Everybody is talking about the exciting new military recruitment video from four years ago featuring Navy jerks insulting/being gays. Here is the CBS News report on this "don't ask" tragedy: And here is a bonus news video of like a gazillion birds dying in Arkansas because the nation is poisonous:
I read about XO Movie night yesterday and all I can say is....chain of command on an aircraft carrier must be really confusing. The Executive Officer is a Captain, and so is the Commanding Officer. And so is the commander of the air wing/group, right? And then there's a Rear Admiral (Lower Half) in charge of the entire carrier group, including the smaller ships which may have COs that are Commanders, Lt. Cmdrs., or in some cases Lts....who are all addressed as "Captain" because they're COs of ships. Plus, you can only be the CO of a carrier if you've been a pilot, which makes sense except you put someone in charge (or the XO) of a ship whose entire career was spent flying planes....
It's so much simpler on "Star Trek" where every ship has a Captain who is a captain, and everyone is an officer, except for the occasional "Chief" or "Crewman," and every stays in the same department until they're killed by a glowing green glob or alien with a grudge.
And their order of military ranks is all messed up, yet somehow use modern American Navy acronyms like "CAG" and "XO". Also, Bob Dylan and GM vehicles.
I read about XO Movie night yesterday and all I can say is....chain of command on an aircraft carrier must be really confusing. The Executive Officer is a Captain, and so is the Commanding Officer. And so is the commander of the air wing/group, right? And then there's a Rear Admiral (Lower Half) in charge of the entire carrier group, including the smaller ships which may have COs that are Commanders, Lt. Cmdrs., or in some cases Lts....who are all addressed as "Captain" because they're COs of ships. Plus, you can only be the CO of a carrier if you've been a pilot, which makes sense except you put someone in charge (or the XO) of a ship whose entire career was spent flying planes....
It's so much simpler on "Star Trek" where every ship has a Captain who is a captain, and everyone is an officer, except for the occasional "Chief" or "Crewman," and every stays in the same department until they're killed by a glowing green glob or alien with a grudge.
She's just mad cuz she wasn't INVITED to the big party.
And their order of military ranks is all messed up, yet somehow use modern American Navy acronyms like "CAG" and "XO". Also, Bob Dylan and GM vehicles.