I've seen this dudes videos before. I got sweaty just watching.

Well put Lawler. Thanks for letting him post Peter.

I'll second that. It kind of hits the reset button on all of the usual junk in addition to being easy to find.

Hope you are able to work through it.

Good luck in your career. My advice is to go in open-minded about your rate. You make a little less money as a non-rate but the experience is invaluable in discovering what you have to offer as Coast Guardsmen. Those were by far the most exciting and rewarding times of my career.

The benefit goes beyond law enforcement in and of itself. I would expect them to be much more knowledgeable about laws and regulations. Things like fisheries or BTM school are good but also short. I think it can only further the competency of the B-teams they work with and the successful execution of our LE missions in general.

What in the world would prevent an ME from being a maritime professional? Do you also believe it impossible for FSs, YNs or SKs to become worthy seamen?

You are outright brazen Michael DeKort. Who are you to characterize his comments as anything but dignified? You are the one who is over the top. You are a pitiful disgrace.

I just got done catching up on my iCommandant reading and I have a question...do you think that the old man is under-utilizing his blog? It does a good job of keeping people informed about what he's doing and the topics he feels are important. I just wonder why he doesn't solicit comments and ideas more than he does. It seems like the information flow there is kind of one-way.

I think we saw through a few of MCPOCG's recent posts that people are willing to participate. I thought that was the promise of social technologies. How come he's never explicitly asked for people to tell him about how modernization is affecting them, positively or negatively, down at the deckplate? I know he cares, so why not ask?

I'm NOT trying to start a dogpile here. I know that his guest posts and such go a long way towards gaining "buy-in" for social media from the rest of the flag mess and other decision makers. That is important. I get that. It just seems like he's limiting the potential of his blog by not encouraging people to communicate more than he does (comments from TJ and his ilk not withstanding).

Nail on the head. (My dad still uses his Newton, though).