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Leadership topics, including good and bad examples.

An aircraft carrier and a destroyer steaming side by side.

Course Corrections

A story of growing pains, accountability, delegation, and sleep deprivation. Sometimes things go wrong.

Lieutenant Cain

Lieutenant Cain

A story of getting out by going through, by Ian. They say Navy Surface Warfare Officers eat their young. I can attest this is not true, but it happens often enough that it feels true. As a young, lost junior officer on his first ship, I longed for good examples

Faking It, Part 3

Faking It, Part 3

A story of failure, by Ian, continued from Faking It, Part 2. This story was originally published on June 28, 2025. OPS caught me right after breakfast on Friday morning. “Well, sir, last night we were able to complete the flight deck events that we had planned for this morning,

A ship on the horizon steaming toward the sunset.

Faking It, Part 2

A story of our own expectations, by Ian, continued from Faking It, Part I. This story was originally published on June 22, 2025. That night a piercing ring shocked me from the depths of sleep. I slap grabbed the phone and managed, “…Captain….” “Sir, this is the Officer of the

A Moment to Pause, A Call to Act

Thoughts on Memorial Day, by Stuart. This post was originally published on Memorial Day, May 26, 2025. You might see reminders today to pause, if only for a moment, to honor our service members who sacrificed their lives in defense of our nation. Certainly, we should do that. But on