vulture's row

The 21st century military shouldn’t work and train like the 19th century

Hopefully we’ll come to recognize more forms of courage than just “going downrange,” and it turns out even your grocer has some.

Be careful out there.

The U.S. has to make hard choices about whether spending that money is worth it. Unfortunately, our approach has been that of the Yankees great Yogi Berra. "When faced with a fork in the road, take both."

Berger has rightly decided that the way the Marines' plans for amphibious assaults isn't going to work going forward, as a "Sands of Iwo Jima" redux will end with thousands of dead Marines and Sailors at the bottom of the ocean.

In the real world the number of jobs where run time and pull-ups are part of your performance evaluation is vanishingly small.

Perhaps people feel compelled to come up with these excuses because this country idolizes military service so much.

"The military owes it to itself to find outlets for exceptional individuals to contribute. Priebus owes it to the country to be honest with himself and find a more productive outlet to serve"

"As much as I'm adapting to corporate life, I wish the civilian world would take at least a few military terms onboard."

Unfortunately, too many vets believe their own PR, and subscribe to what I’d call the “veteran superiority complex.”

Some people are legitimately outraged by the idea that young men shouldn't be giving each other beatdowns. A not insignificant group feels seriously threatened by being told to be better.

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