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Nurse Jane's avatar

Good Afternoon CDR Salamander,

Glad you are feeling upbeat about Melee Midrats today. My question is:

Is it correct protocol to write SECDEF Hegseth. I understand he is the Secretary of War. I asked my son, 03 Captain in our USAF, politely speaking, my son said “I have no idea.” My comment to that, sharing with you, CDR Salamander, doesn’t the USAF Command in Charleston S.C. refer to our “Secretary of War”? How do the 04, 05, 06’s refer to Pete Hegseth?

I want to use proper protocol when mentioning important people. Thank you so much. Nurse Jane or… if you prefer “Commander (LCDR) Swann”. God bless you, Mark and our complement of “Ship’s Crew.

CDR Salamander's avatar

Well...his seal says, "Secretary or War" ... and I see SECWAR being used, so I'd run with that.

Richard's avatar

Not that there is not room for (much) improvement but the US does do logistics better than anyone else. At least we have never killed whole armies by neglect the way Alexander the Great did or reduced them to armed gardeners the way the Japanese did or left the winter clothing sitting on rail sidings back in Poland.