In Face of Huge Recruiting Shortfalls, Army Attempts To Recruit from a Disfavored Pool: White Men

Tree Hugging Sister recaps the US military's long prioritization of wokeness over excellence.

Including Milley's reading list of woke propaganda. And his worry about "white rage."

Way to insult the backbone of the force, genius.

She also mentions this, which I don't even remember:

Ginny
@ginthegin
Biden's Army Secretary Doesn't Want 2nd Gen Military Recruits for Fear of a "Warrior Caste". Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service. ⁦~ @Sultanknish

Yes, the army is so concerned about "diversity" that it turned its backs on families with up to seven generations of military service, dating back to the Revolutionary War, in favor of recruiting from families with no prior interest in the military.

Because #Diversity!

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern, has a lot of thoughts on the military.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said she expects within weeks to begin drafting a proposal for a recruiting overhaul so sweeping that Congress might need to pass legislation to enact all of it.
Depending too much on military families could create a "warrior caste," Wormuth said. Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service.
There are sixth and seventh-generation military families. There is a 'warrior caste' insofar as you have families who have fought for this country since the War of Independence. They showed up, they bled, and now they're to be replaced by drag queens and identity politics quotas.
"The Army is strategically deploying recruiters to communities across the country based on demographics, ethnicity, race, and gender," Wormuth had claimed in a written statement.

Tree Hugging Sister also notes that the Army has drastically reduced its standards for recruitment:

Besides relaxing physical standards almost to the point of non-existence, starting a separate pre-bootcamp bootcamp for fat bodies who swear they want to be soldiers, allowing persons with formerly disqualifying psychiatric issues like ADHD, clinical depression, and transgender issues to enlist, and throwing bonuses into the wind, the Army still can't make their numbers.

Now, unlike leftwing incompetents who eat ideology and shit out catastrophe, you are capable of taking these data points and projecting into the future, so this will probably not shock you: The army is facing a recruiting crisis so serious it's issuing "chaotic" orders to reservists to show up for school within weeks, Thanksgiving be damned.

By the way, they've been in crisis for a long time; why did they wait until now to do anything about it?

The Army is rushing to push noncommissioned officers into its recruiting school after graduating only half the number of recruiters this year that the classes are capable of producing, according to service data reviewed by Military.com.
The eight-week Army Recruiter Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, can train a maximum of 2,866 students across a total of 53 classes. However, data shows that it graduated only 1,336 in fiscal 2023, which concluded at the end of September.
A sudden and chaotic string of orders for NCOs to immediately fill 800 seats at the recruiting school has roiled the Army in recent days. On Monday, 200 of them started classes after being given a week's notice, though some soldiers' orders to the school were canceled due to media coverage and local chains of command that were irritated by the short notice.
It's not uncommon for military schools to miss student enrollment targets. But falling so significantly short set off alarms among Army planners that the service was losing far more recruiters than it was bringing in -- amid one of the worst recruiting crises in recent memory.
As the number of soldiers responsible for getting more Americans to enlist drops dramatically, the Army remains locked in a historic struggle to bring in recruits, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. It just reported coming up 10,000 soldiers short of its goal of 65,000 new troops over the past fiscal year. Last year, it missed a goal of 60,000 soldiers by 15,000.

Oh, of course it's Covid. Covid is also why Marvel movies are bombing.

Covid is the left's all-purpose excuse for all of their many failures.

The actual shortfall in manpower could be larger.
"We're short 30,000 people in the active Army right now," Sgt. Maj. Chris Stevens, the top enlisted leader for personnel policy, said on an Army livestream Saturday, referring to the total number of soldiers the Army needs at a minimum to fill the ranks. "That's two divisions worth of people."

So facing this historic crisis, suddenly the Army is dropping its appeals to #Diversity and running ads featuring a lot of white guys:

>the advert is full of white men.

Dawg, we're going to war. https://t.co/wju4l4Jjhn
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) November 7, 2023

The US Army has Bud Lighted itself. There may be no hope of regaining its former brand appeal.

God save us all.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:04 PM

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1 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:03 PM (xcxpd)

2 And sooooooo racist.
They want all the white men dead, clearly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:03 PM (xcxpd)

3 half sarcastic there....all right, I'll go fetch

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:04 PM (xcxpd)

4 another

Posted by: Ciampino - what took so long? at November 07, 2023 04:04 PM (qfLjt)

5 Don't do it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

6 Two and a half years and my kid's 8 years are done.

Posted by: nckate at November 07, 2023 04:05 PM (SnxUt)

7 The US Army has Bud Lighted itself.

God save us.

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From what?

The southern invasion?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

8 How long before full citizenship is granted for military service? No proficiency in the English Language required.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2023 04:05 PM (i9ffA)

9 Christine Wormuth ?

Dickmouth

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 07, 2023 04:06 PM (NtVYv)

10 We're following England well. I think the Army over there has fairly strict quotas because they don't want too many patriotic white men.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:06 PM (ELpxa)

11 My preference would be to shrink the army as we always did during "peace" times prior to WW2 and as preferred by the founders.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 07, 2023 04:06 PM (sX1BW)

12 2 And sooooooo racist.
They want all the white men dead, clearly.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:03 PM (xcxpd)

The only people on the planet who can kill responsibly instead of going full bloodlust.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (UnA8+)

13 The Draft is coming. Bank on it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (xcxpd)

14 Depending too much on military families could create a "warrior caste," Wormuth said. Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service.

That's not how any of this works !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (NtVYv)

15 It's not just the Army, I don't think. I think all the services are struggling with recruitment.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (DRSnL)

16 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern, has a lot of thoughts on the military.

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And I bet they're all ranked by size.

Posted by: Azathoth at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (wb1YC)

17 11 My preference would be to shrink the army as we always did during "peace" times prior to WW2 and as preferred by the founders.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 07, 2023 04:06 PM (sX1BW)

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Until England decides to bring America into the Western theater of war with France by impressing American sailors again, that is.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (GBKbO)

18 The only people on the planet who can kill responsibly instead of going full bloodlust.
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (UnA8+)

I'm getting flashback to booze commercials: Please kill responsibly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (xcxpd)

19 >>>15 It's not just the Army, I don't think. I think all the services are struggling with recruitment.

I think the Tree Hugging Sister article said the Marines were the sole branch to hit recruiting targets (or come near them).

Posted by: ace at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (KRtlO)

20 Biden's Army Secretary Doesn't Want 2nd Gen Military Recruits for Fear of a "Warrior Caste". Her plans
__________________

Stop right there.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (J4SfM)

21 13 The Draft is coming. Bank on it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (xcxpd)

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Draft dodgers to be considered enemies of the state by a media that has deified draft dodgers from Vietnam...soon...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (GBKbO)

22 Covid made us racist and stupid!

-- heads of army recruiting

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (8rsIm)

23 A "warrior caste" is exactly what we need.

I want lots of soldiers who know what to expect in battle, who have grown up with stories of valor and camaraderie, who know how to shoot, who love this country!

Yeah...dumb idea. Sorry.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (3Gtis)

24 Be all you can be, even a tranny

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (NtVYv)

25 @ginthegin
Biden's Army Secretary Doesn't Want 2nd Gen Military Recruits for Fear of a "Warrior Caste". Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service. ⁦~ @Sultanknish
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Huh? This is nonsensical. The military is not a career for most military men - it's a time-bound stint. You do your service and leave. Then you're ex-military.

We don't have classes - or even families - that are devoted to soldiering and for whom soldiering is the legacy career of all members going back generations.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (ELpxa)

26 So the army will have a signing bonus of bud light?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (Ek9cT)

27 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern,
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Was she one of the ones who disrespected GEN McCaffrey?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (ScR16)

28 I seem to remember that back in 2020 the military said they wouldn't accept anyone who had had Covid. Does anyone else remember that? I guess that had to go by the wayside.

Posted by: bluebell at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (pTb/Z)

29 Depending too much on military families could create a "warrior caste," Wormuth said. Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service.
_______________

Dylan Mulvaney, reporting for duty!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (J4SfM)

30 "The Army is strategically deploying recruiters to communities across the country based on demographics, ethnicity, race, and gender," Wormuth had claimed in a written statement.
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Okay. How are they doing? Recruitment is breaking records, right?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (ELpxa)

31 I knew something was up when II saw, months ago! The old "Army of One" recruiting ad.

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (8rsIm)

32 So the army will have a signing bonus of bud light?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (Ek9cT)
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That, and a makeover and a pedicure.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (J4SfM)

33 Convince me of the need to have a large standing army.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (sX1BW)

34 Are they really trying to square this circle?

What is the role and purpose of our military forces? Some might argue open ended foreign adventures, overseas debacles, are not popular with the citizenry. Especially and pointedly whilst the same government purposefully allows and encourages millions of military aged unvetted males to pour across American border.

It is schizophrenic, and evil.

You can bet they are pouring lots of money into robots.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (JVhhd)

35 By the way, they've been in crisis for a long time; why did they wait until now to do anything about it?
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Because wars are popping off left, right and center all over the place?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (ELpxa)

36 11 My preference would be to shrink the army as we always did during "peace" times prior to WW2 and as preferred by the founders.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 07, 2023 04:06 PM (sX1BW)

The Army is pretty well pre-shrunk at this point. The number of combat-ready BCTs is.....3.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (xcxpd)

37 The supremes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (XTk1T)

38 half sarcastic there....all right, I'll go fetch

Stop trying to make fetch happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (I/Qkd)

39 25 We don't have classes - or even families - that are devoted to soldiering and for whom soldiering is the legacy career of all members going back generations.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (ELpxa)

Maybe we should.

Everybody knows who the badass killers are, and gives them their space to operate when the "Necessary Bastards" are needed.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (UnA8+)

40 "Depending too much on military families could create a "warrior caste," Wormuth said. Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service."
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I wonder what she thinks the Army does.

Posted by: javems at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (8I4hW)

41 These people really do not understand the mindset required for a professional army.

"Warrior Caste" is precisely the ethos we should cultivate in those who serve, honorably and well, defending American lives and values.

We've lost sight of that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (YIVH2)

42 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern,
________________

With all that that implies.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (J4SfM)

43 38 half sarcastic there....all right, I'll go fetch

Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (I/Qkd)

Points to Archimedes

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:10 PM (xcxpd)

44
"Once more into the breach, dear friends!"

Makes you hard, don't it, Cletus?

Posted by: Auspex at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (j4U/Z)

45 "Eat in ideology and shit out catastrophe"

That is some profundity right there. That's going into my primary phraseology vocabulary right there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (Mzdiz)

46 It's not uncommon for military schools to miss student enrollment targets. But falling so significantly short set off alarms among Army planners that the service was losing far more recruiters than it was bringing in -- amid one of the worst recruiting crises in recent memory.
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I am not a recruiter and I don't know any recruiters, so this is purely speculation on my part but this sounds like a case of "the salesmen don't believe in the product." That's a fairly serious problem if so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (ELpxa)

47 Between fat recruits, drag non-coms and captains/majors more interested in Pentagon Fellowships than infantry commands, we should just consider ourselves lucky no one other than homeless latins are fixing to invade.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (87rno)

48 Be all that you can! With your fake dick in the Army!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (JTwsP)

49 Commenting from last thread:
'Pushing out Old Joe' has been added to my list of bathroom euphemisms.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 07, 2023 04:12 PM (N9gGE)

50 I'm sure there is a metric of generals to infantry out there that has existed since the revolution, and I would suspect we are well above the historical average.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 07, 2023 04:12 PM (sX1BW)

51 21 13 The Draft is coming. Bank on it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (xcxpd)

=========

Draft dodgers to be considered enemies of the state by a media that has deified draft dodgers from Vietnam...soon...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (GBKbO)

History repeating itself; only it's lame, has a chick in it and she's gay

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:12 PM (xcxpd)

52 They are destroying the Military. We have to regain the WH ASAP and put a stop to this or all will be lost

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 07, 2023 04:12 PM (PQ4m2)

53 Turns out you only need so many mail carriers and truck tire-rotators, and military branches actually need people capable of fighting who understand the science involved in the battles and who can ALSO reach physical conditioning required to engage in combat.

