Okay, I'm repeating myself. Time to move on. My post way back on post #15:Can I point out that nowhere did i see it say where this pressure was from, it may have just been from other cadets?
The skipper plays golf. All the other officers in the squadron play golf. Tennis, the same thing. He drinks like a fish. You have to arrive early at the o'club to get a seat. A teetotler, the club goes out of business from lack of business. His wife likes to go to the travelling Broadway shows that come through town once a month. A couple of months into his command, the mess treasurer is buying blocks of tickets so the entire wardroom can go. The Supt at the Naval Academy is a Protestant and attends the 11:00 Academy Chapel service. Suddenly attendance is up because all the officers are now atttending Protestant chapel just so they can say 'hi' to the supt and he will see what great Protestants they are, just like him. (Actually we did have one Supt who went to Chapel under duress just because of this). "Pressure" in the military can be very subtle, especially in the officer corps.The new second lieutenant gets up in the ready room on Friday morning and announces that he is going to the ball game Saturday night and asks if anyone wants to come along. How many will respond? The skipper gets up and makes the same announcement. Same question. Completely different response, correct? Often command endorsement is perceived as more than command endorsement, pure and simple.
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