…delivers a speech that could have been given by Patton.
All the right people hate it.
[Thursday-morning update]
It was Liberation Day for America’s warriors.
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…delivers a speech that could have been given by Patton.
All the right people hate it.
[Thursday-morning update]
It was Liberation Day for America’s warriors.
[Bumped]
Bravo Secretary Hegseth! I watched a video of his speech on YouTube. The first 100 or so comments I read were about 90% positive, and the majority were from veterans. They said things like:
“Fantastic speech!”
“It’s about time!”
“I’d reenlist right now if I weren’t too old.”
Totally
Yep. This. ^
Let the harrowing of the REMFs commence!
Amid all of the welcome toughness and lethality talk I was pleased that Sec’y. Hegseth saw fit to mention reform of acquisition processes with an emphasis on speed. The DoW needs to dump FAR entirely and create something analogous to NASA Space Act Agreements to get new weapons and other necessary kit developed and fielded ASAP.
I have been suggesting this on x for a while but when it come to ships, a big issue is ship yards.
Where would you put new ship yards or what would you do to work around that problem?
If we look at the physiques of some of our WWII leaders, they were not in great physical condition. They got the job done.
But the rules exist…and nothing is as corroding to morale and good order and discipline as hypocrisy. Yet these fat FOGOs are signing punitive discharges for junior enlisted that don’t meet the physical requirements.
The rules are the rules.
I have seen a lot of comments about how they aren’t hired for their bodies but their brains. But if someone wants their brain operating at its peak performance, their body also has to be reasonably fit.
Most of the generals and admirals didn’t look that bad, which was surprising. They could get fit in about a year with some small lifestyle changes. The bad ones maybe two years.
I expect another meeting in April or so