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Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches off the Rails - The Atlantic

Short and worth the read. While The Atlantic does obviously have some biases evidenced by some of the unnecessary adjectives used to describe Pentagon officials, the heart of the story speaks truth. Of particular note:

"The result of all this is that the United States is losing a war to a third-rate power in the Middle East. The Russians, meanwhile, are continuing their rampage in Europe and apparently considering things so perilous that the CIA director had to fly to Moscow just to warn the Kremlin off of whatever it was thinking of doing. The Chinese are watching as Trump and Hegseth have stripped the Pacific theater of its only American aircraft carrier."

While I don't think the article is inherently political, the discussion will obviously quickly go there, hence the flair.

This is random, but I’m curious did you have to go to the PS office yourself to pick up your check? Did LPO for the division go to pick it up for everyone? When you were at sea for months, how did you deposit it to your bank? How did this process go when you got to the fleet?

I kept hearing for 10+ years on /k/ on 4chan and other places how you can just buy a 100 dollar hypersonic missile off the black market and sink a carrier. The US has had like half a dozen carriers floating around in a body of water the size of one of the great lakes for months and so far there have been more casualties from people jumping overboard than missile strikes.

I'm just wondering if Iran is just waiting to use their carrier destroyers until the time is right or something? Maybe after the US has killed like 5 of their supreme leaders and reduced the entire country to rubble they will start using their carrier killers.

I'm not at all an expert on this subject so be nice.

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I’ve received several chat requests from folks claiming to be recruiters looking to hire people in civilian roles “with Navy experience in leadership roles.”

I know the job market is tough right now in some areas. Please be wary and don’t fall for scam “recruiters”. If it seems too good to be true, it is.

No legitimate hiring manager is ever going to scan a subreddit for hiring leads. Zero.

This photo shows the long-gone Musicians School at Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island in 1921.

Question as I haven't found an answer yet IRT BBA/Special Programs and have been told different answers. FC2 BBA eligible screening for E6. For example, water survival instructor is a commanality application meaning any rate in that paygrade can apply ie FC2 filling an RS2 billet. If there is an open RS1 billet in that same location, can they apply to that, do everything it requires to pin on (admin requirements) and if selected pin on 1st? Or does it have to be an FC1 billet? I have been told by multiple different career counselors yes it must be FC1 and no as long as its a PO1 billet.

Hi, how's it going so I'm leaving soon to Washington for orders but I'm looking into buying a house instead of getting an apartment. My only issue is who to go to use my VA home loan. I don't who to talk to since this is my first time doing this. Additionally I'm an E5 so this is also my first time living off base.

I’m currently dealing with a Sailor who just can’t seem to figure it out.

Bad hygiene, not going to sleep on time, showing up late to watches, not being competent enough to complete maintenance, on EMI, on FEP, on tiered liberty, etc etc.

This Sailor is now at the point where they’ve been counseled and are dancing the line of DRB. They haven’t done anything terrible yet but leading to it.

I need this Sailor to start performing and acting like an adult. They work in a job where I need them to be a little competent.

I’m looking for advice on how to possibly improve this Sailor. I’m looking for creative solutions that others have used. An example I’ve heard is sending Sailors to clean whatever engineering needs cleaned. Stuff similar to that but to encourage the Sailor to improve, appreciate, and learn the job they have.

I want to explore all my options before I send this Sailor to DRB so please don’t recommend that.

Top pick for my first cycle has a BBA interm score of 0.8. Lowest Pick has .75. I’m an E6 applying for an E6 billet, which last cycle no one even bothered to apply for. Preference, Skill, and Policy match are green. Moving cost is yellow. I have the required NEC’s for all my applications. There are 20-30 other applicants, presumably most of which are E5’s considering the drastic lack of E6 applicants last cycle and only 4 other possible applicants that I know of at my pay grade with the required NEC to even apply. Only thing I don’t have going for me is any cumulative Sea time.

How could this go wrong for me?

While watching the CNO Townhall I saw CNP wearing Oakley boots. Was seeing if anyone has heard of them being back in regulations. Thank you.

