From: dgreenlaw@cox.net
To: puckwood@comcast.net; farajh@gmail.com; marcy@puckettfaraj.com;
abw_diver@yahoo.com
CC: dmbrahms@aol.com; babu_kaza@hotmail.com
Subject: Fw: What Happened to the Military?
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:43:44 -0800
Forwarded.
Colonel: Truer words were never
spoken.
I am really waiting to see
what this Panel of "Warriors"
sitting in judgement of SSgt
Wuterich, USMC, do. We
will see if they are "Warriors"
or graduates of the PC
Institute
Semper fi,
Don Greenlaw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Col Wayne Morris USMC (Ret)" <waymor@bizec.rr.com>
To: "Col Jack Kelly USMC (Ret) " <jak0302@msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: What Happened to the Military?
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> Jack:
>
> THanks for sharing...similar to a couple others we've read recently.
>
> Were fortunate in the Marine Corps that we still have some true Warrior
> Leaders. That said, our Beloved Corps has also fallen prey to a lot of
> the
> PC BS that has infected our Military Establishment. Only the School Song
> Singers will say otherwise. Could go on a rant, but.....
>
> V/R & S/F,
>
> Wayne
>
> Wayne V. Morris
> Col USMC (Ret)
>
> President
> WAYMOR Inc
>
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> _____
>
> From: ColonelJack Kelly [mailto:jak0302@msn.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:43 PM
> To: STOLZ Frank; MORRIS Wayne; DeBONA Andy; DELGROSSO Sean; MITCHELL Tom
> Subject: Fw: What Happened to the Military?
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> We used to go to the Officers Club or NCO Club Stag Bar on Friday
> afternoons
> to drink, smoke and swap lies with our comrades. Think about this when
> you
> read the rest of the letter below.
>
> What happened to our Air Force/Marines/Army/Navy............. (or
> Military)?
>
>
> Drinking then became frowned on. Smoking caused cancer and could "harm
> you."
> Stag bars became seen as 'sexist'. Gradually, our men quit patronizing
> their
> clubs because what happened in the club became fodder for a performance
> report. It was the same thing at the Airman's Club and the NCO and/or
> Top
> 3
> clubs. Now we don't have separate clubs for the ranks.
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> Instead we have something called All Ranks Clubs or community clubs.
> They're
> open to men and women of all ranks....from airman basic to general
> officer.
> Still, no one is there. Gee, I wonder why.
> The latest brilliant thought out of Washington is that the operators
> ("pilots?") flying remote aircraft in combat areas from their plush desk
> at
> duty stations in Nevada or Arizona should draw the same combat pay as
> those
> real world pilots actually on board a plane in a hostile environment.
> More
> politically correct logic?
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> They say that remote vehicle operators are subject to the same stress
> levels
> as the combat pilot actually flying in combat. ----- REALLY...you're
> bull-shitting me, right !!!???
>
> Now that I've primed you a little, read on.
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> There are many who will agree with these sentiments, but they apply to
> more
> than just fighter pilots. Unfortunately, the ones with the guts to speak
> up
> or push for what they believe in are beaten down by the "system."
>
> "Unfortunately there is a lot of truth in the following text -
> supposedly,
> Secretary Gates had a force beating the bushes to learn who wrote
> this....
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> Where have all the fighter pilots gone?
>
> Good Question.
>
> Here is a rant from a retired fighter pilot that is worth reading:
>
> It is rumored that our current Secretary of Defense recently asked the
> question, "Where are all the dynamic leaders of the past?" I can only
> assume, if that is true, that he was referring to Robin Olds, Jimmy
> Doolittle, Patton, Ike, Boyington, Nimitz, etc.?
>
> Well, I've got the answer:
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> They were fired before they made Major!
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> Our nation doesn't want those kinds of leaders anymore. Squadron
> commanders
> don't run squadrons and wing commanders don't run wings. They are
> managed
> by
> higher ranking dildos with other esoteric goals in mind.
>
> Can you imagine someone today looking for a LEADER to execute that
> Doolittle
> Raid and suggesting that it be given to a dare-devil boozer - his only
> attributes: he had the respect of his men, an awesome ability to fly,
> and
> the organizational skills to put it all together? If someone told me
> there
> was a chance in hell of selecting that man today, I would tell them they
> were either a liar or dumber than shit.
>
> I find it ironic that the Air Force put Brigadier General Robin Olds on
> the
> cover of the company rag last month.
>
> While it made me extremely proud to see his face, he wouldn't make it
> across
> any base in America (or overseas) without ten enlisted folks telling him
> to
> zip up his flight suit, get rid of the cigarette, and shave his mustache
> off.
>
> I have a feeling that his response would be predictable and for that
> crime
> he would probably get a trip home and an Article 15. We have lost the
> war
> on
> rugged individualism and that, unfortunately, is what fighter pilots
> want
> to
> follow; not because they have to but because they respect leaders of
> that
> ilk. We've all run across that leader that made us proud to follow him
> because you wanted to be like him and make a difference. The individual
> who
> you would drag your testicles through glass for rather than disappoint
> him.
>
> We better wake the hell up! We're asking our young men and women to go
> to
> really shitty places; some with unbearable climates, never have a drink,
> have little or no contact with the opposite sex, not look at magazines
> of
> a
> suggestive nature of any type, and adhere to ridiculous regs that
> require
> you to tuck your shirt into your PT uniform on the way to the
> porta-shitter
> at night, in a blinding dust storm, because it's a uniform.
>
> These people we're sending to combat are some of the brightest I've met
> but
> they are looking for a little sanity, which they will only find on the
> outside if we don't get a friggin' clue. You can't continue asking
> people
> to
> live for months or years at a time acting like nuns and priests. Hell,
> even
> they get to have a beer.
>
> Who are we afraid of offending? The guys that already hate us enough to
> strap C-4 to their own bodies and walk into a crowd of us? Think about
> it.
> I'm extremely proud of our young men and women who continue to serve.
> I'm
> also very in tune with what they are considering for the future and I've
> got
> news for whoever sits in the White House, Congress, and our so-called
> military leaders. Much talent has and will continue to hemorrhage from
> our
> services, because wanna-be warriors are tired of fighting on two
> fronts - -
> one with our enemies, another against our lack of common sense.
>
> Take it or leave it....that's just the way it is, no. if's and's or
> but's...................
>
> Worthy of passing on???
> OK...........if not, shit-can it!
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