MCPON tells Commands, “WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE, UNSAT!!”

If there is one thing I liked in my 24 years in the Greatest Navy in the world, it was serving with the Marine Corps!!
Why?  Well at the time, it used to drive me nuts how by the book they were, there was no Gray area for them.
“THE MARADMIN, or MARINE CORPS ORDER SAYS THIS!” [...]

Performance is Key—MCPON (SS/SW) Rick West

All I can say, MCPON Campa started the boat.. MCPON West is Going "FULL SPEED AHEAD, and yelling at the folks to pull harder on the OARS TOO!".–BZ MCPON!!

From BUPERS

MCPON Confirms “Performance” as Key to Staying
Release Date: 02/02/2009

By Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW) Maria Yager, Navy Personnel Command Public [...]

New Navy MCPON Selected

From: Navytimes
Fleet Master Chief (SS/SW) Rick West has been named the 12th master chief petty officer of the Navy.
A career submariner and 27-year Navy veteran, West was tapped by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead on Friday. Roughead was West’s former boss at Fleet Forces Command and Pacific Fleet before the admiral became CNO.
West [...]

A Hero will be leaving the MCPON office in on December 13th 2008.

When I first met him, he was HMCS Campa, and helped initiate me into the Chief’s Mess at NHCS in 1998. He helped set the mold for me as a Chief Petty Officer and is one of my many coveted signatures in my Chief’s Signature book. Congrats MCPON!! –HMC(AW) Crone
Here is the story from [...]

Service Dress Khaki’s Wear Testing

Aww jeez.. Damn Damn Damn…
Now they come back. This is a part of Naval heritage I always wanted to wear. Read below..D/C
Service dress khaki wear tests underway

By Mark D. Faram – Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 1, 2008 7:12:58 EDT
Service dress khaki wear tests underway
Wear tests of a throwback service dress khaki uniform [...]