Today's Soldiers: A Message from the Sergeant Major

[@michaelprosperity3420]

Retired after 35yrs in 2021. Will always miss the Soldiers. Serving was the best experience of my life and I had a lot of fun too.

[@martinwalker9386]

Find a veterans group that provides Honor Guard for funerals we need volunteers. You will be with soldiers.

[@seanbrown9111]

You are absolutely correct .

[@d.rcarrera6599]

As a former Marine, I enjoyed the conversation. This SMA has raised the bar of how to further advance our US Army. His compliance to commitment is very sound and makes a great deal of sense. But, whether in the Army or Marines or any other service, it is also important to have the right people in the right leadership roles. His other point about "modeling behaviors," hits home, all the way home. If certain leaders form the wrong habits, it will affect the organization. I did four years in the Marines as an Infantryman and two years in the Army reserves. I cannot comment on the Regular Army as to how the leadership is run. But at my AIT school, I would say, it needed some work and improvement. An incident happened with a Captain and an investigation was called for. I will leave this there and not elaborate. But this SMA has some very good points and, as with any service, it is important that everyone be on the same sheet of music. A professional Soldier who models strong leadership principles and is willing to keep learning, is a leader who understands that leadership has a beginning but not necessarily an end. Great conversation SMA. Keep the talk and modeling ongoing. The Army is the largest branch and, in my opinion, restructuring leadership and professionalism has to be part of any military organization. Changing what is no longer effective and exploring what is effective.

[@orionexplorer]

SMA you are so right. I was an E5 in the Army and when I was a Cavalry Scout there was a culture of can-do and professionalism. When I changed MOS's to a more rear area job I never saw that commitment again. The last half of my 13-years in the Army was very unfulfilling.

[@eds556]

I hear you there. I had both a combat MOS (13F) and a support MOS (92Y) and while there was plenty of complaining in both MOS’s, it seemed worse in the rear

[@d.rcarrera6599]

@@orionexplorer Unfortunately, this is a problem across all branches. After my first year and a half in, I knew I was like almost certain I was doing one enlistment. In my third year, I put in for a reenlistment packet and the Career Planner screwed it and was pleading we redo it. I had about a minute to reflect and said no. Three deployments made the difference in four years. If the leadership doesn't unscrew itself and make necessary changes, the dysfunctionality will become a cycle. Usually, the decision makers keep themselves out and roll the blame downhill. No, it needs to roll uphill because they are supposed to be our leaders.

[@Sakufighter]

@@d.rcarrera6599 Same. I was infantry and went back in needs of the army and hated artillery. 5 out of our 6 section chiefs all on dead man’s profiles. I wish I could’ve beat them all up. Not like Infantry was much better with all the DUi’s and stuff like that but at least there were a couple of solid warriors around me. Now all we seem to produce is alcoholic bums that could give a fuck less about their oath much less the constitution like Tim Walz who has gone full blown traitor Nazi gun grabber.

[@snieves4]

I wish I could’ve stayed in. Making my points and not being able to be promoted due to my having a hurt back (no PLDC for me), i pulled out. To add to my post- was a computer tech for the old communications vans. My Drills expressed to us on AIT who will be attacked as a matter of strategy. Fitness, marksman, support weapons excellence was drilled in us.

[@d.rcarrera6599]

@@snieves4 I hope you are using your benefits to get a degree in something marketable.

[@snail415]

I’ve never worn the uniform, but I’ve worked for and alongside the US Army for 20 years. The thing I love hearing is “Serving your nation.” And you don’t have to wear the uniform to do that. I’ve pulled from leaders over the years who just do, just exemplify, and hunt for ways to improve themselves and those that follow them. That ethos is applicable in all parts of our culture and society. Glad the SMA makes that priority-one.

[@CaptWuppazz]

This guy is brilliant and really understands the psychological aspect of being a soldier. I particularly like his take on junior soldiers transitioning from a compliant mindset to a commitment. I think this only happens when a person is shown why a commitment matters.

