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Army Reserve to Purge Turds from Their Ranks
March 11, 2010
By David Bellavia (http://davidbellavia.com/author/david/)
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Stars and Stripes (http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=68632)
CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Having evolved from a force of “last resort” to an oft-deployed and essential component of the military, the Army Reserve now needs restructuring.
And that includes purging its ranks of underachieving soldiers, the commander of the U.S. Army Reserve said Thursday.
“We have to reshape the Army Reserve,” Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz told a group of reservists during a town hall meeting at Zama. “It’s no longer a right to serve 30 years in the military. It’s a privilege.”
The Army Reserve has been successful in readying soldiers and restructuring units to support the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but now it needs to “transform the personnel system,” he said.
As if this is a problem only with the reserve component. How about enforcing the rules across the board? How about taking these “BDU inserts” some pass off as soldiers and send them packing no matter what component they serve in or branch?
And how about we focus with the field grade officers that waste so much of our time and energy. Where to start?
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Hmmm. I dunno either. (is that hair touching your ears, sir?)
Let’s kick around the reserve component for awhile. They are such low hanging fruit. Isn’t it fun?
Frankly I get a little sick when people start beating them up for sport.
Most work everyday surrounded by civilians who know nothing of what they go through one weekend a month. They are expected to maintain the standards that Active Duty studs do everyday. The Guard and the Reserves are true American patriots. They leave the comforts of their lives and come home from battle without the support of the active duty ranks. They go back to the water cooler and can’t share anything they have experienced with their co-workers in fear that Marge from Accounting will drop acid and poke her eyes out with a three hole puncher like Oedipus’ mom.
Not sure they had three hole punchers then, but it would still hurt.
Leave reservists alone. There are plenty of turds to thin out. George Casey is my number one choice.
Here is a perfect example. Who the hell made this decision?
Check out the new Army battle dress uniform made specifically for the Afghanistan fight. Notice the “coyote brown” splotches that work so perfectly with the vegetation, mountain terrain, urban sprawl and poppy fields of Helmand.
So why the hell did we issue the ACU to our hundreds of thousands of troops four years ago? Was this a stop gap for this new uniform?
Is this alien technology that fell from the sky this past summer?
This uniform is made by MultiCam, which is a great company. It still looks like a British uniform that was washed too many times.
And what about Afghanistan is so different than the rest of the world we expect to fight in? There are no cities in Iraq? Do “coyote brown” splotches only work in Afghanistan?
http://www.stripes.com/photos/68446_3315915.jpg
This is a ridiculous decision that has cost tens of millions of dollars. We’re still going to issue the ballistic armor vests with the ACU print. So what’s the point?
If we are thinning out the turds, lets also look at those who make these decisions and who can’t get a decent haircut. Freakin’ hippie
Army Reserve to Purge Turds from Their Ranks
March 11, 2010
By David Bellavia (http://davidbellavia.com/author/david/)
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Stars and Stripes (http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=68632)
CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Having evolved from a force of “last resort” to an oft-deployed and essential component of the military, the Army Reserve now needs restructuring.
And that includes purging its ranks of underachieving soldiers, the commander of the U.S. Army Reserve said Thursday.
“We have to reshape the Army Reserve,” Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz told a group of reservists during a town hall meeting at Zama. “It’s no longer a right to serve 30 years in the military. It’s a privilege.”
The Army Reserve has been successful in readying soldiers and restructuring units to support the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but now it needs to “transform the personnel system,” he said.
As if this is a problem only with the reserve component. How about enforcing the rules across the board? How about taking these “BDU inserts” some pass off as soldiers and send them packing no matter what component they serve in or branch?
And how about we focus with the field grade officers that waste so much of our time and energy. Where to start?
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01519/George-Casey_1519000c.jpg
Hmmm. I dunno either. (is that hair touching your ears, sir?)
Let’s kick around the reserve component for awhile. They are such low hanging fruit. Isn’t it fun?
Frankly I get a little sick when people start beating them up for sport.
Most work everyday surrounded by civilians who know nothing of what they go through one weekend a month. They are expected to maintain the standards that Active Duty studs do everyday. The Guard and the Reserves are true American patriots. They leave the comforts of their lives and come home from battle without the support of the active duty ranks. They go back to the water cooler and can’t share anything they have experienced with their co-workers in fear that Marge from Accounting will drop acid and poke her eyes out with a three hole puncher like Oedipus’ mom.
Not sure they had three hole punchers then, but it would still hurt.
Leave reservists alone. There are plenty of turds to thin out. George Casey is my number one choice.
Here is a perfect example. Who the hell made this decision?
Check out the new Army battle dress uniform made specifically for the Afghanistan fight. Notice the “coyote brown” splotches that work so perfectly with the vegetation, mountain terrain, urban sprawl and poppy fields of Helmand.
So why the hell did we issue the ACU to our hundreds of thousands of troops four years ago? Was this a stop gap for this new uniform?
Is this alien technology that fell from the sky this past summer?
This uniform is made by MultiCam, which is a great company. It still looks like a British uniform that was washed too many times.
And what about Afghanistan is so different than the rest of the world we expect to fight in? There are no cities in Iraq? Do “coyote brown” splotches only work in Afghanistan?
http://www.stripes.com/photos/68446_3315915.jpg
This is a ridiculous decision that has cost tens of millions of dollars. We’re still going to issue the ballistic armor vests with the ACU print. So what’s the point?
If we are thinning out the turds, lets also look at those who make these decisions and who can’t get a decent haircut. Freakin’ hippie