Posted on Jan 26, 2014
Do you think today's military is the best ever?
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I for one am very proud of the young troops these days and I believe every generation reverts to believing that the younger generation is less disciplined and while you see certain changes it is a different time. My time was the Vietnam-era and Cold War.
I was impressed by the troops in Desert Shield and beyond.
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There always differences between generations. That said, we have the best trained, equipped, supplied, highly motivated, and exceptionally capable military in the world. Whatever the perception, I would never wish to be in the shoes of any hostile force.
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Yes LT Annala and that is where personal respect makes us a better person. We see beyond our own immediate concerns and thoughtfully considers these paradigm shifts that concern us older veterans.
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I think that they have the best equipment, home station, and combat living conditions ever.
With that said, I think they deserve better Leadership and less Management. Things that are going on today remind me of the old McNamara days where "We don't need Leaders we need Managers." That was the worst experience of my career and it lasted for 12 years. Then it took the Schwarzkopf-Powell era to change it. It appears to me that we are going backwards to a system the did not work then and wont work now.
The services can't afford to lose the Patraeus-McCrystal, and McRavens,or fire the leaders with the audacity to make Leaders decisions with on the ground actionable intelligence.
You have to have proven COMBAT leaders at all levels.
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At risk of sounding overly politically correct (which anyone who knows me will agree I'm not!), I think each generation of service members were / are the best of their generation. Having said that, it's very hard to compare the generations of military to one another due to advancements in technology and the evolution of war in general. The environments are totally different from one to the other. In any case, I am still confident we have always had, and continue to have the best fighting forces in the world.
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