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IT’S ORGANIZED CHAOS

When I first came in, I thought the Army was so organized to be able to accomplish all it does on a given day. Now that I have been in a while, I am even more amazed that we accomplish what we do on a given day given the fact of just how DISorganized we truly are.

— RONALD45

HANDS TIED IN THE ’STAN

The inability to call in our much-vaunted and much-needed air power or artillery power in any necessary situation ties the hands of our ground fighters. It denies them the multiplier they were taught and trained to depend on and use when they are in [trouble]. Take away force multipliers, and you have to beef up the forces on the ground.

In the mountains of Afghanistan we have kept the forces to the very minimum, and now we are taking away their force multipliers. So our four-stars on the ground are asking for more boots on the ground.

The delays in our political leader’s response to these requests, along with the more restrictive rules of engagement, ratchet up the danger and the threat our young warriors are facing.

— Dave Butson, CMSgt. USAF (Ret.) ’61-’92

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In this situation, they don’t use rules of engagement. Neither should we. Use every tactic, weapon and strategy we have short of “the nuke” to finish this.

— Pollywog

LOVE THE JOB YOU’RE WITH

Often in the military, one will find himself in a job he doesn’t like or having to do something that he does not particularly want to do.

A professional soldier (yes, this is a profession) is going to carry out his assigned task professionally and to the best of his ability. This is an all-volunteer Army. Volunteering for something means you sometimes get marching orders, and you just need to execute. Regardless of future career goals and desires, you are still in the Army until the day [discharge pagers] are in your hands and you are driving off post. Up until that time you are being paid to be a soldier.

— ECKSRAY

FRIENDS FOREVER

In reference to the fact that foreign soldiers will again be eligible to earn the Green Beret after training at Fort Bragg, N.C.:

Great — there is nothing more lasting and welding together than camaraderie among soldiers from different nations with a common positive experience. It engraves in one’s brain and makes friends and sympathizers forever.

— Master Tanker