Oh look. White guys.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (XTk1T)

54 40 "Depending too much on military families could create a "warrior caste," Wormuth said. Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service."
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I wonder what she thinks the Army does.
Posted by: javems

Distribute foreign aid, pay and provide benefits for poor, marginalized people....be racist and bomb brown people? There's something about Trump, too, but I can't remember if they protect us FROM the fascists, or they're a tool of the fascists. It seems to change quickly, depending on who's in office...

Posted by: Wormuth at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (JCZqz)

55 46 I am not a recruiter and I don't know any recruiters, so this is purely speculation on my part but this sounds like a case of "the salesmen don't believe in the product." That's a fairly serious problem if so.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (ELpxa)

=========

"Come, join the army where if you are sent to fight somewhere, it'll either be secret and no one can talk about it, or you'll be a political football for politicians who don't believe in the mission at all. Also, be prepared for a lot (A LOT) of powerpoint presentations about how you are the devil."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (GBKbO)

56 A draft?

You’re joking. Because, there ain’t enough Popcorn to watch that fecal festival. I welcome it for the entertainment value.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (JVhhd)

57 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said she expects within weeks to begin drafting a proposal for a recruiting overhaul so sweeping that

Congress might need to pass legislation to enact all of it.

That means it's illegal as currently written.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (xHcoV)

58 Where come the DRAFT .. CONSCRIPTION ... for everybody

Posted by: SMOD at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (RHGPo)

59 Milley should be waterboarded until he names every subversive in the pentagon then be hanged at sunrise the following morning.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (l10hq)

60 Right leaning people join the military. I did. They pissed off the right and expected to fill their ranks from the woke left.
The woke left is largely useless. Now they can't make recruiting targets.
This is what they asked for.

Posted by: Grim at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (IjZh5)

61 Let me think about this.

I decline to acquiesce to your proposition.

We've tolerated the existence of the regime, and they're getting the military they deserve. We need some real consequences if anyone is to learn the error of their ways.

Or at least thin out the fools so the rest of us can get something useful done.

Posted by: Methos at November 07, 2023 04:14 PM (Dnobf)

62 I'm sure there is a metric of generals to infantry out there that has existed since the revolution, and I would suspect we are well above the historical average.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 07, 2023 04:12 PM (sX1BW)
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Not so bad as the Mexican Army in the 1930s.

15,000 men, 5,000 of whom were officers, of which about 200 were general officers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 07, 2023 04:14 PM (ScR16)

63 Milley should be waterboarded until he names every subversive in the pentagon then be hanged at sunrise the following morning.

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You're going to need a lot of water.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 07, 2023 04:14 PM (sX1BW)

64 So facing this historic crisis, suddenly the Army is dropping its appeals to #Diversity and running ads featuring a lot of white guys:
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People have longer memories about certain things, and I think this is an area where the memory might be fairly long. Joining the military is a very serious decision and almost everyone signing on that line knows it. It's a minimum of two years - prime years - in which you lose your freedom and, if war breaks out, expose yourself to mortal peril. It's a big choice, and big choices tend to make for long memories.

How many people will remember that just a short time ago, they were pieces of shit? How likely are they to trust that those attitudes are actually gone and won't be returning? How many people will look at the declining security posture and think it's temporary?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:14 PM (ELpxa)

65
You're in the Army now
you wonderful blue-haired cow
you've gotten the itch
you fabulous bitch
You're in the army now

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:14 PM (geLO8)

66 They’ll offer a path to citizenship for all those military aged men who have crossed the southern border in exchange for military service. Bank on it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 07, 2023 04:14 PM (u73oe)

67 52 They are destroying the Military. We have to regain the WH ASAP and put a stop to this or all will be lost
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 07, 2023 04:12 PM (PQ4m2)

Oh my good sir...that window has passed. Next comes the Deluge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (xcxpd)

68 Pretty sure this will be "fixed" by simply lowering the recruiting goals. Gotta get rid of that bad PR somehow

But yes, the end result here will be full citizenship for illegals signing up. You know, doing the jobs Americans won't do, just like they said.

Another step down the rhyming road of Roman Imperial decline

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (5C4od)

69 Archimedes - if you're around - from previous thread:

444 333 I wouldn't underestimate her.

So...her 4 year run of being utterly stupid and unlikable was all a ruse to lull us into a false sense of security?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 07, 2023 03:49 PM (I/Qkd)

She was pretty hard as nails ( and unlikable) but not stupid/goofy. More Hilary-evil than giggly. What I see now isn't what I remember from then.

A ruse ? I really don't know.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at November 07, 2023 04:12 PM (AHb5G)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (AHb5G)

70 Equate?

EQUATE??!!

ECHO! Echo! echo! ooo!

Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota! Mota! ota! ta! a!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (krqg6)

71 It's not uncommon for military schools to miss student enrollment targets. But falling so significantly short set off alarms among Army planners that the service was losing far more recruiters than it was bringing in -- amid one of the worst recruiting crises in recent memory.
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I am not a recruiter and I don't know any recruiters, so this is purely speculation on my part but this sounds like a case of "the salesmen don't believe in the product." That's a fairly serious problem if so.
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People who had generation after generation proudly serving in the military watched a U.S. General openly say that the U.S. military would inform enemies of actions of their bosses with the sole intent to undermine the command structure.

I doubt that helped.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (XTk1T)

72 60 Right leaning people join the military. I did. They pissed off the right and expected to fill their ranks from the woke left.
The woke left is largely useless. Now they can't make recruiting targets.
This is what they asked for.
Posted by: Grim at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (IjZh5)

They tried to replace honorable badass killers with woke bloodlusty, but cowardly examples of Bioleninism.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (UnA8+)

73 The Draft is coming. Bank on it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:07 PM (xcxpd)

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My son is too old, thank goodness.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (DRSnL)

74 Psycho: The name's Francis Soyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you.
Leon: Ooooooh.
Psycho: You just made the list, buddy. And I don't like nobody touching my stuff. So just keep your meat-hooks off. If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I'll kill you. Also, I don't like nobody touching me. Now, any of you homos touch me, and I'll kill you.
Sergeant Hulka: Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: SMOD at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (RHGPo)

75 Also, be prepared for a lot (A LOT) of powerpoint presentations about how you are the devil."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

"And if you say 'boo' after you find out what a farce the forces have become, you'll be discharged and put on a watchlist. Now, here, take these pills and these shots, солдат !"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (IG4Id)

76 Okay. How are they doing? Recruitment is breaking records, right?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:09 PM (ELpxa)
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You bet. Record low recruitment.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (J4SfM)

77 Lindsey Graham retired from the AF as a colonel.
He probably supports this initiative.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (l10hq)

78 Equate?

EQUATE??!!

ECHO! Echo! echo! ooo!

Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota! Mota! ota! ta! a!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6)
-

This isn't a Trump thread so I'm doubting Audio's push notifications have been triggered.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (XTk1T)

79 Oh my good sir...that window has passed. Next comes the Deluge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (xcxpd)

You may very well be right
Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (PQ4m2)

80 Christine Wormuth ?

Business associate of Kamala Warm-mouth

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (Vu7A1)

81 LOL, must be expecting a war or something, soonish, like ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (hXr4C)

82 How's J-ROTC enrollment doing?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (ELpxa)

83 Oh my good sir...that window has passed. Next comes the Deluge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (xcxpd)

You may very well be right
Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (PQ4m2)
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So, go long on Ark futures?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (YIVH2)

84 At this point in our republic, a weak military might not be that bad.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (l10hq)

85 Besides relaxing… standards almost to the point of non-existence…
Besides driving away the people who actually want to join, this runs afoul of basic Mark Twain psychology. If people have to work to get in, they will work to get in. If people don’t have to work to get in, they won’t bother.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (EXyHK)

86 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern, has a lot of thoughts on the military.

Does she have a cigar?

Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (88xKn)

87 Confederate sharp shooters aimed for the shiny medals.
Muslim sharp shooters will aim for the lipstick.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (nd/mG)

88 You're in the Army now
you wonderful blue-haired cow
you've gotten the itch
you fabulous bitch
You're in the army now
Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:14 PM (geLO

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I remember when "blue-haired" meant elderly ladies using Clairol.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (ScR16)

89 The military is on record as hating white men. POTUS took a stand for female abortions before military readiness. White men should not join the military until the generals stop kneeling before gay men and stop hating straight white men.

Posted by: william ferrin at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (w9McA)

90 Heard recently somewhere that the U.S. Military is having trouble recruiting recruiters.

Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (lN/8p)

91 Do trannies generally want to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of the country?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (VdGjU)

92 90 Heard recently somewhere that the U.S. Military is having trouble recruiting recruiters.

Unexpectedly.
Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (lN/8p)

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Might it have been the content of this very post?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (GBKbO)

93 Heard recently somewhere that the U.S. Military is having trouble recruiting recruiters. ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (lN/8p)
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Well someone certainly read the post ...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (ELpxa)

94 Where's all the chicks signing up?

Posted by: nckate at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (SnxUt)

95 I am not a recruiter and I don't know any recruiters, so this is purely speculation on my part but this sounds like a case of "the salesmen don't believe in the product." That's a fairly serious problem if so.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (ELpxa)

=========

"Come, join the army where if you are sent to fight somewhere, it'll either be secret and no one can talk about it, or you'll be a political football for politicians who don't believe in the mission at all. Also, be prepared for a lot (A LOT) of powerpoint presentations about how you are the devil."

-

And when the president promises to bring you home and gives the order to your leadership that he is in complete and total command of to remove troops from a country they'll laugh and say "nah, we good bruh, we keeping them boys over there, yo."

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (XTk1T)

96 27
'Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern,'

VP timber, right there.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (N9gGE)

97 I hope to hell you people have been buying ammo.

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:19 PM (JwHpX)

98 . Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military...

Well, she certainly fits the mold.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:19 PM (uSHSS)

99 This is why we need 10 million MOAR illegal aliens to swarm the border before election Day next year!

/And if we're lucky, the vast majority of them will be military-aged men. Unexpectedly ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (lN/8p)

100 I remember when "blue-haired" meant elderly ladies using Clairol.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Yes, but that was also when 'long hair music' meant Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (IG4Id)

101 Riot in Spain - LIVE

https://www.twitch.tv/smokenscan

Posted by: Ciampino - legally legitimately illegitimate at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (qfLjt)

102 you've gotten the itch
you fabulous bitch
You're in the army now

I hear that in Elvis Presley’s voice from G.I. Blues.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (EXyHK)

103 Might it have been the content of this very post?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni

Content?

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (Vu7A1)

104 Monty Python - Mary Recruitment Office UNCUT

https://tinyurl.com/2kn7npay
4:05 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (krqg6)

105 I hope to hell you people have been buying ammo.

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:19 PM (JwHpX)

Yeah...but then I shoot it!

