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By: In Korea way too lon

In Korea way too lon — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:30:46 +0000

Where did the "smarter" generation go. They were suppose to be in the army in the 90's weren't they? I never saw them. Now, in the army we have inner city worthless crap that I couldn't care any less about. From the worthless comments made by CSM Foster about letting a whore dress however she wants and cramming her full of alcohol (a drug) and then absolving her of any responsibility for drunk worthless inner city scum raping her. The army has a problem that will take years to correct. We have 1SGs that have previously had no leadership time, they treat there company as if it were a team, they do not teach their NCOs, or soldiers what there jobs are and we complain when we have E7s instead of SFC's. I have watched the army go to hell in a hand-basket in the last 15 of my 25 years. I'm sure people will rebut and say if I don't like it leave and thats the attitude I expect from todays army. I don't know the story about the NCO on the drunk bus, but that just goes to show that there is a severe shortage of discipline among the ranks. I remember when a soldier did what he was told, not because of the fear of punishment, but the soldier did what he was told because he was respectful. Some soldiers are entering the army without anyone teaching them what respect is. Respect is taught by very few parents these days, the poor performance is a direct reflection of their parents poor parenting skills and thats the way it is.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:31:17 +0000

By: kormatt

kormatt — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:27:32 +0000

Mark,

HA HA, Remember if you see me in Iraq Don't shoot! I could have SOMETHING you need!

By: Cloying_odor

Cloying_odor — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:10:38 +0000

Shoot first, ask no questions.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:59:02 +0000

Mark would agree us lazy civilians (contractors) are the real problem here.

Matt, I don't know about that…I believe the real problem is the way in which we coddle generation Y through basic, AIT, and even once they arrive at their duty station.

For example, just this past weekend, a first sergeant on the Casey drunk bus attempted to take control of a couple drunk privates who were rowdy and using racial slurs. He told them "at ease," and then they started to backtalk and sh!t.

Guess what? The first sergeant is booked on simple assault for putting his hand on them!!!!!

Then there are the young punks who drew a knife on me and threatened me with a pool cue at the Asia Club in TDC ville a couple months ago, because they didn't like the Seahawks? Gimme a break.

Discipline and respect for authority no longer exists.

If the fresh skin of an animal, cleaned and divested of all hair, fat, and other extraneous matter, be immersed in a dilute solution of tannic acid, a chemical combination ensues; the gelatinous tissue of the skin is converted into a nonputresible substance, impervious to and insoluble in water; this, sir, is leather.–Bugle Notes

To many, this is just a trifling bit of plebe knowledge. In actuality, it symbolizes the tough product formed by a tough Beast Barracks or initial entry training. Compare the life of a recruit or new cadet today to the hardships of one a decade or so ago, and you will see that in most cases the leather produced today is merely pleather, and maintains all its hair, fat, and extraneous matter, i.e., drugs.

Moral waiver. When once you could recruit druggies and thugs and then break them down and rebuild, now there is no breaking-down process, so they are sent to their units "as-is" for green-tabbers to deal with, which is an uphill battle in itself with the likes of Trial Defense Service doing everything possible to get guys off the hook.

I could go on and on, but my rule of thumb is that if one has to use the scroll wheel to read a blog comment, then it is already too long….

By the way, I do look forward to being a lazy contractor someday…not with Northrop Grumman, Cubic, Raytheon, et al., but rather, with Blackwater.

By: kim

kim — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:04:05 +0000

Looks like he needs a new scale.

By: kormatt

kormatt — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:24:27 +0000

Cloying_odor,

Good one! I agree completely the overall civilian community isn't watched over like the military.

Mark would agree us lazy civilians (contractors) are the real problem here. I personally haven't had any run ins, but have heard through the grape vine a few things in my 5 years here.

Also it seems some of the biggest rings for anything in Iraq involve civilians as they can get their hands on things with more ease.

Happy job hunting!!

By: Cloying_odor

Cloying_odor — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:44:51 +0000

Hey, if he testifies about his suppliers maybe some civilian jobs will be opening up in the Hump area soon.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:38:11 +0000

Take my word for it…right now, there are more drugs 'n' thugs in the military than at any time since the '70s, and it's only going to get worse as these members of generation Y get promoted into the NCO ranks.