Swinging M,
I too know both D2 and the chap who wrote him up, and unless he's changed remarkably since I left the fleet I can only assume he was written up out of pity. I have never known a man want promotion so badly and yet do so little of any REAL worth to merit it. Hark at me bitchin'.
This is another of the (many) instances where ROs fail to use Appraisal reports for the purpose for which they exist. Namely, identification of those individuals who will be EFFECTIVE in a higher rank. Sad innit?
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