Who will be the first to go?

[Man With A Plan]

Hegseth has stated he does not believe women should be on active duty.

How do you think that makes the women who have more kills than he does feel?

He's a fucking asshole.

When did he ever say that women shouldn't be on active duty?

 

[Man With A Plan]

More horseshit.

Enlisted military members come from all fifty states and the District of Columbia, but some contribute more than others. In absolute terms, the top five for recruitment in 2018 were California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and New York, which is reflective of their relatively large populations.

Demographics of the U.S. Military

Deployed around the world, the armed forces are a pillar of U.S. power and influence abroad. But many civilians are unfamiliar with their composition. How much does the military resemble U.S. society?

www.cfr.org

Another way of analyzing this data is to look at representation ratios, which show recruits as a share of a jurisdiction’s residents between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. From this perspective, the picture is significantly different. A ratio of 1.0 means the jurisdiction’s share of recruits in 2018 was equal to its share of eighteen- to twenty-four-year-olds.


South Carolina had the highest representation ratio, at 1.5, meaning it contributed 50 percent more than its share of the country's eighteen- to twenty-four-year-old population. Florida, Hawaii, Georgia, and Alabama round out the top five. On the other end of the spectrum—jurisdictions that contribute fewer recruits than their share of eighteen- to twenty-four-year-olds, or those with ratios less than 1.0—are Washington, DC, North Dakota, Massachusetts, Utah, and Rhode Island.

 

[Man With A Plan]

Your own link says 2024 saw a rebound!

You don't even read past headlines, do you.

The shortfalls were in prior years due to Covid.

Recruitment Rises 12.5% Despite Ongoing Challenges​

Army announces December marked highest recruiting period in 15 years - Washington Examiner

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth credited the new Republican administration controlling the Pentagon for the surge in recruitment.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

So was the 2024 "rebound" due to the highest recruiting month (December) in 15 years? Isn't it interesting that the largest recruiting month in 15 years took place AFTER Donald Trump was elected?

 

[kyzr]

Explain to me exactly why you think Pete is responsible for an increase in recruitment?.......an assertion you have not proven.

Pete stopped the DEI and "woke" nonsense. Everyone has the same standards. If you read Pete's book, "The War on Warriors", you'd understand. "Warriors" don't do "woke".

Army Seeing Major Recruiting Momentum in 2025 After Hitting Goal Last Year

As of last week, the Army had enlisted 51,837 recruits, or 85% of its 61,000 target for fiscal 2025, according service data.

www.military.com

As of last week, the Army had enlisted 51,837 recruits, or 85% of its 61,000 target for fiscal 2025, according service data provided to Military.com. A significant portion of that total -- roughly 14,000 -- comes from the service's delayed-entry program, or DEP, which is composed of recruits who signed up last year but are only now shipping out to basic training. The Army has the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, to hit its recruiting quota.

US Army Recruitment Surges to 15-Year High: Hegseth

US Army recruitment has surged to a level not seen or reported in the past 15 years, setting a new milestone for the organization.

thedefensepost.com

US Army Recruitment Surges to 15-Year High: Hegseth​

Look back at Nov/2023, Joe Biden's "woke military".

Is US military enlistment down? | USAFacts

Enlistment numbers have steadily dropped for the past 40 years. More than 148,318 people enlisted in the US armed forces in 2020, a 59% decline from 1980.

usafacts.org

At the end of the 2023 fiscal year (September 2023), three branches reported falling short of their recruitment goals: the Navy was at 80% of its target number, the Army was at 77%, and the Air Force was at 89%. The Marine Corps and Space Force were the only branches to meet their recruitment goals.

 

[Godboy]

Dow Heads for Worst April Since 1932​

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-22-25/card/dow-heads-for-worst-april-since-1932-aAYmUHTfFPxPtuWmxty4

The Trump rout is taking on historic dimensions.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed almost 1,000 points on Monday and is headed for its worst April performance since 1932, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

The S&P 500’s performance since Inauguration Day is now the worst for any president up to this point in data going back to 1928, according to Bespoke Investment Group.

