Surface Navy chief petty officers at all levels suffer from career broadening, which stretches them beyond their areas of expertise.

First, I am obviously not a chief petty officer, nor have I ever been one. But I have been a voracious consumer of chiefly product for 27 years. Thus, I think I am qualified to advance informed opinions regarding how well chiefs, writ large, are carrying out their responsibilities at sea.

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