I received a follow up comment from “An Old Navy Man” today. He states:
“I guess Lawhorn will have to share underwear with Cole and Hellman now. The Beltway rumor is that Vince Taylor was encouraged to move on.”
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GFS,
There’s an old Navy story about a ship’s Captain who inspected his sailors. Afterward he told the first mate that his men smelled bad. Perhaps it would help if the sailors would change underwear occasionally. The first mate responded “Aye, aye sir, I’ll see to it immediately!”
The first mate went straight to the sailor’s berth and announced, “The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear.” The first mate continued, “Watson, you change with Sterling.” “Taylor you change with Cole.” “Lawhorn you change with Hellmann.”
The moral of the story- someone may come along and promise change, but don’t count on things smelling any better.
It’s time for the Office of the Secretary of Defense to hand the Industrial Security mission back to the Government Contracting Authorities.
From an old Navy man
Does anyone know why Vince TAylor left DSS? I hear there was an IG report. What was in it?
Funny, you should ask. While I was back in the DC area a while ago visiting and dealing with a family emergency, I was told by some people more about what was going on with DSS. As I understand it, Vincent Taylor is alleged to have gotten into some sort of pissing match with Richard Lawhorn. Lawhorn won and Director Watson escorted Taylor off the DSS Headquarters premises. According to my sources, Taylor then contacted the Inspector General’s Office, and has asked for an investigation into this matter. There seem to be multiple IG investigations and reports due to the many problems that certain managers in DSS have created over the past few years. As I stated in a different post, Directors come and go, but certain people remain, continuing, it appears to me, to create dysfunction and wreak havoc. I’ll keep you informed as I learn more.
GFS