Navy Pride
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I really could not phrased it better then the General.
Where Have All Our Best Military People Gone? By Major General Paul Vallely, Ret.
Warrior leaders of General Patton’s or General LeMay’s stature are no longer wanted. The fundamental job of the military, "kill bad people and break their things," has become seriously hampered critically now by "rules of engagement" whose guiding logic is political, not successful, combat. If the US military is ever defeated, it will be because it is running the best Day Care centers in the world. We used to go to the Officers Club or NCO Club Stag Bar on Friday evenings to have a drink, smoke, and swap lies with our comrades.
Having a drink with friends is now frowned on. Smoking causes cancer and could "harm you." Bars are seen as ‘sexist.' Our personnel have quit patronizing their clubs because what happens in the club is now fodder for a performance report. In fact, now we don't have separate clubs for the ranks. Instead we have something called "All Ranks Clubs" or "Community Clubs." They're open to men and women of all ranks. But no one is there. I wonder why.
The latest brilliant thought out of Washington is that the operators ("pilots?") flying remote pilotless aircraft in combat areas from their plush desk at duty stations in Nevada or Arizona should draw the same combat pay as those real world pilots actually on board a plane in a hostile environment while being shot at. More politically correct logic? They say that remote vehicle operators are subject to the same stress levels as the combat pilot actually flying in combat. REALLY...you're bull-****ting me!!!???
Where are the people like the dynamic leaders of the past, such as Robin Olds, Doolittle, Patton, Ike, Boyington, Nimitz, etc.? They are identified, and forced out, that’s where they are going.
This administration doesn't want those kinds of leaders anymore. Division commanders don't run Divisions and Corps commanders don't run Corps. They are managed by selected high ranking admins with other esoteric goals in mind. Can you imagine someone today looking for a LEADER to execute that Doolittle Raid and suggesting that it be given to a daredevil boozer -- his only attributes: he had the respect of his men, an awesome ability to fly, and the organizational skills to put it all together? If someone told me there was a chance in hell of selecting that man today to run that mission today, I would tell them they were either a liar or dumber than hell.
We have lost the war on rugged individualism and that, unfortunately, is what fighting forces want to follow; not because they have to but because they respect leaders of that ilk. We've all run across that leader that made us proud to follow him because you wanted to be like him and make a difference.
Where Have All Our Best Military People Gone? By Major General Paul Vallely, Ret.
Warrior leaders of General Patton’s or General LeMay’s stature are no longer wanted. The fundamental job of the military, "kill bad people and break their things," has become seriously hampered critically now by "rules of engagement" whose guiding logic is political, not successful, combat. If the US military is ever defeated, it will be because it is running the best Day Care centers in the world. We used to go to the Officers Club or NCO Club Stag Bar on Friday evenings to have a drink, smoke, and swap lies with our comrades.
Having a drink with friends is now frowned on. Smoking causes cancer and could "harm you." Bars are seen as ‘sexist.' Our personnel have quit patronizing their clubs because what happens in the club is now fodder for a performance report. In fact, now we don't have separate clubs for the ranks. Instead we have something called "All Ranks Clubs" or "Community Clubs." They're open to men and women of all ranks. But no one is there. I wonder why.
The latest brilliant thought out of Washington is that the operators ("pilots?") flying remote pilotless aircraft in combat areas from their plush desk at duty stations in Nevada or Arizona should draw the same combat pay as those real world pilots actually on board a plane in a hostile environment while being shot at. More politically correct logic? They say that remote vehicle operators are subject to the same stress levels as the combat pilot actually flying in combat. REALLY...you're bull-****ting me!!!???
Where are the people like the dynamic leaders of the past, such as Robin Olds, Doolittle, Patton, Ike, Boyington, Nimitz, etc.? They are identified, and forced out, that’s where they are going.
This administration doesn't want those kinds of leaders anymore. Division commanders don't run Divisions and Corps commanders don't run Corps. They are managed by selected high ranking admins with other esoteric goals in mind. Can you imagine someone today looking for a LEADER to execute that Doolittle Raid and suggesting that it be given to a daredevil boozer -- his only attributes: he had the respect of his men, an awesome ability to fly, and the organizational skills to put it all together? If someone told me there was a chance in hell of selecting that man today to run that mission today, I would tell them they were either a liar or dumber than hell.
We have lost the war on rugged individualism and that, unfortunately, is what fighting forces want to follow; not because they have to but because they respect leaders of that ilk. We've all run across that leader that made us proud to follow him because you wanted to be like him and make a difference.
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