The talk about the Spruances got me thinking about a few things.
Get to the point first and then into the background. At some colleges, I've seen them do away with the required PE courses. Is that right, is that a good idea? In the Navy, someone, something once told me that officers should know about sports so they can arrange a game for their troops. Even if they aren't arranging a game or in the military, is the ability, the knowledge of physical activity necessary for good team work?
Now, the background.
I look at this or that reunion page where they are saying it was a great ship, great duty, and I wonder how can they say that when there was a misuse of manpower such as having all E-3 and below, rated or not, assigned to deck for months, Captains punishing their crews by taking them in sight of a liberty port then going out for more training, keeping all security teams on board for inspections regardless of Christmas leave periods, and so forth. Maybe there was something in the koolaid on the mess decks.
Don't get me wrong. I understand the need for readiness, that if you have to keep the entire crew on board to ensure that the ship works for the next job, you do. I can understand the need.....but not the apparent love for "those days".
But then I look at the pictures on those pages where they were out playing ball together and I wonder maybe that is the reason that I don't understand because my team sports activities were left behind by the time I left high school. In college and afterwards, I did races and judo tournaments but as the lone representative of my school.
So is not requiring people to do PE courses, team or individual, (in a class, regardless of the sport, there is some comraderie) really such a great idea?
Get to the point first and then into the background. At some colleges, I've seen them do away with the required PE courses. Is that right, is that a good idea? In the Navy, someone, something once told me that officers should know about sports so they can arrange a game for their troops. Even if they aren't arranging a game or in the military, is the ability, the knowledge of physical activity necessary for good team work?
Now, the background.
I look at this or that reunion page where they are saying it was a great ship, great duty, and I wonder how can they say that when there was a misuse of manpower such as having all E-3 and below, rated or not, assigned to deck for months, Captains punishing their crews by taking them in sight of a liberty port then going out for more training, keeping all security teams on board for inspections regardless of Christmas leave periods, and so forth. Maybe there was something in the koolaid on the mess decks.
Don't get me wrong. I understand the need for readiness, that if you have to keep the entire crew on board to ensure that the ship works for the next job, you do. I can understand the need.....but not the apparent love for "those days".
But then I look at the pictures on those pages where they were out playing ball together and I wonder maybe that is the reason that I don't understand because my team sports activities were left behind by the time I left high school. In college and afterwards, I did races and judo tournaments but as the lone representative of my school.
So is not requiring people to do PE courses, team or individual, (in a class, regardless of the sport, there is some comraderie) really such a great idea?
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