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Old 11-12-2012, 12:51 PM   #4
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Default Re: British Military Officer Fitness Reports

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Originally Posted by Clipper View Post
It was my responsibility to write Fitness Reports for my junior officers, fortunately, they were decent, hard working lads, and it was a delight to check everything to the right...There are some senior officers around today who would fall far below those comments, sadly the military has become too Politically Correct.
The ship was the USS Farragut DLG-6 and after the new captain got his new XO there was a sea change and suddenly it was a sharp ship again. It all starts at the top.
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