[@AlexWhy34]

This is exactly who we need right now. Very good insight and lots of wisdom/experience this senior leader is willing to share.

[@BobbyCharlz]

Sergeant Major, I applaud your efforts, the Army’s efforts as well as for all of the partners who are helping to address our recruitment and retention challenges. However, with all due respect to the men and women who have helped to defend and preserve this great nation, I believe that we are in denial when it comes to our Army. While it may not be politically expedient there has been an obvious decline in the standards of our capacity to attract, retain and create a competent, lethal and self-confident fighting and winning force. Primarily, we have unwittingly subverted and corrupted our warrior ethos and culture in favor of misguided and near-sighted ideology as well as a proclivity for quantity over quality. This last point, however, does not rest solely on the boots of the Army as we have also incurred numerous, self-inflicted wounds over what appears to be involvement in unnecessary conflicts resulting from leadership incompetence at the highest levels of political office. If we want to get to the bottom of ensuring we have the best warriors where, when and how we need them, then let’s seriously consider the more “sociologist-minded” moves our Army has made-and has been forced to continue to make-since around 1978 to present day and see how we got to today.

[@WillS-x9y]

The Army is a standard-less joke. It has been hot garbage since 2015 when it went woke. They get rid of retirement for military just before that. Who in their right mind would be destroyed by the military and not even get a pension. Every career soldier I ever met was in for the pension. Period.

[@Peter-j4b]

Real soldiers are just different...man this dude is bleeding pride...always gratefull to see there are still real men around...

[@genegleason4987]

Finally a top enlisted man who knows what he’s talking about . Instead of the usual badge collector that blows smoke .

[@VictoryOrValhalla14]

Don’t forget it’s gone to shit under his watch. It’s weak and everyone knows it.

[@WillS-x9y]

@@VictoryOrValhalla14yup. People keep giving this guy credit. He’s just arranging deck chairs on the titanic at this point.

[@Robert_H_Diver]

@@VictoryOrValhalla14he’s still just an enlisted man….politicians and generals control everything.

[@zangetsu56]

Well I mean his take on Recruiting is really smoke blowey…

[@ryanfry8447]

@@VictoryOrValhalla14he took the job of SMA less than 6 months ago, kind of tough to blame him for the entire state of the force.

[@aerojack7]

I served in the US Navy. I had a Command Master Chief that was abysmal. Had me and my troops working the flight deck for over 48 hours with no sleep and little food. He comes into my shop and complained about how our haircuts were not up to snuff. This guy seems like a man I would be proud to serve with.

[@stanleyshannon4408]

When did sailors become troops?

[@conniemclaughlin3156]

you should have called the IG and equal opportunity.

[@williamrankin8440]

My son is making the military his profession. I saw the difference in him from when he went in, his graduation from basic/ait to his coming home for a visit after two years overseas . Commitment is the best description of him.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

SMA, I was a fairly good corporal in an ACR way back when [early 80s] and I want to talk about your 'buying into' statement. I was lucky in that I had two good units and only one lousy one. The two good units **had a job** ... they had a legit real-world mission to fulfill. The lousy unit was a division sized replacement depot. The line battalion I found myself in didn't have an actual mission. It was there to provide trained replacements in case of a war somewhere else. We weren't even turning wrenches on the vehicles we were going to go to war in. The entire division had this miasma of 'I'd really rather be somewhere and doing something else'. And NONE of my leadership explained to me that this was a tour that a young enlisted man should use to get schools, work on college credits, etc. Going from an ACR patrolling the Trace on the Inter-German border and transferring to a line artillery battalion in the States felt like I'd been demoted from the major leagues down to the double A bus leagues. So let me just go ahead and say that if you as leaders forget to define the mission and why it's important to young soldiers, they're just gonna end up at the bar and not give a fuck. And if their leaders don't give a fuck enough to explain and mentor those young soldiers, well... we know what happens then.

[@itoibo4208]

they talk about commitment from the troops/workers, but how much do you feel they were committed to you?

