re: U.S. Army War College publishes paper on "lessons learned" from Russo-Ukrainian War

I knew it was in trouble, my son's senior year (class of 2020). When I asked his friends if any of them were going into the service, they all responded that the military is for the purple hairs and the gays.

That was Walker High School in Livingston Parish.

How could the Army lose a feeder Parish like Livingston?

The military leaders and politicians did this to themselves, so they can get fricked.

There is always a shitty enough place somewhere in the US to encourage USMC enlistment.

I do know one kid in WBR that is in the USMC feeder program to enlist when he graduates, but he's the only one he knows of in the town.

I was in 12 years. I'd physically fight my boy if he tried to join. That's a hard no. Go to trade school

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Additionally have you seen todays 18yr olds?

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Yeah, it’s why we want androids and the paw patrol as our front line now.

Truthfully, no one in their right minds would fight a symmetrical war against the US military. It would be suicide. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan are the new normal for engagements, not Desert Storm. Having to do more with less may be a blessing in disguise.

The powers that be want to have it both ways. They want to train to fight a conventional war, and defend against unconventional tactics (terrorism, cyber, etc.).

Also, the threat of nukes has really taken a grand scale war off of the table between nuclear powers. With that knowledge, I get why it was so important for countries like Iran and North Korea to develop nukes.