Goat Lockers all over the world are howling the words: “What the fuck!?” As the US Navy released a video to the fleet about addressing sailors by their preferred pronouns. Whoever came up with this shit never served on a US Naval vessel. It was customary to address officers sir or ma’am, Chief Petty Officers are addressed as Chief, Senior Chief, or Master Chief, and the enlistees by rate and rank, or as shipmate or sailor. In the fleet people were addressed by last names, and those divisions really tight by first names, and whole laundry list of insults including “shitbag.” The NYPD uses “hairbag.” as its more politically correct.
But with the Navy and other branches, there is no time to worry about pronouns. Underway, unrep, drills, fires, flooding, weapons launches, air ops, and once in a while engaging the enemy. With standards going away, the DoD is in rough shape. Ships colliding, fires that literally put an entire ship out commission, and rampant sexual assaults. The Navy has had to extend boot camp because the quality of sailor.
When I was a squid; we got shit done because of the men and women who placed boots to asses! Some of course were just assholes, so they got no respect. But I remember one Chief always dogging the shit out of me. But; he had one of the best chow halls in the European theater!
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