Now what?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (3Gtis)

106
You don't get 'warriors' when you piss in the Academies' curriculums.
The troops know their bosses don't have their backs (or are having girl fights in the conning towers), and when they know they bail.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (ifs1q)

107 Yes this does follow the format

Put a chick in it

Make it gay

Make it lame

Profit?

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (5C4od)

108 103 Might it have been the content of this very post?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni

Content?
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (Vu7A1)

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Yeah, I don't get it either.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (GBKbO)

109 the advert is full of white men.

Dawg, we're going to war.

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Also this is such a perfect observation.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (XTk1T)

110 I don't know the DOD policy for Covid boosters. If they are requiring them that might actually be one of the factors for lowered retention. I'd expect that zombie Biden pushing to get the U.S. on the ground in Ukraine while at the same time continuing the ROE that hobble our military and the woke BS are far greater factors of course.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (3cGpq)

111 95
"Come, join the army where if you are sent to fight somewhere, it'll either be secret and no one can talk about it, or you'll be a political football for politicians who don't believe in the mission at all. Also, be prepared for a lot (A LOT) of powerpoint presentations about how you are the devil."

-

And when the president promises to bring you home and gives the order to your leadership that he is in complete and total command of to remove troops from a country they'll laugh and say "nah, we good bruh, we keeping them boys over there, yo."
Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:18 PM (XTk1T)

How hard is it to just say "Hey? You wanna kill some people? You can do that here!"

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:21 PM (UnA8+)

112 23 A "warrior caste" is exactly what we need.

I want lots of soldiers who know what to expect in battle, who have grown up with stories of valor and camaraderie, who know how to shoot, who love this country!

Yeah...dumb idea. Sorry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2023 04:08 PM (3Gtis)

You don't want that if you see needing to use the Army domestically sometime in the future...

Posted by: Inogame at November 07, 2023 04:21 PM (53oGX)

113 Good everyone in the service or just out are telling everyone not to join.

Posted by: John M at November 07, 2023 04:21 PM (CzLfO)

114 People have longer memories about certain things, and I think this is an area where the memory might be fairly long
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Who wants to sign up to the one group of people that the federal government can easily compel to participate in genetic experiments?

Posted by: Methos at November 07, 2023 04:21 PM (Dnobf)

115 "The Army is strategically deploying recruiters to communities across the country based on demographics, ethnicity, race, and gender," Wormuth had claimed in a written statement.

So she wants these people to die first? Ok. Got it.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:22 PM (uSHSS)

116 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth

Hmm. I think I see the root of the problem here.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 07, 2023 04:22 PM (V8he0)

117 I think we're seeing how a military can devolve into the Empire's "stormtroopers" who can't shoot straight to save their lives.

Posted by: leber at November 07, 2023 04:22 PM (rovGg)

118 I am not a recruiter and I don't know any recruiters, so this is purely speculation on my part but this sounds like a case of "the salesmen don't believe in the product." That's a fairly serious problem if so.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I've worked in my State National Guard's recruiting unit...normally, recruiting is the State's #1 mission, recruiters that can't meet their mission are quickly fired (reassigned to other, more traditional, units), and new recruiters sent to school as soon as possible.

My state, like almost all in the 54 (states and territories), is struggling to meet recruiting goals (and increase retention, as tons of people are LEAVING).

I wonder, then, if some commands are slowing the rate they get recruiters, or trying to stay slightly understrength on them? No commander WANTS to relieve recruiters, so if the quota remains high, and number of applicants remains low, maybe the overall number recruited stays about the same, but a higher percent of recruiters are actually meeting their goal for the year?

That's a bad sign, if it's the explanation.

Posted by: Military Moron at November 07, 2023 04:22 PM (Lv/70)

119 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (3Gtis)
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Easy. Stockpile ammo for a gun in a caliber you do not own, then at the last minute, get the gun that shoots it!

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:22 PM (JwHpX)

120 Recruiting duty (at least Army) is not voluntary per se, I think you can, but ordinarily it is an assignment that NCOs are ordered to, just like any other duty location.

Not a popular one necessarily.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (JVhhd)

121 60 Right leaning people join the military. I did. They pissed off the right and expected to fill their ranks from the woke left.
The woke left is largely useless. Now they can't make recruiting targets.
This is what they asked for.
Posted by: Grim at November 07, 2023 04:13 PM (IjZh5)

My spouse and I (Gen X) also did after we had both dads as military. Right now, he and I refuse to let our kids be military.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (exHjb)

122 "The Army is strategically deploying recruiters to communities across the country based on demographics, ethnicity, race, and gender," Wormuth had claimed in a written statement.

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I sorta love that the Army mouthpiece is named "War Mouth"

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (XTk1T)

123 you've gotten the itch
you fabulous bitch
You're in the army now

Clap ladies!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (xHcoV)

124 >>97 I hope to hell you people have been buying ammo.
Posted by: Weasel

A friend of mine has so much he no longer stores any of it on the 2nd floor of his home. It's all stored on a concrete floor.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (l10hq)

125 The army isn't requiring Covid boosters. Currently.

Posted by: nckate at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (SnxUt)

126 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern...

Been there, done that.

Posted by: Slick Willie at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (eHovo)

127 83 Oh my good sir...that window has passed. Next comes the Deluge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:15 PM (xcxpd)

You may very well be right
Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 07, 2023 04:16 PM (PQ4m2)
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So, go long on Ark futures?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2023 04:17 PM (YIVH2)

It's that or run to the mountains

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (xcxpd)

128 God save us all.

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"Discipline is the soul of an army." -- George Washington, 1757

"High heels are the sole of an army." -- Beijing Biden, 2021

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (lN/8p)

129 OT: Brofo starts foaming at the mouth

https://is.gd/Gz71me

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (W5ArC)

130 so all this woke shit the Army is doing- is that all required by law? was there legislation? or is it all just the policy of the current administration?

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (geLO8)

131 124 >>97 I hope to hell you people have been buying ammo.
Posted by: Weasel

A friend of mine has so much he no longer stores any of it on the 2nd floor of his home. It's all stored on a concrete floor.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (l10hq)

Good to have friends like that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (xcxpd)

132 Also, Fun Size Joe is running a write-in campaign for state senate in VA.

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (JwHpX)

133 I sorta love that the Army mouthpiece is named "War Mouth"
Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (XTk1T)

You sure it's not pronounced "Whore Mouth"

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (5C4od)

134 Afternoon.

So the Army finally realized Tumblristas don't hold as a value service to one's nation? Grossly obese landwhales with rainbow colored hair don't make for a wide enough recruiting pool? Gays only want to fight for their right to blow each other as opposed to fight for the Constitution?

Better late than never, I suppose.

Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (A8bu2)

135 maybe because the left has demonized guns fewer people want in the military...

Posted by: torabora at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (OUiUM)

136 could a Repub sec of defense reverse it

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:24 PM (geLO8)

137 “Eat ideology and shit catastrophe.”
So funny and so true! Thanks for the laugh!

Posted by: B. Hammer at November 07, 2023 04:25 PM (Kl7F3)

138 ... I wonder, then, if some commands are slowing the rate they get recruiters, or trying to stay slightly understrength on them? No commander WANTS to relieve recruiters, so if the quota remains high, and number of applicants remains low, maybe the overall number recruited stays about the same, but a higher percent of recruiters are actually meeting their goal for the year?

That's a bad sign, if it's the explanation.
Posted by: Military Moron at November 07, 2023 04:22 PM (Lv/70)
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So is your speculation that they're cooking the books on the individual basis - the goal cannot be reached anyway, so they're locally reducing the number of recruiters so that more of them can make goal individually?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:25 PM (ELpxa)

139 > A friend of mine has so much he no longer stores any of it on the 2nd floor of his home. It's all stored on a concrete floor.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (l10hq)

I'm not really to that point, but... something to keep in mind.

Thanks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:25 PM (W5ArC)

140 Stockpile ammo for a gun in a caliber you do not own, then at the last minute, get the gun that shoots it!

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:22 PM (JwHpX)

Wow...you are sneaky. I almost fell for that.

Oh...who am I kidding...of course I fell for it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2023 04:25 PM (3Gtis)

141 What no one talks about is the overwhelming majority of combat arms soldiers are white men; particularly ones from the South and Midwest. These guys aren't enlisting anymore, because why would they? The military clearly doesn't want the men who fight and die in wars, and those men are saying "fuck off" right back.

Posted by: UGAdawg at November 07, 2023 04:25 PM (tRd71)

142 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern, has a lot of thoughts on the military.

Hmmmm.
Wasn't it an intern who, just after Clinton was elected, told LTG McCaffery that "We don't talk to the military here."
Hey Christine, was that you???

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (uSHSS)

143 My dogs are all trained to poop in one corner of the yard so I don't have to go far for dinner!

Posted by: Sid at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (IONDF)

144 >>>Biden's Army Secretary Doesn't Want 2nd Gen Military Recruits for Fear of a "Warrior Caste". Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service. ⁦~ @Sultanknish

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Joni Ernst hardest hit.

Posted by: Judge Smails at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (JfxgE)

145 That is some profundity right there. That's going into my primary phraseology vocabulary right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (Mzdiz)
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Yeah, it's pretty damn good.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (ELpxa)

146 Do trannies generally want to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of the country?
Posted by: That Northernlurker

I assume they're all angling for the E4 slots, jodhpurs, and morale 'planning.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (IG4Id)

147 141 What no one talks about is the overwhelming majority of combat arms soldiers are white men; particularly ones from the South and Midwest. These guys aren't enlisting anymore, because why would they? The military clearly doesn't want the men who fight and die in wars, and those men are saying "fuck off" right back.
Posted by: UGAdawg at November 07, 2023 04:25 PM (tRd71)

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It's easy to fight a war with a lot of administrators and a genderqueer kid who plays video games flying drones, boomer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

148 "Biden's Army Secretary Doesn't Want 2nd Gen Military Recruits for Fear of a "Warrior Caste". Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service."

This reminds me exactly of the Stalinist purges. He was so paranoid about those around him, he executed or imprisoned his best military officers. It left them empty of decent leadership for decades.

Almost to a man, the people I served with had a father or close family member who served. It has been their most successful recruiting pool. This is madness. The military is first and foremost a brotherhood. Cohesion and adherence to a code is largely what wins in the end. But China Joe wouldn't know that, would he.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (blmVn)

149 Posted by: Sid at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (IONDF)

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You're right. Move to Germany.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (GBKbO)

150 they can't draft because they're all on dope

Posted by: torabora at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (OUiUM)

151 you've gotten the itch
you fabulous bitch
_______________

Monkeypox?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (J4SfM)

152 Leftist Biden Staffers Reportedly Condemn Him For Supporting Israel
Left-wing antisemitism runs amok in the Biden White House.

Posted by: SMOD at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (RHGPo)

153 So whose policy has failed again? Exactly? And where are our reparations to make us whole again? I think there is case law that might cover it.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (as3uC)

154 I was in the Army in the late 70s when I was 18. I wasn't sure about whether I wanted to enlist, but that recruiter, boy, he sure shoved me along!

Posted by: Close The Fed at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (LeNk3)

155 114 People have longer memories about certain things, and I think this is an area where the memory might be fairly long
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...
Posted by: Methos
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Betrayal is a bitch.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (nd/mG)

156 145 That is some profundity right there. That's going into my primary phraseology vocabulary right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 07, 2023 04:11 PM (Mzdiz)
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Yeah, it's pretty damn good.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (ELpxa)

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Good enough for a word hole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (GBKbO)

157 It's easy to fight a war with a lot of administrators and a genderqueer kid who plays video games flying drones, boomer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (GBKbO)
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And DIE coordinators.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (J4SfM)

158 'Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who got her start as a Clinton intern,'

VP timber, right there.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

'Clinton intern?'
Probably has the blue dress to prove it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (ifs1q)

159 I forgot about the mandatory injections. Not so much "mandatory injections" because that's how the military works, but rejecting all religious exemption requests.

