Deplorables to the front!
Left out fudge packers
Where’s Gunny Highway when you need him?
You go to war with the Army you’ve got
Putin is laughing his a$$ off. Next Carter will issue guns with flags that say “bang”.
Of course the Republic may not survive that first major engagement.
There’s been an ongoing conversation about how to go about recruiting people to be “green-suiter” cyber warrior types. That kind of talent is usually very expensive and not exactly inclined to the military life. This appears to be a push to maneuver recruiting standards around getting such people. The recruitment PT test is another one. It’s not a terrible idea, b/c it really is a problem that needs a solution. It’ll be interesting to see how it all goes down.
So do skinny soldiers.
Our wars over the years killed hundreds of thousands of intelligent, masculine, alpha males and left the infirm home to procreate. Some of those courageous military men made it back alive but we’ve wasted our best and brightest.
CHEECH and CHONG go to war.. it’ll fill theater seats.
So will uh uh smoke.
single-parent enlistees
Running out of cannon fodder, eh?
Aided and abetted by Ray Mabus’ destruction of the Navy and Marine Corps.
“Call for Sgt. Jass, Sgt. Hugh Jass, pick up the courtesy telephone.”
Just as I feared. Drug legalization would mean junky acceptance.
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.
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.