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<p>Honestly, I haven’t enough information to make a decision. However, your following statement does give me pause: </p>
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Throughout your career, as you quietly and competently go about doing your job, you will be frustrated by those who subsequently report to your command and rant long and loud about how screwed up their division is and how much they have to do to fix it, bringing attention to themselves about how great they are doing, and by doing so, receive a better fitrep than you. Which of you did the better job? Which one had the best interests of the command at heart? I have always questioned the motives for throwing one’s predecessor under the train as a part of doing their job.</p>
<p>I do question why you feel that the alumni need to be in the loop on this. Alumni who are not there and do not know the present dynamics of the system. Alumni now who have ulterior motives in questioning the diversity initiatives of the Navy.</p>
<p>Just a few observations. This is a system designed to get everyone involved. To be handled at the lowest level possible. A system designed for one plebe to be able to handle an offense with his roommate and no requirement for it to go any further. It is a system where ‘lenient’ punishment is a viable solution. It is a also a system where informal low level solutions are becoming more difficult. The honor board must do what a squad leader did in the past. The past that you so intensely want these alumni to hear about. For example, until recently, a first class only had to sleep and go to classes on the Yard. Basically he could spend the remainder of the week at his girl friends apartment. He may have been given the silent treatment and not even be around enough to realize that he was being punished. Back in the days when a plebe could report to an upper class after evening meal in rain gear over sweat gear over service dress blues with M-1 and be shoved out in the shower with the water on full hot and the rifle rigged gave upper class a lot more opportunities to ‘administer’ the honor concept. Now, of course, since this type of enforcement is not possible, the board must be more involved. But they will be more involved in education as opposed to punishment. Too lenient and the Brigade will laugh. To strict and the Brigade will not report offenses. And lastly, any legal system has to have a check and balance. The Administration must be involved. They have their own goals and requirements. To ignore them will only lead to frustration by the board.</p>
<p>Good luck, you have a lot of difficult work ahead of you.</p>