FSTO
Army.ca Fixture
- Reaction score
- 5,645
- Points
- 1,210
Okay Dolphin_Hunter we catch your drift. You're not too enamoured with the way the Navy does some things.
The reason for NEIP was, as per normal, a response to the actions of a few. Was it an over reaction? Probably but something had to be done.
To hammer this point home I got on my soapbox during a QL3 Navigation class. The class was noting that some of the videos they were seeing were out of date. My reaction was this, the reason we (the staff) are not working on the administration of improving their education experience, getting new training kit and updating the videos is because we are spending most of our time on the 2 or 3 guys who are in the crap! I said to the class that with the Initial Counselling, Recorded Warning, C&P, letters to DMCARM, Police Reports, Drug Tests (all this for one guy) and all the rest, the amount of time we can spend on the other 95% is quite limited. I also told the students that it is incumbent on them to discourage the adverse behaviour of the bad apples and if the bad ones won't stop then bring it to our attention and we can deal with it. This is not being a rat because I pointed out to them that would they be comfortable during rescue stations, or a RAS or fighting a fire if their partner was not completely in control of his facilities. The sea is an unforgiving environment and we need people who are dedicated to the service and not more concerned with finding the next hit.
The reason for NEIP was, as per normal, a response to the actions of a few. Was it an over reaction? Probably but something had to be done.
To hammer this point home I got on my soapbox during a QL3 Navigation class. The class was noting that some of the videos they were seeing were out of date. My reaction was this, the reason we (the staff) are not working on the administration of improving their education experience, getting new training kit and updating the videos is because we are spending most of our time on the 2 or 3 guys who are in the crap! I said to the class that with the Initial Counselling, Recorded Warning, C&P, letters to DMCARM, Police Reports, Drug Tests (all this for one guy) and all the rest, the amount of time we can spend on the other 95% is quite limited. I also told the students that it is incumbent on them to discourage the adverse behaviour of the bad apples and if the bad ones won't stop then bring it to our attention and we can deal with it. This is not being a rat because I pointed out to them that would they be comfortable during rescue stations, or a RAS or fighting a fire if their partner was not completely in control of his facilities. The sea is an unforgiving environment and we need people who are dedicated to the service and not more concerned with finding the next hit.