Posted on 12/06/2024 9:47:59 AM PST by MtnClimber
My father fought in WWII in the Marine Corps. I have a photo of him from 1944 with 11 other Marine officers sitting around drinking beer. It’s a good thing he was never nominated to become Secretary of Defense—that photo would have killed his chances.
Isn’t that truth! I think that is why Trump picked him. He has been in the trenches. I am sorry, A JAG Officer would not know what war is like. AND WE NEED A WAR TIME COMMANDER.
DeSantis needs to stay put. Kelly is a dufus
Yes, that is true as well.
Because he's a combat veteran, he knows better than the usual perfumed princes that populate the E-Ring of the Pentagon. He knows the real price our military members face in battle and he's far less likely to risk those young people unnecessarily or waste money on social experiments or the latest contractor "shiny pennies".
He went through the process that many of us go through when we return: drinking excessively and multiple marriages. It's part of the process when you return from war.
“On ANY nominee. Can you understand that?”
It’s sad that after all these years, there are weak sisters on this forum that will give up and let the Democrats get away with it.
We used to joke that smoking pot was a gateway to *gasp* drinking beer!
Also, he probably taste-tested each beer, but the author frames it as if he guzzled numerous beers in succession.
The mere idea that Fauxcahontas is playing point woman for the ash heap that is the Democrat Party makes no sense. None. She’s either freelancing or there is a complete void of party leadership right this second. All the more reason to run over all of these creeps and confirm Hegseth.
“He went through the process that many of us go through when we return: drinking excessively and multiple marriages. It’s part of the process when you return from war.”
I know a 27 year Marine Corps veteran. He served in combat during two wars - Korea and Vietnam, and received Purple Hearts for debilitating injuries in both conflicts which required multiple surgeries, weeks of hospitalization, and pain that never ended. He received a number of combat medals and other awards.
This soldier, officer, and gentleman began his career by enlisting as a private and fighting hand to hand in the frozen snows of Korea. He rose to the officer ranks and retired as a Lt. Colonel. In Vietnam he was a helicopter pilot flying combat missions in Vietnam and Laos as well as downed pilot rescue missions in North Vietnam. He married once, a marriage lasting 62 years that ended on the day his wife died. This man understood the role of a leader and he modeled the behavior he expected of the men he commanded. He walked the talk that character matters. To the best of my knowledge he never drank alcohol or used drugs. His children followed his example and had exemplary careers and strong families.
His process for returning from war was take on each assignment with energy and enthusiasm and to perform at the highest possible standard as a leader, a husband, and a father. He spent his evenings and weekends with his family, not escaping from his memories by drinking himself into a stupor, and chasing skirts, at the O’Club bar.
I asked him once why he didn’t make general, knowing his lack of a college degree probably held him back. His response, “I never put any soldier in under my command at risk of being killed or wounded for the purpose of advancing my career.”
Leaders with discipline, high standards of personal conduct, and command experience exist in the military and I’ve had the honor to know quite a few. They can be found, if this is the type of leader you are seeking.
In my experience, most survivors of infantry combat and similar levels of violence, fear, sleepless and death had a harder time recovering from it.
Before you cite somebody else's experience - how much direct combat have you experienced yourself? Before you sound off about the supposed "weakness" of everyone else other that your example Marine, why don't you tell us all about your methods of dealing with seeing your friends suffer and die - or the methods you dealt with killing others?
I'm listening.
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