ChrisFromLongIsland t1_j7k5rkf wrote on February 7, 2023 at 11:29 AM

Reply to comment by lovelyangelgirl in FDNY ranks in 'turmoil' after commissioner demotes chiefs, high-ranking officials step down by nyujoe

The secretary of defense of the US many times has not served in the military.

https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2014/12/02/ashton-carter-would-become-7th/

Prime_Exposures t1_j7sdz6g wrote on February 9, 2023 at 1:44 AM

But what would happen if the Secretary of Defense arbitrarily removed senior army generals without conferring with the Sec of Army or the Chief of Staff of the Army?? There’s a chain of command and it works both ways.

lovelyangelgirl t1_j7kitnq wrote on February 7, 2023 at 1:42 PM

Shouldn’t that be a prerequisite though?

hjablowme919 t1_j7kmvxe wrote on February 7, 2023 at 2:14 PM

Not really. In positions like that, it's about decision making. The people who work for you provide you all of the information they can about a particular issue, or issues, and you use that information to make decisions.

If she was in management in the NYFD for almost a decade, she knows what the problems are and what needs to be addressed. What she needs from the people who work for her and suggestions as to how best to address those issues. From her speech, it doesn't look like she is getting that support.