You say that as if it's a good thing!!
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- Thread starter OccamsRazor
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You say that as if it's a good thing!!
and indeed it is...
His picture from the past SWO days:
Maybe he'll bring the beard back as a Navy Tradition!
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Is that in regs?
Whatever it is, it's gross
Representative Sestak retired as a Rear Admiral because he did not have the minimum time required in service to be approved by Congress to retire as a Vice Admiral. This was because he was relieved of his three-star billet the day that ADM Mullen became CNO, who is now CJCS.
Another thing to keep in mind is that it is not common to have former flag/general officers as service secretaries, for good reason. The SECNAV is not supposed to be a military commander and while military experience is a good thing, a former FO/GO might be tempted to 'command' versus manage.
Congressman Sestak has an evil reputation on the hill and in the military, from what I've heard. That may have played a part, too.
http://blog.pennlive.com/pennsyltucky/2007/09/joe_sestaks_ship_takes_on_wate.html
I don't disgree.
England, Danzig and Dalton were picked...check their resumes. I wonder what the competition looked like back then if they were the best available.
Juan will show up somewhere. He is good at that.
It was back in the day. Sailors used to wear facial hair to include goatees, van dykes, and full beards, but I heard some Admiral's wife didn't like beards and in the Mid-80's the Navy Regs were changed to remove beards.
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Van Dykes?
Someone needs to compile a list of asinine regulations which supposedly originated not with the Base CO/Region CO/[fill in senior officer here], but with their wife.but I heard some Admiral's wife didn't like beards and in the Mid-80's the Navy Regs were changed to remove beards.
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Seriously. It seems like the urban legend which explains the origin of every asinine, annoying regulation starts with a henpecked O-6+. :icon_tong
Classic example would be B-29s flying out Japan during Korean War that revived nose art only to get censored by henpecked 0-6+ so overnight bikinis and other "coverups" began to appear on all the classic heavenly bodies.
I was always told the facial hair regs were for ensuring seals on NBC gear and O2 masks. Why this would have changed in the 1980s, or why the Navy, which seldom uses gas masks would change, or why many of our allies apparently have beard-compatible gas masks, I don't know.
Service Sec positions are largely patronage positions. I personally would expect them to have military experience, but that unfortunately doesn't always happen. Some of the assistant sec positions have professionals, though. Sort of like State. The ambassador wrote a campaign check to get his job attending cocktail parties. The deputy and attaches are career professionals.
Service Sec positions are largely patronage positions. I personally would expect them to have military experience, but that unfortunately doesn't always happen. Some of the assistant sec positions have professionals, though. Sort of like State. The ambassador wrote a campaign check to get his job attending cocktail parties. The deputy and attaches are career professionals.
That's what they told us when it happened (it was about 1984 or thereabouts.)