No Worries – USA 250 | Oak Bay Starfish

A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.

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.

US Army – Age Limit Up To 42

How many elected officials have kids and grandkids age 17-42?

Isiah Factor: Uncensored

From comments:

“A 42 year old being ordered around by a 22 year old isn’t going to go well. I see nothing but headaches with this.”

“I served Marine Corps and husband retired Army.
Thankful our adult children decided not serve or serve in military or civil service.
We remember the Iraq wars and Afghanistan. 🫤”

Sentinel

What’s Going on With Shipping?

From 2004

“Today, however, the Congress has relinquished its delegated powers, giving the President license to do whatever he and his office determine that they can get away with. Consequentially, the presidential and legislative oaths to the Constitution have just turned into a great photo op on inauguration day.”

“It is a sad and hard realization for a grunt who loves the Marine Corps to admit that the organization is not used in the preservation of liberty, and has not been used toward that end for a very long time.”

Source:

Why I Didn’t Reenlist

By Casey Khan

February 14, 2004

Armed Forces Recruiting – 1980s

Part of what made it work:

In past decades, people could do time in uniform, then return to the US with a feeling that they were living in the best country on the planet.

They believed it and their parents and grandparents believed it.

Those who did may have wished to hand down a better version of the modern American society to their kids and grandkids.

Today-

Standards have deteriorated. The troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.

Both major parties have taken turns in power over the past 40 years or so. For sure, there is a chunk of public policy that has become worse, not better.

Emergency/crisis/chaos mode is what we get now.

Feeling The Energy – USA 250