The hollowing of the U.S. Military

Canada Free Press ^ | 03/25/15 | Lt. Col. Bill Connor

[Sean_Anthony]

Those defending us deserve our support, and we as a nation cannot afford a “hollow” force. It is time to be strong again

“This is the most uncertain time I’ve seen in our national security since I’ve been in uniform. … [Yet] in the summer of 2013, only 10 percent of the [understrength] Army was ready to deploy.” – Gen. Raymond Odierno, chief of staff of the Army

For the past four decades, the military has experienced the challenges of drawdowns and war, but now stands “hollow.” Though the drawdowns of the post-Vietnam period were difficult, the post-Iraq and Afghanistan drawdown is dangerous and something we must fix. As an Army officer for the past quarter century (both active duty and Reserve) who was born in the 1960s to a career Army officer and Vietnam veteran, and having grown up on military bases, I would like to offer some perspective. Though I speak to the U.S. Army, the other military branches have followed parallel experiences.

[ansel12]

A hidden and never discussed magnifier of all these cuts and manpower reductions, and something that I have never seen measured, is that we are also replacing the men with females, and even weakening the men themselves as we feminize training and standards, and daily military life and military practices, even those as seemingly immune as morning runs.

[SuperLuminal]

"...and even weakening the men themselves as we feminize training and standards,..."

Yep! The report last fall showing that, now, the overwhelming number of "rapes" in the military were suffered by male victims...

The emperor's strategy of filling the ranks with homosexuals has led to the old expression "foxhole buddies" being replaced with "butthole buddies".