First let me say the illegal drug use is out of control and reprehensible. My son-in-law is in the 82nd. We have had several conversations about a number of issues from woke indoctrination, poor training, housing conditions (mold & lead), solider on soldier violence and piss poor command. My SIL is not a complainer, most of these issues he jokes about. For instance, he laughs off the woke indoctrination because none of the soldiers believe in that crap. It’s just a waste of time.
He had to deal with on base housing/health problems when toxic mold that made my grandson ill was found. That was concerning to me because my daughter and grandson were affected. I was also concerned for his career if he complained. The problem was ultimately solved by moving off base, but that took time to gather the resources.
The soldier on soldier violence problem came up last August before the deployment to Afghanistan. That was a concern to him because he had not been in combat yet. Groups of soldiers were beating the crap out of those that had not been in combat, under the premise they were cowards or something. That’s complete BS because deployments are essentially random to soldiers since they have no control over which battalions are deployed.
While my SIL was not beaten, he cited the potential for on base violence as a reason for wanting to be deployed. It was a concern to him. I saw the on base violence as a lack of discipline and poor control over soldiers by officers. According to my SIL, there is a tremendous amount of disrespect for officers. This goes beyond what I consider healthy complaining that most soldiers have always done. The disrespect today comes from a variety of issues, a lot of which I stated at the beginning of this post. Gen. Donahue did himself no favors by being the last man out of Afghanistan and acting like a victorious general. The soldiers loathe the man. But the disrespect doesn’t stop with Donahue, it extends down in the officer corps to BCs and even lower. The kiss ass politics are overt. Those that embrace all this woke BS get ahead. Worse yet, those that embrace the woke BS are the worst leaders. This article seems to connect the dots for me, there is a leadership crisis in the 82nd, and the some of results are clearly stated in the article.
I write this post because I think it is important to understand how political the military has become. That’s political in terms of leftism, not the politics of getting ahead. This leftist politics leads to fluster cucks like last August in Afghanistan. It leads to a lack of discipline, poor training, soldier on soldier violence, and out of control drug use. It leads to a weakened national defense.
I write this post because I think it is important to understand
This is true everywhere.
I write this post because I think it is important to understand
This is true everywhere.