<p>The military is an ordered structured environment. As Junior Officers aboard ship, their every move will be dictated by the Plan of the Day (POD). They must learn to operate in this arena (and eat that which is placed before them). Somehow, I think that the new Supt believes that this might not be the case for some of the current midshipmen, probably though no fault of their own. </p>
<p>The main purpose of enlisted boot camps is to instill this principal. When stationed in Corpus Christi, Tx, I performed at least a dozen summary courts martials approximately twice per month on UA sailors from those wild and wide open spaces of South Texas who were unable to grasp this basic premise. </p>
<p>They have got to learn to walk before they run.</p>