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Ash Carter’s Force of the Future: Fatsoes, Druggies, Trannies and Trendies
US Defense Watch ^ | November 3, 2016 | Ray Starmann

Posted on 11/03/2016 5:10:54 PM PDT by pboyington

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To: pboyington

Just as I feared. Drug legalization would mean junky acceptance.


21 posted on 11/03/2016 5:58:47 PM PDT by lavaroise (s)
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To: lucky american
"Our wars over the years killed hundreds of thousands of intelligent, masculine, alpha males and left the infirm home to procreate.?

you have a point there....

22 posted on 11/03/2016 6:02:15 PM PDT by cherry
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To: pboyington

What makes this sad is that even many European countries aren’t this ridiculous with their militaries. The military is an institution here in the US, so naturally the left craves taking over and destroying it.


23 posted on 11/03/2016 6:02:36 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: pboyington
This explains why that fruitcake let Crazy Joe fondle his wife.
24 posted on 11/03/2016 6:04:33 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: cherry
Germany was a war machine. Stalingrad, Leningrad, Bulge, and 12 million casualties later, they're the epitome of Euroweenie weakness.

It took us a bit longer, but I think we've suffered through the same process and we're beginning to see similar results.

25 posted on 11/03/2016 6:09:48 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: lucky american

We’ve also aborted tens of millions of potentially intelligent alpha males over the decades.

While our welfare state keeps pushing out worthless, room temperature IQ, couch potatoes who are faster posting to twitter than actually reading a few lines of a well written classical novel.

The Russians and Chinese will eat us for breakfast.


26 posted on 11/03/2016 6:15:13 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: sparklite2

Not sure where you’re going with that.

It’s hard to deploy when you have kids and no spouse.


27 posted on 11/03/2016 6:58:15 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: cherry

Trendies are the skinnies


28 posted on 11/03/2016 7:22:39 PM PDT by pboyington
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To: pboyington

Seriously, the best way to get quality candidates for military service is to get them up to standards prior to basic training.

Relatively speaking, this can be done on the cheap, and a rising tide of recruit quality “raises all boats”, making basic training more effective.

Imagine pre-training camps, run by veterans, with several goals in mind. Fat reduction, if they are obese, with individual diets. Physical training, if they are out of shape. And classroom studies for those who need to be brought up to standards intellectually.

And, of course, there is considerable overlap here.

The trainees would still be civilians, wearing civilian clothing they brought themselves, live in wooden barracks, the camp surrounded by a tall chain link fence. And they would not leave the pre-training camp for the duration of the stay.

Zero tolerance for cheating in anything, for being disruptive or insolent, or other infractions. With just a single punishment - expulsion. The camps are a “one shot deal”, in which you rise to better than standards, or you don’t get a second chance.

Three tracks. A one month course for those just a little bit too much below standards. A three month course for those with several issues, like fat, flabby and illiterate. And a six month course for those who are a mess, but are willing to pay for a “rebuild.”

That is, a six months course would be like ‘rehab’, and a trainee would have to pay substantial tuition to attend it. Cash only, no loans. There are a lot of people, and their families, who would think it would be well worth it.


29 posted on 11/03/2016 7:44:06 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: beethovenfan
And don't forget his gay friend...

Hugh Janus.

30 posted on 11/03/2016 7:57:08 PM PDT by SIDENET (Tagline free is no way to go through life, son.)
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To: lepton

I read ‘single parent enlistee’ as being a guy with only one parent. Now that you mention it, I can only say, ‘Do’h!’


31 posted on 11/03/2016 8:35:04 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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