It's been fun, but it's time to hang up the hat on this blog. I've met plenty of cool people through here, but of late it's harder to get motivated to write articles. Between spending more time w...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/10/hello-hello-but-i-must-go.html
(x-posted from Da Tech Guy ) No, not the NFL draft...that one where we take people and put them in the military. Well, most people anyway... Dennis Laich seems to think bringing back the...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/08/you-can-keep-your-draft.html
Yes, I note the irony of "communicating well" and posting this quite later than I wanted to... What you learn quickly in any leadership position is that communication is hard. You may think you...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/07/getting-respect-communicating-well.html
You would think the phrase "I treat people all the same" would be a good mark of true equality, but when I hear someone say it, I shudder. You're not supposed to treat people the same. In fact, d...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/07/getting-respect-differentiating-between.html
The last few months, I keep hearing about "respect," typically as in "someone is not respecting me as a (chief/division officer/naval officer/petty officer/whatever)." I am told that Millenia...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/07/getting-respect-sometimes-you-just-need.html
So I was looking up uniform requirements, expecting to see the old black and white pictures that have been on NPC's website since...forever, when low and behold Not all are updated, but this...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/04/hey-npc-is-updating-pictures.html
Perhaps we're really pivoting to the Pacific? Check out my latest post at Da Tech Guy!
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/04/trumps-pivot-to-pacific.html
Courtroom photo, from Wikipedia This past week I sat on my first ever Administrative Separation (ADSEP) board. Having never been on an ADSEP board before, I wanted to share my experience t...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/03/what-adsep-board-looks-like.html
To all my readers, thank you for the love and support shown over the last few days. Unfortunately, Rebecca didn't survive her surgery. After dwelling on it the past few days, I realized I might ...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/02/who-it-really-about.html
Sharing a helpful email. Ladies and Gentlemen, We have gotten a truly overwhelming response to the initiative that gets partial JPME credit for graduating from MSOC. To make this easier for al...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/01/if-you-went-to-msoc-you-may-be-eligible.html
Millenials are doing worse compared to their parents. Is it the economy, or something else? I explore that topic here: http://datechguyblog.com/2017/01/14/our-broken-millenials/
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/01/crosspost-from-da-tech-guy-our-broken.html
My posting has been sporadic due to Christmas break (and I took more days than normal, gotta use up that leave balance!) but also because I'm working on a book, ideally part of a series on le...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/01/working-on-book.html
Yup, you heard me. The National Defense Authorization passed. You can read it here: http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20161128/CRPT-114HRPT-S2943.pdf Everyone seems focused on the 2...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2017/01/your-bah-is-going-away.html
...can we refocus on technical training? While we can go back and forth about whether the rating removal was aimed at the word "man," or helping Sailors land civilian jobs, or some other r...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/12/now-that-we-have-ratings.html
So it's been light here because I've been guest blogging a lot: Why Trump's call to Taiwan isn't random and The Future of IW at Sea
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-blogging-all-over-place.html
I used to drive by this all the time going to school. Image from wikipedia. If you follow my weekly article on Da Tech Guy , my latest post is a bit of a rant about the VFW. And while I'm ...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/11/if-i-had-to-fix-vfw.html
Enjoy my post here at Da Tech Guy !
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/10/i-got-chance-to-hear-fbi-director-speak.html
The elimination of Navy ratings caught me, like most others, by surprise. I had heard that there was a move to add letters to the end of NECs to capture the level of expertise, which would help...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/10/did-you-contribute-to-rating-elimination.html
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-real-reason-behind-navy-rating.html
Two recent news items grated on my nerves: Ft. Gordon official arrested following child porn investigation http://wjbf.com/2016/09/19/ft-gordon-official-arrested-following-child-porn-inves...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/09/punishment-and-behavior.html
Please tell me no. Snowden is still a traitor, no matter what Hollywood would have you think. http://datechguyblog.com/2016/09/17/snowden-is-still-a-traitor-and-should-be-hanged/
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/09/going-to-see-snowden-movie.html
It's hard to understand the impact of disclosing classified material when you're not read into those programs. So, to try and break it down, I use a lot of football analogies. Check out my po...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/09/da-tech-guy-impact-of-classified.html
So what do you do on Labor Day when the remnants of Hurricane Hermine threaten the eastern seaboard? In my case, you throw your kids into a car and go hunt down the 21 mini-submarines that are hi...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/09/groton-does-art.html
I definitely have, and I feel like most of them are crooks. Get my thoughts from my latest post on Da Tech Guy: http://datechguyblog.com/2016/08/20/a-robot-could-replace-your-crooked-real-...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/08/have-you-had-crappy-real-estate-agent.html
This interesting piece hit my box yesterday. > The Defense Commissary Agency is forming a new approach to > calculating savings, aligning it more closely with private sector >...
http://navygrade36bureaucrat.blogspot.com/2016/08/commissaries-to-enhance-their-method-of.html