After the election

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Ha! Made you look.

I don’t do politics, but it is tough to ignore the fact that we just had an election. I may be wrong, but I would guess that military people – for the most part – are less emotional about them. Why? Because about every eighteen months each of them gets a new Commanding Officer.

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During that same time they will also get a new Executive Officer and all the eccentricities that come with the position.

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And they will probably see changes in their Department Heads, Division Officers, Command Master Chiefs, Leading Chiefs and Leading Petty Officers during their tours.

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Each new official brings with him or her a new set of expectations and a new way of doing business, leaving it up to the Sailors to figure out the new course to follow.

So I guess what I am saying is that Sailors are used to changes and learn to adapt.

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For that matter, everyone in the military has been “The New Guy” too, at one point or another, and probably has some empathy for what it is like.

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Anyone who has spent a career in the service has seen countless changes in the chain-of-command, and has learned that some policies will change and some will stay the same, so I think they take things like elections in stride.

I did an informal poll, and in my 26 year career I had a total of eighteen different Commanding Officers. That translates into a new boss every 1.4 years – each with a new perspective, new priorities and new ways of running the command.

It’s enough to make a person elect to retire.

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