Destroyers: Arleigh Burke Class
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:19 am
Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Dewey pictured from USS Carl Vinson,Pacific Ocean,October 11th 2018.
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Pelican wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:54 pm P.S.
Members may be interested in the following:
After working alongside the Royal Navy, most American surface warriors walk away immensely impressed by the impeccable professionalism of their British counterparts. When SWO’s talk about improving their community, the Royal Navy’s practices inevitably come up. “We should do it like the Brits,” is a common theme.
Continues at - http://cimsec.org/virtue-generalist-par ... rass/11907
Final paragraph of 3rd article:
I want Surface Warfare Officers to push ourselves “right to the edge of the envelope.” I want us to be proud of our community. I want our Surface Warfare Officer pin to mean something – to the military, to the service, and most important of all, to us. I want us to be professional watch standers and experts in our respective jobs. The Surface Warfare Officer community is known for being the dumping ground of Unrestricted Line Officers who could not hack it, and this happens because we do not establish, much less uphold, standards. No more! We should honor our heritage, establish a role in our force that is both respected and admired, and strictly and unabashedly police ourselves as consummate professionals who accept nothing less than the best of the best.
Quite agree Harry but I rarely venture into the USN area so perhaps Jim can move it please?Little h wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:52 pmPelican wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:54 pm P.S.
Members may be interested in the following:
After working alongside the Royal Navy, most American surface warriors walk away immensely impressed by the impeccable professionalism of their British counterparts. When SWO’s talk about improving their community, the Royal Navy’s practices inevitably come up. “We should do it like the Brits,” is a common theme.
Continues at - http://cimsec.org/virtue-generalist-par ... rass/11907
Final paragraph of 3rd article:
I want Surface Warfare Officers to push ourselves “right to the edge of the envelope.” I want us to be proud of our community. I want our Surface Warfare Officer pin to mean something – to the military, to the service, and most important of all, to us. I want us to be professional watch standers and experts in our respective jobs. The Surface Warfare Officer community is known for being the dumping ground of Unrestricted Line Officers who could not hack it, and this happens because we do not establish, much less uphold, standards. No more! We should honor our heritage, establish a role in our force that is both respected and admired, and strictly and unabashedly police ourselves as consummate professionals who accept nothing less than the best of the best.
David, all three of those CIMSEC articles make for very interesting reading ... but, I think they should be found a home in a general USN thread. Simply becaure the content is about the Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy overall; and not specific to the Arleigh Burke Class of DDG
Just my opinion however.