Posting

So MARS IV starts 28 September and will end sometime in February. In the mean time, the Venture staff will attempt to either send us off to sea or, if that fails, will put together an OOD qual package so we can get OOD qualified over the summer, and have one tick in the CofC II quals box. It should be a lot easier for us to get OOD qualified, as there will be a lot of ships in port, and not all that many deploying.

There are also a few openings on a ship's diver's course but I don't think I can get on it. I'll probably ask for it, but I doubt I'll get on it.

As far as MARS IV goes, the MARS head at Venture said something about our sea phase (several weeks) possibly being on the East Coast. Hopefully we'd be out on MCDVs--Orcas in winter in the North Atlantic (even within a few miles of shore...) would NOT be a good idea.

I'll post later about MOC weekend, but I'm really pumped for life after RMC. Of course, getting there isn't going to be much fun, but I'll live. 1309 out of 1357 days done (aka 48 DTG)

Posting

Well, I received my posting message this morning. I'm officially being posted to the West Coast, effective 19 May 09, as an Acting Sub-Lieutenant. (I'd rather be an Ensign, it doesn't sound as bad as Acting Subbie... and isn't followed by the rank of Subbie.) I'm not sure what I'll actually do, as the course dates on the NOTC website have no sign of an ROTP MARS IV starting this summer, but it might have been updated since I last checked, but it'll likely involve some type of OJT. Hopefully not a shore assignment. I wouldn't mind if The Girlfriend was coming along, but she's staying in Ontario, and going home to my apartment--even though I'll have a roommate--will be rather depressing if I don't have anything to do. At least once MARS IV starts I'll have to study and be productive, even when I go home.

In any case, I'm glad to be getting out of RMC soon, but I'd rather get a little bit of leave before having to move, as I won't see The Girlfriend for quite a while after I fly out.

Ah well, here's to The Navy.



Also, the paper I have been writing has been pushed back further--a bout of illness kept me in bed most of last week and I barely managed to keep up with schoolwork, let alone a random essay I wrote on my free time. I'll finish the rewrite as soon as I can.

On Integrity

About Integrity:
Integrity in the Navy has become a serious issue. Instead of using common sense, I see many "leaders" using the policy "do as I say, not as I do" based on the fact that they are senior and they cannot be questioned by those below them and no one above them wants to interfere.

From an anonymous commenter on bubbleheads' blog.



...Sounds awfully familiar. Not so much about just the Navy, though.