[KeyWest]

I am with you on his loss of credibility. It was not just one article but many, including bad mouthing the training of the troops and that they were not as tough as prior generations. The latter is what turned me off. But it is a typical attitude of ex-military (I am one, a Navy lifer) that "When I was in, ships were made of wood and men of steel".

[vollmond]

"When I was in, ships were made of wood and men of steel".

Did they have rum, sodomy and the lash, too? Just kidding. By the time I got in the Navy, rum and the lash were gone.