[@carlhicksjr8401]

@@itoibo4208 In the good units there was a lot of esprit de' corps. In the lousy unit... not so much.

[@Vengeance_Prime]

I Believed in the mission did 10 years in my beloved 82nd. I witnessed the “extraction” in H-KIA and everything just felt so pointless afterwards.

[@d.rcarrera6599]

@@Vengeance_Prime And, you were half way there to retirement. Sometimes it just takes some disorganized and dysfunctional leadership to screw up an organization. They blame others and don't hold themselves accountable.

[@vanvarner7679]

Thank you to all the men and women who serve

[@JEFF-y3l]

I've truly appreciate you Sergeant Major. I wish you were in charge in the 80s when I was coming through the Army 🪖

[@pedromunozdones7869]

A Genuine Profesional speaks the Truth. Outstanding SMA. Leadership by example from the Top all the way to the bottom.

[@BernieTheBoxer]

What a fabulous senior soldier. The US Army is lucky to have this guy in a top position. But I hope he didn't really mean that practical discipline and commitment are synonymous with not asking questions. The barrack-room lawyer who just asks questions to hear their own voice is one thing but asking questions in the right way forces leadership to know their stuff properly. It forces lessons to get learned not just talked about.

[@johnconover52]

Mike, I hope you’re well and you get a chance to read this. Proud of you my man. You done good. If you see Matt R., please tell him hello and I hope he’s doing well too. Hooah!

[@martinwalker9386]

When I was in junior high school I told the school newspaper that I would retire from the Navy. This was probably in 1963. In 1971 I enlisted and retired in 1995 with 20 years active duty and 3.5 years in the reserves in the middle. I tell the youth whenever I can, “The difference between a slave and a free man is that a slave doesn’t see death as an option. When things go bad, if you don’t have something to die for, you won’t have anything to live for. It is immoral to hire someone to risk their life to protect you if you’re not willing to protect yourself, be it police, an armed guard, or the military.”

[@bugeater16]

In a real war you will run out of professional soldiers within the first year. Then you’ll need the conscripts to actually win. If you think that Iraq, Afghanistan even Vietnam were real wars then you are setting your country up for a rude awakening. Russia alone loses more men in a week in Ukrain than the US did in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. These officers and NCOs are like coaches that have only ever played preseason practice matches against minor league teams.

[@jameshaynes8315]

Pure nonsense!

[@evilroyslade2491]

1960-1963 Volunteered Ft Bragg NC 82nd Airborne, it was the beginning of rebuilding all the military branches. All my gear was mostly WWII and Korea period with an M1 rifle. My rank was SPC4 3 years $124 month. Pvt E1 was $59 month. PX Cigarettes 18 cents, C Ration cigs were free. Gallon picture beer 35 cents. I may be off a little, it was a long time ago. Airborne All The Way.

[@OctavianRothschild]

To start out with they are spiritually inclined and they have a sixth sense that is not only prominent by their presence but it's obvious by the way they conduct themselves sir

[@chuckbecker4983]

I would not criticize conscripts. They keep career volunteers on their toes and connected to American society at large. God forbid should the time come when the US military is forced to absorb Vietnam level casualties, much less Korea (and don't,even think about WWII casualties) then an all-volunterr force is going to be depleted frighteningly fast. We can throw money and technology at that but we now have at least one near-peer potential adversary who can saturate everything we have. If we are forced into a near-peer conflict, conscripts will be essential to our survival.

[@agentp6621]

The National Guard is full of people seeking cheap Tricare, cheap or free college or the “lifers” who are a stagnant cesspool of toxicity. The turnover we experience are the people who leave after college. Or after they deploy to say that they did. So junior enlisted/officers come and go quick. Some experience stagnant promotion due to Bob or Bill who’s been a career E-5 since 1996 and won’t give up his slot to take a promotion. So all of the E-4s are stuck. They can’t jump to 6 and Bob hasn’t died yet.

