To be fair, this was at the height of the anti-war craziness of the Sixties and race riots of the Seventies.philip964 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 3:06 pmWow, I’ve never heard that before about the Navy. I know with 5000 sailors, there will still be some rotten apples that made it through, but areas of the ship unsafe for officers. Wow.Stick_Shift wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:15 pm https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/politics ... sted/index.
....... He said there were places on the boat that officers did not go without a sidearm,......
Friend told me about being called up for a physical and seeing a side of humanity he had never seen before.
I have lived a too sheltered life.
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16 US Marines Arrested for Drug, Human Trafficking...
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I have long suspected that the drive to make the US military be more 'reflective' of the society it serves was going to result in some pretty awful things. The military is set apart, with its own codes, its own culture, its own rules. It is meant to be different than the society it serves because it has a job that the society it serves cannot do on it own.
The story states that these marines were not involved in border security operations, but its clear they had inside knowledge of it and used it to their advantage. Some of them had combat experience and awards for valor in combat operations.
Maybe some of our veterans in here might be able to shed some light on how this happens? My father served in the US military during Vietnam as flight crew on several carriers over a total of three deployments. He often spoke of the 60s and 70s as a bad time to serve with a combination of civil unrest and conscripted service. He said there were places on the boat that officers did not go without a sidearm, but that this attitude came to a screeching halt during the Reagan Administration. Servicemen that were considered substandard got cashiered fast and the requirements for enlistment got a lot more stringent.
So, what's going on here? Is this an isolated incident, or are we looking at a trend?
I have long suspected that the drive to make the US military be more 'reflective' of the society it serves was going to result in some pretty awful things. The military is set apart, with its own codes, its own culture, its own rules. It is meant to be different than the society it serves because it has a job that the society it serves cannot do on it own.
The story states that these marines were not involved in border security operations, but its clear they had inside knowledge of it and used it to their advantage. Some of them had combat experience and awards for valor in combat operations.
Maybe some of our veterans in here might be able to shed some light on how this happens? My father served in the US military during Vietnam as flight crew on several carriers over a total of three deployments. He often spoke of the 60s and 70s as a bad time to serve with a combination of civil unrest and conscripted service. He said there were places on the boat that officers did not go without a sidearm, but that this attitude came to a screeching halt during the Reagan Administration. Servicemen that were considered substandard got cashiered fast and the requirements for enlistment got a lot more stringent.
So, what's going on here? Is this an isolated incident, or are we looking at a trend?