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2014-01-18 Home Front: WoT

The Nuke Silo Cheating Scandal, Explained

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Posted by Steve White 2014-01-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 More rot in SAC. Ethics matter in the military.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-01-18 09:36|| 2014-01-18 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 ...always felt some sympathy for the Missileers...they were sort of the "Maytag Repairmen"...some cultural issues may require addressing, but am leery of Zero's penchant for groupthink...

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-01-18 09:37|| 2014-01-18 09:37|| Front Page Top

#3 But the burning question is:

Are they fully compliant with their diversity-awareness training requirements?

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-18 12:05|| 2014-01-18 12:05|| Front Page Top

#4 The problem is, First you enlist, THEN get placed where the MILITARY wants you.

I remember MY enlistment we were herded into a large auditorium where an Officer stood up and said
" You men in the first roe, You're Marines, the second row Coast Guard, the third row Merchant Marine, and the rest You're Navy".

"This startled me as I Enlisted as Navy.

So we were dismissed and filed out, an Officer stepped in front of me and said, "Hold it, Marine"
said "I enlisted, I was NOT drafted, I'm Navy, You put me where you want, and in a different service, That's Illegal,
Now MOVE before I walk over you".

He looked like he was going to say something, then shrugged, let me pass and stopped the next fellow n line behind me, I thought that was Odd, (To say the least) But I passed through, I thought it strange, that I spoke up, and no one else did,

I think they didn't expect me to speak up and resist, and it blew their minds,

So I went to "Great Lakes Naval Training Center" for Boot Camp.

If they treat ALL recruits as Cattle, I can see where they'd have trouble.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-01-18 12:25|| 2014-01-18 12:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Jim, it hasn't been that way in about 40 years. These days you go to a specific service recruiter. Then test (ASVAB), get a list you qualify for and which that specific service needs, choose which one you want from that list, sign the contract, optionally take the oath at that time, go to the Military entrance processing station, finalize the paperwork with your service, take (or reaffirm) the oath, and ship out to your basic training.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-01-18 13:05|| 2014-01-18 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I kinda think Jim would have made a hell of a Marine. :)

Posted by Shipman 2014-01-18 13:42|| 2014-01-18 13:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Well yes, he might have at that. But dancing with Marines was equally rewarding I'm sure.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-18 13:47|| 2014-01-18 13:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Then test (ASVAB), get a list you qualify for..

...which apparently for over quarter who take it qualify them for the exit door thanks to our highly financed primary and secondary education system. That's just the ones who try. If education reformers really wanted to cause an earthquake, make all seniors take it. You want a metric, there's a metric.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-01-18 15:33|| 2014-01-18 15:33|| Front Page Top

#9 P2K,Fire for effect. Dead on target. Use the ASVAB as the standardized measure.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-01-18 16:05|| 2014-01-18 16:05|| Front Page Top

#10 No, if educators want a real earthquake, have them take the same qualifying tests their seniors take for college OR military. And take them every year, must get a decent score to remain employed.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-01-18 16:27|| 2014-01-18 16:27|| Front Page Top

#11 I think Y'ALL MISSED THE POINT, I was NAVY, and they wanted to put me in a whole different service, Odd, as I enlisted as a Machinist and since I was Trade School Trained, an E-3 not drafted. (An oddity right there)

This was also when the military ran out of service numbers, and the Social Security wouldn't let them use the SS number ,So I got an odd Service Number, easy to remember though B-30-10-10.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-01-18 18:22|| 2014-01-18 18:22|| Front Page Top

#12 No, we got it just fine. The wonders of bureaucracy, and all that.

Many of us who went in the military experienced foul-ups. Most of have learned to let it go over the years.

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-18 20:31|| 2014-01-18 20:31|| Front Page Top

#13 I see you in Green Jim. You managed to dodge fate somehow. What the greenmachine wants, the greenmachine usually gets.

Posted by Shipman 2014-01-18 20:45|| 2014-01-18 20:45|| Front Page Top

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