[@kyrellkendrick495]

I had a few amazing leaders. They were the type that their unapproving eye on you was worse than any butt chewing or counseling could ever be. Then I had two CSMs in a row that were selfish tyrants. I retired at 20, couldn't stand to stay another day. It is amazing what poor leadership can do to a person.

[@hlriiiviiiv]

Now I realize poppin IV’s of glucose from the combat lifesaver bag so we didn’t show up drunk for 1SGT formation was compliance, not commitment. The prewar service was all fun and games.

[@TheFloresj23]

I was in Erbil in 22 with SgtMaj

[@graveyardshift6691]

I signed up with the intent to give back to my country and get an adventure. I handed the Army a blank check for my life. The Army tossed me out before my contract was even through, tore it up, and demanded a refund for 'defective goods'. Pretty talk but when you toss out people like me who already get it, something's wrong.

[@thodan467]

Why did they do that?

[@graveyardshift6691]

@@thodan467 To this day it's still unclear. They'll claim 'mentally unfit' even though I was cleared for duty by multiple specialists both within and without. The real tragedy is this was during their whole 'it takes a strong solder to ask for help' campaign proving they were lying about their desire to help soldiers struggling with mental issues. I had no mental issues. Merely problems with my leadership being unfit to lead.

[@TorstenKnodt]

Some managers should take this as a reference.

[@robmelton3552]

As someone who has served 20 years combined reserves and active duty and has 3 HOnorable discharges and did not retire..The Army went down hill back in 2011 2012 when we pulled out of Iraq and they decided to lower the numbers in the Army by Administrative Discharge under AR600-235 if I remember right. Anything and everything to lower the budget even if you had never made a mistake before your first was your last and they got rid of E-4 and E-6. And the Army's numbers for retention and recruiting are terrible right now...

[@Ottomannkahuna]

SMA we don’t have leaders anymore in the army in both sides officers or senior enlisted The end justifies the means in all their actions!!!!!!

[@lewislaw6835]

The woke movement has destroyed the discipline of the past.

[@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg]

That Is A Job And That Is A Tough Job!

[@misterknight3901]

This should be required watching to ALL police academies.

[@oceania2385]

My buddies dad was a Sargent Major. He was a human B*llsh*t detector. Hated going over there sometimes.

[@JowellRivera]

One of the pics on the Csm of the Army is Gene McKinney. I served under him when he was a 1st Sgt in a CSM Position. He had high standards that was a little off. As the CSM of the Army, he was asked to retire due to sexual harrasment alegations. Destroyed his own legacy.

[@andrewfrench808]

The SMA absolutely gets it!!!!

[@WillS-x9y]

But what is he going to do with it? Nothing because he is incharge of Jack and shit.

[@andrewfrench808]

Maybe, maybe not 🤷‍♂️. CSM Dailey implemented a lot of service wide changes when he was in the job… we’ll just have to wait and see.

[@WillS-x9y]

@@andrewfrench808 lol. What? New brown uniforms and hair cut regulations? lol enlisted is a joke.

[@christianeasley767]

It starts with the recruiter and the recruitment from the very first day he meets a soldier…. You must put these kids in a pool and let them swim 40 laps and teach them how to do underwater’s and let them run 2 miles and put a backpack on their back that weighs 50 pounds-- and you need to get off your ass as that recruiter and go and train with them just like a special forces cadre would-- and you don’t need to micromanage them they need to understand that they are all one cohesive unit and that they all need to carry each other to the finish line-- no rank and no bullshit and I had to rewrite the books for special operations command back in 2009 for recruiting!!!! 33 candidates and every other recruit was down at the local YMCA working out and a local high school sponsored us to use their swimming pool or their track or their weight lifting room for all of us in the YMCA offers that free to all recruits that are coming into the force…. You have to inflict pain and let them feel what it takes to be stronger than our enemies and once you get that into their heart and into their minds--they will be unstoppable and everything that they do for the rest of their lives!!!!!

