06-19-2024, 06:58 PM
(06-19-2024, 06:09 PM)Dill Wrote: My question was not whether commanding troops in combat counts as "combat experience." The language used in Project 2025 is "actual battlefield experience."
E.g., a Colonel in charge of a FOB who does not lead combat missions, but directs them from a command center in war zone. Is that "actual battlefield experience"?
Yes.
Quote:Tom Cotton calls for complaints about "woke training" and gets some.
According to the most recent study, right wing extremism is not greater among people IN the military than in the general population. Among veterans it's a different story though. https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/extremism-disinformation/2024/01/05/troops-do-not-have-an-extremism-problem-but-veterans-do-study-finds/
Possibly because vets are treated like shit and left to deal with their very real problems on their own. I've got power of attorney for my father and dealing with the VA makes me want to lose my mind. I can only imagine how frustrating it is for someone who really needs their assistance.
Quote:Not meeting recruiting goals is "a very real problem." But it's rather a jump to suppose people are staying out of the military for fear of "woke training" when recruiting is still strongest in red states and weakest in the wokest blue states. There are so many other factors, like high standards for admission, a strong economy, an ever smaller percentage of the population with military parents, etc. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-recruiting-and-confidence-in-americas-armed-forces-is-so-low-right-now
Gee, you mean more conservative leaning areas generate people more willing to risk their lives for this nation? Whoever would have thunk it? That's literally always been the case. The standards for admission are higher than they were in the early 2k's when they were taking everyone. I think the whole finding gang graffiti in Baghdad and on military equipment kind of soured them on that. Also, a "strong economy?" What country have you been living in the past four years? Also, your link is an interview with a reporter from Vice, a far left garbage rag that makes Fox news look impartial.
