Va. They named a barracks after me and they call it a manor, he said with a chuckle. And this place has every modern convenience you can imagine. Back then I slept in a hammock and just rolled it up when I got up in the morning, he added. Quality of life improvements for today s Sailors is what pleases Black the most. I guess habitability improvements are the biggest changes for the better, he said.
Educational opportunities are really important as well.
The retired Master Chief had an even better idea that would probably appeal to the masses even more. I think they should put a TV monitor in every bed on a ship. You d see an increase in the sales of video games if they did that, he added. Other areas of improvement in today s ranks, according to Black, include having more senior leaders stand up for what they believe in as opposed to bowing to peer pressure and public opinion, making young Sailors work harder to enjoy the privileges of rank and to rebuild the Navy back up to the numbers they enjoyed in the 1980 s. Another concern was the growing lack of military experience in Congress.