Maybe the chief ate all five vectors
July 23rd, 2009 | Chow Morale Personnel | Posted by Andrew Scutro
//U.S. Navy
It used to be that you couldn’t swing a dead cat and not hit a Five Vector Model. But it’s been a few years without a single dead cat/5vM mishap. Once everywhere, now vapor. Once always in arm’s reach, now gone on a midnight train to Georgia.
Above please find one of the last confirmed sightings of a 5vM, appearing in the form of a festive and frosted cake aboard the amphibious assault ship Essex on the occasion of the Navy’s 231st birthday.
Two questions about the 5vM (not the cake).
1. Where did it go?
2. We know what it was. Do you?
Comments
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LOLNav Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm“Maybe the chief ate all five vectors.”
HEY!! I resemble that remark.
Not really sure what happened to the 5VM, actually. Seems like it just faded aw…
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Abu Banat Says:
July 24th, 2009 at 7:14 amMoney…money…money. Remember when we were going to get rid of all the NECs? Huge taskforce and all that? Now we are going to detail by NECs. I watch my golden retriever chase his tail all the time. At least he seems to have fun at it…
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PS1(SW) Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm1. The 5VM, unfortunately, left the Navy when it followed MCPON Scott out the door.
2. The 5VM was to be a major overhaul to the advancement system. It was to assign points to things currently covered in the EVAL system (for example, PRT scores and PQS qualifications), to keep excellence in these areas from being in vain due to where the Sailor ranks on his or her EVAL.
The 5VM would have also eliminated frocking by advancing the top Sailor in his or her rate immediately as soon as a vacancy opened – because under 5VM, the Sailor’s standing would be tracked in real time, instead of re-calculating it every six months.
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Francis Says:
September 12th, 2009 at 10:50 amit went the way of TQL, now Lean six sigma….