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Originally Posted by OneShot
Same goes here ... just different Navy. You know Officers are generally choosen and trained to think and at least in the german navy are suppose to have a pretty broad horizon (if you know what I mean).  :rotfl: |
Well... ya know... I think a lot of it is that I deal with people at the Pentagon, which is all about pissing contests, politics, and power games. I really liked the people I met when I was at sea. A lot of thinking people don't have patience for that kind of nonsense, and so they do well at sea, but not necessarily at the Pentagon.
The worst are the Flag officers and former Flag officers. They have the best gig going, though. They have a career of 30 years, then make SERIOUS money as "consultants," to Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Boeing, etc. I met this one former admiral, his wife had the most beautiful fur coat I think I've ever seen.