Sorry, but what did he actually DO to improve the military experience for the troops? He oversaw the expenditure of a lot of taxpayer dollars buying new stuff and talked tough but we still seem to have a military that is a social experiment first and a fighting force next.
I didn’t comment on Mattis’ performance.
I commented on my sons experience at MCRD involving Mattis.
He was responsible for some much needed equipment acquisition for the USMC that I know from first hand accounts with 20 year active Marines. One is the CO of a Cobra squadron.
I would have loved for him to make some other changes but I have no knowledge of how much more he could have done verses what he did.
After 8 years of an American hating progressive social justice warrior as Commander in Chief installing like minded brass it’s gonna take longer than 22 months to get it straightened out.
Mattis served the Corps honorably. I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt he continued on in his public service.
I may be wrong, you may be wrong, we both maybe wrong but we have no way of knowing exactly what Mattis or anyone else has been up against behind the scene.