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2005-06-13 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-13 10:16|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 AHHH the TRUTH finally comes out!!!

So its not the combat branches that are coming up short. The Army is not missing goals because people do not want to fight, its because most of the enlistees WANT to fight hence the shortage in the "clerk and jerk" category.

Boy it gives you a glimpse into how the news is being spun when you read an article like this after hearing the local radio shows and the op ed pages blast away that Iraq is Viet Nam.

Can we just BURN the LA times and the Washington Post to the ground and lynch their editorial staff? Boy I wish.

Posted by TheSockPuppetofDoom 2005-06-13 10:58|| 2005-06-13 10:58|| Front Page Top

#2 I did a scene in an up-coming movie a few weeks back where we trashed a newspaper editor's office and then tarred and feathered him and his assistant. I'm not a violent person so I just kept thinking of the New York Times, et al.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-06-13 11:56|| 2005-06-13 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Again, enlistment is economy based.
The Army had recruiting problems in the 80's and 90's when the economy was going good. Note how this is never addressed in MSM. It doesn't match the bigoted template.
Note how many job specialities which are having 'shortages' are basically the same as civilian base jobs.

The army is not having any problems getting current troops to stay in...

Retention is affected by the war and operational tempo.

The army has added to the shock by hastily revising training for combat support troops. Now non-combat troops get the kind of intense combat training they have not received for over a decade.

To a certain extent the CS [combat support] and particularly the CSS [combat service support] units never in the 70s, 80s or 90s received much in the form of combat training beyond basic or just deploying to field training. This has always been a disaster waiting to happen. Fortunately the damage has been kept to a few units before the GO corps got its head out of its rectal orifice.

Posted by Ebbereck Uneregum5631 2005-06-13 13:29|| 2005-06-13 13:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Ummmmm...... what movie would that be Deacon?
wheres apache

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-13 15:46|| 2005-06-13 15:46|| Front Page Top

#5 That's the one. The two men with aprons on are the newspaper people.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-06-13 16:01|| 2005-06-13 16:01|| Front Page Top

#6 PS. That's not me with the big club. My club was square and weighed about 15 pounds. I had to carry the blasted thing all day.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-06-13 16:03|| 2005-06-13 16:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Hmmm... upon further investigation....
ima steal this hoss

Fine looking animal, the four legged one.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-13 17:48|| 2005-06-13 17:48|| Front Page Top

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