Commanders are dropping like flies this year

[Lord Ratner]

7 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

It's called YouTube.  Since the show was broadcast all over Earth, live streaming is easy.

As for the content, I now christen the SoW, Pete "Mr Potato Head" Hesgeth, in honor of the "Groooooomin Standand"

As for reception, I'm sure Pete wanted to end with a mike drop, but instead he could hear a pin drop.  So it really was like talking to some TV screens.  

 

I know, I know, it's your username, if you weren't miserable about literally everything in the world, what else would you do? 

 

But it's pretty amazing to see people defending the *generals* against the first secdef in my lifetime that is telling them they have to live by the same standards they enforce. 

 

[17D_guy]

3 hours ago, O Face said:

So the shipping of a few hundred generals to DC is what finally drove the liberals to financial responsibility??  C’mon!  You all have to be able to step back here and realize your hatred may be clouding your judgement just a bit, right?  If you listened to Hegseth’s speech, what is it you are upset about?  I’m willing to bet the common sense he espoused was exactly something you muttered a thousand times during your career…”Fitness tests should be standard, opportunities should be based on merit, how is that guy still in uniform, he’s super fat, etc, stopping the weaponization of the IG process, focusing on war fighting instead of fighting for social justice. This is the shit we all were pleading for my entire career and this is the first Secretary to even bring it to light. I’m retired now and wish I had heard this kind of direction once during my career, I hope the generals in attendance are bold enough to take the charge. Had we not spent the past few decades litigating ourselves into irrelevance, and fighting our greatest threat - climate change and white supremacy perhaps the gathering would’ve been fine as an email.  Unfortunately however, I’d think you would all agree that this is an extremely large departure from years past and it might be better received coming from the horse’s mouth. 

From the dudes that bitched about Obama's golfing costing tax payers money yet silent now. GG. 

[Lord Ratner]

11 minutes ago, 17D_guy said:

From the dudes that bitched about Obama's golfing costing tax payers money yet silent now. GG. 

Where? Which dudes? Be specific. Did any of the people who are interacting with you now say that? I certainly didn't. O Face has never used the word "golf" on this forum

 

Also are you equating a game of golf to a commander's call? Are those on the same level of national importance? 

 

You have an obnoxious habit of lumping together everything that's ever been said on Fox News as some sort of proxy for what the real individuals here are saying specifically. Why do you come here if not to directly interact with us? Is this just some outlet for you to howl at the moon? 

 

There are legitimately interesting conversations that happen on this forum, and on this topic, but all you can respond with is a whataboutism that none of the people talking to you at the moment actually said?

[brabus]

There are probably tens of millions a year spent on useless TDYs/PCSs. Cue every person who goes to in-person PME, every bullshit “TDY for the boys” (but they are fun as shit!), every guy who travels to unending conferences and meetings while not providing, nor consuming, anything of value to their job and other attendees.  We have endured a significant identity/priorities crisis for years in the DoD, and unfucking that is critical enough to not just throw it on YouTube or a TEAMs call (where nobody will actually listen/receive anything - they’ll be “present” with their muted mic symbol). Complaining about one TDY out of tons each of these GOs are doing yearly is lazy, political hacking on display. Attack the argument/point SECDEF is driving home, but you can’t, because it’s the most logical direction one has given in my lifetime. So, you jump to a retarded Red Herring argument of “but mAh TdY CoStS!” Hilarious, and sad at the same time.

[O Face]

2 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

From the dudes that bitched about Obama's golfing costing tax payers money yet silent now. GG. 

Obama golfed?  Guarantee he used the red tee box.