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2023-05-20 -Great Cultural Revolution

'I Wouldn't Encourage Anyone To Join': As Pentagon Goes Woke, Veterans Refuse To Help Military Recruitment Efforts

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-20 09:39|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 It undermines leadership authority by introducing questions about whether promotion is based on merit or quota requirements."

Sorry, that question was answered decades ago. Ask anyone who has ever sat on a military promotion board.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-20 10:23|| 2023-05-20 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Why my older brother got out in the 90's after 26 years in ...no promotions to Chief if you were white and male.

Posted by magpie 2023-05-20 10:36|| 2023-05-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 I saw people get promoted who I knew had 'bad paper' (mediocre to poor) performance reports. Go ahead, ask me how I know.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-20 12:21|| 2023-05-20 12:21|| Front Page Top

#4 With the state that our military is in, I thank the Lord every day for the oceans. If the US were located where, say, Poland or Syrai is, and we had this leadersip, we would have been conquered and overrun long ago.

Posted by Tom 2023-05-20 12:35|| 2023-05-20 12:35|| Front Page Top

#5 In case you haven't noticed, Tom, we are currently in the process of being overrun because our "leaders" have left our southern border wide open.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-20 13:33|| 2023-05-20 13:33|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Current population has gotten wise to the totalitarian Deep State bullshi* and forever wars. Less educated, more pliable 'replacement people' possessing no previous allegiances are urgently needed. People under thirty preferred. No English language proficiency required.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-20 13:58|| 2023-05-20 13:58|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Yeah, and these replacements will be none to fussy about shooting whoever they're told to shoot.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-20 15:31|| 2023-05-20 15:31|| Front Page Top

#8 /\ 'forever wars'... How much of this is the process started after Vietnam to make most ground troop formations a mixture of Regulars and Reservists/National Guard? The social contract was that as a 'citizen soldier' you would be activated (quaint euphemism that) only in the event of War defending home and hearth. The Regulars on the other hand could go and soldier in places unknown and far away... The unending frontier wars also broke the citizen army of Republican Rome as well.

Posted by magpie 2023-05-20 17:51|| 2023-05-20 17:51|| Front Page Top

#9 The pool of potential recruits is polluted by our school system. The military has been turned into something that vets no longer recognize. If I see a kid with potential, why would I encourage them to join?

Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-20 20:57|| 2023-05-20 20:57|| Front Page Top

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