In the news:
Jan 21, 2004 Military.com
US Troops in Iraq Getting Evaluated for Traumatic Brain Injuries After Iran-Backed Militia Attack
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Understandable why young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
Four-star officers and high level DOD civilians built careers made of undeclared/unwon wars. Now they must mastermind ways to recruit a new generation.
Thousands of American families have had a loved one in the regular or reserve US Armed Forces who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan. National Guard too.
If we can just get the veterans, parents and grandparents of the USA to recommend an enlistment to the young family members in their life, things will be looking up. Trouble is, maybe those family members expect more from a commitment to enlist than decades of undeclared/unwon wars. The press, four-star officers, and elected officials will avoid owning up to this.
The US Dept. of Defense spent the last 30 years squandering prestige and credibility overseas and at home.
If DOD was an NFL team, sports talk radio would feature comments like:
The Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
Four-star officers, high level DOD civilians, policy think tanks and the press will avoid being honest about how DOD has been used over the past 30 years. They tend to avoid discussing a track record that is not attractive to the parents, grandparents, young people and veterans of America.
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Maybe Get Away From The Bragging About Freedom?
Recruiting Crisis – Found An Honest Article
American Families and the US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
Life wasn’t meant to change after the big Saddam Hussein & Osama bin Laden takedowns
DOD Careers Made of Undeclared/Unwon Wars – Honesty Is Lacking
“US Military Academies Focus on Oaths and Loyalty to Constitution…”
The people of Iowa need services in Kosovo
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Random Thoughts – Recruiting Crisis
Recruiting Crisis – A Million Meals for Military Families In Need
Late 2023 US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
A Draft? – DOD Brand Has Been Wrecked
How does Uncle Sam plan to attract young people to sign up in the years ahead?
The “Thanks for your service” phrase may have come from some sort of post-Vietnam guilt.
The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars.
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
President Biden – Veterans Day
The country struggles with:
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
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Symbol of a US Dept. of Defense (Established in the late 1940s/after WWII) track record with undeclared/unwon wars for your freedoms.