Badges - Navy Chief
- From: Charles Rahn <c.t.rahn@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Badges 1Badge <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:07:29 -0500
One day, a
Navy Chief went to the Officer's Club with his Captain to eat
lunch.
When they
entered the main dining room, they found the place was quite
crowded.
They did
notice three Lieutenants sitting at a table with two empty chairs,
so the
Captain asked them if they could join them.
They promptly
invited them to join them. They ordered lunch and joined
them in
conversation as they ate.
At one point,
the Chief mentioned that he had observed characteristics
about many
officers from which he could determine the
source of their commissioning.
The
Lieutenants were eager to hear about this and asked if he could tell
how each of
them had been commissioned.
The Chief
turned to the Lieutenant on his left and said he went through
ROTC.
The
Lieutenant confirmed that was correct and asked how he had noted this.
The Chief
replied that the Lieutenant, through his conversation, seemed
to have a
strong academic background but limited
military experience.
The Chief
then told the Lieutenant on his right that he had gone through
OCS with
previous enlisted service.
The
Lieutenant confirmed that this was correct and also asked how he had
determined
this.
The Chief
said, again through his conversation, that the Lieutenant
seemed to
have a firm military background and a lot of common sense.
The
Lieutenant across the table from the Chief asked if he had
determined
his source of commission.
The Chief
replied that the Lieutenant had graduated from the United
States Naval
Academy.
The
Lieutenant stated that was correct and asked if he had noticed his
high level of
intelligence, precise
military bearing, or other superior qualities acquired at the
United States
Naval Academy.
The Chief
replied that it was none of these that led to his determination.
He had simply
observed the Lieutenant's class ring while he was picking
his nose.
You can't
take Navy Chiefs any where.
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