Bit of culture and history here. I’m not sure exactly how they do things over there but I know there’s a strict cap on flag officers set by congress. The American military is also a bit less hierarchical in that way compare to Europe

Yes and no. Obviously case by case bases I couldn’t talk, but we do try and promote the best possible people into command posts. I’m sure there’s more that enough ‘well-bred to the manor born’ types though

Yes and no. If we just bolstered existing carrier groups for instance then probably not. If we established a new operations group? Yeah probably if there was a need but it would depend. Admirals tend not to be in charge of just one ship

So we are just going round saying congrats you’re now an admiral if that makes sense

It’s just the way military command structures work, we actually only have 1 four star admiral, the rest are vice or rear admirals which is a lower rank, but each ‘admiral’ of any rank will either have a military command or command of a specific thing

In fairness, it’s quite common in most navy services. Some admirals will be in command of aerial units, and some of tactical, medical staff etc

I do love a form

Not me seeing these as poppers for a second 🤦‍♂️

Oh my my job is helping train dictators 😳

Can we do a list of banned users

I know it’s early days but for the first time ever I’m satisfied by and enjoy the job I’m doing

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Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:

- Banking Associate at Virgin Money

- Barman at a restaurant and a local sports club

- (bonus) Now work in medical Education for the NHS

Reintroduction thread:

Name: David
Pronouns: he/him
Location: Newcastle
Interests: sport, politics,education, food
Vocation: NHS staff

A wise man once said things can only get better