> you really don't rise up through the officer ranks without playing their little shit games. i was in the army reserve from 1986 to 1991. the officers were competent, and the nco's were good, with some being among the best men i have ever met. they tried to encourage the enlisted to be the best they could. clearing a path for them so they could progress. i did my drills, extra duty, correspondence courses, and i went from e-1 to e-4 cpl within 2 years. deployed to iraq, came back and joined the guard, and zero promotions. like i said before, i had trouble explaining the dynamic to military and non-military, but then came tim walz! i just point to that fat fucking remf faggot and tell them to imagine an entire division filled with them. icing on the cake is the dod fudgepackers doing their own research and coming to the conclusion that veterans are the cause of our recruiting woes. not *their* rampant bone smuggling, but *our* sharing our honest experiences with family and young people.
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