Comments on: Navy Offers All-Expense Paid Trips to PPS Educators

By: Lakeitha

Lakeitha — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:54:39 +0000

Is there a link to the itinerary ? I need a free vacation.

By: The Magnificent Toni

The Magnificent Toni — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:45:36 +0000

Yeh, none of the school board members on this board would accept anything like that, are you serious? lol. That’s so ridiculous. Plus who has the time? And why? It’s the navy. They might as well ship you to Baghdad and wish you the best. lol.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:53:17 +0000

Thanks for the background, Eric and Sue. I had no idea this went on!

By: Eric Berg

Eric Berg — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:20:09 +0000

These junkets are nothing new. A counselor at my high school (Silverton, Ore.) went to DC, Annapolis and Norfolk on an Navy-paid trip circa 1983-84. After she came back there were all sorts of Top Gun-type stuff in her office, including a photo of her on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

Yep, I spent quite a bit of time in the counselors’ offices.

By: Sue Hagmeier

Sue Hagmeier — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:40:48 +0000

I got these invitations regularly when I was on the school board. I didn’t think it would be appropriate to accept, if I had wanted to, a paid junket. I believe current ethics rules prohibit accepting such a trip.

By: benson

benson — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:43:10 +0000

This could be a good trip for the right person to get a look into the Navy’s latest promotional strategy. It would make an interesting story if someone was willing to write about it afterwards, telling the rest of us just how far the armed services are willing to go these days…

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:20:03 +0000

Recruits get an all-expenses paid* trip to Iraq to see for themselves.

*Post deployment mental health care not not necessarily included.

By: dickey45

dickey45 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:04:49 +0000

How the do they share the hell that is known as war? Invite them to Iraq?