Retention and Recruitment Crisis

Ooh-Rah said:
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CPT is pissed no one invited he/she/it to the Waffle House shindig. Probably cause no one wants to hear the Cappy loudly commiserate on how pancakes and eggs reinforce patriarchal structures. Or whatever woke bullshit the DoD is pushing on troops.

I'm still waiting for the DoD report on whether or not maple syrup is racist and whether having it on waffles, possibly with a poultry side, makes me a racist. :D
 
Marauder06 said:
Individual and crew-level training (including PT) is an NCO responsibility. Collective training is an O thing. This O is undermining his NCOs.

...and being a dick
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I had a conversation yesterday afternoon with my best friend, who was an Army nurse. I guess in the Nurse Corps there's a lot less distinction between the officer and NCO duties and responsibilities than there is say in the Infantry. He said that one of the things he liked most about the Army was PT, because it was pretty much the only time he didn't have to be completely in charge of everything. All he had to do is show up. I get it.
 
Marauder06 said:
I had a conversation yesterday afternoon with my best friend, who was an Army nurse. I guess in the Nurse Corps there's a lot less distinction between the officer and NCO duties and responsibilities than there is say in the Infantry. He said that one of the things he liked most about the Army was PT, because it was pretty much the only time he didn't have to be completely in charge of everything. All he had to do is show up. I get it.
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In the Navy Nurse Corps, in the hospital or clinic, there's definitely less rigidity and more familiarity (?) than in the combat arms. Corpsmen do most of the real hands-on patient care and many of the skills, I did fewer of that, but more supervisory, and when I was charge nurse (i.e., shift manager), I could be over anything from E2-O4, even when I was an O2. Definitely a different life. When I was an enroute care nurse (flight nurse) at med battalion, it was just me and one other RN, and maybe a corpsman. It was very autonomous.

Edited to add, thread specific: the nurse corps is a great place to recruit. There are so many duty options you do not get in the civilian sector, you get more leadership faster, the travel and assignments/stations, and unlike our physician colleagues who see w HUGE pay differential, the pay is more or less competitive to civilian pay.
 
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Marauder06 said:
What GEN Milley did--actively and deliberately undermine a sitting president and then brag about it while he was still on active duty--will be studied in years in come. I hope it's in a negative light.
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I wonder if some of our modern military and political leader's family trees could be traced back to Ephialtes ??

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Given what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan. How much more blood and treasure can we afford to lose, given the incompetence of the ruling class? On the same note, how much of what we are seeing is sabotage? Cause if I put on my tinfoil hat, it seems like some of our most valuable assets are being willfully destroyed by woke degenerates.
 
As politics has continued to spiral into an increasingly divided battle of ideology instead of something that actually serves to improve society and our quality of life - I have become disillusioned and cynical.

I agree - No one ever does anything - but I believe it has become so much worse.
"No one ever does anything." suggests a passive and inactive state. One could even argue that such a state SHOULD cause a slight degree of stasis instead of this constant whirlwind of chaos and conflict that we are watching.

The problem night just be the opposite - everybody is doing everything - AND THEY ARE ALL DOING IT wrong.
Social experimentation with our national security.
Entertaining mental illness
Sexualizing elementary school children
Refusing to address rising crime rates while simultaneously ATTACKING law abiding citizens.

There is a cross section of society ACTIVELY deconstructing our culture and liberties right before our eyes.
Do something about it - and you are put on a list - demonized - called a racist - called a sexist - called a homophobe...
...all the opposite of "doing nothing"

A literal laundry list of flag officers writing an open letter with the clear intent of using their position as former flag officers to undermine a seated president.
It's no longer "Mr Box from North Carolina" speaking out as a private citizen that's want to see some key issues addressed in the upcoming election...
It has become "Retired Senior Leader Box former Senior Leader of a Big Military Unit" intentionally undermining policy using opinionated versions of how bad and particular candidate might be.
I think that is a huge problem for America.

When senior military leaders cant be trusted to remain apolitical...
...senior military leaders cant be trusted to remain apolitical
What does that mean for recruiting and retention?
What does that mean for recruiting and retention when senior leaders are suggesting that part of the problem is that we have too many damn white guys in the force?

We the people, as a collective, united body of 330 million freedom loving souls are doing nothing while those that we have entrusted to steer the ship are actively and openly turning the nation upside down - possibly for their own entertainment - but certainly not to help us form a more perfect union.


At least that is the view I have from my foxhole.
Your mileage may vary.
 

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