tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post4354515860356972946..comments2024-03-26T21:38:47.081-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: UNDERCOVER PARTISANHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-88848932905898306442014-11-13T13:05:17.301-05:002014-11-13T13:05:17.301-05:00In my 3rd tour in the Persian Gulf I found my DCA ...In my 3rd tour in the Persian Gulf I found my DCA working on his second iteration to CINCPACLFLT about where our welfare and rec money vanished. He was a college graduate and commissioned navy officer. His first paper had been sent back from CINCPAC with a request to comply. When I looked at his first attempt it looked like it was written by a 5 year old. Basic math calculations were gooned. I asked him where he went to school. MITHMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-18864865236045604092014-11-13T11:22:32.252-05:002014-11-13T11:22:32.252-05:00...I see high school graduates every single day wh...<i>...I see high school graduates every single day who do not know how to read.</i><br /><br />Or spell. Or express a coherent thought in writing. My cross to bear in my final working days was having to translate gibberish from my highly trained technical staff (I'm serious about that, we're talking database admins and UNIX sys admins)) into English for consumption by my company's clients, most often in after action reports. The people I'm speaking about were highly proficient in their fields but functionally illiterate when it came to English.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com