Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
A little bit confusing in the story. Three Petty Officers marched off the ship in Singapore. People having allegations read to them, but not being allowed to respond to the allegations. Now I don’t doubt that there was some friggin in the riggin, but it sounds like Her Majesty’s Australian Navy is running a “kangaroo court”.
I’m certain that it’s all kosher and it’s just a problem with the reporter getting the story straight.
Of course with all the allegations, there are going to have to be a whole lot of stories “gotten straight”. And if the CO had been on board for 21 months before all this came out, it sounds like he had 3 brass monkeys for department heads. “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Speak No Evil”. There are more than a few leadership problems on the good ship “Success”.
I’m beginning to think I was in the USN in the wrong era….. Shoot. Single sex ships. 30 and 45 day cruises between ports. Only 8mm B&W silent porn on 50′ reels. The sailors these days have it soft….. Where’s ye Olde Salt when you need him?
“The kinds of sailors who give buggery a bad name”…..
At least we still have rum and the lash….
Dammit, Tim, I’ve been trying to be good here lately and not make those kinds of sailor jokes! And then you go and do it!
3 brass monkeys indeed. That’s ten kinds of oblivious not to have a clue until ~11 months into his tour.
As for sex in a bar, I imagine that, so long as damages were paid, the owner will be happy to see them again next time around.
So, just what do you do if you are CO of (squadron, ship, group, whatever) and you find that so and so is diddling a married officer/enlisted, a same sex member, or whatever, and it’s componded by the officer/enlisted thing? I’m all for kicking them fore square in the a$$ and removing them from the service. Not in my service, not on my watch and never. I guess I’m a prude but those who know me would disagree.
Today you get sensitivity training, and remedial instruction, and individual counseling, and addiction treatment. After all, your behavior is not in your control and is only the summation of your past experiences and current environment. For your decisions are obviously the result of past superior influences and you aren’t expected to be able to make a proper decision with the information you have. It really IS somebody else’s fault!
I’m beginning to worry about you, JoeC. You’ve mastered the PC academic argot ALL TOO WELL…
Depending on where he works, he may well need that skill quite badly.
Sadly old-mind f@rts happen. I forgot the [snark] [/snark] tags…..
Oh, no, JoeC, no need to apologize–reads MUCH better without ‘em…culls out the inattentive readers…
Oh Bog!
Ashore they just refuse MAST and go for the Court Martial. 3 IG investigations, 21 others investigated to a fair thee well.
Way easier and more satisfying to arrange to have them run over in the parking lot after work.
Greetings:
USS Norton Sound, anyone?
Geez, like that wasn’t a long standing ‘Love, American Style’ crew.
I’d heard a few call it “The Love Boat.”