What can can be done about a hateful XO?

I can't say I believe in sabotaging the guy.
I do believe that crap like this has a way of coming around like a boomerang, though.

1SG (Join to see) - Thats the beaut in my method, no sabotage needed. But you don't have to support his craziness either.
You and your enlisted men (persons) do their JOB, period, never comprise your own self worth or ethics..
The nonsense will reveal itself without the enlisted side of the house jumping through hoops to cover it up (accomplish the mission in spite of his nonsense)

After his OWN actions reveal them selfs, offer him a solution that benefits him, the enlisted, and the unit.

My brother was an AF finance clerk....the Sgt in charge of the billets was always on his ass.....suddenly the Sgt finance records ended up in Thule Greenland....took him six months to get his pay straightened out.... not my style but it worked

MSG James Hughs, what goes around comes around.

Now that’s funny, Greenland would seriously suck, and the best part I’d venture is that anyone looking at his jacket would say... hmmmm, Greenland, tell me about that. Lol. Maybe a code word for a fuck up.

Perhaps it would be a good idea before becoming an Officer to spend two years in the Enlisted ranks to gain a better picture of what goes into everything.

Cpl Tim Howerton - My experience, sorry if it offends anyone; collect yourself in a mirror if need be. Prior enlisted officers who regularly let it be known they were prior enlisted, were the 10xs worse than an academy kid on an ego trip.

MSgt (Join to see) - I am not offended ( nine years enlisted before earning my commission)..... and I am sorry you were unfortunate enough to have only had bad encounters with "Mustangs"..... Fortunately I was more lucky. I found Mustangs were VERY good, in general, at leading troops but sucked at staff work or politics in general. The worst were "ring knockers", with a few exceptions, most acted as if they were "entitled" with little or no empathy or understanding of the troops but excellent in strategic planning and office politics. There were always exceptions. I found it interesting that the Command & Staff College once did a study where they compared history's best military leaders characteristics to the standards expected / required by modern OER guidelines and found that our finest performers....our most heroic historical leaders.... would not get favorable ratings. The very characteristics that probably made them great leaders....we have a tendency to punish. Another flaw in our officer system is that we expect our officers to be "well rounded".... have gotten their "ticket punched" in all the skills thought to be important a selected career field. It does not allow for career specialist. For example the late Special Forces officer, LTC "Silver Fox" Cincotti was one of the finest troop commanders I ever met. The troops would have eagerly followed him on that proverbial trip to HELL and enjoyed the trip. But sadly "the Fox" sucked at being a staff officer and handling office intrigue. I could name several more outstanding officers who were destroyed because they were not playing the game. Major White would not endanger the troops and alter his findings in a safety report and ended his career as an engineering officer on a remote island in the pacific. His boss owned stock in the company that would be hurt if the safety report went forward. I lost my commission because I would not tolerate dishonesty from ANYONE including my boss. I never made it to field grade so I have no first hand knowledge but does anyone know of a general that was promoted without a political mentor?....promoted on ability alone?