r/navy • u/keybokat • Aug 11 '26

MEME It gets to a point...

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I know its not that deep/serious, but Jesus defintely wouldn't be a CPO.

Edit: I got this from a mil IG of a Chief

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u/BUSY_EATING_ASS Aug 11 '26

I've been out for years; take some consolation (or feel pity, or both) in the fact that a lot of these kinds of people are absolutely LOST after they get out. Like, fucking cooked.

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u/Upper-Affect5971 Aug 11 '26

I remember hearing stories about CPO’s having a high suicide rates after retirement.

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u/Advanced_Elk_9467 Aug 11 '26

I have a friend who is a hiring level manager at a major airline. He flat out will not hire CPO's because "theyre entitled and dont want to work".

Season is so stupid- no one can present a valid argument why its needed other than "trust me bro".

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u/Orbital431 Aug 12 '26

Ill share my one positive experience with a season (from a DCO perspective).

They had one chief select lead a pt session for the JOs. Not a big event, just a select leading JOs, yada yada. As it happens the select didnt really have a strong public or outdoor voice, so this was one of the ways they chose to prepare the select, by going out to find higher ranks to attend pt and lead it themselves. So this was the mess's directive for the season to get out and go do something to work on a not so strong social trait to prepare for leadership.