[@amiabledave50]

As a veteran of the Vietnam era. I'm astonished at modern-day military personnel that have no concept of flag etiquette. You see it all the time now. Look at the flag on the arm of the sergeant major. It's backwards. The field of blue to The observer (You) should be on the left side. The modern-day service man and woman has there's on the right. The quick fix would be to remove the flag from the right arm and put it on the left. But I'm not going to hold my breath.

[@jeremiahbond2810]

I grew up with Air Force AND Army. "Brat". I did them both. Its NOT me. "Its you." Yes, you can smell bad leadership. But honestly its bad cohesion. A leader can be *great* but if the unit is faltering and the leader is absent the cause then the unit will suffer greatly. Like pointing fingers at everyone else but the leader himself. That summarizes the Army in its entirety.

[@EricDaMAJ]

America's greatest, most enduring, military tradition is letting the military go to ruin in peace time. The longer the peace, the worse it becomes. Some history: The pre WW II Army could barely deploy a combat division in 1940. What combat capability acquired by 1941 was only after the government started to wake up a little. In 1950 the US Army deployed Task Force Smith to Korea to stop the North Korean invasion. We'd won WW II just 5 years before against far more capable enemies. Combat veterans filled leadership roles even down to the junior NCO levels. Our equipment and weapons were combat proven. And "Woke" nonsense didn't exist in 1950. The North Koreans rolled over the Task Force almost like it wasn't even there. THAT'S how fast the rot sets in. We're 4 years out from a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan. The Army today resembles the Army post Vietnam. Humiliated from the loss, filled with careerist officers, Retired on Active Duty (ROAD) senior NCOs, aging equipment, doctrine and tactics unfit to meet modern threats, aimless recruits, struggling recruiting, low pay, and an administration more interested in social experiments than combat efficiency. I joined in '86 _when things were actually starting to improve_ and even so I'm one of the few vets that will say the Army I left in 2014 was better than the one I joined. Hell, even with the problems arising now the Army is STILL better than it was in '86. At least it doesn't have a drug fueled crime epidemic like mine did. Or rampant racism (Not the Woke "hurt my feelings" type but the real deal where people got assaulted or murdered for being black or white or brown).

[@Ben-iz4zy]

self sufficiency is how you change the culture, stability and God.

[@conniemclaughlin3156]

He isn't being truthful. in his desire to be positive, he is glossing over a very serious problem with enlistment numbers being WAY down. Oh and soldiers aren't "kids".

[@saltyvalkyrie]

Tell that to the E-4 Mafia and their shenanigans.

[@Dano12345100]

I was a kid when I signed up in 1982.

[@alfredpaquin3563]

A leader must be dedicated to the training,welfare, and career progression of the troops. They must have a sense of humor while still maintaining professional bearing. The troops will test you on that for sure. 😊

[@mikejackson7284]

I went through basic 3 days after the Tet offensive began. Three years, RA, 91A medic. Half of my basic were McNamara's 100,000. I had some college and was very fit so I was the platoon guide. After two weeks I was very afraid to go to Vietnam with the men in my basic training unit. Went to the Ft. Benning recruitment office and told him my fears. He tried to make me a 90 day wonder at OCS. Said no. Then he began to talk about SF. I knew nothing about SF. What sealed the deal was when he told me that I would go to war with America's finest, if I could make it to graduation. So I went to 91A training at Ft. Sam and truck driving school at Camp Bullis, TX. At that point I was feeling like the Army was pretty mediocre or at least not up to the task. Went to jump school in August of 68. Never forget my first jump school formation. The crunch of 10 troops running in cadence down a gravel road in front of us. They did a right face in front of me and I was now looking at 10 of the most magnificent adult males I had ever seen in one place. My gut feeling (which turned out to be correct) was that I found the US Army I was looking for. The biggest emotion for me was relief. I went to SF Training Group and was a medic with the 7thSFG. Serving with these men was fantastic. It was a great experience to work with men that actually know what they are doing. The only quandary I ever found myself in was "being put under UN command". I decided I would NOT serve under them. Good thing I never had to back that up. An all volunteer army works better but I don't recommend it. I think it essential to have people in the military that don't really want to be there. I think the regular army can be a place for lazy people to hang out. At this point in time, since Obama, I have been recommending young people NOT go into the military. Obama purged most of the top 3000 staff officers because he found out that they supported Romney. Trump will fix that in probably less than a year. No need to rehash all of the dead soldiers and awful decisions that have been made. Lastly, I remember my oath. Didn't get the "foreign and domestic enemy" part. Until Bill Clinton came along and then I got it.