That probably didn't help folks that likely believe in God and were brought up with a Judeo-Christian bent even if they don't regularly go to church.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (XTk1T)

160 143 Who would risk their lives for this shithole nation? Pass Medicare for all, then we'll talk.
Posted by: Sid at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (IONDF)

Hahahaha yes that's what's driving numbers down.

Hey sir, numbers are down.

Have we tried MOAR SOCIALISM

We have sir.

Well try MOAR SOCIALISM again

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (5C4od)

161 Because the transsexuals are mentally injured, usually sexually abused as young kids, having them in the military is VERY BAD.

I'm sure no one here is surprised.

Posted by: Close The Fed at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (LeNk3)

162 A Military exists to kill people.

You need killers, but you need disciplined killers who won't become feral or savage like a Jihadi.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (UnA8+)

163 "eat ideology and shit out catastrophe"

Isn't this Hahvahd's motto?

Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (A8bu2)

164 ... This reminds me exactly of the Stalinist purges. He was so paranoid about those around him, he executed or imprisoned his best military officers. It left them empty of decent leadership for decades. ...
Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (blmVn)
++++
And got a whole shitload of Russians killed when the War broke out. There were going to be high casualties no matter what - they did get invaded by Nazi Germany, after all - but it was an outright catastrophe thanks to the total incompetence of officer corps. Those with experience were largely purged and the replacements were political promotions.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (ELpxa)

165 Think Biden is a retard now, just wait until he's negotiating the terms of our surrender.

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (JwHpX)

166 is there anyone here who can look up S&W serial numbers

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (geLO8)

167 "Posted by: Sid at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (IONDF)

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You're right. Move to Germany.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:27 PM (GBKbO)"

Then stand in a puddle of gasoline and light yourself on fire.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (blmVn)

168 "eat ideology and shit out catastrophe"

I want this on a t-shirt.

Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (A8bu2)

169 I hope to hell you people have been buying ammo.

Posted by: Weasel

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FMJ available, but nearly impossible to find JHP.

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (lN/8p)

170 Army recruiting has traditionally been "sketchy."

It was always about making quotas. That 30K shortfall is likely 2x or 3x as bad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (Q4IgG)

171 Who would risk their lives for this shithole nation? Pass Medicare for all, then we'll talk.

Posted by: Sid

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+1

That $30 trillion Obamacare debacle sure turned out to be a joke, didn't it?

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:30 PM (XTk1T)

172 Off, caddy shack sock

Posted by: Turn 2 at November 07, 2023 04:30 PM (JfxgE)

173 Posted by: Sid at November 07, 2023 04:26 PM (IONDF)
________________

And reparations for all! And ponies for all!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:30 PM (J4SfM)

174 In the late 1940s, we had to De-Nazify the German military, in order to salvage even a remnant of vetted and qualified soldiers. These formed the core of West Germany's Wehrmacht. East Germany didn't de-Nazify, so much as they routed their preferred Gestapo into the Stasi.

In the mid 2020s, the U.S.A. is going to have to traumatically De-Wokify the entire U.S. Armed Forces, from the newest recruit, all the way to the Joint Chiefs, and every rank in between.

Meanwhile? Wish some senior NCOs would have some of those far-from-the-base quiet conversations over whiskeys and cigars, and come up with the outline of a De-Wokification PLAN.

Cause when the shit does hit the fan. (aka Gaza/Israel), it's going to be sudden, deadly and dangerous. We'll NEED the .mil of our Dad's and GrandDad's times, not the Twinks of Today.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 07, 2023 04:30 PM (e6UQI)

175 No worries, warrior caste are probably not signing up any longer. Not in the numbers previously seen anyway. After 25 yrs active duty I wouldn’t recommend the military at this point.

Posted by: SSR at November 07, 2023 04:30 PM (7NmRg)

176 > 'Clinton intern?'
Probably has the blue dress to prove it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (ifs1q)

Her tits don't look big enough for Bill to have been interested.

Hillary, maybe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (W5ArC)

177 171 That $30 trillion Obamacare debacle sure turned out to be a joke, didn't it?
Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:30 PM (XTk1T)

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There are no more medical problems in America because Obamacare fixed everything. Everyone has insurance, and it's saving people thousands of dollars a day.

To say otherwise is disinformation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

178 I sorta love that the Army mouthpiece is named "War Mouth"
Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (XTk1T)
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You sure it's not pronounced "Whore Mouth"

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage

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Two sides of the same coin since the mid 1940s.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (XTk1T)

179 And got a whole shitload of Russians killed when the War broke out. There were going to be high casualties no matter what - they did get invaded by Nazi Germany, after all - but it was an outright catastrophe thanks to the total incompetence of officer corps. Those with experience were largely purged and the replacements were political promotions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (ELpxa)
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Good thing we don't do that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (J4SfM)

180
"The Army is strategically deploying recruiters to communities across the country based on demographics, ethnicity, race, and gender," Wormuth had claimed in a written statement.

These vile scumbags cannot be given the old heave-ho fast enough.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (jBtfM)

181 The US Army has Bud Lighted itself. There may be no hope of regaining its former brand appeal.

God save us all.

Not to worry. Be all you can be in the US Space Force!

Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (rj6Yv)

182 162 A Military exists to kill people.

You need killers, but you need disciplined killers who won't become feral or savage like a Jihadi.
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (UnA8+)

Not disciplined, but emotionally stable and low key. You also need folks who value country/cause over themselves, and to do that, you need a country you can take pride in and leadership you can believe in.

While the Constitution and its rights are always the source of pride, the leadership is now non-existent...and if you can't lead, there's no way I'm following or letting my kids follow...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (exHjb)

183 179 Those with experience were largely purged and the replacements were political promotions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (ELpxa)
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Good thing we don't do that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (J4SfM)

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Early Civil War was full of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

184 *hugs DD214 woobie close*
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The Army is rushing to push noncommissioned officers into its recruiting school after graduating only half the number of recruiters this year that the classes are capable of producing, according to service data reviewed by Military.com.

The eight-week Army Recruiter Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, can train a maximum of 2,866 students across a total of 53 classes. However, data shows that it graduated only 1,336 in fiscal 2023, which concluded at the end of September.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=149483

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (MhJxt)

185 You can't suck cock here, gentlemen! This is the War Mouth Room!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:32 PM (krqg6)

186 151 you've gotten the itch
you fabulous bitch
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Monkeypox?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Burma shave!

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 has a BABY! at November 07, 2023 04:32 PM (QLrID)

187 Every officer who made field grade under Obama or Biden probably needs to be put on a "guilty until proven innocent" list.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:32 PM (W5ArC)

188 I sorta love that the Army mouthpiece is named "War Mouth"
Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:23 PM (XTk1T)
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Shoulda chosen Rancid Tlabia.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:32 PM (J4SfM)

189 You need killers, but you need disciplined killers who won't become feral or savage like a Jihadi.
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:28 PM (UnA8+)

You mean, lawyers?

Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2023 04:32 PM (rj6Yv)

190 WAIT

I'm calling it right now.

They're going to blame it on that Coach.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:32 PM (XTk1T)

191 > To say otherwise is disinformation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

Also, racist.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:33 PM (W5ArC)

192 There are sixth and seventh-generation military families. There is a 'warrior caste' insofar as you have families who have fought for this country since the War of Independence.

I come from such a family.
We are hardly a warrior caste. We are just citizens who pass along a tradition of service to the nation to each generation. It tears my heart to say it, but this tradition may very well end with my grandson...time will tell.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:33 PM (uSHSS)

193 My daughter went through basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood this summer. I'm not entirely thrilled she joined US Army, but her life.

She's extremely fit. She plays competitive soccer, runs daily, etc. She was actually TOO THIN to join at first, and had to put some weight on.

Her experience at boot camp was, in her own words, pathetic. There were no fitness requirements. You could get a waiver for any standard by raising your hand. They did two mile "runs" that were really slightly fast walks, and even by the end of basic a third or more of her platoon would fall out from a 2 mile "run" for being too exhausted.

They show commercials of recruits doing 500 pushups in the mud in a pouring rain - bullshit. The slightest inclement weather and they stay inside all day. Most recruits on graduation still can't do 40 pushups. The most rigorous ordeals were the marches with rucksack, which were 7, 10, and 12 miles each. Not bad, but hardly world-conquering.

Yes there are fit, patriotic, well-motivated soldiers in her class, but no more than half. And that is half of an already greatly diminished lot.

Posted by: Sloucho at November 07, 2023 04:33 PM (Dv8DR)

194 Here's an even better piece of news.... From the WP

Many of NATO’s 31 allies are parties to the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which was aimed at preventing Cold War rivals from massing forces at or near their mutual borders. The CFE was signed in November 1990 as the Soviet bloc was crumbling but was not fully ratified until two years later.

NATO said that Tuesday’s action by its signatory members was required because “a situation whereby Allied State Parties abide by the Treaty, while Russia does not, would be unsustainable.”

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 07, 2023 04:33 PM (UcAQV)

195 “Fear of a warrior caste”.

You have to look at it from their perspective. They hate Americans.

But, they have all these goddamned stupid fucking wars on the other side of the world to get involved in.

They still need tough, competent, tactically proficient skilled warriors.

At the same time, they encourage a citizenry that is none of those things.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 07, 2023 04:33 PM (JVhhd)

196 "The Army is strategically deploying recruiters to communities across the country based on demographics, ethnicity, race, and gender," Wormuth had claimed in a written statement.
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Get ready for Sgt. Lizzo.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (J4SfM)

197 It does sadden me that the Army is but a mere shadow of what it once was.

Thank God I have no kids or grandkids currently within its ranks.

Those that do, you have my prayers.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (MhJxt)

198 "eat ideology and shit out catastrophe"

I want this on a t-shirt.

Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (A8bu2)

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Maybe accompanied by a sexually-mutilated Unicorn eating Skittles and shitting out Rainbows -- in a graveyard filled with 100 million corpses.

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (lN/8p)

199 So not about the military but a war of sorts.. Jack Smith says Trump can be convicted of trying to overturn the election even if he believed the election was stolen

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (bs+z0)

200 "And got a whole shitload of Russians killed when the War broke out. There were going to be high casualties no matter what - they did get invaded by Nazi Germany, after all - but it was an outright catastrophe thanks to the total incompetence of officer corps. Those with experience were largely purged and the replacements were political promotions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (ELpxa)"

Exactly and I would argue the only thing that saved them was the sheer number of BT and T series tanks. There were no tactics. Just a bums rush of armor to overwhelm the enemy.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (blmVn)

201 is there anyone here who can look up S&W serial numbers
Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:29 PM (geLO

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I can probably help. Email me at the GT address.

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (JwHpX)

202 Not too hard to see that they'll be allowing all those military-aged illegals to get citizenship via service, is it?

No qualms about firing on Americans, either.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (XTk1T)

203 So is your speculation that they're cooking the books on the individual basis - the goal cannot be reached anyway, so they're locally reducing the number of recruiters so that more of them can make goal individually?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

It's my best explanation. Normally, if you're not meeting your recruiting mission, and you're short of recruiters, you'd pull out all the stops to fill those empty positions, get them trained, and get them recruiting. Why, then, during a major (extended) recruiting shortfall, is the recruiter qualification course so incredibly poorly attended?

