Although the incident did delay our processing of your app by a little bit, it was ultimately still in the Council’s interest that this app go through. You have good community support and, following your last application, many people including the CO Council have vouched for your experience and abilities in command, and you’ve displayed great skill in doing so.
All we should clarify is that the incident that almost got you disqualified by a bit isn’t being disregarded by the Council. A CO is expected to know better how to make judgment calls, and when you can end peoples’ rounds in a far more straightforward way than before, we must trust you can exercise good judgment. This isn’t much of a warning as it is an advisory; we will be holding you to the standards expected of COs, so please, we would appreciate it if you could hold yourself up to them as well in the future.
Aside from that, though, the positives ultimately won out. As a result we’ve decided to accept your application and approve your promotion.
Congratulations, Major Durstine. Welcome to the CO whitelist!