Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I joined the navy to operate, and loved operating, but I'm to old for that now. I grit my teeth and gut out the staff jobs because somebody has to do it and the navy has loaded 20+ years of experience into me...I'd feel wrong hanging it up when there is an obvious need for what I can do. I can't believe I'm thinking that way, I expected to be long gone by now. The first 15 years was not so much doing my duty as having a blast (usually). Now I understand the duty part...
Called maturity with duty <g>. I feel the same way. Unfortunately, the Navy is working hard to catch up to the USAF way, we are even developing a community of restricted line officers to run the staffing and training of all our communities. i.e. take the operational expertise out of the detailing and training design. Empire building at its worst.