Having personally met and spoken with Mattis on three occasions—once before OIF became hot/heavy, and two other times in Iraq, I have to say that his demeanor and interaction with us was something we honestly believed in and thought of him as Patton 2.0. But something happened along the way (or I just missed it in the convoy) but the man who served as SecDef under President Trump was unrecognizable and Kelly unfortunately no better (and I don’t hear a word from either of them blazing Biden—but they were all over DJT after their departure). Re a second view, I wonder what Kelly felt (after losing a son in Afghanistan) when Biden/Austin/Milley oversaw the horrid withdrawal from that nation. Anyway, my Corps has been many things to me but I honestly do not recognize it as the moral and fighting force it was during the 24 years I served. Serious hope this is a blip on the screen, for if things stand as they are now being implemented (Pride Month—really!), the real Marine Corps will likely never be the same.
I hope that with replacement of wokeists with true patriots that the entire US Military will be great again.