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2010-07-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I have no silver bullet

What a butthead. He is the head of the prevention taskforce and has no answer as to why? Here is a why: why does he still pull a paycheck? I am writing someone to denounce this man Monday morning.

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 01:52|| 2010-07-17 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Combat Arms? NG or Reservist with no job? Or on orders to deploy for 18 more months like the 116th Cav (ANG), second deployment?

A lot not being discussed here.

Posted by tipover 2010-07-17 02:17|| 2010-07-17 02:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Stoplossed past the end of the enlistment term of service?

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 02:21|| 2010-07-17 02:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Significant other messing around on you while you're deployed...

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 02:23|| 2010-07-17 02:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Coerced into sex with superior

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 02:23|| 2010-07-17 02:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Battle killed in line of duty

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 02:24|| 2010-07-17 02:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Family ostracization because they are anti-war.

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 02:25|| 2010-07-17 02:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Extreme paranoia and hypervigilance plus PTSD.

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 02:26|| 2010-07-17 02:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Time to dust off the draft to meet staffing needs. Spread the wealth. Draft some liberal kids.

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 02:27|| 2010-07-17 02:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Obviously, CB you've never been in the service. Having been at the tail end of the draftee period and staying long enough to rebuild from the nadir of the 70s, if you really want an Army, you want volunteers. I've been through the crap of high AWOL rates, drug abuse (you couldn't fire the kids you drafted because by drafting them you're responsible for their problem), high levels of Art 15s and courts martial, not to mention the occasional race riot. Today's screening keeps a lot of that out. That means you have time to train for your mission rather than be consumed operating an adult day care center. I guess people need to learn the hard way over and over again rather than learn from past mistakes others have already paid for.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-17 06:55|| 2010-07-17 06:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Fighting a no name, nonexistent enemy (WH dixit) can be demoralizing.

Posted by Willy 2010-07-17 10:31|| 2010-07-17 10:31|| Front Page Top

#12 I respectfully disagree with P2k's assertion. Drug use, alcohol abuse, spousal abuse, former inmates, felons, AWOL, sexual abuse, theft, rape are all present in today's Army. The Army takes criminals into their ranks with waivers. And that is said as a former section NCO in the Army during the last decade. Counseling statements tell the true tale. I've been privy enough to be close enough to know that reality says otherwise, draft or no draft.

Posted by Highefficiency 2010-07-17 17:14|| 2010-07-17 17:14|| Front Page Top

#13 Obviously, CB you've never been in the service.

All the things you claim are exacerbated by draft are rampant in the all volunteer force. Article 15's, rank reductions, extra duty, AWOL, cocaine, pot, booze and worse. Just like an adult daycare. I know plenty of people in the Army. The reports are gloomy. Im on trend with whats going on in the military, and running "an adult daycare" is what any NCO will contend with, with or without a draft. Taking care of soldiers is a small price to pay for someone who would lay down their life for the United States. And complaining about it is just trying to cash in on soldiers without giving anything back. Unbegruding, IMHO, if someone enlists, they are allowed to have some foible or another just like the rest of us are.

Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 20:47|| 2010-07-17 20:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Gentleman, I didn't say the standards were perfection. I stipulated that the remains of the draft in the 70s were horrid by comparison, a perception you lack. You say rampant, put up the numbers to prove your point that they're just as prevalent today as back then.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-17 21:51|| 2010-07-17 21:51|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Cloud Banks 2010-07-17 23:42|| 2010-07-17 23:42|| Front Page Top

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