[@sidanx7887]

All volunteers in the beginning maybe seems to me I didn’t have a choice after that first “volunteer” - I may have been in the fine print

[@charlesodonnell2993]

I was in the 3rd Brigade of the 82d Airborne Division as a rifle squad leader. By 1978 the quality of what TRADOC was sending us was abysmal. I went home for good after that.

[@kevon1797]

The honest truth I like all he had to say but the reason they are staying in service is because theirs really no where else outside the military to thrive, with a degrees in a rural area it’s hard to work if your in a large city area you have thousands of veterans competing for one job so that’s the main reason why they stay in service not because of great leaders in military because good leaders is just now coming back to the ranks

[@jay-by1se]

We’ve lost every war in 80 years. We’re professional losers. And that’s because of the culture of our leadership.

[@Celestial_Nick]

Consistent/. You have to enjoy it

[@juliusspartacus5437]

I wish the CSM would state the obvious. Women should be barred from combat MOS' again. I deployed to Iraq as an infantryman BEFORE they were allowed in the infantry. There were female MP's, but I didn't find a single one to be a competent "warfighter".

[@scallopohare9431]

Yup! I am a woman veteran, and I did just fine managing a warehouse, but I would not want to be in combat with my twin. Some if the push for "women in combat" is total bs. They want to reclassify social engineering mos to combat. That is not women kicking in doors alongside the men, but making friends with local women far from any fighting.

[@juliusspartacus5437]

@@scallopohare9431 Civil Engineer MOS, I 100% agree. That's a good fit for a female soldier. Supply as well.

[@Christopher-iv9yy]

My family helped found this country. My family died defending the Alamo. My family has fought in every War since the Civil War. I was denied my dream of being a Navy Seal because of a false DV charge at 17. I hope youre proud of yourselves.

[@tonylittle8634]

I must apologize in public to the SGTMJ as I first assumed he was the typical politician who normally takes that position. Being a green beret that means something. Hopefully this sets a good tone.

[@Ottomannkahuna]

The compass 🧭 to follow our national security and interests and be true to the nation about our involvement in foreign conflicts not backing up committing a genocide in Gaza or interference in the Ukraine That would attract higher quality recruits to join the military the smart one with high standards we are living a crisis of quality in the force! ❤️🇺🇸 The army needs the smart graduates age a group 21-27 in the lower enlisted not the kid with no purpose that he challenges the hygiene and hair standards on daily basis !!! Or invest in the new recruits before you send them to the force train them professionally educate them build them mentally and physically before you sign them in send them to school train them in trades on higher level better than AIT’s then send to the force when they finish and above 21 years old ❤️🇺🇸

[@danielpickrell8311]

So basically all combat units vs non combat units. Never changed

[@LT_Cancer]

💯💯💯💯

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

The English language word for a professional warfighter is “mercenary”. It doesn’t matter how you dress it up or justify it, a professional military is always just a mercenary force. Its members fight for pay, not for principle.

[@brandonleaugh8205]

Ok sure thing. If that’s what you want to call it in your realm or world, that’s your opinion.

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

​@@brandonleaugh8205 In an survey by Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) when asked "What made you want to serve?" Fifty-three percent, the largest majority, said the reason they joined the armed services was the educational benefits. Joining any organization for material or financial benefits is explicitly a mercenary motive. Many people may join the US military for idealistic reasons, but most do not.

[@brandonleaugh8205]

@@theodoremccarthy4438 then the US must be the cheapest non negotiated “mercenaries” salaried force. I presume all mercenaries as you would call it follow the Geneva convention. You must have served in the mercenary force yourself.

