RE: Fuck.
March 9, 2016 at 1:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2016 at 1:30 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 9, 2016 at 4:22 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Tell him he can have more troops but if his plan doesn't work he gets a firing squad.
Why does the US spend so much time and money on training when the enemy only has to give their guys 5 minutes? Maybe we ought to hire their trainers.
So that we can all stand in formation and yell:
"I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained soldier in the world. In the race for victory I am swift, determined, and courageous. Armed with a fierce will to win, never will I fail my countries trust, always I fight on, through the foe, to the objective, to victory overall. If necessary I will fight to my death."
-and mean it.
Whereas the other guys are chronically shitty with their own equipment no matter who they stole it from or how awesome it is...and run like roaches to save their skin leaving their gear behind them at the ao they lost. Not that this hasn't been working of late...but that has to do with the ROE more than anything else. Give a mech infantry company open license and watch how their training clears a city block of effective enemies in an hour, for generations. OTOH, don't give them that and see how their training prevents wholesale slaughter of anything that sneezes in the wrong direction - even if it means they take a bullet or two for their trouble. We project our power in a way, even when we fuck up, that's hard to match. That's training, and it's expensive.
(my bolds for you Min....seems we have trouble instilling that in others, agreed)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
