urbansailor
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Commandant Relieved
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wow, that was a short stint
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In a clash of leadership styles, the big dog is usually the winner.
The cause could be anything. It all leads back to the Dant being held accountable and responsible for everything that happens on his or her watch. Though the role is not a command role, it is a significant and highly visible senior staff divisional leadership and management role.
There is a Fleet saying for COs: “You are only one 17-year-old away from being fired.” It may be the 17-year-old’s direct fault, but if the CO had not paid attention to a flawed training program, created a culture of laxity, anything that was a failure in process that set the scene for a failure will lead right to the one in charge. Or a personal incident that is absolutely unacceptable.
It is the best feeling in the world to be in command. It is also immensely relieving the minute you say, “I stand relieved” at the turnover, because that burden has just been lifted. Everyone knows when you are in a role like this, it can be 2 years, or 2 weeks.
The cause could be anything. It all leads back to the Dant being held accountable and responsible for everything that happens on his or her watch. Though the role is not a command role, it is a significant and highly visible senior staff divisional leadership and management role.
There is a Fleet saying for COs: “You are only one 17-year-old away from being fired.” It may be the 17-year-old’s direct fault, but if the CO had not paid attention to a flawed training program, created a culture of laxity, anything that was a failure in process that set the scene for a failure will lead right to the one in charge. Or a personal incident that is absolutely unacceptable.
It is the best feeling in the world to be in command. It is also immensely relieving the minute you say, “I stand relieved” at the turnover, because that burden has just been lifted. Everyone knows when you are in a role like this, it can be 2 years, or 2 weeks.
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Acunaalbies
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Rumor has it that the Dant loved DTA and needed help from mids to return to the Yard from his evenings out. There were also reports of providing EtOH to mids…
IronmanDaremo
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Trickle down turmoil-nomics .............. 
GWU PNS (emeritus)
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I give props to USNA for the quick update of biographies on the website. The interim DANT is listed as such.
Captain Austin Jackson, USN
Read the biography of the USNA Interim Commandant. Learn about their career, leadership, and role at the Academy.
www.usna.edu
NeverSayNever
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ETA - deleted comments because it's all coming close to home as I'm learning more.
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usna1985
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While unusual today, it wasn’t in our time. We had 3 Supes, which was reasonably normal, and I think 4 Dants (1 died in office). In those days, Supe was often a stepping stone to more stars or a nice job before retirement, so they rarely stayed 4 years.
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I believe that the normal flag officer tour was 2 or 3 yrs as it was not a law that supe would be a final billet ad 4 yrs until 20-30 yrs ago.
Along with shorter tenures, we also had two stars at at times. The law that took it to 4 yrs applies to all of the DoD academies so all
have supes of equal rank. Strangely, USNA is able to operate with just one flag officer while USMA and USAFA need more than that.
WT Door
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"Those that know aren't saying. Those that are saying, don't know."
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He did something at some point, somewhere, and that someone else didn't like. So know he is gone.
USMC Crayons
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What did bro do?
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He's not "bro." He's a high-ranking naval officer -- an O-6 -- who earned his way to the role of USNA commandant. Whatever he did to lose the job, he deserves better than "bro" (or "bruh," while we're at it).
TotallyNotTheIG
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Well, USAFA and USMA actually operate with zero flag officers
. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.But in all seriousness, yeah, why do USAFA and USMA have three GOs while USNA pulls it off with one FO?