Posted on Oct 17, 2015
How will the Delay of the Drawdown in Afghanistan affect the Morale of our Men and Women in Uniform?
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Where there ever be a time that our Men and Women in Uniform will SERVE strictly in Garrison?
Morale
Afghanistan
Warfare
Posted 9 y ago
Responses: 15
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SPC Andrew Griffin here is my answer to your question about a garrison Army. My son has been for about 2 years. IMO if he would would retire at 20 years, he might have five years of a peace time Army.
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Capt Seid Waddell
SGM Steve Wettstein, SPC Andrew Griffin, I served during Viet Nam, and so I have no first-hand experience with a peace time military, but I have heard lots of stories from those that did. Painting rocks, knee deep in chicken s**t, getting smoked for petty stuff.
The best officers I served under were WWII vintage, where the mission was the only thing that counted - everything else was trivial BS. Those that came up the ranks during peace time after Korea and before Viet Nam were a real mixed bag.
I was glad to have served during war time and would have loved to have made it a career, but they called the war off and we faced a steep RIF.
The best officers I served under were WWII vintage, where the mission was the only thing that counted - everything else was trivial BS. Those that came up the ranks during peace time after Korea and before Viet Nam were a real mixed bag.
I was glad to have served during war time and would have loved to have made it a career, but they called the war off and we faced a steep RIF.
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I think what really needs to be looked at it how we approach conflict in the first place. If our objective is clear, executing the mission and leaving is fine but when ambiguous then it will take longer. We never left Germany or Japan after WWII but our intent was to defeat them and ensure that it didn't happen again. If our sole purpose is a punishment strategy, them we punish and depart. Morale? If the fight is just and understood, then morale probably isn't and won't be an issue.
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1SG Charles Hunter
Agreed. Make the mission clear and unambiguous and provide the resources needed to accomplish said mission. And don't change it halfway through. As to "nation building," that's what comes AFTER the military mission is complete.
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MSgt Dave Burke
We, as a nation, must return to the attitude not seen since WWII. Fight to WIN as quickly as possible. Bring back the draft, get up a force of about 2,000,000 ground troops and an adequate naval and air forces and attack to kill! Sen the enemy back to the stone age and then we would not have to fight them again for a generation or two. Ever since WWII the thinking has been not to win but to cool off tensions. Want peace in the middle east? A million man force could start in Israel and kill everything they meet as they spread east, north, and south from there. Bring on another Patton and McArthur to lead the charge!
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SFC Michael Hasbun
War is how we justify our existence. No war= No war budget. If the generals have to choose between Soldiers pay and flat screen TV's for all the offices, well, it's a good time to be a TV manufacturer..
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