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Sounds like time to adopt the RN model of station cmd and force cdrs (seperate functions in RN). At least it would obviate the problem whereby the staish can be deployed to ops for 4 months yet leaving the station full of assets with responsibility delegated to a wg cdr - if this can be done then the staish could be a wg cdr in the first place.
and i can also do my boss's job when he's away but that doesn't mean it should be relegated to my rank permanently