Who is the greatest threat to US troops?

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:47:01 -0400

Who do you think poses the greatest threat to US troops?

Response by PO3 Shaun Taylor made Oct 8 at 2014 11:19 PM

PO3 Shaun Taylor — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 23:19:07 -0400

I think Congress is the greatest threat to US troops.

Response by Maj Walter Kilar made Oct 8 at 2014 11:48 PM

Maj Walter Kilar — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 23:48:20 -0400

I agree with PO3 Shaun Taylor. Congress is the greatest threat to our troops. Right now our troops are understood by a decreasing population in Congress, since fewer and fewer of them have ever served. We seem to be units of currency rather than humans to Congress.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Oct 8 at 2014 11:55 PM

SFC Mark Merino — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 23:55:00 -0400

I'm going to say Congress as well.....or someone with some green kryptonite.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 12:06 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:06:08 -0400

Their own employer

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 12:25 AM

SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:25:20 -0400

I would have to say that it would the politicians as well, with the way that they play fast and loose with certain aspects of the government and then with the way that they act with regards to the Military, and their lack of support or even concern as too what it is that we need.

Response by SSG Maurice P. made Oct 9 at 2014 1:05 AM

SSG Maurice P. — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:05:12 -0400

when i was a youngster in the early early 60's i heard that the great united states would fall from within...

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 4:22 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:22:29 -0400

Barack Hussein Obama

Texas / Mexico Border... "Tear down these walls..."

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 4:28 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:28:54 -0400

http://youtu.be/8H2wbPKNMQI

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Response by CW2 Joseph Evans made Oct 9 at 2014 4:39 AM

CW2 Joseph Evans — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:39:18 -0400

Ourselves. Accidents, suicides, soldier on soldier violence/rape, Friendly fire. Guys, we are our own worst enemy, more so than anyone with intent to do us harm.

Response by SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS made Oct 9 at 2014 6:35 AM

SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:35:15 -0400

Agree, Congress and would add the Executive Branch / President.

Response by SFC William "Bill" Moore made Oct 9 at 2014 7:38 AM

SFC William "Bill" Moore — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:38:09 -0400

Our current Government, from the top down!

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 7:44 AM

CSM Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:44:38 -0400

sequestration

Response by PO2 Jeremy Spears made Oct 9 at 2014 8:58 AM

PO2 Jeremy Spears — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 08:58:41 -0400

Our own nations populous and its ignorance towards war. Failure to educate itself and have a voice. To be an aware people of history, beliefs, etc. in order to make not only informed decisions, but have a better grip on discernment and common sense. Lack of voter turn out to vote candidates in who can and will represent the people with a backbone. I'll also add this... in order to get some better candidates to even chose from, we have to get the swath of money out of the equation to make it a sacrifice to serve the people and return to private life after instead of a lucrative career seat.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 9:04 AM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:04:47 -0400

Our biggest threat...is our own stupidity. We are too cocky. We think any opponent is stupid and has no skills or war-fighting ability. We broadcast everything about ourselves, our unit, our unit's capabilities and worst our units weaknesses. We broadcast where we're going, when we're gonna do it, how we're gonna do it and why we're gonna do it. Our enemies don't need to do any research and spying on us - we broadcast it on FB, twitter, pinterest, etc, etc, etc. We tell the enemy our capabilities and our weaknesses - all courtesy of FB, etc.

Response by SSG Jacob Wiley made Oct 9 at 2014 10:00 AM

SSG Jacob Wiley — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:00:32 -0400

Our own government.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 10:28 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:28:08 -0400

Current Congress and President

Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Oct 9 at 2014 10:54 AM

Maj Chris Nelson — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:54:32 -0400

They were born and raised here at home. Someone turned them to radicle. they walk among us and we don't know who they are. Home Grown Terrorist are going to be the biggest threat.... and truely, these people can also fall into Al Qaeda, ISIS, and be an Insider Threat.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Oct 9 at 2014 11:39 AM

CPT Jack Durish — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:39:19 -0400

Inept leadership at the top. A CnC with no clue who has made decisions not only surrendering past gains, but also creating new threats.

Response by SCPO Larry Knight Sr. made Oct 9 at 2014 2:49 PM

SCPO Larry Knight Sr. — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:49:42 -0400

Our current political system and the Media, the lack of Leadership from the top down ! The Media announcing our impending strike on a specific threat ! Lack of funding for spare and repair parts to continue the objective before us !!!!!!!!!

Response by CPT Zachary Brooks made Oct 9 at 2014 3:55 PM

CPT Zachary Brooks — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:55:53 -0400

I cannot decide between Congress/The government and the Mainstream Media. Both are terrifying and wield too much power.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 4:27 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:27:40 -0400

American apathy.

The problem isn't in the Executive branch; the problem isn't even Congress.

The problem is a growing apathy in the U.S. which lead to the Great Depression and allowed for 2 conflicts to grow into World Wars because we didn't want to deal with anything.

Now, we'd rather just bomb another country based on "reasons" I mean, "freedom", but we don't want to do anything about fixing our medical system, our infrastructure, our economy, or our legal system.

