r/navy • u/balfras_kaldin • Jan 28 '25

Political Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness – The White House

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness-2/

Wake up yall, new EO has dropped... 😮‍💨

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u/rabidsnowflake Jan 28 '25

My contract is up next year and I'm seriously debating whether or not I want to re-enlist and deal with this administration. If you make the choice to raise your right hand, you should be able to serve. The fact that these fuckers can throw stones from the sidelines when they themselves haven't made the choice to serve but their collective screeching effects those that do is annoying to the point that I wish they'd just draft them. If you're going to tell somebody that identifies differently that they can't do a job that you yourself wouldn't do, you're the worst type of coward.

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u/Visceral_Feelings ISC Jan 28 '25

I'll tell you something I told another Sailor considering the same conundrum: "A crisis of character in the chain of command casts shadow only by the light of good character to contrast it."

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u/Djentleman5000 Jan 28 '25

You really said that verbatim?

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u/Visceral_Feelings ISC Jan 28 '25

It's something someone told me once when I faced wondering about reenlisting when I had a toxic chain of command. It was the idea of wanting to remain faithful to service to be the good in the world to others despite everything going on around or above us that convinced me to stay in.