Comments on: Up is Down, Increases are Cuts: Newspeak and the Department of Defense http://blog.psaonline.org/2009/04/13/up-is-down-increases-are-cuts-newspeak-and-the-department-of-defense/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:49:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Across the Aisle » (The Sad) State of Play http://blog.psaonline.org/2009/04/13/up-is-down-increases-are-cuts-newspeak-and-the-department-of-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-1874436 Across the Aisle » (The Sad) State of Play Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:47:23 +0000 http://blog.psaonline.org/?p=1486#comment-1874436 [...] have been paid by the US government.  For more on that, see my fellow Across the Aisle blogger David Isenberg’s recent piece.  What’s worse is that in the movie, as in real life, the bad guys don’t get caught, partly [...] [...] have been paid by the US government.  For more on that, see my fellow Across the Aisle blogger David Isenberg’s recent piece.  What’s worse is that in the movie, as in real life, the bad guys don’t get caught, partly [...]

]]> By: William R Hunteman, USN (RET) http://blog.psaonline.org/2009/04/13/up-is-down-increases-are-cuts-newspeak-and-the-department-of-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-1853954 William R Hunteman, USN (RET) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:09:26 +0000 http://blog.psaonline.org/?p=1486#comment-1853954 BANG ON! Having retired from 23 years in the USN, I saw so many WRONG things going on, all driven, not by operational requirements - as regulations and law direct, by what the big contractors could get their political hacks to back. Being enlisted (Chief Petty Officer) meant that I had the deckplate knowledge and experience to know and see where problems were going to be (as did most other enlisted involved), but our input was completely ignored (Speaking of LCS, DDG1000, etc etc ad nauseum). Wish I knew how to get the word out V/R William 'Bill' Hunteman CPO USN (RET) BANG ON! Having retired from 23 years in the USN, I saw so many WRONG things going on, all driven, not by operational requirements – as regulations and law direct, by what the big contractors could get their political hacks to back. Being enlisted (Chief Petty Officer) meant that I had the deckplate knowledge and experience to know and see where problems were going to be (as did most other enlisted involved), but our input was completely ignored (Speaking of LCS, DDG1000, etc etc ad nauseum).
Wish I knew how to get the word out
V/R
William ‘Bill’ Hunteman
CPO USN (RET)

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