Worries about trade restrictions and the possibility of President Trump firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have investors bracing for greater losses ahead.

The DOW numbers today mean NOTHING. Talk to me in a few months.

 

[MisterBeale]

That article is about there being too many fat boys in America, making it difficult to find any who can meet the standards.

and?

 

[MisterBeale]

Hegseth has a history of drinking on the job, including at Fox.

Here's an article from the Wall Street Journal, a part of the Murdoch empire with Fox News and the New York Post.

Hegseth Routinely Passed Out From Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says​

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So he hasn't been convicted, or even accused of breaking any laws . . . is that what you are telling me?

 

[berg80]

Pete stopped the DEI and "woke" nonsense. Everyone has the same standards. If you read Pete's book, "The War on Warriors", you'd understand. "Warriors" don't do "woke".

Army Seeing Major Recruiting Momentum in 2025 After Hitting Goal Last Year

As of last week, the Army had enlisted 51,837 recruits, or 85% of its 61,000 target for fiscal 2025, according service data.

www.military.com

As of last week, the Army had enlisted 51,837 recruits, or 85% of its 61,000 target for fiscal 2025, according service data provided to Military.com. A significant portion of that total -- roughly 14,000 -- comes from the service's delayed-entry program, or DEP, which is composed of recruits who signed up last year but are only now shipping out to basic training. The Army has the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, to hit its recruiting quota.

US Army Recruitment Surges to 15-Year High: Hegseth

US Army recruitment has surged to a level not seen or reported in the past 15 years, setting a new milestone for the organization.

thedefensepost.com

US Army Recruitment Surges to 15-Year High: Hegseth​

Look back at Nov/2023, Joe Biden's "woke military".

Is US military enlistment down? | USAFacts

Enlistment numbers have steadily dropped for the past 40 years. More than 148,318 people enlisted in the US armed forces in 2020, a 59% decline from 1980.

usafacts.org

At the end of the 2023 fiscal year (September 2023), three branches reported falling short of their recruitment goals: the Navy was at 80% of its target number, the Army was at 77%, and the Air Force was at 89%. The Marine Corps and Space Force were the only branches to meet their recruitment goals.

It's correlation without causation until proven otherwise.

 

[berg80]

The DOW numbers today mean NOTHING. Talk to me in a few months.

It's not the daily numbers that is the problem. It's the reason for the decline. For example, trump was threatening to fire Powell the other day. I just saw a headline that says he's not considering doing so anymore and the stock futures are now up 500 points. Each time he walks back his idiotic rhetoric the market reacts positively. So he should stop with the idiotic rhetoric, don't you think? The question being, is it too late to repair the damage done to investor confidence in US debt?

 

[Godboy]

It's not the daily numbers that is the problem. It's the reason for the decline. For example, trump was threatening to fire Powell the other day. I just saw a headline that says he's not considering doing so anymore and the stock futures are now up 500 points. Each time he walks back his idiotic rhetoric the market reacts positively. So he should stop with the idiotic rhetoric, don't you think? The question being, is it too late to repair the damage done to investor confidence in US debt?

The reasons are meaningless. All that matters is where the DOW is by the midterms. We are a LONG way away from that.

 

[Leo123]

Either China.or.America.will.win, I guarantee this. You can be sure that the CCP and MSS believe the same. Too few Americans do however. Trump needs patriotic people, though not sychophants. It's a challenging line to straddle.

China can't win and they know it.

 

[Leo123]

It's not the daily numbers that is the problem. It's the reason for the decline. For example, trump was threatening to fire Powell the other day. I just saw a headline that says he's not considering doing so anymore and the stock futures are now up 500 points. Each time he walks back his idiotic rhetoric the market reacts positively. So he should stop with the idiotic rhetoric, don't you think? The question being, is it too late to repair the damage done to investor confidence in US debt?

