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Marine Corps again lowers requirements for Infantry Officer Course
The Washington Times ^
| February 22, 2018
| Douglas Ernst
Posted on 02/22/2018 4:06:49 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: Viking2002
Old army guy here, too. Did it occur to you that if they keep lowering standards, we might be eligible to reenlist? Born during the Truman Presidency...two metal hips...heart attack...moderate hearing loss.My guess is that the Armed Forces might be less than enthusiastic about me today.
But in a life-and-death situation....something resembling WW2 or something major with China/North Korea/Iran...I'd certainly try to do my bit.
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posted on
02/22/2018 6:38:48 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Obama & Hillary: The Two Most Corrupt Politicians of My Lifetime.)
To: fortheDeclaration
I hate to say it, but I agree.
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posted on
02/22/2018 6:41:22 PM PST
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Gay State Conservative
You have a little more mileage on you then I do......born during the Kennedy Administration. Diabetes, hypertension, a couple organs aren't firing on all cylinders, bad lower leg circulation from bacterial infections.....but, as like you, if it came down to it, why not? The British had their Home Guard. I certainly rather do something - anything - to help secure home and hearth, than sit around with my thumb up my tuckus. Been everywhere from junior naval cadet reserve corps to an army grunt of no great accomplishment to carrying a gun for the DOJ to spending three years at the Pentagon as a civilian internal security supervisor. That ought to count for something. Heaven knows that Generation Pussy won't lift a finger. They'll want government-subsidized safe spaces and free puppies when the heavy lifting has to be done.
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posted on
02/22/2018 7:41:22 PM PST
by
Viking2002
("For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." Hosea 7:8)
To: jazusamo
Glad I am OLD CORPS.
Didn’t have to put up with a bunch of PUSSIES WHO COULD NOT HAUL MY WOUNDED ASS BACK TO THE LZ.
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posted on
02/22/2018 11:34:41 PM PST
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Viking2002
Cunning, Deception, and Cheating, will always overcome youth and exuberance.
I am a 68 year old Marine now, so I don’t depend so much on strength and stamina any more.
BUT I STILL LIKE TO WIN.
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posted on
02/22/2018 11:42:36 PM PST
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Revolutionary
>>I remember when women first entered the Academies. The said Nothing will change. The standards dropped like flies and changes were everywhere. The phrase became a mocking mantra.<<
The frightful downgrading of the U.S. military caused by this PC nonsense is explained in the book by Brian Mitchell entitled Weak Link.
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posted on
02/23/2018 10:16:34 AM PST
by
fortes fortuna juvat
( Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
To: Viking2002
Yep. We lost our edge, we lost our youth, so we have to use what tools we got left. Thats what makes us old guys so dangerous. We fight dirty.My last 18 months in Germany, I was Battalion S-4. Every field exercise, I'd locate a new private for a special "test", one that was known to most of the NCOs I worked with.
I'd tell that private to go see the motor sergeant and request a "bucket of steam", to steam clean the engine of my Jeep under field conditions. For about an hour, the private would be sent on a wild goose chase.
From the soldier's reaction at the end of the "test", one learned a lot about the soldier. If he took it in good cheer, he likely would be a good soldier. OTOH, a sullen/surly response sent up red flags.
In today's Army, I'd probably be hit with an IG complaint.
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posted on
02/23/2018 10:28:18 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: Night Hides Not
In our day, it was sending the recipient of that hazing to go fetch a bucket of 'prop wash' or a box of 'grid squares'. ROTFLMAO
"Well, son, you just got your left one tugged down to your knee."
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posted on
02/23/2018 7:05:18 PM PST
by
Viking2002
("For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." Hosea 7:8)
To: 5th MEB
Yessir. Just cut out all the parliamentary bullshit and render your opponent room temperature with the most expedient tool at your disposal. Pistol, crossbow, bottle of bleach and a funnel, whatever you happen to have lying around in your man cave. (My man cave, BTW, harbors critters in .22 long, .22 WMR, .380 Auto, .40 S&W, .223/5.56 Wylde, 7.62x54R, and a really nasty-looking home defense 12 ga. that got fitted with a collapsible stock, vented barrel shroud, neon lo-light forward sights, and a Picatinny rail with a targeting laser. Overkill for a shotgun? Perhaps. But the mere sight of it makes the local wildlife screech and void their bowels in terror. And I’m investing in bolo shells for it.) OK, I admit it. I’m a nut. What do ya want from me?
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posted on
02/23/2018 7:17:10 PM PST
by
Viking2002
("For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." Hosea 7:8)
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