It is that simple.
you are correct, sir. You are absolutely correct. My son will not follow in his grandfather, his father or his uncles profession. The chances of my son possibly getting into either Force Recon or MARSOC then being dragged through a trial for doing his duty makes me steer him away from serving. He has 3 years till college and I'm hoping that our teleprompter reader in chief and all the butt-sniffers serving him in the Pentagon get a taste for playing outside the wire. It would be such sweet justice to see the wheat and the chaff get separated by the winds. You were in the Army so you know what I mean.
In the first year or so of a real war most of the warriors are lucky survivors and the ones that entered the Army for the benefits...... well not so much.
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You mentioned pregnant soldiers in a previous post. I'm thinking about how many thousands of useless dregs are non-deployable and need to get the f-out. But what the JAG and the butt sniffers are doing is making it harder for those of the warrior mindset to stay in and those of the "CYA" type to lick their way to the top of the heap.
I'm old, have a new ear-drum and can still scoot, shoot and fight. But I'd be wary of what I was signing up for in the current PC military.
All it takes is one bad apple, one "in it for myself" to get your fire-team or platoon killed. Now it seems that it only takes one "disgruntled" muzzie pig f#cker to get you brought up on felony charges, locked in the brig and end your career.
So it goes. I think Powell, Sweet Wesley Clark, Murtha, Kerry and the fake former Marine, Dan Rather are the ones that represent the current leadership qualities of sophistication, nuance and patriotism wanted in the Armed Forces.
They and all the others involved in this cluster f#@$ of a trial, can f-off for all I care. I'm just sorry that some of my classmates are in the Corps still, but we're all grown men, we've made our promises, owe are debts to our honor and we know that we all have to serve somebody.
I staunchly defend the military as an institution. Having said that, I agree that many folks at all levels of the uniformed hierarchy are greater liabilities than they are assets. Whenever I visit my local installation, I am appalled at what I see and can only hope that they are at least proficient in their MOS. Conversely, I see a lot of folks from all the services who exude a magnificent professional demeanor.
When you reflect upon it, I suspect you cannot name any private or public institution that does not have its share of assholes.
Time to descend from the soap box.
Be safe and healthy.