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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 11:56 PM Original message |
Army, needing 2nd lieutenants, speeds process for NCOs to become officers |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. the criminalization of the upper ranks. neato! i can't wait to see what |
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Joyce78 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. David Hackworth |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. In response to your query |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. THESE CRIMINALS AND THUGS |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. They did not join to become criminals, or thugs |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Its the good ones that die,,, the criminals join for their own agendas |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. There ought to be laws against illegal, agressive war, too. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Seems to me more NCO's should be commissioned. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. More complicated than that |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 08:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Officer Corps' war on the NCO Corps? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. OCS is not college. |
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wookie294 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. Strained US Army relaxes new officer requirements |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Allowing criminals as officers. Our military is being destroyed. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And WHY ISN'T THIS MAKING EXISTING OFFICERS ANGRY ENOUGH |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It is; they're resigning in droves. That's why Criminals May Apply. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Criminals will give the orders |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You know it makes sense. |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No way we can sustain Iraq or any other war... |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You have no idea just how right you really are... |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Wouldn't Japan probably get caught up in that? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I've been pounding the draft drum for eons |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Unbelievable! |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Hmm, just like in Vietnam. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. commissions haven't come so cheap since Jr's AWOL days |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. "An Officer.... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Maybe they will waive age and let Lt. William Calley back in. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Might as well. He'd fit in pretty well in some spots. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm getting a little confused......just what army are we trying to |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. The status quo is in trouble |
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Lowell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. Wasted too much political capital |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Bush has the US up against a wall, no doubt about it |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's almost the old "battlefield promotion" tactic that the US has used... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The NYTimes is bound to make the same observation |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. Unspoken truths |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. PS |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is more a "realitization" of OCS admission |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Your guy's saying the F word may have saved him from a fragging incident |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Trust me on this--this guy was NOT officer material |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Maybe a little humor is what the officer corp needs? |
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