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As a Vietnam era veteran, I can say that your statement was bovine excrement. While company grade officers, enlisted and junior NCOs weren’t carrier soldiers, they were “military folks” right down to the bones. They sacrificed sweat, blood and years of their lives when their country called them to serve. There was literally no difference between draftees and enlistees. They bled the same blood, sweated the same sweat, dealt with the same fears and frustrations and had the same ultimate objectives- to survive, to help their buddies and other unti members to survive, to win every fight and to get home safely. Claiming that they were somehow lesser than career military is a odious insult to their duty, sacrifice and bravery, you should be ashamed of yourself.Company-grade officers in Vietnam were the exception. Most were canon fodder anyway. OCS and ROTC, not really military folks at all.
Good post.I'll probably be lynched for this .... but
I think that there should be some form of compulsory service, not necessarily military, because I respect the rights of those who oppose war and violence, but there are other service avenues for that.
I also think there need to be more restrictions on a president for how he can engage our military in a conflict - and more required of Congress to allow it.
No one is expendable...we should never ever have another Gallipoli.
There's a prison sex ratio, and a military sex ratio. Dudes don't GET MARRIED in all caps. They get laid and they get fucked and they "move on" to the next relationship in the next military vice district.In order to bring the all-volunteer army to fruition, "we" have had to dramatically increase the compensation of the lowest rungs, enhance the benefits, make it feasible for the lowest rungs to GET MARRIED
The British prior to WWl, like most of Europe, had used the system where wealthy land owning nobility, known as Gentlemen, purchased Officer's commissions with large amounts of money. Many had no military experience or leadership skills. Which is one reason Gallipoli turned into such a disaster for the British. ...What about those much higher up...the generals, etc? I admit...my historical perspectives could be biased here, I keep thinking about things like the battle of Gallipoli.
We have the exact same system nowadays in the United States with Ivy League ROTC, West Point Naval Academy, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Purple heart for cutting your finger on a ration can.The British prior to WWl, like most of Europe, had used the system where wealthy land owning nobility, known as Gentlemen, purchased Officer's commissions with large amounts of money. Many had no military experience or leadership skills. Which is one reason Gallipoli turned into such a disaster for the British. ...
You don't have a clue as to what you're talking about nitwit. ...We have the exact same system nowadays in the United States with Ivy League ROTC, West Point Naval Academy, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Purple heart for cutting your finger on a ration can.
Every American must register for the Draft at age 18. Every registrant must take a short battery of written tests to assess their intelligence, aptitudes, and suitability for military service. They will be asked if they have any specific plans for the short term future...jobs, college, trade school, etc. They will also be given a physical examination to determine whether they are healthy and could be brought into good physical condition in a reasonable period of time.
THEN, the military services would be given the ability to INVITE candidates who meet their criteria to enlist in their branch of the military service. The candidates will be REQUIRED to respond to the invitation, and an absolute rejection would be an acceptable response. But it would give the military services the opportunity to sell their package, indicate what training would be given, and what an enlistment would entail, including pay, benefits, work assignments, veterans' benefits, and so on. It would be made clear that MARRIAGE and CHILD-BEARING are not compatible with this enlistment, and either one would be grounds for discharge under the new Soft Draft guidelines.
Straight out of Ivy League college with the right family connections, you get pretty good rank in the U.S. military right off the bat, and other families don't have a chance. It's that last name patch on the military uniform.You don't have a clue as to what you're talking about nitwit. ...
And all politics is local. There's a local labor union, a local City Hall, and a small-town courthouse where the brothers railroad personæ non gratæ on military charges outside the jurisdiction of the court martial.More "small government" conservatism at your service, folks.
Gallipoli? Churchill's WWI error? If it was an error ------ It was VERY badly led, mistake after mistake.I also think there need to be more restrictions on a president for how he can engage our military in a conflict - and more required of Congress to allow it.
No one is expendable...we should never ever have another Gallipoli.
This reminds me of the appeals to get the vaccine, even if it might clot the blood in your brain!I'm glad the OP is around to remind us about the complete insanity of most conservatives.
"What we need is cannon fodder".
Yeah, drive YOUR kids and grand kids to the enlistment office and tell them that we need people who are expendable.
You realize this is why the Army does want homosexuals and trannies and borderline retarded and join-the-army-or-go-to-jail types?we can start with the people living off of welfare that dont have jobs,,, they can deal with public sanitation and start cleaning streets and parks of trash and litter,,
In other words there are people who don't conform to your expectations of gender and sexuality or partake appropriately of the vice you promote and compel through an organized criminal mental health legal system under mafia codes of omertà.Nothing wrong with a draft. The military was actually a good career for poor kids to get into and do 20-30 years before the 'volunteer military' scam came along; now they get mentally ill 'transexuals' and dyke clubs.
In other words there are people who don't conform to your expectations of gender and sexuality or partake appropriately of the vice you promote and compel through an organized criminal mental health legal system under mafia codes of omertà.Nothing wrong with a draft. The military was actually a good career for poor kids to get into and do 20-30 years before the 'volunteer military' scam came along; now they get mentally ill 'transexuals' and dyke clubs.
[ Frenchmen are now very short. When I went to Europe I was astounded how short they were. That's what happens to a country when the best are sent off repeatedly to war.