tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post7850734592846637929..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Diversity ThursdayCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-38796278412557020772010-07-09T02:45:54.000-04:002010-07-09T02:45:54.000-04:00<span>"Pardon me for a bit - I need to ...<span>"Pardon me for a bit - I need to roll around nakid in some schadenfreude."</span><br /><br />Way too much information there, holmes. What's next, the Village People video from <i>Down Periscope</i>!? *DONT_KNOW*Casey Tompkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-80155554923659454782010-07-08T18:14:04.000-04:002010-07-08T18:14:04.000-04:00@SAP, first, turn yourself in to your Squadron In...@SAP, first, turn yourself in to your Squadron Intel shop for revealing to Sal how the whole VAQ clearance thingy really works. For heaven's sake DO NOT tell him how VQ clearances work, his head will go all "Scanners" on you. =-O <br /><br />As for MILPERS website, remember, there are two kinds of people there: Uniformed Military who will be gone as soon as they A) rotate, B) roate early or C) rotate out because they went nuts; and second: Lifetime civilian employees. Many Navy civilians give an honest day's work for a very decent day's wages. My experience with MILPERS is that it doesn't necessarily hold true there...just sayin'Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-11921203335700381502010-07-08T14:49:47.000-04:002010-07-08T14:49:47.000-04:00Why do I get the feeling a Port Ops job in Diego G...Why do I get the feeling a Port Ops job in Diego Garcia opening up for a certain Salamander?ShawnPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12454123402388899602010-07-08T14:34:00.000-04:002010-07-08T14:34:00.000-04:00Alpha,
Reality of the situtation is that you look...Alpha,<br /><br />Reality of the situtation is that you look at command/climate diversity survey's and they tell you that everything is good. I had a CO share the results of one with a PO1 Mess I belonged to. I looked at some of the results and then just on a whim later googled a similar style one that was open source at the school district that my aunt worked. The numbers when figured for the larger sampling size (800 staff/teachers vs 300 squadron personnel) were almost the same about how much people felt racial/sexist comments were made or personnel felt as if they weren't being advanced. Most people have figured out that if you go too much to one extreme or the other then the Diversity Bullies come in to square you away. You can't be diversity blind, cause according to the mantra everyone has hate in thier minds/hearts; ditto for being in an overt racism/sexist command. They will fix you and if you don't like it then you are part of the problem.Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81122192487796052802010-07-08T14:28:20.000-04:002010-07-08T14:28:20.000-04:00CDR,
First off the VAQ community is very open and...CDR,<br /><br />First off the VAQ community is very open and transparent. You just need GS-13 TS clearance just to get close enough to overheard what the webmaster's email address is. After that you need to not only know the secret hand shake, but have the background paperwork filled out in triplicate completed no later then the month that ends in the letter z and always ends on a wednesday. After that your good to go and can know all you need to know. Oh and the background paperwork will require you to fill in everyone who was in all of your classes including the substitute teachers while attending K-12, plus thier current names/address/and contact informaiton.<br /><br />Anyhow, does it really suprise you that NPC's website is a pain the arse to use? I know I spent about four hours underway once just trying to get the phone and email contact list for the AV detailers. Just try to follow the links and you go in a circluar path right back to the front page. Obvious choices don't make sense in Millington. The ditto was for following application paths to help one of my sailors contact the special programs detailer so he could do apply for a NATO program. All over the place there were either dead links or links that said contact them for more information only to find out of date contact numbers or emails. The final insult is just trying to navigate over just to find the computer based versions of the MilPersMan, Uniform Regs, and even the NEC manuals. All of which are study materials for rating exams. Let alone how many times I have navigated over to get up to date information on the uniform changes only to find they are about two years behind in both the message traffic and up dating of the regulations. WTF? Meanwhile my CPO mess is constantly bleating about use your resources. What good is it to use my resources if they are wrong! Christ I can find more information out about how to dumb things on the ship or in the car over at the safety center's website then I can find about how to do help my people via the NPC website.Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-5185580663440149732010-07-08T13:50:14.000-04:002010-07-08T13:50:14.000-04:00The put the same things in the medical bill. They...The put the same things in the medical bill. They need to feed their hate and their industry masters. No shock.CDR Salamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40220364901490857532010-07-08T13:04:13.000-04:002010-07-08T13:04:13.000-04:00I didn't suspect anything shocking, although I...I didn't suspect anything shocking, although I had one CO that may have had interesting results. Just one of those things where the data always went one way. The antithesis of the "open" initiatives.Alpha Checknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-6548681686312624802010-07-08T13:01:32.000-04:002010-07-08T13:01:32.000-04:00http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/08/financial-re...<a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/08/financial-regulation-bill-dictates-ethnic-gender-quotas/" rel="nofollow">http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/08/financial-regulation-bill-dictates-ethnic-gender-quotas/</a><br /><br />Off topic kinda, but thought I would share.gorilspinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-88217690311652092152010-07-08T12:58:51.000-04:002010-07-08T12:58:51.000-04:00I've read them for my commands ... but that is...I've read them for my commands ... but that is about it. I know others have in the past, but nothing really shocking has come out of them on a standard UIC.CDR Salamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-54456794121397782912010-07-08T12:17:57.000-04:002010-07-08T12:17:57.000-04:00Sal, do you know if anyone has tried FOIA request ...Sal, do you know if anyone has tried FOIA request to get the results of the diversity / command climate surveys, or the detailing surveys? Seems they always asked questions, but never gave out results.Alpha Checknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-44519126008313663192010-07-08T11:40:45.000-04:002010-07-08T11:40:45.000-04:00Right. Or the way the BOL website sends you to a ...Right. Or the way the BOL website sends you to a heuristic punishment box mandating that you put in the https (with scripted-in pauses to make sure you get the point) vice, say, auto-referring/transfering you to the secure site. FCCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-19012027342868798162010-07-08T11:36:31.000-04:002010-07-08T11:36:31.000-04:00This is extremely humorous, but has absolutely not...This is extremely humorous, but has absolutely nothing to do with diversity. Command Support/Diversity is just a tiny tiny slice of the entire NPC website.<br /><br />Now if the website had been designed with more help from hispanics, muslims, identical twins, and sailors with partial loss of hearing in one ear, it would more effectively communicate the Navy's message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-3646237718874742352010-07-08T09:43:34.000-04:002010-07-08T09:43:34.000-04:00I'm was always amazed the NPC and BUPERS Onlin...I'm was always amazed the NPC and BUPERS Online were two different areas. Never made much sense to me.<br /><br />Another question is why www.npc.navy.mil requires the www, but navy.mil does not. One would think there'd be a standard.Alpha Checknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-11148305621477562882010-07-08T08:19:12.000-04:002010-07-08T08:19:12.000-04:00It almost looks like the Government of Cambodia an...It almost looks like the Government of Cambodia and NPC site were designed by the same people ... right down to the string of VIP/everyman photos across the top, press releases down the middle, and the feel-good "survey" box (with three options: "better," "good," and "need to be improved more") in the upper-right.FCCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-24185520507361182702010-07-08T08:00:44.000-04:002010-07-08T08:00:44.000-04:00Ok, now that "State of IL" is on the lis...Ok, now that "State of IL" is on the list, this civilian mom now gets HOW bad it is....Mid Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-63346097667707653972010-07-08T07:47:55.000-04:002010-07-08T07:47:55.000-04:00Make sure you bread yourself really good with beer...Make sure you bread yourself really good with beerbatter and lemon pepper!MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12497119682350410732010-07-08T07:07:56.000-04:002010-07-08T07:07:56.000-04:00+1 on AKO (and throw NKO in for good measure) -- s...+1 on AKO (and throw NKO in for good measure) -- still, these are veritible gems compared to many of the sites I have to use on a daily basis on the SIPR-side of life *DONT_KNOW*Steeljawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47906001827076847792010-07-08T06:45:11.000-04:002010-07-08T06:45:11.000-04:00While I don't disagree with anything you wrote...While I don't disagree with anything you wrote, the Army Knowledge On-line (AKO) website is the worst website in the history of the internets...I challenge anyone to find anything there that they didn't have the web address for going into it. SHEESH....it's hooooooorible.Outlaw 13noreply@blogger.com