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

@@brandonleaugh8205 Does a merc need to be highly paid to be a merc? Was the Geneva convention followed at Abu Ghraib? Like everyone with a mortgage to pay, I'm very familiar with making decisions based on mercenary motives. I could justify such decisions with romantic idealism, but that would make me as dishonest and deluded as anyone in uniform who talks about preserving a Constitution that was destroyed by men wearing their uniform 160 years ago. I prefer the pragmatic idealism of honesty and integrity to the pretty lies of "patriotic service".

[@thodan467]

@@brandonleaugh8205 the job did rarely pay well

[@guymckinnon5295]

This is the most corporate sounding cringe I have listened to in a while, people wanna knockoff and don’t wanna “find work”

[@larryfolloway6335]

Talks about protecting the constitution. When are they going to start on the domestic part of the oath.

[@JeremiahMendozaMajorSgt]

How does alot of mikitary chaplains get cac cards without bootcamp training

[@RWBJR]

hey Sergeant Major I think I saw some Soldiers smoking on your grass by the mess hall. MP's have been notified that code is authorized

[@alexgeary6706]

Does the SMAJ think the same way as Gen. Mark Milley and wants to understand his white rage? Has he read Karl Marx like his boss?

[@GarryKunis]

😮

[@austinshannon4197]

I REMAIN the armed forceman GOAT. I served 8 years in the United States of America Army.

[@conniemclaughlin3156]

I feel so sorry for him to have to stomach trans gender soldiers, this wokeness......he has to keep a stiff upper lip and pretend he is on board. SMH

[@scallopohare9431]

Hello? Percent of women in the Armed Forces was 5% when I served in the 70's. Most were typists or nurses. It has since climbed to 18%, or so, but has gone flat. Too many cases of SA, too little useful response. Even after separation, women veterans have higher rates of homelessness and self deleting.

[@armageddonready4071]

Most people join up because we have no other choice, and options are limited. Then after that first four years, if they don’t NEED you to be in, they won’t give you a bonus. That’s a good sign your not needed any more.

[@tristanpeterson8908]

makes me want to go back in lol

[@Bradley-b1h]

What are the sinnisters doing? As so it seems...?

[@bradjohnson4787]

Try seagoing Navy service!

[@Tsa19858]

The Army needs to do a better job of taking soldiers after they are in. A war takes a toll on career soldiers and you’re expected to perform perfectly regardless of experiences on past deployments. Career officers couldn’t care less about a burned out NCO corps. The mission comes first in the guise of their OER blocked getting checked as they pass through to the next level. The Army is awful at taking care of the people that did the heavy lifting.

[@infitada]

Like idk… the rock?

[@CandlestickTV]

🪖

[@Ben-iz4zy]

experience does not replace comprehension if you come across someone who is smart and has experience like christopher wray the only way you can tell if he is a fake is by the way he sits the way he answers questions and the questions he wont answer is a clear sign of corruption

[@Ben-iz4zy]

i begged the army to accept me they wouldnt under obama trump or biden! now im the ambassador for 3%

[@XenNightz]

Show the video where Biden said that.

[@Privateinvite]

What about extending the age requirements for National Guard and Reserve entities due to active duty actually being something totally different throughout all military branches. Reservists and National Guard should end at 48 years of age, that only makes sense because the civilian police force is not the place for military unless it's leadership.

[@MudlangenTango]

Quick question here. Have you served in the military? Reserves? Nat. Guard? The standards are the same. Guard, Reserve, Active Duty. When called upon there is no time for training or getting in shape. Those days are over. So, to answer your question. We don't need old, out of shape people in the Guard or Reserves. They are not cops, they are soldier's.

[@joeavent5554]

Retired US ICE agent and retired TX ARNG Military Policeman. Retired from ICE at 57 and 58 retirement from Guard. 14 years and 6 months federalalized active service. I out ran over half my 18 to 20 something Privates during a PT test. Please explain your logic to an old Military Police Soldier. I'm waiting...wait, I hear crickets!

