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Eastern Daily Press ^ | 14 May 2017 | Steve Snelling

[vooch]

par,

good points; my observation is there has been a sea change among our military since roughly 1990. Until then, the citizen-soldier was considered the American Ideal. The citizen - soldier thought for himself, was good at improvising, did his job effectively, wanted to return to normal life, and never boasted.

That ethos has vanished. Today, our military has a culture which would be abhorrent to any US military leader such as Grant, Lee,Pershing, Eusenhower, MacArthur, and of course Washington. It’s unAmerican and seems to follow a Prussian Model.

The responses to my comments are good examples of this Prussian military culture which has corrupted our military.

[PAR35]

I’ll admit that I wasn’t stupid enough to be a Marine back in the day. The type that would suicidally follow orders. Your name doesn’t happen to be Matthew McKeon, does it? I thought he died about 15 years ago.

[Chainmail]

I'm sorry for you but you have to know yourself, I guess. Some people aren't really suited for the requirements of combat. People without the stamina, or dedication, or instincts, or the skills for direct combat really need to stay as far away as possible because they become an impediment to the unit and get people killed unnecessarily.

You did us all a favor.

Semper Fi