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Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music Producer/Songwriter

Robert Knauer CPPO CPCM

Prior to writing and producing over 70 songs for the TAI Sound Machine Record label, and prior to writing 13 romance and murder novels, this former podcaster, Robert Knauer, better known by his stage name of ROBERT VALOR, was a former naval officer, professor of contracts and ethics, senior contracting officer for the federal government and was advisor to the FAA, DOD, DOL and DOT. Music groups he manages include for the time (Hanky Pankee- a Reggae group), Emy Day a pop and country singer, CV67

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18:33

DON'T MESS WITH SUBORDINATES BECAUSE THEY WILL PAY...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/05/05

In this episode I explain a true story about how I along with another navy officer paid back our EXECUTIVE OFFICER or XO, for being an asshole 24/7 onboard our ship. This is a great didactic story for all senior officers, in fact, all officers and enlisted to learn from...simply BE NICE to your subordinates because if you are mean or ruthless thinking YOU have the upper hand. Life will hurt you in many ways for your evil. The old adage of "PAYBACKS ARE HELL" is alive and well in the TRUE STORY of

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29:01

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT- GOING UNDERCOVER TO RELIEVE...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/05/05

In this episode Lt. Knauer tells a true story of how he was plucked out of Navy Supply Corps School by Admiral Ryan of NEXCOM (then NAVRESSO) and ordered to go in under cover to get the goods on another Navy Supply Officer, (reporting to the CO of NAS Willow Grove first), and then on the fateful appointed day relieving Lt. Robert Bump for Cause. Lt. Bump had not only run the NEX into the RED financially, but incurred a $40K robbery and was missing hundreds of thousands of dollars in inventory. The

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34:19

THE WHISTLEBLOWER: USS San Jose & Captain Melvin...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/26

Lt. Knauer recounts how not listening to his mentor, Captain Bob Fenick led him to the fateful decision to land on the USS SAN JOSE and end up being a whistleblower against his ship's commanding officer, Melvin D. Munsigner. Sometime the grass isn't always greener on the other side, and the future is unknown.

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18:57

How to Extort a Senior Officer or Better yet get your...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/25

In this Episode, Lt. Knauer tells about the time he extorted a senior officer in the U.S. Navy to sign off on his SWOS PQS qualification card for 3m using the old trick, "no ticky--no laundry" or in the case of CDR. Rugallo no PQS--no paycheck. Is there an ethics question here, certainly there is....but hey, it's a funny story and true.

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11:49

HOORAY! THE CAPTAIN IS FINALLY GONE

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/22

It's the story of then, CO Jerry O. Tuttle as he was "dinged off the ship" for transfer to his next command Lt. Knauer remembers how the crew of the USS JFK reacted to his departure, yelling, screaming with sounds of joy, cheers, and giving Tuttle the "finger" or the "bird" because Tuttle was the most hated commanding officer every.

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21:12

JUNIOR OFFICERS ARE FUCKING LITTLE DRONES

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/22

Lt. Knauer recounts the day (during the yard period) when the skipper of the USS JFK had all "junior officers" assemble in the wardroom at 17 hundred hours to lecture and inform them all that they were, "nothing more than a buck of fucking little drones" and why that was the case. Lt. Knauer also recounts how Captain Tuttle treated sailors at Captain's MAST, especially in the case of SHSN Gentry.

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18:41

You are LATE Mister and Restricted to the Ship!

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/22

This podcast goes into several more unusual events with Captain Jerry O. Tuttle, Skipper of the USS JFK while it was in the "yards." It discusses how Tuttle abused hims powers as skipper, placed hundred of officers and enlisted in "hack" (restricted to the ship) for something they did not do simply to demonstrate power and a lack of leadership. It also delves into how I had my wife come aboard the ship every day I was in HACK and ate meals with her, and had SEX with her in several Squadron

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29:22

The Round Table Affair on the JFK (200 NAKED SAILORS...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/21

Lt. Knauer recounts two situational events while stationed aboard the JFK with Jerry O. Tuttle. The 1st a passageway encountered with "the midget" and the 2nd known as the Round Table Affair that actually happened aboard the JFK in 1977 while the ship was in the Navy Yard undergoing overhaul where 200+ sailors and officers had to sleep in the nude on their mattresses on the flight deck because the ship was too hot to sleep inside and because Capt. Tuttle refused to spend ship's OPTAR money to find

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11:11

The JFK Dinning-In at NAB Littlecreek VA (Sit Down...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/21

In Episode 5 Lt. Knauer recounts the story of the JFK dinning in where in front of 350 officers and their wives and or girlfriends, Captain Tuttle was heard to yell at his wife in a degrading manner which astonished most if not all of the wives in attendance, but surely did not surprise any of the ships company officers. What Jerry O. Tuttle did to his wife is in fact the way he treated his crew the entire time he was commanding officer. Although most sailors curse and do so a lot, Jerry O. Tuttle

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36:11

More Stories about my time onboard the USS JFK CV67

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/19

Lieutenant Robert Knauer recounts his early time aboard the aircraft carrier USS JFK during his time as an Ensign and Lt.(jg) in the Suppy Department, life with his fellow supply officers, the crew and a number of mishaps that occurred including several ship collisions at sea and more funny stuff regarding the Skipper Jerry O. Tuttle.

