Originally Posted by
bunk22
Define part of the problem? I understand you say some not all. I think if an officer can offer something to the Navy then there should be no issue staying until retirment. Retirement was never in my plans but it happened that way. Luckily, last tour, I helped pump out X's at VT-6. I took a job here in Pusan, S Korea that nobody wanted. Next I'll help pump out X's in Kingsville. Meaning I've at least got a skill that the US Navy can use.
I've been lucky too in that my during my DH tour, I had a 5 month and a 3 month deployemnt. Busy job no doubt but plenty of family time. Prior to that, was a 2.5 year shore tour followed by the 2.5 year DH tour, 2.5 shore in P-cola, 1 year unaccompanied but family can come here anytime they want. I will finish with a 2.5 year shore tour in Kingsville. I guess my point is it's not always bad, being a away from family is sometimes minimal relatively speaking. Luck of the draw and community dependent though I'm sure. I'm E2/C2 community which is certainly not a always a good thing for family togetherness time. Then again, it's the military and that's military life.
I generally mean those sitting around waiting for higher tenure or taking another set of orders to make high 3 and/or TIG considerations. Again some...I'd argue as you would I'm sure, that those filling billets in a production source are doing some good work for their respective service. I'm talking more about some of the deadwood filling chairs on staffs surfing the internet all day long doing 10 minutes worth of work. And you're right there are plenty of folks out there who's work ethic isn't mired by the scope of their job. Hope that clears up my statement..