As for cooking the books...the State National Guards ALL do it. Someone retires, or resigns, and they'll hold the paperwork and keep them on the books until after October 1st, the start of the new fiscal year. Let's them (hopefully) meet strength goals for the previous year, but means they start the next year further behind.

Posted by: Military Moron at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (Lv/70)

204 Hi Weasel.

Condolences for WD.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (MhJxt)

205 Probably mentioned saw other day recruitment age is being raised

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (fwDg9)

206 >I can probably help. Email me at the GT address.

Posted by: Weasel

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thank you

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (geLO8)

207 Get ready for Sgt. Lizzo.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (J4SfM)
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YOU WANT: GySgt Hartman

YOU'LL SETTLE FOR: Sgt Hulka

YOU'LL GET: Sgt Lizzo

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (ScR16)

208 Get ready for Sgt. Lizzo.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (J4SfM)

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Full Belly Jacket.

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:36 PM (lN/8p)

209 How can permanent, professional, victims possibly serve in the military?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at November 07, 2023 04:36 PM (VdGjU)

210 Now, unlike leftwing incompetents who eat ideology and shit out catastrophe...

==

That's beautiful and describes them to a T.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2023 04:36 PM (mupln)

211 You can’t get a teenager to flip a burger nowadays yet somehow they expect them to commit to 4 years to the most violent arm of the organization (the Federal government) the kids have been taught for decades is an evil, racist, colonial empire.

Good luck.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 07, 2023 04:37 PM (kK343)

212 Cori "Hairy" Bush, Communist-St. Louis, is also engaging in some fine spittle-flecked rhetoric:

https://is.gd/LgqXTQ

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:37 PM (W5ArC)

213 Think Biden is a retard now, just wait until he's negotiating the terms of our surrender.

Nuts!

Posted by: Notorious BFD McAuliffe at November 07, 2023 04:37 PM (V8he0)

214 Read a article week or so ago the US military has paid for over 200 Trannie operations this year

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 04:37 PM (fwDg9)

215 102 you've gotten the itch
you fabulous bitch
You're in the army now

I hear that in Elvis Presley’s voice from G.I. Blues.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 07, 2023 04:20 PM (EXyHK)

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Obligatory
https://is.gd/jeANSV
(uTube)

Posted by: Ciampino - legally legitimately illegitimate paralegal at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (qfLjt)

216 Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (MhJxt)
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Thank you very much, SMH.

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (JwHpX)

217 Ad title: White Men Can Jump

Posted by: PJ at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (G1dq6)

218 > Get ready for Sgt. Lizzo.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (J4SfM)

If the Army doesn't have any openings, I hear the Navy is recruiting for Meal Team 6X.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (W5ArC)

219 I have family on just about every war memorial and interred in numerous ABMC gravesites. There was a time we called that dedication and sacrifice. Now it's to be feared as a warrior "caste". Got it. Gee, I have no idea why they can't make recruiting numbers.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (blmVn)

220 In the mid 2020s, the U.S.A. is going to have to traumatically De-Wokify the entire U.S. Armed Forces, from the newest recruit, all the way to the Joint Chiefs, and every rank in between.
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And the rest of the federal government.

And the corporations that are in bed with them.

And the academics that produce the soulless wokists that fill their ranks.

Posted by: Methos at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (Dnobf)

221
What kind of person hold sleep at night recruiting into this Army??

Posted by: Swedish goats at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (62kz+)

222 214 Read a article week or so ago the US military has paid for over 200 Trannie operations this year
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 04:37 PM (fwDg9)

And that's why the join.

Most jobs don't pay enough for them to afford a $100K Facial Feminization Operation.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:39 PM (UnA8+)

223 andycanuck -- it's a bit tinny.

Posted by: ace at November 07, 2023 04:39 PM (KRtlO)

224 Covid for the left is now like boomers for millennials. If all else fails blame it.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:39 PM (P5BwU)

225 Read a article week or so ago the US military has paid for over 200 Trannie operations this year
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And they wonder why they can't meet recruitment numbers.

A dude in a skirt who also happens to be your platoon sgt will lead you into combat...

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:39 PM (MhJxt)

226 224 Covid for the left is now like boomers for millennials. If all else fails blame it.
Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:39 PM (P5BwU)

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I blame the Sega Dreamcast for all of my problems I can't otherwise explain.

"It's raining?! Damn Dreamcast..."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

227 I've got over 3,000 rounds in the closet. Cleaning lady asked me "Donde estan las armas?" I said "Armas, que armas?"

Posted by: wth at November 07, 2023 04:40 PM (v0R5T)

228 97 I hope to hell you people have been buying ammo.
Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:19 PM (JwHpX)

With the news on NATO, our military totally depleted (people and material), our feckless leaders charging headlong into WWIII if not in Europe/Ukraine then certainly the ME.

Another suggestion - start gathering with like minded people. I've been using the phrae "My Tribe". If things go sideways, we'll need to lean on each other with their strengths (defense, hunting, gathering, cooking, etc.). It's getting more and more real every day folks.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 07, 2023 04:40 PM (UcAQV)

229 More about cooking the books and false numbers: reserves usually have about a third of the people show up, two thirds might as well be ghosts. There're on the books but they're never going to be counted on. So how many people are actually in the military?

Posted by: nckate at November 07, 2023 04:40 PM (SnxUt)

230 Warrior caste bad. Prancersizers good. Man, we're going to be knocked over with the first feather that comes along if things proceed this way.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2023 04:40 PM (mupln)

231 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 10h
NEW - United States, NATO will formally suspend their participation in a 1990 treaty limiting conventional forces in Europe — WSJ

Disclose.tv @disclosetv 9h
MORE - The move by the U.S. and NATO comes after Russia formally withdrew from the landmark pact at midnight on Tuesday.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (krqg6)

232 History repeating itself; only it's lame, has a chick in it and she's gay
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:1

Marks right. They didn't so much Bud Light the army.

They Disneyed the army.

Posted by: TexasDan at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (FbXyP)

233 Some of you over 29 may remember the original Be All You Can Be commercial with the airborne troops jumping and after landing one hoists his canteen cup of coffee and says "Morning First Sergeant!"
In that commercial, he was the only actor. Everyone else was a real soldier. Also, he was specifically chosen because he looked like Eric Estrada from CHIPS. And, that guy was responsible for more female enlistments that year than any other bit of advertising.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (uSHSS)

234 I'm fine with this. White guys have been getting told to fuck off and die for more than a decade now. So they've decided not put up with this shit. Good. Let the diversity is our strength crowd enlist and serve abroad in our ill-conceived, ineptly managed military adventures.

Posted by: Thank you for your service and all that. at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (CjGGv)

235 To potential recruits: Do you want to serve with drag queens? Is this country worth dying for? If you're a white male hetero Christian, does the military even really want you there? Or even alive?

Posted by: Wally at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (hqVaF)

236 OT: If you haven't yet, go out to vote today, even if you just have local elections. This goes triple for the VA residents here! Turn VA 100% red!

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (exHjb)

237 226 I blame the Sega Dreamcast for all of my problems I can't otherwise explain.

"It's raining?! Damn Dreamcast..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

Video games?

On a SMART MILITARY BLOG?

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (UnA8+)

238 Just in the past 2 weeks or so, Russia has withdrawn from the last CTBT (which we never ratified, good work top men) and the Euro CFE treaty.

You’d think this would be bigger news. Time for those doomsday clock dipshits to move the needle closer to midnight.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (JTwsP)

239 Um The Army is experiencing a personnel shortfall of 30,000. Gee I was under thge impression the civilian militias recently experienced a 30,000 member uptick ... Hello! Maybe the wok esters are waking to reality. Janet Nappy La TonneO needs to gear up those millions of rounds of ammo she purchased for the IRS. BUT wait! The 80,000 IRS agent hiring plan was canned due to lack of funding. Thank you Freedom Caucus!!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (a2WYj)

240 So Wormouth is of the Kamala school of public service advancement?

No, Clinton did not have sex with that intern. Rimming is not considered sex in Arkansas

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (nnp+f)

241 I love recruitment duty, said nobody ever.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (blmVn)

242 Depending too much on military families could create a "warrior caste," Wormuth said. Her plans seek to draw in people who have no real connection to the military and to broaden the appeal of service.
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She may have a point. This policy would have spared us John McCain. In 2012, to brace myself for the disgusting act of voting for the &^()_, I got out Morrison's history, and read about his father's service.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (brAQZ)

243 There is one way the army will have no problem recruiting. Tell the recruits they will get to kill white men in red states. They’ll have lines around the block of GenZ waiting to sign up.

It’s coming.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (P5BwU)

244 BTW, I really like Miss Macular Degeneration.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 07, 2023 04:42 PM (brAQZ)

245 In the mid 2020s, the U.S.A. is going to have to traumatically De-Wokify the entire U.S. Armed Forces, from the newest recruit, all the way to the Joint Chiefs, and every rank in between...

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That's the worst part. I don't think it can be done. It's a structural foundation. We're likely seeing the beginning of what took schools decades to achieve starting to sprout in the military. It will require collapse to resolve, which is what we're getting a glimpse of right now.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:42 PM (XTk1T)

246 I blame the Sega Dreamcast for all of my problems I can't otherwise explain.

"It's raining?! Damn Dreamcast..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

Video games?

On a SMART MILITARY BLOG?
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (UnA8+)

Where's Kratos when we need him?

Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2023 04:42 PM (afgyE)

247 Women. Is there anything they can't fuck up?

Posted by: Kitchener Lesley at November 07, 2023 04:42 PM (CgQvH)

248
I liked my time in the Navy well-enough though I never planned to make it my life. Might could've stayed in longer cuz i loved being overseas.

Anyway, I think you'd have to be nuts to go into the military these days if you're white.

They've spent the last several years telling those who would be your fellow soldiers that you, YT Guy, are the real enemy.

No way to make a cohesive fighting force and I'd sure hate to join up to fight for my country only to get fragged by some racist or gender-nut.

No. Thank. You.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (QzZeQ)

249 and could someone tell me the official gun thread email address please

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (geLO8)

250 236 OT: If you haven't yet, go out to vote today, even if you just have local elections. This goes triple for the VA residents here! Turn VA 100% red!
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (exHjb)

Seconded. Doesn’t matter where you are,
Doesn’t matter if it’s “only” city council.
Go and vote.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (P5BwU)

251 190 WAIT

I'm calling it right now.

They're going to blame it on that Coach.
Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:32 PM (XTk1T)

Wait, what?

Posted by: zombie Ernie Pantusso at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (DTX3h)

252 Said often IMO, Trannies are mentally unstable and ill, wouldn't want to be near any in a combat situation

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (fwDg9)

253 BTW, I really like Miss Macular Degeneration.
Posted by: Eeyore

I did not see that coming.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (xHcoV)

254 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 10h
NEW - United States, NATO will formally suspend their participation in a 1990 treaty limiting conventional forces in Europe — WSJ

Disclose.tv @disclosetv 9h
MORE - The move by the U.S. and NATO comes after Russia formally withdrew from the landmark pact at midnight on Tuesday.

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Hey, remember that time Russia wanted to join NATO?

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (XTk1T)

255 OLD: We do more before 9 AM than most people do all day.

NEW: We don't get outta bed before 9AM. Early risers are raycist, yo!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (uSHSS)

256 Good news...

Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar 1h
NY lawyer Victoria Ruiz resigns after tearing down posters of Israeli hostages: audacy.com/1010wins/news/loc…

Manhattan public defender Victoria Ruiz resigns after caught tearing down posters of kidnapped...
In her apology note obtained by 1010 WINS, Ruiz wrote, “I apologize to anyone who was hurt or confused by my actions at a vigil last week that were depicted in a video that went viral over the...

