wrote:
BTW as a abeleiver in motivation is all why is it that you only made
CPO not some officer rank...(SNIP)

Well, I'm #8 on this year's list for SCPO (E-8) but I'm considering
submitted my package for Warrant Officer. Never could go full officer
due to the age cutoff.

in part is becuase in your eagerness to flame me you did not bother
reading the exchange Jeff was the one claiming that motivation was
everything

It certainly is. Motivation will take you as far as you can possibly
go, but it certainly can't overcome such barriers as age cutoffs.
Motivation also can't create more openings for a particular position
than already exist. If X motivated people are competing for Y openings
of a position, and Y X, then some of those motivated folks won't
win. Because they're motivated, those that lose will try again
next time.

Now, last I checked, there were no age barriers for advancing in
amateur radio, nor were there any limitations on the number licensees
in any particular class. So, those that are motivated will advance;
those that aren't, won't.

I feel as if I'm teaching a first-grader common-sense facts.

therefore your statement is more proper at proving that Jeff is not a
memebr of the armed forces

You apparently don't realize that the USCG is the only armed force
outside of the DoD. This is done on purpose, for it allows us to
also enforce federal law within the US borders, something the other
four services are prohibited from due to the Posse Comitatus Act
of 1878.

This calls for Title 14, Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 1, of the US Code:

Establishment of Coast Guard

The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military
service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all
times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of
Homeland Security, except when operating as a service in the Navy.


HLS, not DoD.


(UNSNIP)...or for that matter why was
your motivation only enough to be a lecurer, not a full professor or
even dept head of Mathematics??


It's a long story, but suffice it to say that I used up my seven
years in the PhD program (that's all that's alloted), so ended up with
just the masters degree. Motivation can't overcome seven-year time
limits. That's all I'll say about that, for I know you're baiting
me, and I know better than to bite.

Still no 73 for you,
Jeff KH6O WC2XSR/12
--
Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
Mathematics Lecturer, University of Hawaii System