Trump has only been in office for 3 months and you guys are screaming. Trump told everyone the Stock Market will negatively react but that it is only temporary. You just hate Trump and will find anything to bash him and, at the same time, deny the reality that to correct this unfair tariff situation there may be some pain. Trump told US but YOU just refuse to listen because of your TDS infection. Why should anyone take you seriously?

 

[berg80]

The reasons are meaningless. All that matters is where the DOW is by the midterms. We are a LONG way away from that.

The reasons aren't meaningless. The reason is trump's ignorant buffoonery. Obviously he was told he better stop threatening Powell like a petulant child.

 

[jc456]

The I.M.F. also expects output to be slower next year than it previously predicted.

Much of the downgrade for this year can be attributed to the impact of the tariffs on the U.S. economy, which was already poised to lose momentum this year. The I.M.F. expects U.S. output to slow to 1.8 percent in 2025, down from 2.8 percent last year. That is nearly a full percentage point slower than the 2.7 percent growth that the I.M.F. forecast for the United States in January, when it was the strongest economy in the world.

“The global economic system that has operated for the past 80 years is being reset,” Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the I.M.F.’s chief economist, said in a briefing with reporters this week. “The U.S. effective tariff rate has now surged past levels reached at the turn of the 20th century. Beyond the tariffs themselves, the surge in policy uncertainty — related to trade policy but also more broadly — is a major driver of the economic outlook.”

The I.M.F. forecasts also make clear that the tariffs could complicate the efforts to keep inflation contained. The fund has raised its inflation forecast for the United States to 3 percent from 2 percent this year.

IMF Expects Trump’s Tariffs Will Slow Global Economic Growth

The International Monetary Fund expects slower growth and higher inflation in the U.S. as a result of President Trump’s trade policies.

www.nytimes.com

Dude, give it up already. You are fking boring

 

[kyzr]

It's correlation without causation until proven otherwise.

LOL. Otherwise known as "fact".

 

[candycorn]

Meh, short term pain for long term gains always wins out.

If that were true, we would have had those gains from his first term. Why didn't we?

 

[berg80]

Trump national security advisor Mike Waltz expected to leave post after Signal scandal​

National security advisor Mike Waltz is expected to leave his post in the Trump administration on the heels of controversy over his creation of a Signal messaging app group that was used to discuss U.S. military plans in March.

Deputy national security advisor Alex Wong is also expected to leave his job, according to three sources who spoke to NBC News about the two exits on Thursday.

Waltz was conspicuously absent from a Rose Garden event at the White House marking the National Day of Prayer on Thursday. Many other senior Trump administration officials were in attendance.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/01/trump-mike-waltz-signal-national-security-hegseth.html

What took so long, and why Hegseth hasn't been fired, are both mysteries. Those guys are supposed to make the country safe but failed in their responsibilities. Ultimately, the blame falls on trump for appointing them in the first place.

 

[berg80]

Trump to nominate national security advisor Mike Waltz as UN ambassador​

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/01/trump-waltz-un-signal-hegseth.html

Maybe while he's at the UN he can include Russia and China in a Signal chat discussion.

Are the ranks of the uber-loyal sycophants so thin as to necessitate this moron staying in the regime?

 

[SeaMajor7]

Poor Stalinberg.

 

[berg80]

Photo shows Trump officials still using Signal after president discourages it​

Former White House national security advisor Mike Waltz appears to be communicating with other Trump officials on Signal, after President Donald Trump discouraged using the messaging app in the wake of the leak controversy dubbed “Signalgate.”

A photo taken by Reuters’ Evelyn Hockstein during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday shows Waltz holding his phone below the table, with the encrypted-texting app open and visible.

It also shows that Waltz has active conversations with at least six other users, including one identified as “JD Vance” — the vice president.

Other users’ names in the photo are partially obscured by Waltz’s hand, but appear to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and his de facto Russia-Ukraine negotiator.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/01/trump-waltz-signal-photo-cabinet.html

What a clown show.