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After reading this article, can't help but wonder if the destruction of the Marine Corps is imminent? What do you think?
http://usdefensewatch.com/2016/07/the-marines-are-looking-for-a-few-fat-millennials/
http://usdefensewatch.com/2016/07/the-marines-are-looking-for-a-few-fat-millennials/
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No. For the record I'm getting tired of Millennials getting all pegged as fat lazy skinny jean wearing, ear gauged wannabe hippies. My millennial niece is a Navy Corpsman and millennial nephew is an Army Infantryman. My wife's millennial nephew was an 0311 in Falluja in 2004.
Were all Baby Boomers draft card burning, pot smoking, Canada bound hippies? Of course not. Many are Vietnam Vets who stood up and went and took a bite of the mother of all shit sandwiches.
Were all Baby Boomers draft card burning, pot smoking, Canada bound hippies? Of course not. Many are Vietnam Vets who stood up and went and took a bite of the mother of all shit sandwiches.
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PO1 Barbara Matthews
I remember when Gen X got a lot of flack for being the "why" generation. We dared to ask "why?"
I am Green X. I don't like alternative music. I've never been to a mosh pit. Never tried extacy (or any other club drug, actually I don't do drugs). I'm no slacker.
Though I did watch MTV even it showed music videos. I even watched Miami Vice and Facts of Life.
We were there young kids that took flack from the Boomers until the Millianals came. Now they no longer talk about us. We faded into the realm of middle aged men and women wondering where all that time went.
So too will the Millennials. There is a new generation behind them with their own troubles waiting to take over.
I am Green X. I don't like alternative music. I've never been to a mosh pit. Never tried extacy (or any other club drug, actually I don't do drugs). I'm no slacker.
Though I did watch MTV even it showed music videos. I even watched Miami Vice and Facts of Life.
We were there young kids that took flack from the Boomers until the Millianals came. Now they no longer talk about us. We faded into the realm of middle aged men and women wondering where all that time went.
So too will the Millennials. There is a new generation behind them with their own troubles waiting to take over.
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Quite to the contrary, the recent gender integration brought about minimum standards in combat arms units that weren't present beforehand. While the integration piece is a hot topic in itself, I think all can agree that standard which weed out the weak benefits the institution as a whole. Keep in mind that democracy is a system of temporary losers and more conservative administrations will seek to give the military its teeth back.
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SSgt Robert Marx
Well said and the system of checks & balances coupled with the inevitable change to the government administrators means that change is a constant situation.
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CPL Seth Spearbeck
Sir,
I wish I could agree with your analysis. However, should Secretary Clinton gain the presidency there is little chance will grow the military - and she is the more militarily aggressive the candidates. If Mr. Trump is successful, as much as he claims to love the military, it is highly unlikely that he will even maintain the current levels of the military. Remember, he favors giving South Korea nukes so that we can reduce or eliminate our presence there, not to mention his comments on NATO. Future conservative presidents are likely to be of the Trump/Ron-Rand Paul mold on foreign policy. Less troops, less engagements, more debt payments.
I wish I could agree with your analysis. However, should Secretary Clinton gain the presidency there is little chance will grow the military - and she is the more militarily aggressive the candidates. If Mr. Trump is successful, as much as he claims to love the military, it is highly unlikely that he will even maintain the current levels of the military. Remember, he favors giving South Korea nukes so that we can reduce or eliminate our presence there, not to mention his comments on NATO. Future conservative presidents are likely to be of the Trump/Ron-Rand Paul mold on foreign policy. Less troops, less engagements, more debt payments.
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No. The United States Marine Corps will last a thousand years or more after its valorous fight at Iwo Jima in 1945. We have Chosen Reservoir, Khe Sang, Beirut, Mosul, Khandahar, and many other battles known to man & God. The USMC is a proud organization, branded on the hearts of each Marine, and on my own heart for I earned my Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on Aug. 20, 1993 at MCRD Parris Island.
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