We finished the inspection today. They ran our shop "Off-Track", for some stuff that we don't agree with. Some paperwork was not routed to us properly, because the Lieutenant that does the Technical Directives Program never wrote up the right paperwork. We're off-track because we failed to make a Lt. do his job. Here's a hint, oh Navy Chief doing our inspection- this is the Corps. I'm a corporal. I DO NOT tell a lieutenant what to do. I can ask him nicely, and we in fact had a documented paper trail of emails asking him nicely to run the paperwork. In the Navy, chiefs have infamous power onboard ship, such that junior officers are terrified of them. In the Corps, things are different. We take the command structure much more seriously.

But it's over and done, at least the inspection is. Tonight the inspectors are writing up their reports, and tomorrow I and all the other Program Managers and Program Monitors and the CO and other involved officers will have a meeting with the inspectors where the formally present their results. The word is that will be nine Off-Tracks and seven Needs More Attention, which is a grim showing for the squadron. Which is good for us, because we won't stand out so much as being a problem.

And anyway, we get on the boat very soon, and the inspectors can't stop that. The first people start getting onboard Monday, and the rest of us will be embarking the last week of the month. It's our last float for this endless painfull MEU cycle. If the CO wants to know why his squadron showed it's ass during this inspection, I got three words: "Two year MEU."

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