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    Diogenes of Babylon posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago

    Leadership at Sea

    Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders.

    “However, one cannot be coercive on a submarine with atomic missiles. The kinds of people needed to keep such a ship going don’t take well to the lash. There is also no way to chopper a nonfunctional sailor off of such a ship. The US Navy handles this problem by carefully screening its potential submariners before they come on board. Admiral Hyman Rickover, who led the US Navy’s submarine program, famously personally screened all potential officers. Submarine training is also difficult, so every man coming into a submarine is solid. Properly leading such men requires a different sort of finesse than coercion to get to peak performance.”

    https://counter-currents.com/2021/04/leadership-at-sea/