veteran what do you think of these findings?
It was found that the training programs for professional development belonging to the Army and Marines focused on teaching the "intangible virtues of leadership" As a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Veteran what do you think of these findings?
Navy, Air Force lag behind in professionalism, top Pentagon official says
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I think they're bogus and misrepresentative. Then again, I would, wouldn't I :)
The Navy (I can't speak for the Air Force) has to operate under some unique circumstances, and usually somewhat isolated in terms of command structure. I've served for considerable lengths of time in and among Army units, and while they have a mission that is truly arduous, it is different...vastly so in comparison to that of an afloat command.
The Army seems to have an enormous amount of people, by comparison. They live by MOS and stay in their "Lane". There's so many ways they segregate duties, qualifications and position...starting with whether or not "combat arms", then by rank, then by "tabs", etc. The Navy has to make a tiny, floating "city" work by any means available...a world that runs 24 hours a day, thousands of miles from land, dominated by a very small number of officers and NCOs. We have OSs that stand watch with small arms and serve in VBSS teams. We have BMs who steer the ship and manage small boats. We have officers who are rated to fly F-18s that command carriers. Its a strange, mixed up world. At one point, I found myself leading the air division, standing one of three, eight hour bridge watches, manning the helicopter control tower in between, leading both a shipboard firefighting and internal security team, serving as the ship's PR officer....and oh yes, standing in for the topside rover and painting my own helo hangar when we were down a couple personnel for "schools".
If we're less "professional", it may be because we culturally think of the service like a vessel at sea. Our first task is to "navigate" the vessel and engage the enemy...we'll get a fresh coat of paint on the quarterdeck once we're in port.
The Navy (I can't speak for the Air Force) has to operate under some unique circumstances, and usually somewhat isolated in terms of command structure. I've served for considerable lengths of time in and among Army units, and while they have a mission that is truly arduous, it is different...vastly so in comparison to that of an afloat command.
The Army seems to have an enormous amount of people, by comparison. They live by MOS and stay in their "Lane". There's so many ways they segregate duties, qualifications and position...starting with whether or not "combat arms", then by rank, then by "tabs", etc. The Navy has to make a tiny, floating "city" work by any means available...a world that runs 24 hours a day, thousands of miles from land, dominated by a very small number of officers and NCOs. We have OSs that stand watch with small arms and serve in VBSS teams. We have BMs who steer the ship and manage small boats. We have officers who are rated to fly F-18s that command carriers. Its a strange, mixed up world. At one point, I found myself leading the air division, standing one of three, eight hour bridge watches, manning the helicopter control tower in between, leading both a shipboard firefighting and internal security team, serving as the ship's PR officer....and oh yes, standing in for the topside rover and painting my own helo hangar when we were down a couple personnel for "schools".
If we're less "professional", it may be because we culturally think of the service like a vessel at sea. Our first task is to "navigate" the vessel and engage the enemy...we'll get a fresh coat of paint on the quarterdeck once we're in port.
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CPT (Join to see) Service bias combined with a distinct lack of understanding between the differences in mission and culture.
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