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Tom Swift wrote: Principals are analagous to ships captains. They have their orders (requirements set by the district), and their job is to impliment them. In the same way, Navy Admirals are "responsible" for many hundreds of ships Captains and tens of thousands of other officers and sailors....indirectly responsible, just like the Superintendant's indirect responsibilities. This would be a great analogy, except .... Total number of authorized flag officers --- 216 Total number of active duty commissioned naval officers - 54,910 Total number of active duty enlisted ---- 319,761 Total number of commissioned naval ships ---- 337 ships Ratios: 6-1 enlisted/officer and 1.56 ships per flag officer I could go on about the heirarchical structure of the Navy and the limited scope of any subordinate commander in the chain of command, but these numbers alone should be sufficient to rebut the assertion of wide responsibility as an effective management structure. Sources: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org9-4.htm 10 USC Section 526 http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/news/.www/status.html and growing up in a military family. Michael Lewis Mac-Groveland (by way of Andrews AFB and Dover AFB) ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _____________________________________________ SPPS Budget Reduction Forum - Feb. 23-27 Co-Sponsored By NEAT: http://www.stpaulneat.org/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
