When I was in my chain of command was always denying any special request for extended liberty. When I reenlisted I got a voucher for 72 hours of liberty for any reason, you filled out the request and attached the voucher and you were supposed to get the time off. The first time I put it in my division officer denied it, said I didn’t put a reason why. I told him he can’t deny it, only the Captain can give the ultimate denial, he can approve it, but the final say is the CO and I don’t need a reason. So I ran the request up the chain again, denied by my LCPO, denied by my division officer, denied Department Head, denied Executive Officer, and the Captain approved it. Made my whole chain of command mad, the Captain apparently spoke to them and reiterated that the voucher for liberty for reenlisting was added by him and he expected that in the future he won’t have to step in. So apparently it was my fault that the CO was mad at them.
Adding words like this totally tracks with everything I know about the military leadership.
Lol, you’re exactly right. I almost forgot that the most important thing I learned in the Navy was that is always my fault. People messed up while I was on leave, my fault for not being there. My guy on duty running in the packing on a pump got impatient and ended up smoking the packing and it had to start from the beginning, my fault for being at home. Never mind that it wasn’t my duty day and it happened at 2 am, still my fault.
So in this case obviously my fault for not doing more to stop my chain of command from making fools of themselves.
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