Enlisted Man's Thought of the Day..............

**Clark Howard** · 05-21-2012 02:08

It may be wasted information, but I think the jury is in on the simple fact that our military has a healthy up and down flow of information. If one is offended when he realizes that his immediate superior is not as intelligent as himself, he should endeavor to aid his superior as best he can. We have humbled the militaries of our enemies, and a few of our friends, by our intelligent inclusion of the brains of our people. Not to say that the situation occurs in every case. We have all witnessed the stubborn commander or NCOIC who insisted on being wrong. Come to think of it, this situation may be more common than we wish to admit. Many of us have served in units that owed their success to the stubborn commitment of the lower ranks to do their job, in spite of their supervision. The one thing we never ran out of was body bags. Regards, Clark

**m1ashooter** · 05-21-2012 10:11

I think the shirt is wrong. Its the senior NCO's that run the military, the crafty one let the officers think they are in charge. At least thats how the Air Force Operated. Why do you think the Wing Commander has a Senior Enlisted Advisor. As a Captain I was lucky to work and be schooled by E7's, E8's and E9's. The Chief was the man.

**snakehunter** · 05-22-2012 01:54

I'm sending that one to my two nephews. One is an Army E4 and the other a Navy O3

**coppertales** · 05-22-2012 09:56

Cool. I would liked to have one of those shirts when my Dad was alive.......he was a Lt Col. I, on the other hand, was enlisted......chris3

**Jim in Salt Lake** · 05-22-2012 10:55

Don't you guys in the military think you've got a monopoly on the behavior that caused that T shirt. I've worked 36 years for a large multi-national corporation and I'm sure that not all of our execs come from military backgrounds, even though they can do a GREAT job of making simple things difficult. I've been in too many client meetings that mirror Guam's Saudi meeting above, some exec that still thinks he's technical but doesn't have a clue. It gets to thinking with your ego and not your knowledge and experience......