As some of you may have noticed from his Twitter update, Russ is going to be pretty much MIA from now until mid-September. The reason for this is that he was just selected to be promoted to the rank of Chief (E-7) in the Navy. You non-military types may not realize what an achievement this is. For a guy that young (and stupid) to reach such a high rank in such a short amount of time, and still have time to be the third best writer on Threevue is very impressive.
Unfortunately, there is a long indoctrination process he has to go through, where all the current Chiefs make the n00bs run around, do some pro-Navy chants, and a bunch of other homo-erotic activities so they can justify their own superiority. This means that we may not get much more out of him than out beloved Monday LAFL’s.
So let’s all congratulate Russ. He still has two more ranks to achieve before he becomes Master Chief, but give him a couple years, he’ll get there.
Russ Crandall:
Tyler Miller:
Steve McKay:
Giang Cao:
Congratulations Russ! This can be a huge step in someone’s Navy career.
I took a few pictures of a CPO transition season and wrote a few things about the coveted charge book that Russ will have to make and carry around!
http://www.andrewacomb.com/blog/2007/04/29/charge-book/