As I sit here and tip back a Spaten Optimator, I wish I had joined the German military! Beides not allowing our guys to drink in countries that it is “forbidden” in, we have 18 year olds told they can kill or be responsible for multi million dollar equipment, but cannot have a damn beer.
But dont get me started...
I remember the first time I was in a joint trainex with JDF in the late ‘80’s. Our bivouac area was just a few hundred meters from the Japanese and we could smell their chow being cooked in huge “field” woks - it smelled delicious.
Anyhwho, we wondered over to find the feast that was being prepared along with the big buckets of iced-down Sapporo being served. At that very moment, I knew there was at least one DOD policy that was completely insane. Then, I went back to my hooch and “enjoyed” my MRE and bug juice. Good times. Good times.
You go ahead and get started, I'll join in. GO#1 id the most flagrant excuse for a lack of leadership that I've ever seen!