Posted on 04/01/2020 6:55:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
Am I alone in being concerned that a lot of us middle-aged nobodies are going to pull through from social distancing but our nation’s pool of future military leaders are this fragile?
No, you’re not alone. That was my first thought as well.
Soft living makes soft people
I agree. They had to be on the cusp to begin with.....to me, the really horrendous part of having to stay inside is not be able to save my job, my business, the whole country, etc. It’s like we’re all just sitting inside, watching society crumble.
I have to assume there are underlying reasons for the suicide that go deeper than isolation. Normal people don’t off themselves just because they’re isolated for a week. Even John McCain was tougher than that.
I guess “natural selection” has crossed off two fighter pilots that would have cracked under pressure. Insensitive, I know, but we’re talking about national defense here.
My thought too. They only had to do it for a couple fo months and then they'd graduate.
I’m with you.
I’m with you.
What would happen to these folks if you parachuted them into Afholistan with a pack of MREs a rifle a kabar and told them to conduct surveillance while remaining cover.
At the same time it sounds like the military is having a really hard time figuring out how to operate through a health crisis, e.g. the Teddy Roosevelt.
I get the problem. The peacetime qualities that lead to promotion are bureaucratic rule-following and being a workaholic operating without sleep and without regard for personal health. You are expected to tough out illnesses or lack of sleep however deleterious for overall mission effectiveness.
The two seem to be on full display in our operating forces inability to figure out how to operate and keep people healthy so they can operate.
Sending them home? This is their home.
Wonder what they're gonna do if/when assigned remote like Alaska or Iceland....
How would they deal with being a leader and having to make an unpopular decision? Or deal with combat? Or be a P.O.W. and probably not be treated nicely but not break under the pressure?
“our nation’s pool of future military leaders are this fragile?”
I’m with you. Preppies and not leaders.
“we’re talking about national defense here.”
When it comes to our military academies, we’re talking social experiments. Remember, it was the USAFA that added a Wiccan (think made up little girl witchcraft fantasies) worship circle to the academy.
When I went through Infantry OCS fifty-odd years ago, it seemed, at the time, that the entire program was structured to cause you to commit suicide. Or resign.
The times have changed.
Are these women cadets? All writing studiously avoids the question.
Are women suicides disproportionate?
Real questions “journalism” won’t touch.
These are seniors at the Air Force Academy? It sounds like the Air Force has not trained them for the reality of war and for what participation in a war might be like. Snowflakes. You’re better off without them becoming Officers if the off themselves like that because they had to sit in a dorm room for a couple of days.
I wonder if the Wiccan prayer circle is also off limits? A national embarrassment.
The commander should’ve doubled down and closed the chow hall. Two MREs a day
“... punished for violating the social distancing measures with marching practice.”
In my day, we called it “tanning your rifle”.
Bingo.
“Am I alone in being concerned that a lot of us middle-aged nobodies are going to pull through from social distancing but our nation’s pool of future military leaders are this fragile?”
I with you 1000%! How the HELL do people like this get into the AF Acadamy? Aren’t they screened for these sorts of things?
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