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06-04-2013, 09:25 AM
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Another rat in the race
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06-04-2013, 11:36 AM
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Now a "Top Member"
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Roman Forest, TX
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Heh heh...
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06-04-2013, 12:01 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Northeast Louisiana
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Too funny. I have a friend who was a captain in the Air Force. I'm going to send him this.
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06-05-2013, 08:20 AM
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H2oski
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Hartford, AL
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I have a class right now that has 2 Captains and 3 Lieutenants in it. I had to show it to them and they were dying laughung. They got a kick out of it. 
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06-05-2013, 10:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
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Is this for real? I'm having a hard time thinking it is.
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06-05-2013, 11:02 AM
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Site Team - Lou
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Eastern PA
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This is the military equivalent of "The Onion"
None of it is "real"
Satire and Humor
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06-05-2013, 11:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 6,090
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
This is the military equivalent of "The Onion"
None of it is "real"
Satire and Humor
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Thanks for that - restores a little of my faith in some people.
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06-05-2013, 11:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ontario
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Very funny ! The others are funny as well, thanks !
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06-05-2013, 12:51 PM
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Now a "Top Member"
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Roman Forest, TX
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Funny, but with a ring of truth to it.
“The few of you that will be any good at your job at all will get out. The rest of you will be pushed through a broken promotion system that rewards mindless compliance with outdated standards over anything even vaguely resembling conscious human thought. As you rise through the ranks, you’ll receive awards and honors you don’t deserve and develop a wildly inflated sense of self, until finally you arrive in a position to grossly abuse the power and people in your charge.
Maybe not quite this bad, but as I said, there is a hint of truth in that paragraph. Probably a bit more than a hint.
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2010 Wildcat 28RKBS
2019 Ford F-250 XLT - AWESOME Truck!
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06-05-2013, 01:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EdJunior
Funny, but with a ring of truth to it.
“The few of you that will be any good at your job at all will get out. The rest of you will be pushed through a broken promotion system that rewards mindless compliance with outdated standards over anything even vaguely resembling conscious human thought. As you rise through the ranks, you’ll receive awards and honors you don’t deserve and develop a wildly inflated sense of self, until finally you arrive in a position to grossly abuse the power and people in your charge.
Maybe not quite this bad, but as I said, there is a hint of truth in that paragraph. Probably a bit more than a hint.
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I somewhat agree having spent a career in the U.S. Goverment - not everyone of course, but my personal observation was those people who volunteered to go to Washington D.C. HQ's regardless of whether they were qualified to make policy involving the field offices or not got some of the plum jobs after serving some time there.
What you quoted here is simply the military version of the "Peter Principle" that was batted around years ago and may still be.
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06-28-2013, 11:07 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Lake Lawtonka, OK
Posts: 11
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Alright... that's funny right there... I don't care who you are... that's just funny. Reminds me of a specific young LT with an AT-4. Hahahaha
#rowdyontherange
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