[@MudlangenTango]

@@joeavent5554 I personally don't have any issue with guardsman and reservists who are in shape. Most of the fat ones were forced out during the GWOT. D.S./D.S. showed how bad the rot was in the Guard and Reserves.

[@RWBJR]

This comment makes no sense

[@joeavent5554]

Yawn...

[@bobbobbington3615]

The Sargeant Major can say that, all he wants... but the Generals make the decisions and Generals are weak, poltical, yes-men now.

[@SteveVi0lence]

Is this tim walz?

[@davetdu]

FTA

[@Ben-iz4zy]

a professional war fighter is nothing more than a man or woman who is willing to die to defend their own country. everybody knows what a soldier is why waste the majors time? ask something more important your a professional journalist right

[@Platoon_Guide]

Tim Walz was a horrible NCO. Remember elections have consequences.

[@MoonDoggie-hs2se]

Well since you have such intimate knowledge of this particular officers performance, enlighten your audience. How long did you serve under Walz? And what traits made him such a detriment to those under his command? Because I don't think you have a clue of wtf you're even talking about. I look forward to your rebuttal.

[@Platoon_Guide]

@@MoonDoggie-hs2se post your redacted DD-214 first. May I remind you and MSG Walz of this section of the NCO Creed: “I will not use my grade or position to attain pleasure, profit, or personal safety.” 🇺🇸

[@raymondr.16]

@@MoonDoggie-hs2seyou obviously have no clue what you are talking about

[@y.t.928]

@@MoonDoggie-hs2seThe fact that you refer to an NCO as an officer tells me you have no clue either…

[@Runpulator]

Transy Vance is a closet cross dresser and a couch buggerer. I'll play your little game all day long 😂

[@izactrujillo7475]

Hooah

[@williammurray3914]

Waffling Pish.

[@Katalmach11b]

How do you define "Let me have a beard"

[@gregdouglas5405]

I think republican kids can see fake.

[@synappticuser5669]

The UK has been all volunteer since the early 60's. Coming up 60 years. Interviewer needs to get over American exceptionalism.

[@southernSCkid]

The reality is , nobody, specifically the infantry , has any belief or purpose in their jobs. They signed up to deploy and see combat and are not being fulfilled on the arms end of the bargain. The powers that be have decided that the conflict in Ukraine we have been sinking billions into is more important than actually deploying into a combat zone . I get that it is peace time but you cannot convince me that there is nowhere throughout the Middle East or Africa that could use static security to protect American interest there. Unless you start to deploy the infantry to actual combat zones , you will not see an increase in re enlistment numbers. They signed up to do a job , and have not been able to do so in years. They have no purpose . And when young men do not have purpose in their lives it has catastrophic results (suicide rate).

[@d.rcarrera6599]

@@southernSCkid Your point doesn't have any logic. Many countries are supporting the Ukraine-Russia conflict but are not trying to start World War III. It is a regional and localized conflict; world leaders are not trying have it spread all over. Read Han Morgenthau book, Politics Among Nations. His explanation of balance of powers view.

[@Runpulator]

"I don't have a purpose so I'll eat a barrel." That's not a man, it's a pathetic boy, who doesn't get everything in life his way.

[@Runpulator]

"I don't have a purpose so I'll go bye bye." That's not a man, it's a pathetic boy, who doesn't get everything in life his way.

[@Runpulator]

"I don't have a purpose so I'll go________ (words censored by KZbin) " That's not a man, it's a pathetic boy, mad because he doesn't get everything in life his way, when he wants it.

[@Runpulator]

"I don't have a purpose so I'll go________ (words censored by KZbin) " That's not a man. One who is mad because he doesn't get everything in life his way, when he wants it.

[@johnpalmieri]

“It’s 3 O’clock in the afternoon waiting to go home.” WTF. Apparently you were not in the Maintenance Platoon. OIF 05-06, OEF 07-09, OIF 10-11. NCOs Lead The Way! Go Ordnance! 🥸