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'We're more lethal when we're inclusive': US Army's top sergeant major is branded 'shameful' after sharing Women's Equality Day on day ISIS-K suicide bomb killed 13
2021-08-27
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • SMA Michael Grinston faced intense backlash after posting about the U.S. Army's inclusion and diversity amid the attack in Kabul that killed 13 soldiers

  • Critics said Grinston should be solely focused on the situation in Afghanistan rather than try and promote diversity in the armed forces

  • 'Why would you even consider posting this at a time like this,' one person asked

  • Grinston serves as the 16th Sergeant Major of the Army and advices on matters of enlistment efforts, with inclusion being a key factor

  • He has since offered his condolences to the families of the victims
    He should offer his resignation
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Posted by:Skidmark

#19  Procopius, I did not know that. I know and greatly respect a CSM and did not anticipate that things went to sh*t so fast in that ladder - took more steps between Captains I know and respected and the political cadre.
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-08-27 15:44  

#18   SMA used to be the most respected rank in the Army

Really, check out the very first SMA.

At the conclusion of his tour in 1968 as SMA, CSM Wooldridge went on to serve as the Military Assistance Command-Vietnam (MACV) CSM and was later accused of improprieties. He retired in 1972 and in 1973 pled guilty to two counts of bribery for accepting stock from a corporation that did business with NCO clubs in Vietnam.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-08-27 15:28  

#17  Afghanistan might be the perfect opportunity to put a trans battalion together and let them show their worth.
Posted by: ruprecht   2021-08-27 15:12  

#16  SMA used to be the most respected rank in the Army. No more.
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-08-27 15:08  

#15  Also...
Senatus consultum ultimum
"final decree of the Senate" or Final Act


It expressed the opinion that to preserve the republic, an urgent threat needed countering.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-08-27 14:56  

#14  I can't think of any.

Rome’s Transition from Republic to Empire
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-08-27 14:52  

#13  I am trying to think throughout history if there has ever been a military leadership which hates the military to this extent.

I can't think of any. Then it occurred to me why. Those nations and peoples were fucking destroyed.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-27 14:31  

#12  Show me someone who thinks the vax should be a choice, and I'll show you a neighborhood which should be patrolled and curfew violators shot down.
-Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-27 13:52  

#11  â€˜Equal Pay Day’ this year was April 4 — the next ‘Equal Occupational Fatality Day’ will be on May 30, 2028 - cite
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-08-27 13:43  

#10  And remember troopers, when you find yourselves behind enemy lines, in the dark, heading towards St. Mere-Eglise, maintain tactical formation by asking each other your preferred pronouns.
-General James Gavin
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-27 13:15  

#9  There is only one strategic and tactical mindset and that is inclusion. Any other thoughts cannot be considered unless that person has been through 40 hours of diversity training.
-George S. Patton
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-27 13:07  

#8  Evidence suggests otherwise.
Posted by: Angstrom   2021-08-27 12:52  

#7  Napoleon: "I will not commit the Old Guard to battle until half of them declare themselves to be women."
Posted by: Matt   2021-08-27 12:36  

#6  Might explain how the withdrawal was so poorly planned other than throwing out a somewhat coherent approach by the Orange Man Bad
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    2021-08-27 12:30  

#5  Interesting way to highlight the last six months of decision making.

Sure it will bring great pride to the parents of those soldiers that the planners were totally focused on what style of hair females and trans can wear.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-27 12:08  

#4  I would want more than merely condolences from the Sergeant Major of the Army, but perhaps there are subtleties here that as an ignorant civilian I am unaware.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-08-27 11:37  

#3  Stupid son of a bitch.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-08-27 11:23  

#2  I love the idea of this moke bitterly mumbling "After all the time I spent on the training. I carried their water. Now this is what I get?!?"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-08-27 11:18  

#1  Words Fail...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-08-27 11:10  

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