US Naval Institute: CDR Turk's Facebook Insurgency

People have asked me if I know where the Navy community stands on the US Naval Institute issue. All I can say is that as best I can tell, no active duty Flag Officer has said a word in public, and as 5,000 sailors on USS Enterprise (CVN 65) have reminded us the last few years - when it comes to ideas, offensive or otherwise - silence is consent.

I have also been stressed over email the importance of Senior Naval Leadership for USNI. Yes, I completely agree, but Senior Naval Leadership for USNI is like pornography, and we will all know it when I see it. Until then, it is more appropriate to highlight the absence of active duty Senior Naval Leadership and ask the question whether this is really what the membership wants from the Institute. Somehow I don't think some of histories most popular and admired Admirals would stand silent, or be silenced, during the Institutes moment of the crisis.

I have become aware of CDR Turk on Facebook, and perhaps his biography information is revealing.

Det. Ryan: [about Turk 182] There are two theories. The first is that this is an organized conspiracy. The other more bizarre theory is that this is the work of one man - Superman, apparently!

You can find CDR Turk on Facebook, with additional activities here and here.

And for the record, I am absolutely certain CDR Turk is not a blogger. My only theory is that because Facebook is allowed to be used by the Navy, Facebook is where one would logically find the Navy's opposition to the Board of Directors.

Zimmerman flew and Tyler knew!