Upstairs in General
- April 5, 2019, 6:01 p.m.
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In 1995 I was just out of the fleet. Working for the Commodore at the wing. I wrote at least a dozen instructions in that two years, between the Bosnia conflict and 7 months in Italy.
It always cracked me up. I would edit and edit and edit. Then my boss would say “Send it upstairs.”
We worked in a WWII bomb shelter.
Upstairs was where the Commodore’s administrative staff, his Chief Staff Officer and the Commodore spent their time.
I was a fleet lieutenant, as salty as they come. I turned 33 that year. These days I see 33 year olds as not much more than babies.
The Fatigue Life Expenditure Instruction is still used at the Naval Aviation Safety School. An example of how to handle a problem.
My name is nowhere on that instruction.
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Deleted user ⋅ April 05, 2019
That is too bad :-(
woman in the moon ⋅ April 05, 2019
My brother was talking about the teaching he did in the Navy. Safety stuff I think. Fires, floods.
gattaca ⋅ April 06, 2019
These days I see 33 year olds as not much more than babies, still living with their parents.