Bravo Zulu

Alex Puskarich a long time friend of the show. He served one tour in the early 2000s and left after completing his initial enlistment. Having always looked at the military as a job and stepping stone to more, he executed a very fruitful transition into being a civilian. Through sacrifice and blazing his own path, today he's a successful dad and strength and conditioning coach for a private facility in Las Vegas.

Recent shop talk about who has a bigger influence on crew morale led to a heavy bias of junior Sailors putting all their eggs in the CO basket. Even more so, was the underlying question of, "What's the point of the CMC and what is the MCPON even there for?" Josh pulls up an article from 5 years ago celebrating the 50th anniversary of the MCPON office, and breaks down some of the feelings highlighted in it. He the addresses how some of those feelings trickle down and leave that sour taste in Sailors mouths as to why the CMC position even exists.   

MCPON 50th Anniversary Article https://www.dvidshub.net/news/222278/mcpon-commemorates-establishment-office 

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Josh reads a USNI article. Leaders today have the same message. Josh breaks this article down with his own interpretation of it all. Often leaders confuse their "Why" with the "How".   https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/august/serve-first-lead-second-be-humble

Nick and Charlie drop in the studio to talk about weaknesses in mens relationships with men as well as woman. How social media is weakening or changing the strengths that men play by when dating. Will and Jada get brought up *eye roll*, rich people still got poor people problems. Nick wants to bring back toxic masculinity and emphasizes that lions no matter what are indeed and always a lion. 

Josh goes off on the senior led narrative that first term Sailors, by nature are complainers. How leadership focuses on "taking care of" and not "leading" Sailors, as explained in a sea story.

Josh reads and monologues over an USNI article outlining problems and solutions for toxic leadership. 

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/may/eliminate-toxic-leadership

Josh monologues about some notes he's been taking for the podcast. Why we elevate our military leaders to some make believe higher status, stand in line for pictures with them and stand in awe of them?

Is being a good person required to being a good leader or service member? 

Who are you when you're wearing the uniform vs outside of the uniform? Is it the same person, how or what changes and why?

Chris Sarauer is a first enlistment Petty Officer Third Class, Sonar Tech (Surface) who always knew the Navy was going to be a one and done enlistment. What he didn't know is that his first enlistment was going to have him not working in his trained rating, on a ship that has little purpose in his eyes. Chris shares his story on how he ended up here, his views on what it takes to get through the day, and what his plans are once he completes his enlistment. 

Josh talks about the MCPON Q&A that took place on the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, and how drastically bad it went. 

https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Speeches/display-speeches/Article/3010030/mcpon-all-hands-call-transcript-on-uss-george-washington/