This is the third dumbest post you've ever made. It shouldn't matter whether or not this would fly in the civilian world. This is not the civilian world. This is as wrong-headed as saying "all these European nations let homosexuals serve openly." Cool. We're not in Europe.
Keep your "professional front" confined to you slice of rotor-ville - I strongly suspect you are not "like any other Navy pilot" - or maybe you are, which is all the more frightening to me. Its not a matter of the "good old Navy" dying. Its a matter of the "shitty new navy" being run into the ground by a bunch of senior flag officers who are more concerned with being on the perceived "right side of the law" WRT our current administration and its social agendas. Think about the colossal waste of money, time, and talent the navy just subjected itself to by firing ENT CO - mere weeks before it left on deployment.
Fund us. Equip us. Give us clear guidance. Let us break things and kill bad people. Give me a clear deck with good winds. Say thank you. Then leave us the fuck alone.
Well they're about to be able to, so I'm sure you'll find a way to deal... or you can always take a stand and go out and beat up a couple of queers. I don't think the argument that other nations do it so we should is the best argument. I think the fact that not letting gays serve, while not exactly the same thing, is certainly akin to not letting Jews or Blacks serve. Facepalm all you want, but yeah I said that.
I'm not arguing that the Captain is a bad guy. It's obvious based on his record that he was well liked and certainly did enough of the right things to get command of a Carrier. I'm simply saying that based on this fallout, he made a bad choice with the video. I ALSO agree with folks like A4s (after clarifying their stance) who made it clear they AGREE that the video was stupid, but that it is suspicious that he's only being skewered for it years after the fact.
There are things about the Navy that are great, and I can't imagine holding a civilian job. But there are also things that are pretty childish about Squadron life, too. How many other places could you work and go out with people and get hammered drunk every weekend like a bunch of frat guys. Sort of gets a bit ridiculous when you're on the downhill to 30.
We may be the military, and should be able to let our hair down. But Officers, especially high ranking ones, are perceived as austere, professional example-setting leaders... not pejorative-slinging drunken frat boys. At some point, you retire the beer bong and fart jokes and put on a more professional face.
Call it stupid all you want, but I don't think any debate team would call that a "good argument". People of differing opinions argue amicably as adults. They don't resort to name-calling and chest-beating.
Anyway, I think we're just speaking back and forth like the talking heads do and we're just repeating ourselves. I'm sure we can agree to disagree. Sorry for ruining your Navy. I'll go ahead and try to keep my bullshit confined to "my slice of rotor-ville".
