I am not necesary saying these are the same sort of statment, but having read all of your wrighting here i figured id throw something else i read today, and i will let you interpret it how you will, as i believe the following words could be aplied to christians and the way we should live and function as well.
Washington D.C. -- Chief of Naval Operations Mike Mullen sent a direct message to the Navy's newest chiefs in his weekly podcast to the fleet, available at www.navy.mil, telling them that once they put on khakis, he expects them to lead, every single day. This is a piece of a speach given by ADM. Mike Mullens the soon to be Chairmen of the Joint Chief of Staff, and current CNO of the Navy. "You are no longer a machinist's mate, fire controlman, culinary specialist, operations specialist, or you pick the rate," CNO said. "You are a chief, and you are responsible for one thing and one thing only, and that's leading."
Mullen recounted a time early in his career while serving as a gunnery officer aboard a destroyer. The ship was conducting a gunnery exercise, but the gun failed to fire. Embarrassed and angry, he went to the chief, demanding to know what happened.
"He said, 'Lt. Mullen, there’s about 5,000 microswitches in that gun that all have to work perfectly for it to fire. Now, obviously, at least one didn’t. Why don’t you let me worry about finding out which one it was, and I’ll keep you informed,'” Mullen said.
"In other words, it was his gun, his gun crew and he was going to get it working," Mullen said. "He was going to lead the problem. I never forgot that day. I never wanted to forget that day."
Mullen said that when the Chief's Mess is "hitting on all cylinders," there is no better command, and he agreed with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe Campa that deckplate leadership is vital.
"You can’t be a chief from behind a computer screen or in an email or even on the phone. You’ve got to be there, out on the deckplates with your people and their families," he stressed. "You’ve got to walk the spaces. It’s the first principle of naval leadership."
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can I replicate instead of duplicating? Replicating makes me feel so much more like a trekkie!
I am not necesary saying these are the same sort of statment, but having read all of your wrighting here i figured id throw something else i read today, and i will let you interpret it how you will, as i believe the following words could be aplied to christians and the way we should live and function as well.
Washington D.C. -- Chief of Naval Operations Mike Mullen sent a direct message to the Navy's newest chiefs in his weekly podcast to the fleet, available at www.navy.mil, telling them that once they put on khakis, he expects them to lead, every single day.
This is a piece of a speach given by ADM. Mike Mullens the soon to be Chairmen of the Joint Chief of Staff, and current CNO of the Navy.
"You are no longer a machinist's mate, fire controlman, culinary specialist, operations specialist, or you pick the rate," CNO said. "You are a chief, and you are responsible for one thing and one thing only, and that's leading."
Mullen recounted a time early in his career while serving as a gunnery officer aboard a destroyer. The ship was conducting a gunnery exercise, but the gun failed to fire. Embarrassed and angry, he went to the chief, demanding to know what happened.
"He said, 'Lt. Mullen, there’s about 5,000 microswitches in that gun that all have to work perfectly for it to fire. Now, obviously, at least one didn’t. Why don’t you let me worry about finding out which one it was, and I’ll keep you informed,'” Mullen said.
"In other words, it was his gun, his gun crew and he was going to get it working," Mullen said. "He was going to lead the problem. I never forgot that day. I never wanted to forget that day."
Mullen said that when the Chief's Mess is "hitting on all cylinders," there is no better command, and he agreed with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe Campa that deckplate leadership is vital.
"You can’t be a chief from behind a computer screen or in an email or even on the phone. You’ve got to be there, out on the deckplates with your people and their families," he stressed. "You’ve got to walk the spaces. It’s the first principle of naval leadership."
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