And then we try to blame people WE elected into office. That's like me giving a guy a baseball bat, and then blaming the baseball bat and not the idiot who's trying to hit me with it.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 6:32 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:32:36 -0400

Ebola.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Oct 10 at 2014 11:28 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:28:28 -0400

During my time in. The military has done a 180 on Safety and PPE but still not convinced that we have achieved Nirvana yet. As a profession we work with some seriously nasty hazmat in a very rough environment and over time we still seem to be paying the Price. Military Housing built on Ammo Dumps where the stuff was just buried. Depleted Uranium (Depleted doesn't mean no longer "warm"). I hope this Generation of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines doesn't have their Agent Orange that we discover several years later.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 10 at 2014 1:23 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:23:53 -0400

The US Government with its "layoffs" and pay and benefits cuts

Response by Cpl Brett Wagner made Oct 11 at 2014 11:58 AM

Cpl Brett Wagner — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:58:56 -0400

Congress.

Where have you been CPT Brian Maurelli? I think you have been UA, AWOL damn it. Good to see you back.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 11 at 2014 12:10 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:10:18 -0400

Definitely insider threat. The military is comprised of many strong individuals who will stand for each other and fight for the survival of our country. The military is more than capable of handling many threats but the most insidious threat is the one inside. With well too many people having an active disdain and hatred for the military, it's no surprise politicians get elected who share those emotions or pander to them. The military has become more of a social experiment instead of the strong defense mechanism for the country. Instead of standing up and addressing these issues, too many leaders have been seduced by power, which this in turn breeds more toxic leaders as well as pushes out the really good ones.

What do we do? What DO we do?

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Oct 11 at 2014 12:19 PM

SSG Trevor S. — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:19:39 -0400

Clowns ~ could be synonymous with politicians.

Response by PO3 John Jeter made Oct 11 at 2014 1:03 PM

PO3 John Jeter — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:03:28 -0400

Weak NCA

Response by MCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 11 at 2014 7:45 PM

MCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:45:49 -0400

When, we point fingers at each other no one wins. The greatest threat is ourselves the human experience ,not understanding why we treat each other the way we do. Not being true to our selves, the true nature of people isn't full of goodness, if that was the case we wouldn't be asking this question. The true question should be why do these threat exist, for centuries many cultures have been at armies with each other, our influences today maybe far reaching, it's a smoke screen. Politicians are puppets to a bigger issue, the devolve of our constitution making an even level field with the so call super powers.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2014 1:31 AM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:31:15 -0400

Politicians

Response by SGT Donald Howard made Oct 12 at 2014 4:12 AM

SGT Donald Howard — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:12:03 -0400

It has always been the politicians at our back that pose the greatest threat to the soldier.

Response by Sgt S.P. Woodke made Oct 13 at 2014 12:33 PM

Sgt S.P. Woodke — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:33:38 -0400

We the (ill-informed, pacifist, lazy, apathetic) People aka voters who allow smooth talking, self serving, ILK leadership to get into office. IF you try to disassociate yourself yourself from the above adjectives ASK YOURSELF...are you better off than you were 6 years ago. Take your term limits and toss 'em Kids...IF WE SEVERELY SCALE BACK THEIR BENEFITS they won't run or they won't wanna run more than once. UNLESS t they're well intentioned.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2014 6:41 PM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:41:50 -0400

Embedded and instant media, and social media. All started in ODS. It really sucked the life out of moral when we found out what was going on by watching a scratchy TV with CNN. I do not think that the media should be able to report live from the front and there should be a time delay to stories. I know that some may agree, and some may not. These are just my thoughts on the issue.

Response by TSgt Mark Vaughn made Oct 14 at 2014 1:30 PM

TSgt Mark Vaughn — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:30:42 -0400

The Greatest Threat to US troops are our own Citizens, the fact that half of our society have no clue what we do, why we do what we do and how much we are compensated for our service. Also, adding to the confusion is a liberal biased media that only reports on the negative that our service members endure and a political realm living in their glass houses that most have no clue of anything having to do with the military nor how to adequately support us, or take care of us following retirement and separation.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2014 4:58 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:58:28 -0400

They, themselves

Response by CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2014 7:06 PM

CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:06:05 -0400

The greatest threat to US troops is US troops when they get overconfident, or cocky.

Response by SPC James Mcneil made Oct 18 at 2014 10:06 AM

SPC James Mcneil — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:06:12 -0400

The greatest threat to any military is the government that sees them as pawns. Not trying to be political, but IMHO we've been seeing this for a few decades.

Response by PO1 Steven Kuhn made Oct 20 at 2014 9:51 AM

PO1 Steven Kuhn — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:51:44 -0400

Maybe you should rename "insider threat" to "our own government"!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2015 7:34 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 07:34:34 -0500

Those Soldiers scoring below 300 on their APFT.

Response by PFC Zanie Young made Jan 24 at 2015 12:27 PM

PFC Zanie Young — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:27:11 -0500

Hands down, our government!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2015 3:24 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:24:48 -0500

Sir,

A fat recruitment pool that is too unhealthy to enlist from.

V/R
SGT Mullet

Response by CSM Thomas Ray made Sep 21 at 2023 7:55 PM

CSM Thomas Ray — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:55:55 -0400

Competent leaders