Let me be clear :

Speaking from inside the CG domain, we screwed this up. We didn’t follow our own social medial policies. We didn’t take the opportunity when give to us, to correct the record. We were scared. We still are. We fully believed that if we covered our eyes no one could see us.

Over coffee this morning the topic was this site’s hit counter passing the 600K mark. We’re not even close to that with our own internal attempts at Blogging.

We were wrong, naked and exposed. We let the Commandant down.

We don’t completely agree with you. No doubt some inside the Allen circle let him down, but he’s a big guy. He reads this Blog and could have fixed many an issue if he found it desirous to do so. He didn’t and that we think sends a signal to his workforce.

#4 :

#4 says it all. Dito my friends, dito.

We agree. If Admiral Allen really believed in his Guardian Ethos, he would get to the bottom of the issues created this Blog. He owes it the employees who were beat down by his staff, he owes to himself. In ten years Wikipedia will have all kinds of glowing accomplishments on Allen’s page, but its the things he didn’t accomplish that will keep him up at night.

BOBBY BRONCO :

Not surprisingly, LT Erickson will not interview Jerry Johnson or other Board Members from the Sea Service Group. What is funny is he thinks it is the Commandant writing and not one of his hundreds of staffers who are stationed in the building ghostwriting it all under his name!

You can’t handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives…You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.

We use words like honor, code, loyalty…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use ‘em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I’d rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!

El Señor Anonimo :

What a joke… please… just aske the poor guy in E-City who “dared” to post his opinion a few weeks ago… The only feedback they want is the positive kind or else…

Tell us more.

I won’t necessarily say its a “waste”, but for sure I can’t say “money well spent” either. Again, this points to another long time CG problem and that’s prioritizing expenditures. This is a “nice to have” but I’m sure that the operational units the ensign is visiting could put the money to much better use and perhaps even improve mission execution.

Given her situation, the ensign is doing a fine job, however you need to be careful about what you’re practicing since you can get very good at doing the wrong thing.

Over coffee this morning the topic was this site’s hit counter passing the 600K mark. We’re not even close to that with our own internal attempts at Blogging.

We were wrong, naked and exposed. We let the Commandant down.