Posted on 04/18/2016 3:09:15 PM PDT by Kaslin
American armed forces that will not only weaken the nation’s ability to defend itself, but endanger constitutional principles. A year ago in an article titled “Obama’s Generals,” I described an American military increasingly politicized under the current administration. The evidence at the time was already abundant: the military’s refusal to identify the Fort Hood shootings as terrorism, the coddling of Bowe Bergdahl, the relief or prosecution of politically unreliable generals, and unrealistically rosy appreciations of the campaign against ISIS being the major points. If anything, things have worsened since, most especially with the purely political decision to remove all restriction on women in combat, and as noted in a recent AT posts the mostly symbolic but still significant decisions by the Navy to issue “gender neutral” uniforms and to ignore regulations regarding naming ships to honor Democrat politicians and leftwing social activists. Add to this, ongoing and increasingly aggressive recruiting policies that mandate “diversity” and the situation becomes scary.
Arguably there has been some good news here and there, but even that must be taken with a large grain of salt. Last year Congress passed legislation allowing for the soldiers wounded at Fort Hood to receive Purple Hearts, and the Army belatedly acknowledged former Major Nidal Hassan’s terrorist ties, though has yet (to my knowledge) formally remove the “workplace violence” moniker it attached to the shooting, despite the fact that Obama late last year reluctantly acknowledged the Fort Hood shooting as a terror attack.
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the military’s refusal to identify the Fort Hood shootings as terrorism
the coddling of deserter Bowe Bergdahl,
Exactly
Obama is well along in producing a military that will not be able to defend against external enemies, but will be willing to fire on Americans when ordered,
Reminds me of an old MAD magazine cartoon of FDR apologizing to the Emperor of Japan for our ships at Pearl Harbor blowing up and hurting the ears of Japanese pilots flying overhead.
Everyday (camouflage) uniforms in all of the services are "gender neutral." The Army's new uniform comes in a female cut, but it looks exactly like the men's uniform.
The Army’s new uniform comes in a female cut
then by definition it cannot be considered ‘gender neutral’...
n’est pas...?
Female cut = very small
LOL.
My first thought was a vision of all the WWII-era Hollywood movies with attractive actresses playing WAC's WAVE's and WAF's, wearing hour-glass shaped uniforms.
Then I realized that in today's Obese-America™, a "female-cut" would probably mean "S top/XL bottom".
Though, in fairness, I can't believe how many overweight men I see in uniform; usually field uniforms; because, I assume, they are too fat to wear a dress uniform.
A few decades ago, we weren't even allowed to be seen in public wearing utilities or flight suits. If you needed to stop at the local store on the way home from the base, you had to be wearing the appropriate seasonal uniform.
Seems like Obama's military has simply thrown in the towel.
A few decades ago, we weren't even allowed to be seen in public wearing utilities or flight suits. If you needed to stop at the local store on the way home from the base, you had to be wearing the appropriate seasonal uniform.
Seems like Obama's military has simply thrown in the towel.
Since at least early in President Bush's first term, the uniform of the day has been the "field uniform"--the ACU, then the BDU, now the OCP. This is considered a normal business uniform. The service uniform--the black jacket, skirt or pants (blue pants for men), white shirt and tie--is used for official photos or for formal events. I think the rationale for going to full-time use of the combat uniform is that we have been at war for ages. Perhaps someday, the Army will go back to using class B for everyday business use.
Perhaps someday, the Army will go back to using class B for everyday business use.
The Army has never had a "dress up" uniform as its everyday uniform.
I remember going to a service school back in the 1980s, when all of the services wore something equivalent to the class B to class. In the 2000s, everyone wore utility uniforms for everyday use (including classes).
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