U.S. Crews Fail To Place in NATO Tank Competition
Hmmm.. with 2 kids of my own i the Army, one who actually fixes tanks after they break them, they have indicated a huge drop in both morale and competency. Maybe this is proof of it. So much for the vaunted Army. Maybe we need to lay off a few Generals and hire some privates..
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Watching the videos, It seems this is far more a personnel test than an equipment test. I suspect an M1 Abrahms can out run and gun any of these diesel clunkers.
Yes, give the militia tanks and we will defend America better than the "professional" soldiers.
Not to mention saving $500 billion a year and letting the rest of the world defend itself.
Sounds like the Germans, Poles, and Danes can handle defending Europe without American "help."
Bring the troops back to help at home.
Not a lot of miitary expertise in this forum I can tell.
I don't need military expertise to know this.
Jefferson thought a national standing army was a bad idea. It encourages unnecessary war and mistreatment of everyone below rank of general (and even some generals.) It also encourages raising to power a few military leaders who have done little but murder innocents, President Grant, for example. Both world wars were caused by stupid actions of politicians, not by the people or those in the military. I think this is also true of every war America participated in since 1790. Undoubtedly the next war will be caused by power hungry looters, too.
None of this is the fault of those who serve in the military, but by their consent (excluding those forced to serve) they give power to the empire that it hasn't earned.
http://necessaryfacts.blogspot.com/20...
(Actually, we a lot of veterans, overwhelmingly federal. However, they are eclipsed by those who deliver emotional support, though never having served.)
Also when the deployment is over the current version of the law protects the returning National Guard or Reserve who must be given his old job back and any promotions or pay raises. the only time limit is upon release from active duty there is a time limit to report back to work in the old civilian job. Many reservists welcome the active deployment precisely because they had no civilian job.
Militias are a state level only formation and not part of the active or national reserve forces The words national guard say national for a reason. they are not militia. If any party does have respect it's going to be the RInos the only part of the military that likes the socialists are female voting for Hillary.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/w...
http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/...
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991...
Just some of the articles outlining issues they had. Maybe with the new law it is better, but the Air Force reserves seem to really get laid on, as they took a lot of the duty that would have gone to active duty.
Also, we have many socialists and liberals in the military, and they are good patriots. (It is called "national socialism" for a reason.) Recently, here in Texas, we buried this soldier:
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/st...
He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He also served 20 years in the Texas State Guard. And he was a liberal Democrat.
Prior to those days and the invasion of kosovo for no apparent reason things were a bit more clear cut.
but the rule is start the war take the credit for the deaths and the finishing score. LBJ Truman, Roosevelt, Wilson are the four big examples of the socialist wars of the 20th century. As for E6 and below I heard of people who actually retired after 20 at that level but found it hard to believe. They would starve to death on one half base pay. And that 15 year deal with it's buy out to go back on active duty was a real scam artists wet dream for the government. All those people were on half pay awaiting call up to age 45 or 55 depending on skills. Staying read WAS their job. So why did they have to pay it back. What a crock.
Liberal Dem is an outmoded useless term. There is the government party of Socialists and Rinos...and the rest are not allowed in the game.
where the rubber meets the road. BT (M-48A2s & M-60s)
In the 70's it was routine for competitive teams sent to these contests to practice year round. In the mid 70's Southern Command then in Panama drew straws sort of and randomly selected squad size teams per each battalion size unit for the rifle, pistol, and M60 MG competition. My team of 12 were tagged and began preparation three months in advance. We also went to the actual range one month in advance and fired the course twice a day. It was no contest against teams who previously had fired for record only annually. Not only that we had more experienced veterans and zero newbies. Why? Our unit did not take them until three years of service or so as a preference. We routinely ran firing courses for other unit's. to scare off the others our last day of practice featured firing pistols at 100 meters against M16 rifles. We also knew wind and temperature conditions for each part of the day. The next level I think the Puerto Rican unit who had been shooting together for years once again took first place. All the other teams at that level were also the local Army Marksmanship Unit instructors.
We had learned the hard way to bolo or flunk the first go round on purpose to get extra practice. We had three chances. at 105 rounds each. Most of our unit fired Expert on the second or third round. A few sharpshooter and none at the lowest Marksman level. The same applied to most any kind of ordnance. The funds weren't there for that level of practice.
Add to that over deployed people who have been denied pay raises or COLA adjustments by a 'grateful nation' there is a certain give a stuff attitude.
Now tell me how many wars that same military has lost recently? Answer. None. The one's you are thinking of were given away or given back etc.
Treat your military despicably you find they soon despise you.
And now everyone is in a panic. how droll how typical how despicable.
And what one forgets in ground maneuvers is that the real battle begins in the sky. Without air superiority, the ground-pounders don't stand a chance. And that is an area where no NATO nation can come close to competing with the USAF.
As for NC National Guard, congratulations, also.
However, wars are not won or lost so easily. A single shooting match is just an event.