On September 1, 1939, Brigadier George C. Marshall took the oath of office as the 15th U.S. Army chief of staff, a post he held until November 1945. When the ceremony ended, General Marshall confided to his aide de camp, “There is enough dead wood in the Army’s officer corps to light several forest fires.”
-Doc
And back in 1939, the Army wasn't very big at all
ReplyDeleteIf I were Milley and his fellow "Chiefs", I''d be looking over my shoulder every time I ventured outside. There's a lot of people in this country who lost family to assholes like this guy over the last twenty years.
ReplyDeleteThe guy I really don't get is the Commandant of the Marine Corp. I know I'm going to take a lot of flack for what follows, but from the statements he's made recently, he appears to cut from the same sniveling bolt of cloth as the rest of those spineless whelps.
I expected better of him.
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Berger? Who could possibly expect better of that parasite?
Delete“he appears to cut from the same bolt of cloth as the rest of the whelps”.
DeleteIt’s the socialist dominated education system. No if Hudson High, Fort Severn and especially Rocky Mountain High, service academies have at least 40-50 years of producing an increasing leftist officer corps. Colleges with ROTC programs may even be worse. The Marine Corps “The Basic School” at Quantico has managed to maintain their standards but even that’s becoming an effort of shoveling sand against the tide...if not worse.
Just read Milley's bio on Wiki. He matriculated at Princeton's ROTC program with a BA in Politics. He then earned an MA in International Relations from Columbia. I guess that explains a lot.
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General Marshall was a true Chief of Staff: his job, with the service chiefs, was to 'staff' the top ranks by selecting the officers who were competent. I'm not sure what the 'Chief of Staff's' job is today.
ReplyDeleteIt's supposed to be to advise the civilian leaders about military alternatives when diplomacy fails and to keep our armed forces trained up and ready to go at a moments notice.
DeleteBut it's hard for them to do that when they are too busy on their hands and knees panting for the next turn at sticking their tongues up Biden's ass.
"I'm not sure what the 'Chief of Staff's' job is today."
DeletePad their resumes for lucrative defense contractor gigs as soon as they retire? That, and do as much as possible to bring about the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Prior to the unCivil War, officers were nominated by the soldiers they commanded.
ReplyDeleteWe should institute a system where everyone under an officer has a vote in their OER. If an officer doesn't garner 50% he should get demoted, and require a higher percentage for advancement.
I'm no fan of the perfumed princes and we are never really told the truth of matters in the higher higher world. That said, has anyone considered that maybe Milley could have staved off or postponed an actual nuclear exchange? I realize this may not be a popular comment but I sometimes ponder things like this. Ohio Guy
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