Caine Mutiny

A quote from the book that I particularly enjoy, which sums up the secret to my Navy career:

“The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you’re not an idiot, but find yourself in the navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one. All the shortcuts and economies and common sense changes that your native intelligence suggests to you are mistakes. Learn to quash them. Constantly ask yourself, ‘How would I do this if I were a fool?’ Throttle down your mind to a crawl. Then you’ll never go wrong [. . .]”

I was thinking of putting this portion of the quote in my ‘signature’ block:

“The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots.”

I don’t know how well that would go over.

I have been in the Navy for just about 13yrs and was slightly taken back when I read that passage. I don't consider myself an idiot, so I guess that is why I have had a successful career in the Navy by just doing my job. It is coming up on 2am.. I need sleep. This isn't the first time I am up most of the night and it won't be the last.