Posted on Sep 27, 2013
What's the most important thing the military should do while going through this downsizing period?
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All efforts should invested on reduced inequity, inequality, injustice and investment in expensive military operations and programmes. Collaborative leadership within the complex and multicultural world is a matter of urgency. Promote tolerance, cultural awareness, shut up and listen to each, and empathetically engage in constructive engagement that come up with non-violent means of resolving conflicts!
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We have a lot of organizations that cater to the needs of veterans but the problem is that many are institutional and pretty much like going to the VA. One gets the sense that we are just a number and get lost in the red tape.
What we can do is establish Meetup Clubs to take care of our own. If they are homeless for example, we can work as a community of veterans to figure that veteran's situation and his needs and not with a stop watch or a time card of what officials can do.
The VA does what it can, but if we really care about our fellow veterans then we need to show that and follow through. Last night for example, I was a racetrack to raise money for the Humane Society, so that they can buy food for a veteran's pet, if they cannot feed that pet.
And this was just the first year. We can do this veterans. We can show what our brotherhood means to the community and an innovative way to make things better. Many veterans wish for that comraderie we had during our active duty years and we can do that on our own at very little expense. Let's do this!
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Vote every Democrat out of office, remember Nov. is election month and they all need to go! Any Republican that voted for Obamacare needs to go also!
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CPT Aaron Kletzing
Walter, thanks for your input. However, we prefer for members to not post overly politically-biased comments here. Thanks and please adhere to this in the future.
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Just hang in there, hopefully we will in the next election, elect a man or woman with leadership Qualities that will build our military instead of tearing it apart. In God I Trust.
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WELL I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO COME BACK FROM DOWNRANGE THAT WOULD SAVE ALL KINDS OF MONEY. WE DONT NEED TO BE IN AFG. ANY MORE THEN AT THE UNITS THEY SHOULD LET MOST OF THE CONTRACTERS GO HOME AND USE THE SOILDERS FOR MOST OF THE WORK . THAT WOULD SAVE MONEY.
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I think that the Elected Officials are Not using their collective brains with enough power to make a good doorstop. They have the military fighting thousands of miles away while allowing our country undeffended and allowing illegal aliends to come in to our country, take over our jobs, claim underserved medical benefits, claim undeserved pay beneifts, and do whatever they want to do with the symbol of our great nation; the U.S. flag. They even allow for a non- U.S. flag to be flown on U.S. soil, that is NOT a member of another nation.
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Don't draw down! This is a huge mistake our political leaders are making. If anything they should let our commanders and troops do the job they are trained to do. If they want to help out have them keep their lawyers and their I know how to fight attitudes to themselves. Everytime our political leaders send troops out to fight they tie our hands. Turn our commanders loose and let us fight.
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Maintain the priority of honoring God; Country, and Self in all you do. Stick to this and the "dross" will be exposed for what it is!
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Hire a non-government efficiency expert team to QUIETLY look at EVERY MOS to determine WHICH IS essential and which is NON-essential and AFTER the study is complete - END FUNDING to the areas to be Eliminated.
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