Today’s military is not the one I was a part of in the 70s.
“In bourgeois terms, it was a war between the Allies and Germany. In Bolshevik terms, it was a war between the Allied and German upper classes - and which of them won was of total indifference. My task was to organize defeat, so as to hasten the onset of revolution. I enlisted under the name of Petrov. The party looked to the peasant conscript soldiers - many of whom were wearing their first real pair of boots. When the boots had worn out, they’d be ready to listen. When the time came, I was able to take three whole battalions out of the front lines with me - the best day’s work I ever did. But for now, there was nothing to be done. There were too many volunteers. Most of it was mere hysteria.”
-Yevgraf Zhivago
I believe our modern-day Bolsheviks have been doing the same to our military for years.
It is different. I started out enlisted in 1971 then got a degree and became an officer/flyer in 1978. I still work with some really great USAF individuals. Just sayin....
Same here. No more Ike, Patton, Puller, LeMay, Halsey, Arnold etc. Bunch of Obama leg humpers now who couldn’t shine those mens’ shoes.
I remember how we were less than pleased with President Carter back in the late 70s. We didn't appreciate not being paid for the first couple of weeks of October 78. Later, he approved the force feeding of female soldiers into remote Nike Hercules units. Talk about a hit to morale: Female E-1s were allowed to quarter off site, while male E-5s and E-6s had to move back into the barracks.
I was lucky, females were not allowed into Chaparral/Vulcan units like mine.