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Songs of Babylon

If you hear anything at all, it’s in your head.

  • Fiction
    • The Noon to Forever (Every Day Fiction)
    • Shadows of the Night (The J.J. Outre Review)
    • Iraq Poem
    • Johnny Rocket Lives Forever on the Moon
    • Dammit, Ensign!
  • Essays
    • Resigning from the Navy
    • Seniority and Promotions to Lieutenant
    • Camp Speicher Massacre
    • The Crozier Affair
    • Tell Me I Suck
    • A Different Tack: Shipboard Mishaps and PTSD
    • The Three-Vessel Problem
    • Retrospective
    • They Fought for Their Rights
    • Retrospective (2 of… ?)
    • Navy Officer Accessions, SARBs, and the Nuke Draft
    • Retrospective 3
    • Five Reads of The Caine Mutiny
  • Flash Posts
    • FP1 – Integrity: A Sea Non-Story
    • FP2 – Still Valley
    • FP3 – The Lingering Dread of TDRL
    • FP4 – Looking Down from the Bridge
    • FP5 – When We Move On
    • FP6 – Reactions to a First Case
    • FP7 – Cowardice in Afghanistan
    • FP8 – Military Transition and Mental Health
    • FP9 – The Military’s Free Expression Problem
    • FP10 – Farewell, National Defense Service Medal
    • FP11 – Review: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
    • FP12 – Two Eclipses
    • FP13 – Watch Team Remus
    • FP14 – On Bertolt Brecht’s “The Interrogation of the Good”

Tag Archives: SWO

Retrospective

Fourteen years, six deployments.

Posted bySongs of BabylonJanuary 13, 2021September 10, 2023Posted inBlog Posts, Essays, NavyTags:Deployments, FDNF, Japan, Korea, Navy, Okinawa, Saipan, Surface Warfare Officer, SWO, Yokosuka3 Comments on Retrospective

The Three-Vessel Problem

The truth about the the three-vessel problem is, there is no “three-vessel problem.”

Posted bySongs of BabylonDecember 14, 2020January 3, 2023Posted inBlog Posts, Essays, NavyTags:COLREGs, Navigation Rules, Navy, Rules of the Road, Surface Warfare Officer, SWOLeave a comment on The Three-Vessel Problem

Integrity: A Sea Non-Story

Integrity is “Commander’s Business.” Get cracking, Admiral.

Posted bySongs of BabylonOctober 31, 2020January 3, 2023Posted inBlog Posts, Flash Posts, NavyTags:Flash Post, Integrity, Navy, Surface Warfare Officer, SWO1 Comment on Integrity: A Sea Non-Story

A Different Tack: Shipboard Mishaps and PTSD

…trauma can occur outside any combat zone.

Posted bySongs of BabylonJuly 23, 2020February 3, 2023Posted inBlog Posts, Essays, NavyTags:BHR, Bonhomme Richard, Fire, Navy, PTSD, Surface Warfare Officer, SWO2 Comments on A Different Tack: Shipboard Mishaps and PTSD

Tell Me I Suck

The only thing worse than finding out from your boss that you suck, is finding out that you’re not even worth the trouble of telling.

Posted bySongs of BabylonJuly 7, 2020April 8, 2025Posted inBlog Posts, Essays, NavyTags:counseling, LOC, LOI, Navy, NPLOC, Surface Warfare Officer, SWO3 Comments on Tell Me I Suck

Seniority Among Ensigns and June 1st Promotions to Lieutenant

Seniority among Ensigns is like virtue among… Ensigns!

Posted bySongs of BabylonMay 26, 2020December 30, 2025Posted inBlog Posts, Essays, NavyTags:Date of Rank, Lineal number, Navy, Precedence number, Promotions, Surface Warfare Officer, SWO2 Comments on Seniority Among Ensigns and June 1st Promotions to Lieutenant

How I resigned from the Navy (or tried to, anyway), and you can too!

Nothing lasts forever. Some things don’t even last twenty years…

Posted bySongs of BabylonMay 13, 2020January 3, 2023Posted inBlog Posts, Essays, NavyTags:Navy, RAD, Resign, Resignation, Surface Warfare Officer, SWO3 Comments on How I resigned from the Navy (or tried to, anyway), and you can too!

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