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Consider the source, are we really surprised that was put out there? | |||
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Funny story. Rank does not matter. When I got back from a tour the fucked me over a holiday weekend because they dragged ass. I bought my own ticket and told them to fuck off. O6 did not like it. I said article 15 my ass and we can go talk to the post commander about how you fail to do your job! He stfu.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 1flynDO, | |||
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Army National Guard: Why is it getting harder and harder to find good recruits? Also Army National Guard: No more enlistment bonuses for you in 2024 and 2025! Army National Guard suspends reenlistment bonuses | |||
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My neighbor's daughter is a recruiter. She tells me prospective recruits are attraced to the educational benefits. | |||
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I am wondering if we will see a surge of recruiting in 2025? I am also wondering how long it will take for Trump to meaningfully un-fuck the military. | |||
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It’ll take some time as the officer corps has been infected with leftists ever since Obama. Trump needs to ask (demand—YOU’RE FIRED !!!!) every JCS CoS, Deputy CoS, Commandant of every service academy for their resignations/retirements 5 minutes after taking Oath of Office on 20 January 2025. The Commanding Generals of the combatant commands will also be reviewed for competency and confidence of command. --------------------- DJT-45/47 MAGA !!!!! "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken | |||
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DJT will provide the impetus and possible legalities as CinC but, it's the FOGO's who will be charged with articulating it out and the O-6 & O-5's with insuring its compliance. To date, out of the last 16-years, 12 of it has been at the hands of the Lefties undermining and 'reimagining' how the military services function and act. That's a LOT of time to root-out and drive away your hard chargers and meat-eaters in uniform. We can only hope that DJT has a DoD team at the ready with policy strategies and actionable benchmarks to hit, as the Dems definitely have implemented an agenda. | |||
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Why? Just go to school, get loans, and have it all forgiven. Hard to justify a 4 year commitment when you get it handed to you either way, all while sitting in mommy's basement smoking weed and playing video games. ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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As an additional thought about the subject, I must admit that perhaps it’s not all rot per se. What strikes me again and again is how overprotective many parents are today. I watched a short video recently by, I believe, Victor Davis Hanson who articulated why that was so common. And what are the consequences? The usual reaction to something like a parent’s interjecting themselves into a discussion with an offspring’s school professor or a job interview is ridicule of the parent. But what about the “child”? If someone has been taught since toddlerhood that it’s unsafe to be out of sight of one’s home (or even outdoors) without a bodyguard, or it’s necessary to take cultures from the carpets before deciding whether one can risk staying in a hotel room, how can they possibly be willing to become a member of the armed forces? Is it reasonable to expect that they can suddenly make the transition from that sort of cocooned life to doing all the sorts of unpleasant and dangerous things military personnel are expected to be able to do? Just the food I regularly ate during various assignments would be enough to send those parents into a swoon, and I certainly wouldn’t expect their progeny to view it any differently. May the fates preserve us.  ► 6.4/93.6 “It is peace for our time.” — Neville the Appeaser | |||
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I believe that the problems started with the Clinton Administration and the Democratic Congress at the time. The military budget was slashed and many fine officers and senior enlisted in all the services were forced out short of the 30 years they originally planned to serve. While there was a brief uptick post 9/11, with the advent of the Obama and Biden administrations, the decline in the military continued and accelerated. In fairness, the problems started with the lack of support for the military from the Democrats during the Vietnam War (Johnson, perversely enough deepened our commitment) brought about the tragic end to that war, the end of the draft, and the degradation of those who had served. I spoke from the perspective of a retired O-5 who retired in 1997. | |||
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I'm on another motorcycle forum and we just recently had a new guy join. His introductory post tells us how he's lived his life as "risk averse" but is ready to take a chance on a bike. He then says how he's been riding his new bike around empty parking lots "shaking out the fear". This is where my signature goes. | |||
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Today’s Military puts Cultural Rot on display. Proud to have served during the Cold War, but would never consider serving in today’s military. Can’t imagine why there is a recruitment crisis. Would be a hoot serving under today’s military leadership. I would be charged with insubordination within 15 seconds of this Lt. Colonel starting to speak. “We’re in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for our administration…President Obama’s administration before this. We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics,” Pres. Select, Joe Biden “Let’s go, Brandon” Kelli Stavast, 2 Oct. 2021 | |||
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That abomination is a disgrace to the uniform | |||
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When President Trump gets back into office I bet all of our current Military head shed will quickly decide to retire. They won't stick around to hear "YOU'RE FIRED". | |||
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