Final Flight
“which they toured and graded and commented upon. But Captain James liked to inspect random compartments from several zones, then compare his observations with the written comments of the junior officers assigned those zones. When the official inspectors missed serious discrepancies caught by the captain, or gave a satisfactory or above-average grade to a compartment the captain judged unsatisfactory, lively, one-sided discussions ensued on the bridge near the captain’s chair, with the offending... young officer standing at nervous attention and saying “Yes sir” or “No sir” at the end of every one of the captain’s sentences.
Consequently, aboard United States the junior officers hunted through the compartments for discrepancies like starving rats searching for crumbs, and the harried sailors worked like slaves to keep the ship clean, with all her myriad of systems in good working order.
The air wing commander didn’t usually participate in these weekly exercises in high-stress, power leadership.MoreLess
Consequently, aboard United States the junior officers hunted through the compartments for discrepancies like starving rats searching for crumbs, and the harried sailors worked like slaves to keep the ship clean, with all her myriad of systems in good working order.
The air wing commander didn’t usually participate in these weekly exercises in high-stress, power leadership.MoreLess
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