SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 44332 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>I for one am very proud of the young troops these days and I believe every generation reverts to believing that the younger generation is less disciplined and while you see certain changes it is a different time.   My time was the Vietnam-era and Cold War.</p><p><br></p><p>I was impressed by the troops in Desert Shield and beyond.</p> 2014-01-26T01:10:37-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 44332

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>I for one am very proud of the young troops these days and I believe every generation reverts to believing that the younger generation is less disciplined and while you see certain changes it is a different time.   My time was the Vietnam-era and Cold War.</p><p><br></p><p>I was impressed by the troops in Desert Shield and beyond.</p>

2014-01-26T01:10:37-05:00 2014-01-26T01:10:37-05:00 1LT Private RallyPoint Member 44338

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There always differences between generations.  That said, we have the best trained, equipped, supplied, highly motivated, and exceptionally capable military in the world.  Whatever the perception, I would never wish to be in the shoes of any hostile force.<div><br></div>

2014-01-26T01:25:22-05:00 2014-01-26T01:25:22-05:00 TSgt Scott Hurley 44637

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Our forces are better trained, better equipped than generations past. With technology replacing what was before, our troops have to be always ready to use it. Sometimes a past generation will think that today's troops are not disciplined, but in reality, its what they do not see that makes them better. <br>

2014-01-26T16:15:02-05:00 2014-01-26T16:15:02-05:00 SSG Ralph Watkins 44784

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't believe so.  The struggles of the Great Depression helped form our greatest generation which shined in places like Normandy, Bastogne, &amp; Guadacanal.  Those were extremely tough battles.  Although I believe the kids today have so much going for them &amp; are highly trained, there are drawbacks.  Too much emphasis on technology, not enough on basic skills.  Commands that are totally out of reality of what their front line troops are experiencing.  The Army was good at having command making a visit &amp; complain about us not looking pretty or keeping up with the paperwork.  I have seen the opposite of this with the Marines in Fallujah in 2004 where the Marine commander was a regular sight in the midst of things &amp; he even got trigger time.  As far as equipment, it takes too long &amp; too much red tape to get items, weapons, vehicles that are needed in the early days or year of a conflict.  Way too much red tape.  Again, going back to the same period, we saw far superior logistics with the Marines &amp; Navy.  The Army was pitiful &amp; there was too much possessiveness when hunting down parts.  Other units had tons of parts &amp; wouldn't give not a single one up.  It was theirs.  I think if we got rid of the business end of the military &amp; treated it more like a fighting force, made sure those developing &amp; procuring equipment knows exactly what those in the trenches need, commands lead from the front, not making up stupid policies behind a desk some palace someplace, &amp; troops actually training like they would fight would build our military into a finer fighting force. 

2014-01-26T19:35:41-05:00 2014-01-26T19:35:41-05:00 MAJ Jim Woods 44885

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think that they have the best equipment, home station, and combat living conditions ever.<div><br /><br><div>With that said, I think they deserve better Leadership and less Management.  Things that are going on today remind me of the old McNamara days where "We don't need Leaders we need Managers."  That was the worst experience of my career and it lasted for 12 years.  Then it took the Schwarzkopf-Powell era to change it.  It appears to me that we are going backwards to a system the did not work then and wont work now. </div><br /><div><br></div><br /><div>The services can't afford to lose the Patraeus-McCrystal, and McRavens,or fire the leaders with the audacity to make Leaders decisions with on the ground actionable intelligence.     </div><br /><div><br></div><br /><div>You have to have proven COMBAT leaders at all levels.</div><br /><div><br></div><br /></div>

2014-01-26T21:59:54-05:00 2014-01-26T21:59:54-05:00 Sgt Randy Hill 148474

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think we are to good for our own good. People watching the gulf war on CNN think it was a video game and not a shooting war. We are still vulnerable to low tech operations and this we need to keep on the alert for.

2014-06-09T11:27:21-04:00 2014-06-09T11:27:21-04:00 MSG Wade Huffman 148518

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>At risk of sounding overly politically correct (which anyone who knows me will agree I'm not!), I think each generation of service members were / are the best of their generation. Having said that, it's very hard to compare the generations of military to one another due to advancements in technology and the evolution of war in general. The environments are totally different from one to the other. In any case, I am still confident we have always had, and continue to have the best fighting forces in the world.

2014-06-09T11:47:25-04:00 2014-06-09T11:47:25-04:00 2014-01-26T01:10:37-05:00