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (krqg6)

257 I love recruitment duty, said nobody ever.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Iraq saved me from that horror.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (MhJxt)

258 246 Where's Kratos when we need him?
Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2023 04:42 PM (afgyE)

Not existing.

Where are the real badasses with real body counts?

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (UnA8+)

259 258 Where are the real badasses with real body counts?
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (UnA8+)

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*nods sagaciously*

John Rambo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

260 The kiddos really loved the Dreamcast and all the wacky content it had.

The shaking maracas/dancing game was the best!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (QzZeQ)

261 The military still hasn't lost its draft era disposable mentality when it comes to personnel, the institutional bias towards just throwing away people who are injured or otherwise not able to perform is still pervasive, particularly in the Army. That has to stop, because all those veterans from the gulf wars are now telling all their friends how the Army will treat you if you need help.

Posted by: Ikitziu at November 07, 2023 04:45 PM (26+9w)

262 also the regime told me there were thousands of gays and trannys who wanted to serve but couldn't because of mean Republicans

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:45 PM (geLO8)

263 "And, that guy was responsible for more female enlistments that year than any other bit of advertising."

I thought that was the guy with a long tab saying, I serve in regiment, honey. Do you know what that means? I can get you into any MOS of your liking. 😂

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:45 PM (blmVn)

264 Get ready for Sgt. Lizzo.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 07, 2023 04:34 PM (J4SfM)
----

Sgt Lizzo , USMC.... Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 07, 2023 04:45 PM (xT7BI)

265 That has to stop, because all those veterans from the gulf wars are now telling all their friends how the Army will treat you if you need help.
___

Yes, we are.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:45 PM (MhJxt)

266 "Iraq saved me from that horror.
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (MhJxt)"

I just spit coffee all over the place, ma'am. Only you would say that. Ok maybe not.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:46 PM (blmVn)

267 It's my best explanation. Normally, if you're not meeting your recruiting mission, and you're short of recruiters, you'd pull out all the stops to fill those empty positions, get them trained, and get them recruiting. Why, then, during a major (extended) recruiting shortfall, is the recruiter qualification course so incredibly poorly attended? ...
Posted by: Military Moron at November 07, 2023 04:35 PM (Lv/70)
++++
Is it voluntary?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:46 PM (ELpxa)

268 The incoming administration should "eliminate" all of President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda, which Mattis and others said "has damaged the country's ability to address problems before they reach US territory." 11/2020

You want another Audie Murphy, you'll get General Ass Twinkie with Trump.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:46 PM (l10hq)

269 And, we're telling our friends' kids.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:46 PM (MhJxt)

270 If the Army doesn't have any openings, I hear the Navy is recruiting for Meal Team 6X.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (W5ArC)

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* golf clap *

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:46 PM (AOLwc)

271 andycanuck -- it's a bit tinny.
Posted by: ace
---------
Funny how sexual words are almost always woody.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (krqg6)

272 I left the Marine Corps after four years because I had a racist XO. No way would I commit any more time in the service if someone like that had control over my career. And this was in the early 2000s.

Posted by: Kitchener Lesley at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (CgQvH)

273 This is a good thing IMO. It means we won’t have hundreds of thousands of bodies ready to throw to the wolves in every shithole country some asshole President decides need “democracy” brought to them.

The generals may be woke asswipes but they should know an army of Lizzos isn’t capable of being deployed anywhere.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (P5BwU)

274 lol Marcus.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (MhJxt)

275 259 *nods sagaciously*

John Rambo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

Also not real.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (UnA8+)

276 Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:43 PM (geLO

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Gunthread at ProtonMail

Posted by: Weasel at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (JwHpX)

277 The Dreamcast was a great piece of hardware. The colors, graphics, rendering speed, it was all there. Shame it didn't catch on.

Posted by: Moment of silence for a great system that didn't make it at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (6VAZZ)

278 My brothers third wifes daughter went to the recruiter and asked: "Can I keep dying my hair (blue)?"

Posted by: wth at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (v0R5T)

279 218 If the Army doesn't have any openings, I hear the Navy is recruiting for Meal Team 6X.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (W5ArC)

Maybe not. Fatties can't get tranny surgery.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (UnA8+)

280 271 andycanuck -- it's a bit tinny.
Posted by: ace
---------
Funny how sexual words are almost always woody.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (krqg6)

Oh? How about 'tit'?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (N3zMI)

281 My brother is only half white but after 2020 was stolen I told him under no circumstances to enlist.

I asked him what he’s fighting for. The rainbow flag? The American empire? It sure as shit isn’t for freedom and liberty for Americans.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (/QO0U)

282 I have family on just about every war memorial and interred in numerous ABMC gravesites. There was a time we called that dedication and sacrifice. Now it's to be feared as a warrior "caste". Got it. Gee, I have no idea why they can't make recruiting numbers.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:38 PM (blmVn)

Out: "Thank you for your service."
In: "Screw you for your service."

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (AOLwc)

283 275 259 *nods sagaciously*

John Rambo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

Also not real.
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (UnA8+)

=========

*wrack brain*

Darth Vader?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (GBKbO)

284 Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said she expects within weeks to begin drafting a proposal for a recruiting overhaul so sweeping that Congress might need to pass legislation to enact all of it.

So....
A draft?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (uSHSS)

285 > The generals may be woke asswipes but they should know an army of Lizzos isn’t capable of being deployed anywhere.
Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:47 PM (P5BwU)

That's why we have C5 Galaxies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (W5ArC)

286 You want another Audie Murphy, you'll get General Ass Twinkie with Trump.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 04:46 PM (l10hq)
++++
Audie Murphy was once the mystery guest on "What's My Line." It was interesting for three reasons.

First, he is the only person I've seen who got two title cards: "Movie Star" "And Most Decorated Soldier." Second, the crowd absolutely bonkers. The cheering probably went on for a solid minute or so. Third was the behavior of the panel at the end. As was common at the time, the men stood to shake hands and the women usually did not. They did for Audie Murphy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (ELpxa)

287 281 My brother is only half white but after 2020 was stolen I told him under no circumstances to enlist.

I asked him what he’s fighting for. The rainbow flag? The American empire? It sure as shit isn’t for freedom and liberty for Americans.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (/QO0U)

=======

A pension.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (GBKbO)

288 If my kids tell me they have even an iota of interest in the military I’ll disown them. Lol. Seriously I’ll tell them if they join they’re out of the will.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (P5BwU)

289 Luckily, it's still pretty hard to get an option 40 contract, so I hear anyway. So we must be at least getting enough bubbas who want to sign up.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (blmVn)

290 277 The Dreamcast was a great piece of hardware. The colors, graphics, rendering speed, it was all there. Shame it didn't catch on.
Posted by: Moment of silence for a great system that didn't make it at November 07, 2023 04:48 PM (6VAZZ)

Because most of its 3rd party titles were ports where a weaker system (the PlayStation 1) was the lead platform, and therefore it didn't take any advantage of the hardware's capabilities at all.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (UnA8+)

291 Another link to the Catalan riot in Madrid
https://is.gd/dal3a0

Posted by: Ciampino - legally legitimately illegitimate paralegal! at November 07, 2023 04:50 PM (qfLjt)

292 I’ve always been against a draft for a number of reasons and because our all volunteer services were getting the job done better than any draft could have.

Now I think the draft would be good not necessarily to build up our military but to de-pussify what our country has become. Of course that would not be a slam dunk based on the lowering of training standards and the infiltration of woke on how things are done. Crap I just talked myself out of the draft.

Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 04:50 PM (MNhXM)

293 BTW, I really like Miss Macular Degeneration.
Posted by: Eeyore
......

Me too, but now I'm just getting this weird side view of an eyeball and the inside of someone's head.

Posted by: wth at November 07, 2023 04:50 PM (v0R5T)

294 It's my understanding that the Transgender Rainbow Division Paratroop Battalion is very light in the jump boots.

Posted by: buzzsawmonkey at November 07, 2023 04:50 PM (Q9ogB)

295
Take heart. There's a core of people who don't mind the mockery and contempt, who deal with the islands of broken toys, who are loyal to the ideals of the old Republic, and who pray.

Posted by: Auspex at November 07, 2023 04:51 PM (j4U/Z)

296 pension.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (GBKbO)

Easier fedgov jobs out there that pay a pension, without the whole getting your legs blown off in a distant shithole thing to deal with.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:51 PM (P5BwU)

297 Eh, let's not completely bag on the military. There are still a lot of good people doing the heavy lifting.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:51 PM (blmVn)

298 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (GBKbO

Hard pass

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 04:52 PM (/QO0U)

299 I think they should have all-tranny armed forces. We need the warrior caste at home.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2023 04:52 PM (Mzdiz)

300 So....
A draft?
Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (uSHSS)

US Foreign legion. Mark my words.

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2023 04:52 PM (8rsIm)

301
That's why we have C5 Galaxies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (W5ArC)

1 person per plane does not seem efficient

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 07, 2023 04:52 PM (/6GbT)

302 *imagines Dylan Mulvaney having a nervous breakdown under fire*

Can one have a band of brothers like this?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (Mzdiz)

303 261 The military still hasn't lost its draft era disposable mentality when it comes to personnel, the institutional bias towards just throwing away people who are injured or otherwise not able to perform is still pervasive, particularly in the Army. That has to stop, because all those veterans from the gulf wars are now telling all their friends how the Army will treat you if you need help.
Posted by: Ikitziu at November 07, 2023 04:45 PM (26+9w)

You mean people in power use up and throw away the people who aren't? The hell you say.

Posted by: Shocking revelation this is at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (6VAZZ)

304 I love recruitment duty, said nobody ever.
Posted by: Marcus T

I commanded a recruiting company for almost two years. Hardest job I had in my career. And the one I liked the least. Upside, had some great NCOs.
Downside...had a couple lousy NCOs.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (uSHSS)

305 All the illegals in the country - they will open itvup to them.

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (8rsIm)

306 Oh? How about 'tit'?
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That's why the HQ uses "boobs" and other B variants!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (krqg6)

307 The army will end up being trannies, gang members, obese fucks and illegals. Lol. Next war’s gonna be lit.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (P5BwU)

308 ok thanks

Posted by: DB - at November 07, 2023 04:54 PM (geLO8)

309 If the Army doesn't have any openings, I hear the Navy is recruiting for Meal Team 6X.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I come with my own built-in flotation device.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:54 PM (xHcoV)

310 302 *imagines Dylan Mulvaney having a nervous breakdown under fire*

Can one have a band of brothers like this?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (Mzdiz)

Dylan isn't the type.

It's the purple-haired trantifa that are the type.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:54 PM (UnA8+)

311 1 person per plane does not seem efficient
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 07, 2023 04:52 PM (/6GbT)

Stacy Abrams and Chris Christie would be maximum payload.

Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 04:54 PM (MNhXM)

312
Well, this sounds just about a right for current epoch. A Virginia Democrat state house candidate films herself peeing in the snow:

https://tinyurl.com/ylncb56j

No, it's not a pee tape, you know, a pee pee tape, she just films her face as she's squatted down peeing, saying "Yep, I'm peeing. Avoid the yellow snow".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 07, 2023 04:54 PM (Mzdiz)

313 "I commanded a recruiting company for almost two years. Hardest job I had in my career. And the one I liked the least. Upside, had some great NCOs.
Downside...had a couple lousy NCOs.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (uSHSS)"

Why the hell would they waste an S2 in that command? Oh that's right, it's Army. 😐

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:55 PM (blmVn)

314 It's ok, we don't have enough ammo to supply them with anyway.

Posted by: Pentagon SpokesTranny at November 07, 2023 04:55 PM (cHOHf)

315 So instead of McNamara's Morons we'll have Milley's Morons. Yay.

Posted by: Robert's Retards reporting for duty! at November 07, 2023 04:55 PM (6VAZZ)

316 Don't be fooled. The US Army is just another extension of the rot in washington dc. Hide yo husbands, hide yo wives hide yo chirruns the US Army recruiters be raping everybody up in here.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 07, 2023 04:55 PM (R/m4+)

317 I always was intrigued by the French Foreign Legion. I had delusions of Lawrence of Arabia or something.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:56 PM (blmVn)

318 Eh, let's not completely bag on the military. There are still a lot of good people doing the heavy lifting.
Posted by: Marcus T

No one is bagging on the grunts. Grunts don't make and institute policy.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:56 PM (xHcoV)

319 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 07, 2023 04:54 PM (Mzdiz)

Low class trash.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 04:56 PM (/QO0U)

320 You don't want that if you see needing to use the Army domestically sometime in the future...

Posted by: Inogame at November 07, 2023 04:21 PM (53oGX)

Well you do if those soldiers have the integrity to put one between their commander's eyes if need be.

Last thing i want is a military of psychotic leftist, with access to all types of weaponry, who dream of killing their neighbors, which is what we're currently getting.

Posted by: Rbastid at November 07, 2023 04:56 PM (/oWdO)

321 Hide yo husbands, hide yo wives hide yo chirruns the US Army recruiters be raping everybody up in here.
___

This made me laugh way more than I should.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at November 07, 2023 04:56 PM (MhJxt)

322 So instead of McNamara's Morons we'll have Milley's Morons. Yay.
Posted by: Robert's Retards

Can you imagine a division of aces morons?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:57 PM (xHcoV)

323 John Kerry’s prophecy will have come true. Anyone joining the army today is most likely low IQ. Imagine an Army full of rejects from McDonalds.
😂

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 04:57 PM (P5BwU)

324 Dear Smart Mirratary Brog,

Would now be good time to retake an irand or two?

Asking for friend.

- not China

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 07, 2023 04:57 PM (6VKyY)

325 317 I always was intrigued by the French Foreign Legion. I had delusions of Lawrence of Arabia or something.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:56 PM (blmVn)

From what I've read, they're hard bastards. Unimaginably hard and harsh compared to US Armed Services. But they've survived as a culture and organization somehow and they fight.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (xcxpd)

326 I love recruitment duty, said nobody ever.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (blmVn)

Depends on where they send them. Knew a recruiter that got sent to Maui for most of his enlistment.

THEN there were others that got sent to Detroit.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (BdMk6)

327 325 From what I've read, they're hard bastards. Unimaginably hard and harsh compared to US Armed Services. But they've survived as a culture and organization somehow and they fight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (xcxpd)

=========

Healthy relationship with Algeria?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

328 The top brass are looking out for every white guy to be the " White supremacist" they think is hiding around every corner.

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (fwDg9)

329 *imagines Dylan Mulvaney having a nervous breakdown under fire*

Can one have a ~~band~~ daisy-chain of brothers like this?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2023 04:53 PM (Mzdiz)

FIFY....so...Yes.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2023 04:59 PM (QzZeQ)

330 "No one is bagging on the grunts. Grunts don't make and institute policy.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:56 PM (xHcoV)"

There are a lot of great NCO's. And occasionally a few company and field grades. Then it gets dicey.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:59 PM (blmVn)

331
Only In Boston
@OnlyInBOS
The Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine organization has been banned by the university “because it openly supports Hamas".

The organization will no longer receive funding, be allowed to “conduct activities on campus,” or associate itself with the Brandeis name.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2023 05:00 PM (TGPs7)

332 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (xcxpd)

They are. I’ve heard podcasts with former Leigonnaires and watched that Besr Grylls show “escape to the legion” which by no means was 100% beat for beat, but, it was entertaining and they got their asses kicked.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:00 PM (/QO0U)

333 325 From what I've read, they're hard bastards. Unimaginably hard and harsh compared to US Armed Services. But they've survived as a culture and organization somehow and they fight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (xcxpd)

What every man should strive to be.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 05:00 PM (UnA8+)

334 The whole idea of recruiting is weird. It’s a sales pitch to 17 year old kids who have no idea what the world is about. They’ll believe anything. Shit should be illegal.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:01 PM (P5BwU)

335 Wow. Remedial Boot Camp.

Posted by: Question authority bumper sticker at November 07, 2023 05:01 PM (Rbu5d)

336 A Fox News reporter covering Israel’s war against terror was nearly struck by a rocket fired by Hamas from inside Gaza Friday as he and other journalists had converged near a kindergarten.

Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst was ...

Oh well. I hope he shit himself.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 07, 2023 05:01 PM (l10hq)

337 Why the hell would they waste an S2 in that command? Oh that's right, it's Army. 😐
Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2023 04:55 PM (blmVn)

Back in the 80's every officer career pattern had to have one of the 3 R's as an assignment. Recruiting, ROTC, or Reserves Advisor.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 05:01 PM (uSHSS)

338 Where are the real badasses with real body counts?
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 04:44 PM (UnA8+)

Well Chris Kyle got murdered by an asshole he was trying to help.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 05:01 PM (xcxpd)

339 From what I've read, they're hard bastards. Unimaginably hard and harsh compared to US Armed Services. But they've survived as a culture and organization somehow and they fight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (xcxpd)

There's a few YouTube videos that have documented the FFL. And you're right. Some tough SOB's.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (BdMk6)

340 Her experience at boot camp was, in her own words, pathetic. There were no fitness requirements.

The new physical fitness test, the ACFT, after significant reworking, is much easier to pass than the old APFT. And, if I recall correctly, you can now graduate boot camp without a passing score...they need more soldiers in the field, and if it's important enough, they figure the unit will continue to train the soldier.

Posted by: Military Moron at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (Lv/70)

341 The Armed Forces are too "fratty"

Posted by: Alissa Heinerscheid at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (cHOHf)

342 Can you imagine a division of aces morons?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:57 PM (xHcoV)
.......

Sergeant: "Fall to ranks!"

Pvt. Moron: "FIRST!"

Posted by: wth at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (v0R5T)

343 The military should be draft-only for recruits.

Only those eligible for the draft should be allowed to vote.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (TzW+Y)

344 I can imagine a division of Ace's Morons who would be like the old salts on the Battleship Missouri in the movie Battleship.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (xHcoV)

345 That's why we have C5 Galaxies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2023 04:49 PM (W5ArC)

1 person per plane does not seem efficient

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 07, 2023 04:52 PM (/6GbT)

------------

Heh. Sikorsky S-64A Sky Crane FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (AOLwc)

346 I've been not joining the military for my entire life.
Suddenly, it's in vogue!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (MeG8a)

347 Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
NEW: An illegal immigrant from Honduras who was released into the US after being apprehended by Border Patrol in TX in June 2021 is now charged with felony rape & abduction by force in Virginia. He was arrested by local police there, but the Fairfax County jail didn’t honor ICE’s detainer request - and released him back into the community without notifying ICE. ICE in D.C. found him and rearrested him again. Now in federal custody.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (TGPs7)

348 I know we are talking Army but what I saw when our Navy patrol boat was captured by the Iranians was alarming to say the least. First time I really realized that we were in trouble.

Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (MNhXM)

349 I'd prefer 'dissolving' but...
Hot news @TheNewsTrending 2h
BREAKING DEVELOPING REPORT: Israel defence minister Gallant says Hamas senior terrorist Yahya Sinwar is now hiding in a bunker disconnected from his surroundings - “The chain of command is devolving”
• Sky news reports the IDF is in the center of Gaza city and has Hamas leader isolated in bunker.

Hot news @TheNewsTrending 2h
Reports of IDF strikes against Hizbullah terrorists targets in southern Lebanon, in Naqoura, Ayta ash Shab, Kafrkila and Chebaa.

Hot news @TheNewsTrending 3h
War Cabinet Minister Gantz :”This is a multi frontal war, the dynamics in other fronts will change. It will take time and we will win. I ensure the residents of the north that they will return home to complete safety and no less than that”

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (krqg6)

350 322 Can you imagine a division of aces morons?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:57 PM (xHcoV)

There'd be no greater band of hardass killers.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (UnA8+)

351 In France there are soldiers all over the place thanks to the muzzie presence. They look like tough dudes and dudettes. No 300 lbers to be seen.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (P5BwU)

352 Healthy relationship with Algeria?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going up some wonky stairs with Paul Leni at November 07, 2023 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

Um...no. Or Mali.
But I'd argue France would have been better off if the FFL had topped DeGaulle.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (xcxpd)

353 >>>They’ll offer a path to citizenship for all those military aged men who have crossed the southern border in exchange for military service. Bank on it.

Meh, it's been done.

Posted by: Late-Stage Roman Empire at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (CwhoI)

354 Hiya

Cooling off out thar.

Posted by: JT at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (T4tVD)

355 Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (UnA8+)

Of liquor, gun/boob threads and running a meme into the ground.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (/QO0U)

356 The US Army has Bud Lighted itself. There may be no hope of regaining its former brand appeal.

Which is what they wanted to accomplish. They saw the military as a breeding ground for their ideological enemies. If they destroy it as that (which they have done by infiltrating it with woke, leftist officers, etc) then even if it does not perform in a war, their goal is still accomplished.

Plus, it means that it would not be a nuisance when they pulled a coup.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (di6C2)

357 Lord help us, my older son (still in HS) is obsessed with tanks and likely to follow a great-great uncle, and great uncle into the Cavalry (one grandpa was a Marine, daddy and other grandpa, Army). We are sheepdogs, on both sides, pre-dating the Revolution.

I am as proud of him as I could be, and equally terrified of our feckless "leaders."

Posted by: Lady Lil at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (C7kk4)

358 OT: Early voting turnout was WAY down in VA vs 2021 (thank a Youngkin for probably clearning that fraud up), so we can win. Please vote - only 2 hours left here with polls closing at 7pm.

And if you have voted, make sure your like minded family and friends have, too...

"As of Sunday, Nov. 5, almost 777,000 Virginians had voted early, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, which parsed state election data. In 2021, when races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general were on the ballot, more than 1.1 million ballots had been cast by this date." From wtop.com

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2023 05:05 PM (exHjb)

359 The oddest thing about the FFL? Their singing. They're maniacs for singing.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 05:05 PM (xcxpd)

360 355 Of liquor, gun/boob threads and running a meme into the ground.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (/QO0U)

Like, I get that "Smart Military Blog" is mostly a joke, but I've always been under the impression that most here have fought, and most have a body count.

Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 05:05 PM (UnA8+)

361 Sergeant: "Fall to ranks!"

Pvt. Moron: "FIRST!"
Posted by: wth at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (v0R5T)

=====

LOL

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (DRSnL)

362 356 The US Army has Bud Lighted itself. There may be no hope of regaining its former brand appeal.

Which is what they wanted to accomplish. They saw the military as a breeding ground for their ideological enemies. If they destroy it as that (which they have done by infiltrating it with woke, leftist officers, etc) then even if it does not perform in a war, their goal is still accomplished.

