And this is exactly what’s happening. Being promoted has been boiled down to a popularity with command thing. If they don’t like you then you won’t get sent to the school you need to even make the promotion list. Doesnt matter if specialist snuffy hits his PT score and marksmanship being an all around stud, without BLC or whatever it’s called now he isn’t able to make it to the board.When too many NCOs buy into wokeness because it's how you get promoted? That will be the Military the leftists want.
Maybe I’m biased but the training I got in basic, AIT and pre deployment was top notch. We did all kinds of stuff that people I have talked to since don’t do even in combat arms. The “woke” and “PC” culture have destroyed this country’s military capabilities. The only thing holding it together right are a few crusty old E-7’s and E-8’s.
once they are gone in another 5 years what does that leave? A bunch of guys who’ve never seen combat and think corrective action is some words written on a piece of paper.
I can only speak from my fathers POV, but he was making the same complaints about soldiers in the early 90s, just before he retired. He had Vietnam and DS1 under his belt, and thought that soldier were too coddled. I remember asking him about the movie Full Metal Jacket, and he said said it was spot on (same with Officer and Gentlemen). I remember he quipped that a DS would be in Leavenworth today if they still did that.As someone who got out less than 5 years ago I can assure you that the influx of new recruits is poorly trained and mentally equipped to deal with a real war. I went through training during the surge of Iraq and can give a list of things that they had stopped training during basic from the time I got in to the time I got out.
1. hand grenades
2.combatives
3. Bayonets ( the bayonet isn’t really crucial for modern combat but the training and the mindset it creates it)
4. CQB
Maybe I’m biased but the training I got in basic, AIT and pre deployment was top notch. We did all kinds of stuff that people I have talked to since don’t do even in combat arms. The “woke” and “PC” culture have destroyed this country’s military capabilities. The only thing holding it together right are a few crusty old E-7’s and E-8’s.
once they are gone in another 5 years what does that leave? A bunch of guys who’ve never seen combat and think corrective action is some words written on a piece of paper.
If i knew i wouldn't divulge the infoAnybody have the 3D printer source files for F15 or the 10kt nuke?
Elon musk was real casual about making nukes on a JRE podcast a couple months ago. Said it’s not hard and no big deal to use them on Mars.Anybody have the 3D printer source files for F15 or the 10kt nuke?
I see you are now sporting the classic air-superiority Eagle.The fact that I do not see more F-15 and nuke avatars now disappoints me.
That's an F-22 Raptor. It's newer and more expensive than the the F-15 Eagle or F-15E Strike Eagle.
"He who rules the air, rules the battlefield underneath it."I see you are now sporting the classic air-superiority Eagle.
I can’t believe Palmetto would practice false advertising!That's an F-22 Raptor. It's newer and more expensive than the the F-15 Eagle or F-15E Strike Eagle.
Part of being retired USAF is pointing out these things. Yelling at the TV when a training aircraft makes things explode is also required.
Kurt Schlichter will remind everyone that he wrote this series as a cautionary tale, not as a prediction, but it is becoming more and more prophetic:And this is exactly what’s happening. Being promoted has been boiled down to a popularity with command thing. If they don’t like you then you won’t get sent to the school you need to even make the promotion list. Doesnt matter if specialist snuffy hits his PT score and marksmanship being an all around stud, without BLC or whatever it’s called now he isn’t able to make it to the board.
so ya the liberals might not have the full support of the military yet, but they are well on their way to getting there
Yeah it seems there is always the tendency for older generations to look with disdain at newer generations and how easy they have it.I can only speak from my fathers POV, but he was making the same complaints about soldiers in the early 90s, just before he retired. He had Vietnam and DS1 under his belt, and thought that soldier were too coddled. I remember asking him about the movie Full Metal Jacket, and he said said it was spot on (same with Officer and Gentlemen). I remember he quipped that a DS would be in Leavenworth today if they still did that.
I’m sure things were different then. The military has been getting softer since they got rid of wall to wall counseling’s.I can only speak from my fathers POV, but he was making the same complaints about soldiers in the early 90s, just before he retired. He had Vietnam and DS1 under his belt, and thought that soldier were too coddled. I remember asking him about the movie Full Metal Jacket, and he said said it was spot on (same with Officer and Gentlemen). I remember he quipped that a DS would be in Leavenworth today if they still did that.