Yes. As I alluded to, there is cross-training, it’s just that given the option, the more competent people will always be the lead on that job. The model doesn’

Yes. As I alluded to, there is cross-training, it’s just that given the option, the more competent people will always be the lead on that job. The model doesn’t translate well to civilian work, I think, largely because of contracts and guaranteed knowledge. In the Navy, you’re practically guaranteed that a given person will be attached to your command for at least 4 years, and their departure is planned well in advance. This gives you plenty of time to find people’s competencies and develop them. The guaranteed knowledge comes in from the team structure – every division (team) has a Chief, a senior enlisted person who is generally assumed to have seen everything. If they haven’t, and an issue pops up, they will find how to work the problem. Intrinsic to this assumption is the fact that commands aren’t competitors (not officially, anyway), and you can easily ask a sister boat how they did X.