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23:16

The USS JOHN F. KENNEDY CV67 (my very first ship)

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/18

Former naval officer, ROBERT KNAUER, takes you through his reporting aboard his very first ship he was assigned to out of Navy Supply Corps School and what it felt like seeing his giant aircraft carrier below him as he flew to in his first helo flight from Rota, Spain. He tells what his first skipper was like (Captain Mitchell) and what his next skipper (Capt. Jerry O. Tuttle) was like. Although as an Ensign in the Navy we were all told there "were no homosexuals in the Navy" I found out that just

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18:58

Life at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/13

Podcaster Robert Knauer tells you about his life at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA and what it was like back in the 70's. Today NSCS is located in Newport RI, but life at Supply Corps School hasn't changed and it is tough.

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4:39

How I Joined the U.S. Navy after college and became a...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/06

As a recent college graduate Robert Knauer discusses his entry into Naval service and how he became commissioned after Officer Candidate School (OCS) and then was ordered to attend Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA during the mid-70s. In the next episode Robert Knauer will describe his arrival, class attendance and studies at the Navy Supply Corps School (NSCS) Athens and what it took to graduate.

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18:19

My GS-15 Contracting Job Interview with HUD and...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/06

In this last and final Episode of Season 1 dealing with contracting I discuss one of the strangest and funniest government job interviews at HUD (U.S. Housing and Urban Development in DC) and with an all black panel of Senior Executive Service members, of which, Barbara Thomas, the sister of Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas was one of the board members. It is hilarious and strange job promotion interviews I ever had in my entire federal career. It also points out the fact that certain federal

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24:31

The Married Couple involved in the case of UNITED...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/06

Podcaster Robert Knauer CPCM CPPO gives detailed background and insight into a contracting case brought against a young married couple under the "Federal False Claims Act" or FCA as it is known in federal circles. The case was improperly brought against the couple by Army Criminal Investigators (ARMY CID), but there wasn't sufficient evidence proceed with the case (after three years in court) and the case was dismissed by federal judge Terrance Boyle against the couple. Although dismissed, the story

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11:18

Do I need to purchase Personal Liability Insurance in...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/05

Robert Knauer CPCM CPPO gives his take on the need to have or purchase Personal Liability Insurance to protect oneself in Govt. Contracting.

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7:50

What Average Americans Just Don't Understand about...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/04/05

In this podcast by Robert Knauer CPCM-CPPO he discusses the subject of purchasing in government and why the typical American citizen just doesn't understand why certain things like weapon systems, airplanes and hammers can cost so much. It all about the laws and regulations Congress enacted and the mandatory requirements for specific quality control, quality assurance, unique manufacturing specifications as well as commercial manufacturing requirements that make some things cost so much. REF: MIL-I,

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17:49

Contracting People--Access to Classified...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/03/23

This podcast by Robert K. Knauer CPCM-CPPO is a personal discussion about the subject of federal, state and local contracting people (mostly federal) who have access to sensitive, confidential, or other classified information that can be compromised when they have personal financial problems, or simply are not suited to be in contracting based on poor personal character. IT DOES HAPPEN and polygraphs are needed in more sensitive cases. There is some profanity in this podcast....so if you have

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33:54

How Ethics and Following the Rules can help Keep You...

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/03/18

Presented by Robert Knauer CPCM-CPPO and former DAU Contracts professor, this podcast takes YOU the listener through the ups-and-downs, ins-and-outs of being subjected to an OIG investigation, DOJ referrals and possible indictment by the DOJ for wrongdoing--when you may not have done anything wrong to begin with, other than being ill-trained and susceptible to the whims of your Supervisor who is connected and working in concert with a "crooked" contractor.

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22:55

Contracting 101- KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID

Robert Knauer (Stage name of ROBERT VALOR) Music... ·

2022/03/12

ROBERT Knauer CPCM-CPPO describes how to make contracts and life easier by working to simplify contract statements, work exhibits, etc....and talks about the requirement to have solid Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASPs) and dedicated personnel to do follow up inspections on contract end results.

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