Posted on 09/19/2020 1:43:33 PM PDT by takbodan
The U.S. Army has replaced the chaotic reception recruits entering basic training have long received from shouting drill sergeants with a training event designed to create a bond with their teammates and leaders.
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What a bunch of politically correct bovine excrement.
I’m so glad I’m retired.
I didn’t even recognize the army I retired from in 18.
RLTW.
The Shark Attack method seemed pretty effective to me. It got your attention quickly and stopped any misbehavior immediately.
The pussification of our Armed Forces continues. Can’t scare the Pajama Boys out of their wits with scary mean men screaming in their poor little faces now can we.
Hindsight is 20/20 - when the Drill Sergeant yelled “Why the hell are you here?” I just stammered something out. Later, of course, I thought ‘I could have said: “To kick ass and chew bubble gum, Drill Sergeant!’”
Google.com...PFFT
It’s military.com, not googl.com, scheesh
Lot’sa hugs, I’m guessing.
Barry bath house strikes again.
We supposed to view our NCOs as buddies? The moment we believed were truly becoming soldiers, was when we progressed enough to get their respect.
You can still get them by joining the Marine Corps! Semper Fidelis.
military.com
Sorry about that. It is Military.com not Military Times.
That’s what happens when you are watching a robot and typing at the same time...
Because the enemy will be so polite on the battlefield. Isn’t part of this process to get the recruit to focus in a new situation??
Unemployment is at 9%, we’re wrapping up two decades of war, now is the time to get more selective with incoming soldiers, not less selective. How many head cases are going to make it through the kindler gentler basic training, move into a line unit and cause real trouble?
Stress inoculation is the most important part of the militarization process, it saves lives on the battlefield and saves lives after the Soldier comes home and leaves service. Part of the reason PTSD and suicide issues jumped around 2007 or so was because the military started letting lower quality candidates into the military and pushing basic training battalions to reduce the number of entry level separations. Then, the military, in it’s infinite wisdom, decided to push self-identified PTSD or suicidal ideating cases out of active duty service (to keep in service statistics cleaner) and into a broken VA system that shoveled Oxycodone at guys who needed tailored pain treatment, counseling and stability.
The brass never cared, they cared about making a few numbers in a briefing slide spreadsheet look a little better so that they would get a good OER bullet point for their career. They never met the sh#+$bags they let in, never served with them, never got up on a Saturday morning to administer corrective training, never issued live ammo to them at a range or spent a year downrange with them. It was all numbers on a spreadsheet to them.
As our near peer enemies are training their troops to kill, we’re treating ours with kid gloves and singing Baby Shark cadence’s.
So now what’s going to happen when private soyboy meets tough as nails North Korean or Russian soldier, they’ll get their nuts cut off.
> Barry bath house strikes again. <
Can’t blame this one solely on Obama. Trump has been Commander-in-Chief for more than three years now.
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