The following emails you see are between my detailer and I. He was obviously no help at all. My wife and I are so stuck and not getting any CLEAR clarification on our situation. No instructions say anything about BBA/Mil to Mil Co-located sailors. I am trying to select for 1st class orders but I also am co located with my wife. We are not trying to separate again because we have done that before and it sucked, this time we have kids now so I’m not trying to be away from my kids as well just for the next pay grade!

Am I stuck 2nd class forever now since the navy changed to BBA? If that’s the case then my wife and I talked about getting out the navy because it’s not the same no more… we both want to do 20 years. She is at 12 and I am at 8 right now. Can someone please give us better and clear guidance on our current situation and what we need to do for us to stay together and I can finally make 1st class?

I just finished four years of active duty, and this should concern Sailors regardless of their personal politics.

President Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting massive explosions on Iran’s Kharg Island and announced that it was being “blown to smithereens.”

Reuters found no evidence that Kharg had been attacked. A U.S. official subsequently confirmed that American forces did not target the island overnight.

This has an obvious Navy nexus. We have Sailors operating in and around a region where:

• U.S. and Iranian forces are actively exchanging fire.
• The Strait of Hormuz remains strategically critical.
• Mines, missiles and drones pose real threats.
• A misunderstanding or retaliatory decision could put American personnel in danger.

Every Sailor is taught that integrity matters. We receive annual training about manipulated media, misinformation, OPSEC and foreign influence. Commands demand accurate reporting because bad information creates bad decisions and gets people hurt.

Yet the Commander in Chief can apparently share synthetic footage implying that the United States destroyed a critical Iranian oil hub—during an active conflict—without confirmation from the military.

Imagine the consequences if Iran treated that post as an official declaration of a real attack and retaliated against a ship, base or deployed unit. Sailors would bear the consequences of misinformation they had absolutely no role in producing.

This is larger than whether someone likes or dislikes Trump. Presidents should not publish fabricated battle-damage footage while American service members are within range of the country supposedly being attacked.

If junior Sailors can be held accountable for false official statements and mishandling information, expecting verified communication from the Commander in Chief is not an unreasonable standard.

I’ve learned to manage my feelings and my emotions so it doesn’t get out of control. do written exposure therapy. Here is an excerpt.

Having PTSD is like being in the backrooms.

Everyday I go to the backrooms, the images replaying, the same rooms replaying, it never ends. I walk down the same burning peeway multiple times a day. Whatever your worst experience in life is. The backrooms is the thought replaying in your head over and over again.

The Navy taught me warrior toughness.

Your mental health doesn’t matter in the back rooms. You are just trying to find a way back to reality.

Time heals all wounds

I’ve been in therapy for 6 years now.

Ever since the fire, I always spring out of bed like they just called my fire team. Sometimes I’ll still be asleep when I jump out of bed and sometimes I’ll wake up just standing in the middle of my house.

I hate going to the back rooms but I need sleep.

The only way to get out, is to wake up.

I pray every night that I wake up tomorrow.

I’m afraid of getting stuck in the back rooms.

So when I stay up, and don’t sleep, the hatman enters the chat.

I’m starting to lose my way.

I’m so tired now, the hatman is in reality and in the back rooms. Now I’m tired during the day, slipping back and forth from reality, trying to escape the hat man and the endless backrooms replying in my head while I try to stay focused at work.

Now I’m jumpy, I see that hatman at my job. My anxiety is out of control.

Take your meds.

Say your prayers

Because this is my new normal.

— feeling lost.

Hey guys so I was in the Navy for 6 years (discharged Honorable in 2024) had a lot of fun and not so fun memories made a lot of friends, but it was time for me to move on to something new. Now I’m 27 Male for a wife and two kids going through paramedic school loving life. Anyways my brother and his finance are getting married, and money is a little tight don’t really want to buy or rent a Tux and I’ve stayed in shape since I got out, would it be weird to wear my old dress whites to his wedding? I’m going to be his best man I probably should ask him before but I was curious how does it make other former enlisted members feel when you put your old uniform on. To be honest it feels like something wrong I shouldn’t be doing like I broke some sacred code or like I’m living in the past anyways what are thoughts. Do you still wear your old dress uniforms? If so what was the occasion and how did it make you feel putting it on after some time.

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