[Chainmail]

Honestly? I can't understand why we haven't cut all of the excess frills from the defense budget a long time ago. The Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds and the Silent Drill Team/Drum and Bugle Corps for the Marines and other like organizations are wastes of scarce resources. We should be focused on combat readiness, not wowing the tourists. I'd even pull the "Marine Band" and the ceremonial guards from the White House. 1. The band members aren't really Marines and 2. the guards need to be with the combat arms, not holding doors open for their "betters". In the real world those pinheads should be holding the doors open for the Marines - who have volunteered to risk their young lives.

They are supposed to be a "recruiting" tool but they have morphed into a circus with gay overtones (look at the "drill" with matching jumpsuits executed by the flightcrews before they board their aircraft).

The sooner our Defense Department gets serious about preparing our forces for fighting, the better.

[cuban leaf]

The Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds and the Silent Drill Team/Drum and Bugle Corps for the Marines and other like organizations are wastes of scarce resources.

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They are highly effective marketing tools.

[Redplum]

I was selected for assignment to the Blue Angels as a young airman many years ago. The process was rigorous and demanding; only the top enlisted from their commands are chosen.

Putting on the Blues jumpsuit for the first time was one of the proudest, if not THE proudest moment of my young life up to that point. It was recognition that I performed at a superior level to my peers.

Like most keyboard warriors you talk out of your rear like you're some knid of expert on subjects you know nothing about, having zero first-hand experience in that realm.

You can take your ignorant comments about a "gay circus" and stick it where the sun don't shine, pal. Get back to me after you've done a tour with the Blues or T-birds for 2 years and survived to talk about it - like you would ever be selected in the first place. Phhfffftt...

//RedPlum Sends