And you are one of those people without a clue as to how the economy works, especially the Russian economy. Commodities are responsible for over 80% of Russian exports and 75% of Russian governmental expenditures. Considering the loss of close to $100 dollars a barrel of oil in the last slide (and it isnt over yet),…

Have you ever carries such a pack? I despise bullshitters like you who talk about what it is that infantry does and has to do, without have any idea first hand of what being infantry is or requires.

F*ck you, you ignorant racist, sexist POS. This would be a MUCH better nation without you and those who think like you.

Over and above being ex-infantry, I have been studying military history since I was 10. Its a hobby of mine and one that I have passed on to my son, despite my career being diabetes research.

Um, no. You dont have a clue WTF you are talking about. Who gets to sit in what chair has nothing to do with competence, but rather which service’s turn it is to do it. Very much the same reasons why Saudi Arabia sits on the UN Human Rights Commission.

Actually I am dyslexic, but that doesnt affect my typing. I AM dysgraphic though and if you saw my handwriting you would understand how difficult that is for me to this day, lol.

There is a massive duplication of effort in the military and way too much ‘tail to tooth’ as far as force structure goes. There are too many DoD civilians, too many general officers (and their attendant staff) and way too many ‘contractors’ that perform tasks that they military used to be competent to perform itself.

You are an idiot.

Your comment is an ignorant drop in a sea of ignorance.

The Straits of Hormuz are Iranian waters and anyone transiting them with combat units cant have any weapon systems active, nor any radar or sonar active other than what is necessary for navigation or station-keeping.

Tea Party members are right wing, belligerent morons for whom an original though and a cold drink of water would be fatal. F*ck the Tea Party and anyone who would defend or support those assholes.

You are ill informed, as the Straight of Hormuz is Iranian territorial waters and the rules that govern passage through those waters requires the absence of active weapon systems or radars other than those necessary for navigation and station-keeping.

By ‘Win Battles’, I assume you are including the absolute disaster and monumental waste of life that was Iwo Jima?

I believe that YOU arent fit for combat, but there is plenty of proof now and throughout history that women are and I have my CIB.

That was a slip, the place where I type isnt the best (on my couch) and unless there are squiggly red lines, chances are I will miss a mistake. I do all my proof-reading on printed versions and didnt bother to do that with this screed.

Lol, f*ck the Marine Corps. I remember that my ASVAB scores for the Marine Corps were all 10 points higher for their scoring vs the Army (the Navy and Air Force used different scoring criteria), but had the same cut offs as the Army did. I remember how happy the Marine recruiter was that he had such a high scoring…

An example of Marine stupidity, dishonesty and racism:

‘While many male volunteers had years of experience in their given MOS, the female volunteers either came from non-combat units or were straight out of boot camp and follow-on training, making them significantly less experienced in their new roles compared to their male counterparts.’

David Hackworth was a friend of mine btw, although you might be right as in the later part of his life he went way right wing again and the last time we communicated, I had called him on an article he wrote for Newsweek on Somalia.

I am probably the wrong person to comment on anything to do with the Marine Corps, as I am one of those people who would like to see the Marines disbanded as needlessly redundant (as well as hopelessly anachronistic and probably detrimental to overall military function). It is no surprise, given the longstanding…