Posted on 04/23/2022 11:12:31 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
This was confirmed by the Ukrainian presidential adviser Aleksey Arestovich and, as he explained, there were dozens of Russian soldiers on the site. Two generals were reportedly killed in the operation
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I remember Rush talking about them.
LOL ! One doesn’t have to be an American veteran to know the basic stuff.
I used to deal with them some in my work before I retired. Many of them were not what I’d call combat command routed. They were logistics trained. They ran support units and programs, went to logistics college and bucked it up to O-7; many retired there and went to work for the MIC afterwards.
Apparently one does, because you’re wrong.
During the active battle component, we don’t have 20-25 Generals near the front lines.
The Russians don’t have a strong corps of non-commissioned officers.
Those Russian generals are the bravest of the brave, by pressing from the front lines.
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Bravery has nothing to do with it - its standard operating procedure for Russian armies because orders can only come from the top. Not some colonel or sargent.
Go check the list of the high rank russists killed in Ukraine, check their position and rank and you will see it's often 1 level below the US/NATO equivalent.
“This was confirmed by the Ukrainian presidential adviser Aleksey Arestovich”
That’s not a confirmation. Only information confirmed by both MoDs can be called confirmed.
You seem to have lost track of the discussion.
My point was the US does not have 20-25 Generals on the front lines during active battle.
That’s it, full stop...
” I think there are too many officers in the military anyway.”
Agreed.
A bigger problem is that too many in the military are rent-seeking, just looking for a lifetime disability check.
“My point was the US does not have 20-25 Generals on the front lines during active battle.”
Sane countries do not keep a single general on the front lines.
The ratio of officers to enlisted in the US military is 1:3 in the Air Force (pilots must be officers) to 1:10 in the Marines. Army and Navy between those two numbers.
In 1980, 18% of US adults were veterans. It’s now 8%. The docs who make disability decisions at the individual level AND at the VA management level (deciding criteria) are all board certified in their specialty. Pension checks are not handed out casually.
> Two generals were reportedly killed in the operation
That could benefit their own side.
Gee that’s too bad.
And I hope it really really hurt.
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Ha!
Nope...suee didn’t =o)
Too rough to be out in real life, so might as well do some catchin’ in the forum. Fish think they’re so smaat.
FishWhisperer
NCOs are the best. This is especially true when you talk about the NCOs corps. I always thought I had an advantage over my fellow officers since my father was an NCO.
“Pension checks are not handed out casually.”
Yes they are. They were back when I served and its worse now.
Nah, here’s the link to the VA pension requirements.
https://www.va.gov/pension/eligibility/
That’s just pension. Not disability.
Disability money must be service connected. Meaning, you lost some physical or mental capability during military service or as a result of service after leaving the military.
For example, a veteran who blows out a knee many years after service is not going to get a VA disability pension, unless there are military medical records showing that knee was smashed on active duty. It doesn’t have to be in combat. It can be driving an Air Force vehicle and hitting something in fog or whatever. But . . . the point is the disability must be service connected with evidence of such.
Here’s something for you to watch out for. 81% of veterans over age 50 have sleep apnea. It’s a very dangerous thing. Causes strokes because low oxygen induces the body to make more red blood cells to carry what oxygen that exists more effectively. But more red blood cells thicken the blood and promote clots/strokes.
So . . . sleep apnea is very serious and very common among vets. It’s a 50% disabled parameter if it is even moderate in measured level. (yes, there is a clever way to measure it, and it’s real. Look in your local area for sleep clinics. It’s a medical specialty within family practice board certification).
But if there is nothing in your active duty medical records of you reporting difficulty sleeping, then it won’t be service connected. The 50% number won’t generate dollars. VA healthcare is very skilled treating it with CPAP machines, because it is so very common among vets, but no disability money unless service connected.
The bar is very high for that stuff now. An outprocessing physical for officers very carefully looks for medical issues mentioned in records to assess if they still exist. If not, anything later is not going to be service connected, and only that category gets disability money.
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