Yes, they are determined fearless fighters. However, back to point, I still think that ALL military should wear the same uniform for their branch, that includes the females.
Female sailors should wear dress bell-bottoms with the stupid dixie cup (hated that idiot cup) on their head with NO hair hanging out the back. They should look just like any other sailor. Same with Marines, Army, Air Force. Women should have NO special rights to look different just because of their sex.
When I joined the Navy in '75, I graduated with a combination cover and a six button suit. Think that was Zumwalts days. That so pissed the CPO's and officers, the next Navy Secretary re-instated the traditional bell-bottoms with dixie cup. Thought I looked like a dork, but the girls loved it. Go figure.
The aboard ship working uniform was a light blue chambray shirt with blue trousers. Well, that didn't work for the latest Navy Secretary because now they wear some stupid camouflage that will make them disappear into the sea if they fall over board. On the up side, it doesn't show the oil, grease, dust, dirt, and other crap and doesn't have to be launder on ship as often.
The above is a perfect example of the hierarchy needing to make changes for their posterior...haha.
I agree. Cant have variations of dress. Its not a expression of a persons whim.
But since when has this regime cared about the defense of the country?
Actually for "their legacy". Someone please explain to me why upper echelon so needs to make so many changes every ten years? Does the Joint Chiefs of Staff have nothing better to do than dictate uniforms changes or what? Is it because the Cold War is over (not entirely), or they get bored in their offices, or they think change is always a good thing according to USA political correctness? Sucking up to Obama?
Now we're going to put women on submarines? Talk about a cluster f*ck with menstrual periods and getting pregnant, as happens on many surface ships now. I saw it happen back in my days when women weren't allowed on combat ships, but served on tenders/refuelers back in the 70's and 80's.
Raise your hand if you think those tight quarters will not give opportunities for the sexes to mix and define down the mission.
Think how that could affect our Tridents and supporting attack subs - the last deterrent against nuclear war. What the f*ck happened to my military full of warriors?
Then there are the obscene Rules of Engagement (ROE) that has killed so many of our brave youth, not to mention those who come back with limbs and face missing.
What ever happened to KILL the enemy as quickly as possible? The USA and England bombed Dresdan and other cities into oblivion and ended that war. We didn't care about "collateral damage". Then we nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also didn't care about "collateral damage". The objective was to win with less Americans dying.
War is f*cking hell as I was told by my Farther, but if we go to war, we need to stop pissing around and kill all. Then, being the benign people we are, we help to rebuild as we did with Europe and Japan.
There's a photo here on Free Republic that shows the difference between a post Hiroshima (with high-rises and bright lights) and the socialist destruction of Detroit, and it's ghettos. Why can't our leaders learn from the past? Oh yeah, I said it above - EGOs.