Plus, it means that it would not be a nuisance when they pulled a coup.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (di6C2)

#Truth

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (xcxpd)

363 Fuck the Army and all the other woke services. And fuck Joe Biden. Stupid son of a bitch and all his crab lice.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (pohLc)

364 He was arrested by local police there, but the Fairfax County jail didn’t honor ICE’s detainer request - and released him back into the community without notifying ICE. ICE in D.C. found him and rearrested him again. Now in federal custody.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Shrug
- NoVa AWFLs who would happily see their daughters raped in the name of the cause

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (P5BwU)

365 Posted by: Lady Lil at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (C7kk4)

My son is the same. Just speak to him frankly. He knows not to enlist, if he did I’d be STUNNED

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (/QO0U)

366 Montec worked on me, no complaints

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (fwDg9)

367 I have noticed the average skin color of people in TV ads overall has recently become paler.

Posted by: Gref at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (5fDan)

368 Wow. Remedial Boot Camp.
Posted by: Question authority bumper sticker

Absent the current neo-marxist madness, it's not really that terrible of an idea. It could have been a post high-school kind of JROTC. I remember after 9/11 some retired service guys setting up private 'bootcamp training' for those that wanted to enlist but knew they didn't have the phys-recs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (IG4Id)

369 Cooling off out thar.
Posted by: JT at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (T4tVD)

Woodstock playing hockey on the bird bath?

Posted by: spindrift at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (UWJud)

370 >>> 233 Some of you over 29 may remember the original Be All You Can Be commercial with the airborne troops jumping and after landing one hoists his canteen cup of coffee and says "Morning First Sergeant!"
In that commercial, he was the only actor. Everyone else was a real soldier. Also, he was specifically chosen because he looked like Eric Estrada from CHIPS. And, that guy was responsible for more female enlistments that year than any other bit of advertising.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 04:41 PM (uSHSS)

I remember that, but I'm totes 29.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (llON8)

371 Can you imagine a division of aces morons?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:57 PM (xHcoV)

There'd be no greater band of hardass killers.
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (UnA8+)

After every Firefight, shouts of FIRST!!!
NOOD!!!
100 COMMENT RULE!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (uSHSS)

372 Can you imagine a division of aces morons?
Posted by: rickb223
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Don't call me "Lamont"! I work for a living!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (krqg6)

373 When Obama said he wanted a civilian corps as powerful as the armed forces, we didn't realize he meant making our armed forces as powerful as the average DMV office.

Posted by: Zek at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (5FPX4)

374 Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 05:05 PM (UnA8+)

We have a lot of people who’s served. I deeply respect their service and appreciate it.

However my point remains.

Love the horde.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (/QO0U)

375 The military should be draft-only for recruits.

Only those eligible for the draft should be allowed to vote.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 07, 2023 05:02 PM (TzW+Y)

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If citizenship still held any value, I would like to see it contingent upon completing two years of military service (or other national service for those physically incapable or philosophically opposed).

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (AOLwc)

376 You know who else hid in a bunker ????

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2023 05:08 PM (8rsIm)

377 Lady Lil

—

You must do everything in your power to stop him. Bribe him if you must. Lie to him. By any means necessary. So not give your son to the fascists.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:08 PM (P5BwU)

378 Posted by: Gref at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (5fDan)

The way God intended!

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:08 PM (/QO0U)

379 >>> 371 Can you imagine a division of aces morons?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2023 04:57 PM (xHcoV)

There'd be no greater band of hardass killers.
Posted by: XTC at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (UnA8+)

After every Firefight, shouts of FIRST!!!
NOOD!!!
100 COMMENT RULE!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (uSHSS)

Everyone would have to be issued *both* a 9mm and .45 handgun along with a crossbow *and* a longbow.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 07, 2023 05:08 PM (llON8)

380 Arizona man charged with threatening to execute rabbi and other Jews

https://is.gd/uf5Wae

Posted by: Ciampino - about these maniacs at November 07, 2023 05:09 PM (qfLjt)

381 Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:08 PM (P5BwU)

If your kid is ideologically aligned? You don’t need to lie. Just be honest and ask them, precisely, what are they fighting for.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:09 PM (/QO0U)

382 Of liquor, gun/boob threads and running a meme into the ground.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (/QO0U)

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. America.

https://tinyurl.com/mtke69ax

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2023 05:09 PM (di6C2)

383 Who would have thought that "Go die for me, bigot!" would have been a hard sell.

Posted by: Moustache Man at November 07, 2023 05:09 PM (ViEsK)

384 When I went to MEPPS in Oakland the recruiter had two low grade whores from the whorehouse signed up. They were figuring on making bank whoring in the Army.... and singing "Loveshack".
That was four hours of pure torture.
I still haven't gotten over it.

Posted by: Reforger at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (Ac87V)

385 Sure, we let the occasional Nidal Hasan in, but we've stuck it to whitey! Success!

Posted by: General Milley at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (hqVaF)

386 I'm trying to envision what The Barrel would be like in an army of Ace's morons.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (DRSnL)

387 Biden's Army Secretary Doesn't Want 2nd Gen Military Recruits for Fear of a "Warrior Caste".

No worries about the ACTUAL creation of a political or bureaucratic caste, though, huh, you fucking inbred nepots.

Posted by: spindrift at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (UWJud)

388 53 >>>They’ll offer a path to citizenship for all those military aged men who have crossed the southern border in exchange for military service. Bank on it.

We’ve done that for awhile and from what I’ve seen and read they were excellent soldiers and proud soon to be Americans. Others that had hands on experience might have different and more accurate opinion.

I specifically remember a story of Russian immigrant that was in a tank battalion looking forward to becoming a citizen.

Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (MNhXM)

389 I know we are talking Army but what I saw when our Navy patrol boat was captured by the Iranians was alarming to say the least. First time I really realized that we were in trouble.
Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 05:03 PM (MNhXM)

Yup. Pathetic and embarrassing. Just what Barak Hussein Obama wanted.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (BdMk6)

390 Instead of "warriors" you will now be known as "persons of conflict."

Posted by: Pentagon Genius Person at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (5FPX4)

391 Pvt. Moron: "BOOBS!"

Posted by: wth at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (v0R5T)

392 nood media

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (krqg6)

393 Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2023 05:09 PM (di6C2

Hmnnnng

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (/QO0U)

394 After every Firefight, shouts of FIRST!!!
NOOD!!!
100 COMMENT RULE!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (uSHSS)

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When you notice a fellow soldier moron has forgotten to change his socks: "SPONGE!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (AOLwc)

395 Cooling off out thar.
Posted by: JT at November 07, 2023 05:04 PM (T4tVD)

Woodstock playing hockey on the bird bath?
Posted by: spindrift at November 07, 2023 05:07 PM (UWJud)

Not yet; maybe tomorrow.

The birds are abed.

Posted by: JT at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (T4tVD)

396 If your kid is ideologically aligned? You don’t need to lie. Just be honest and ask them, precisely, what are they fighting for.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:09 PM (/QO0U)

I get that but 17 year olds are, well, 17 year olds. Sometimes logic doesn’t work and you need a Plan B and C and D until you get that absurd army idea outta their head.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (P5BwU)

397 The good news...
I go to Ft Lewis every month (Class VI Store is a must)
and I remain mostly encouraged by the troops I see and chat with. Very good men and women. But there are a few who clearly would not have made it in my day. Overweight, sloppy, rude. That reflects on them personally and also on their leadership.
Seeing that annoys me.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 07, 2023 05:12 PM (uSHSS)

398 Moron army would resemble Kelley’s Heroes.

Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 05:12 PM (MNhXM)

399 Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 07, 2023 05:06 PM (/QO0U)

I will certainly be attempting to influence his decision, lol!

Posted by: Lady Lil at November 07, 2023 05:12 PM (C7kk4)

400 >331 The Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine organization

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A pro-Palestine group at BRANDEIS. That's how koo-koo go-nuts this has all gotten.

Posted by: sharksauce at November 07, 2023 05:12 PM (l6DYb)

401 >>>I specifically remember a story of Russian immigrant that was in a tank battalion looking forward to becoming a citizen.

If they assimilate, yes. If they're in it to become more useful to the cartels, then no.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 07, 2023 05:12 PM (CwhoI)

402
I specifically remember a story of Russian immigrant that was in a tank battalion looking forward to becoming a citizen.
Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (MNhXM

citizens get tons of welfare.

Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:13 PM (P5BwU)

403 Eye just created this.
https://twitter.com/i/lists/1722011995937878502

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at November 07, 2023 05:13 PM (3rMTp)

404 Lady Lil if you have to get Irresistible Revolution by Matthew Lohmeir, he was a officer forced out by the Marxists taking over

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 05:14 PM (fwDg9)

405 I specifically remember a story of Russian immigrant that was in a tank battalion looking forward to becoming a citizen.
Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 05:10 PM (MNhXM

citizens get tons of welfare.
Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:13 PM (P5BwU)

He was planning to make the military his career.

Posted by: Drive by at November 07, 2023 05:15 PM (MNhXM)

406 Posted by: Montec at November 07, 2023 05:11 PM (P5BwU)

He's a sensible kid - we have been talking, and will continue to converse frankly about the State of Things! Here's hoping...

Posted by: Lady Lil at November 07, 2023 05:16 PM (C7kk4)

407 I was going to join the Army, then I got ~~high~~ COVID.

Posted by: Sum Yung Guy at November 07, 2023 05:19 PM (63Dwl)

408 If the purpose of the army is to fight foreign wars, you need a certain set of skills and a certain mentality. If the purpose of the army is to crush internal dissent, you need a different set of skills and a different mentality.
I don't see any set of circumstances under which the American army, as it is, will ever fight another foreign war, even to support an ally. It is too politically risky to give such an order. The job of the bureaucracy is to say no. Foreign enemies know they will get more by subversion than by fighting a nuclear war, so they won't attack the US.
It will take a regime change (from republic to empire, I think) before the US army fights another war.

Posted by: PG at November 07, 2023 05:23 PM (gQbO4)

409 wormuth was billy jeff intern, then ended up dod?

a career of suck?

Posted by: Greg at November 07, 2023 05:31 PM (tHrp8)

410 >>>From what I've read, they're hard bastards. Unimaginably hard and harsh compared to US Armed Services. But they've survived as a culture and organization somehow and they fight.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist,
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The French, after the war, gave captured Nazis the options of execution or the Foreign Legion.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 07, 2023 05:38 PM (nd/mG)

411 I think covid was just one of many points where people bailed out of the military or previous plans to join. Forcing service members and recruits to get the jab or face an other than honorable discharge was a real wake up to potential candidates who may have missed all the other woke nonsense. Now they can’t make quotas because the word is out. I’m the latest generation of one of those “six or seven generation” families and I’ve campaigned hard to dissuade young people from joining this DEI encounter group circle jerk masquerading as our armed services. Whether its covid jabs, DEI, sex-change operations-for-everyone or all-of-the-above there is absolutely no reason for normal people to serve in our military.

Posted by: Chunk at November 07, 2023 05:48 PM (vm951)

412 Only a fool would join an army led by democrats. A FOOL.

Posted by: dude1394 at November 07, 2023 05:49 PM (3exmE)

413 Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2023 05:14 PM (fwDg9)

Thanks for the recommendation!

Posted by: Lady Lil at November 07, 2023 06:01 PM (C7kk4)

414 Members of my family have served in the U.S. military since the [1st] American Civil War: Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. They've been wounded at Kennesaw Mountain, Okinawa, and Vietnam.

The Old Man was a career Navy officer, and both my brother and I were in the Army. However, I will not encourage my grandsons to serve.

The people at the top are buffoons and are going to get a lot of good people killed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 07, 2023 06:26 PM (pJWtt)

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