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Wow, that lawsuit sounds like it will get pretty messy, but at the same time, not really surprising. Things like this is why I don't get 'loyalty to the institution'; it's just an abstract concept, and the reality is you are loyal/disloyal to the people around you. Maybe the concept might get...

Not yet, but sounds like I should make one, and send it to some Mars friends.

Way more projects that went no where also started the same way. Options analysis starts when a project is funded, this is pre-options analysis being paid out of misc O&M with personnel diverted from other postings. None of it means anything until its in the investment plan and part of the...

I think that can actually tend to cost more when you lump in all the requirements into one, then you end up with a universal uniform with a ton of compromises which is kind of shit for everyone. It's not really rocket science though, the CAF just makes the process way more complicated then it...

There is some pretty specific requirements for the NCDs and flight suits that the combats don't meet, and also some combats requirement that aren't needed for the NCDs and flight suits. For the NCDs anyway though, oil rigs etc all have the same functional requirements, so the only difference is...

You would be shocked at the weird things that need de-militarized, and some of them are actually part of the water tight integrity, so sinking it down to divable depth doesn't really do it. For ALG for example, being down 2700+ m was considered demilitarized for what was left on board. The...

Is that if they don't tell you in the first few minutes? They are like vegan crossfitters of the sea.

With the old school stoker and electrician badges (and soon to be new hull techs) to thumb the nose at people that wanted to break up the 'stoker mafia'!

If by 'early' you mean completely unfunded, not in the DND future investment plan, and not on the NSS radar then yes, it's early. That's about 20 years out, and I can't see it actually happening as the GoC sees AOPs doing that role.

Having been involved in both scrapping and reefing it's a not brainer for us to scrap everything. Still cheaper to scrap, and so much is now controlled goods, ITAR etc demilitarizing it beforehand is just not feasible (at least for combatants). With how much high quality brass and copper is...

These are the same houthis that sunk a few ships full of fuel off their reefs which was a huge biodiverse corral reef full of fish that provided the largest single industry for Yemen? They seem like stable geniuses.

His lobbying group was part of one of the failed CSC bids. I would not be surprised that they are getting paid for public lobbying like this with him as the talking head. He's also really uniformed and out of date, it's a really complex project generally with really complex internal government...

Which one? The one with the RCN badge is sold at the canex as an authorized one with the uniform. A plain black leather belt is also authorized with the NCDs IAW the dress manual. I would always recommend folks on board wear a belt that doesn't melt with the FR uniform, but pretty much zero...

Could be wrong, my impression was their logOs were mostly shore based, and the equivalent to HODs was a line officer position on a lot of their ships that mostly did divisional type admin. Maybe that was just for the engineering side? Was weird doing a visit to one of their ships, and realizing...

Pretty sure the normal sub surface sensor fits are incompatible with the ice breaking capability, and there is really limited space for secure equipment. Plus then you start getting into red power runs, 'power cleanliness', and all sorts of other issues that aren't part of the design so...

Maybe, but their pin doesn't look like a steaming pile of plated zinc, and they also don't have engineers and logOs, so they have non-SWO shaming for people on a dry list. If someone doesn't get their BWK, they don't hit OFP and get punted. If someone doesn't get their command qual they get dry...

I would have thought jump wings was more like boarding party or dive team, which is something open to pretty much anyone, so some random people have it. The moustache pin is weird, as it's very Mars specific, and the BWK in particular is odd as it's a hard requirement for DP1. It would be a bit...

No, the moustache pin is for getting NWO specific benchmarks. (BWK ticket, Command qualified, CO posting) All the non-NWO officers make fun of them though so you aren't missing anything.

Yeah, I'll take a consistent and consistently decent person any day of the week (as a boss, peer or subordinate). Personally I find that good leadership ripples up and down the chain as well, where bad primarily rolls downwards (with some terrible leaders doing a good Jekyl/Hyde act to keep...

I think this is a great point, there is a lot of really good daily things on the go that isn't necessarily exceptional. The really bad and really good ones stick out in your memory, but the generally solid and consistently reasonable ones don't jump to mind. Having said that, I've had probably...