Top enlisted Marine pens open letter after testimony angers troops
Young people- please consider avoiding a career in the US Armed Forces.
Why?
Ongoing, undeclared/unwon wars in distant lands while heroin traffickers cross into the US free of screening, scanning, pat downs, special IDs, inspection of personal items, etc.
Lies told about US foreign policy and where military service fits into our way of life.
Wasteful spending:
Report: Pentagon to destroy $1B in ammo
Pentagon can’t account for $1.3 billion in Afghan reconstruction aid
Federal support for veterans: American Legion, Citing Problems, Calls for Veterans Secretary to Resign
Constant proposals to play bait & switch with the traditional DOD military benefits that were used to entice people to stay for multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Growth in compensation?
How about just letting people keep the same benefits they had when they did their first of multiple tours in Iraq or Afghanistan?
Recommendation-
Insert language into recruiting literature and enlistment documents stating that rules concerning benefits may change at any time & that no definite benefit package will be provided in exchange for 20 years of unrestricted worldwide service. No grandfather clause will apply. Have unit leaders refer to this disclaimer when promoting retention drives, giving re-enlistment speeches, etc.
Stop spending federal money on meaningless support the troops promotions, campaigns and VIP photo ops that are not connected in any way with public policy.
Here is a hand selected lady who was surprised (1:12) to get a phone call of support from The First Lady- even though cameras were rolling in her home when the phone rang:
Recommendations for saving:
Phase out decades of ongoing, undeclared/unwon wars overseas. Phase out the Drug War, allow U.S. farmers to answer the global demand for Industrial Hemp.
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Photo- Foggy morning at Port Hadlock