Runningart2004 wrote:
This is better.
Yeah whatever. They're still recruiting the worst of the worst.
What's the 3k standard, 20 minutes?
None of it matters, of course. It's all done by mercenaries and machines now. The only question is who's willing to do it, and right now it's the wokes, like you.
I figure you're woke because skinny-soldier complex. Awful lot to prove it seems.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
This is better.
Yeah whatever. They're still recruiting the worst of the worst.
What's the 3k standard, 20 minutes?
None of it matters, of course. It's all done by mercenaries and machines now. The only question is who's willing to do it, and right now it's the wokes, like you.
I figure you're woke because skinny-soldier complex. Awful lot to prove it seems.
Skinny soldier complex? What are you even talking about?
Bet ya $100 I score better than you on the new ACFT.
Actually the new 2mi standard is 21:09.....but that's after 5 other events.
Also you're an idiot. Grown adults don't use terms like "woke" or "cancel culture" or any of this generations cool kid terms. Grow up bud.
Alan
Runningart2004 wrote:
Skinny soldier complex? What are you even talking about?
You need it spelled out? The little guy who always has to go further to prove he can fight.
Like you did, challenged me to a contest. Left something undone, did you?
Runningart2004 wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:
Yeah whatever. They're still recruiting the worst of the worst.
What's the 3k standard, 20 minutes?
None of it matters, of course. It's all done by mercenaries and machines now. The only question is who's willing to do it, and right now it's the wokes, like you.
I figure you're woke because skinny-soldier complex. Awful lot to prove it seems.
Skinny soldier complex? What are you even talking about?
Bet ya $100 I score better than you on the new ACFT.
Actually the new 2mi standard is 21:09.....but that's after 5 other events.
Also you're an idiot. Grown adults don't use terms like "woke" or "cancel culture" or any of this generations cool kid terms. Grow up bud.
Alan
The MINIMUM passing score for the Russians for 3000 is 10:30 Worth about a 11:20 for 2 Miles and they have to do a bunch of other events as well.
https://msigwarrior.com/pft-ru-alpha-group-spetsnaz.htmlI thought I was watching a SNL skit.
I guess I am not in the mind of the "liberal woke" folk this ad is trying to appeal to but I just find a hard time believing, even for those people, this ad is very effective. It seems so obviously pandering to young Gen Xers that it seems almost offensive.
Is there really a LGBT activist or liberal who sees this commercial and says "Wow, I really want to join the US military now!"
Again, I'm not in the "liberal woke" mindset so maybe this kind of campaign does work but it seems so counterintuitive to me.
"The Military is easy as long as you follow the directions"
I concur, and the promotion path is probably easier (to a certain point and perhaps slower in many instances) in the military than in the corporate world where there are not always clear rules and directions on how to succeed. There is also the "Way", be it the Army Way, Navy Way, etc. In the recruit video it was obvious that the blonde girl in the front rank wearing the American flag shirt was well prepared ahead of time and either did her homework about what to expect, came out of a JROTC background, was from a military family, or all of the above.
What movies will they make about today's young enlistees? See 2004 film, Stateside. Those were my guys. It wasn't written like a documentary but much of the film was true. A good number of guys with convictions for: armed robbery or d.u.i. with aggravated conditions or manslaughter conviction. Then, it was prison or U.S.M.C. infantry. Guys you wanted on your side in a bar fight or any altercation. I would not recognize current recruits. I am sure current recruits will do well in combat when asked, but these recruits are different. Back then, U.S.M.C ad: We're Looking for a Few Good Men. Back then, Army ad: We do more before 6am than others do all day. Back in my day, no USN or USMC females of any rank were allowed near USMC infantry for safety of Navy female sailors and USMC women Marines.
So the anti-vax right is now talking itself into hating the Army. Another strategically brilliant move from the clown car, now driving full throttle to their own Branch Davidian moment.
The Army has zero tolerance for racism or sexual harassment, and I wouldn't want it any other way, especially since my own kid is enlisted infantry. I raised him to treat people fairly and respect women. If that means the Army isn't as appealing to racist, sexist bozos, all the better.
At the end of the day, the primary goal of the military is to kill and injure humans and destroy stuff. Anything that interferes with doing so in an efficient manner should not be tolerated. If your two mommies want you to spread joy and brotherhood throughout the world, join the peace corps.
Nas said it right- 'The U.S Army is the school that teaches the plights of conquest'.
For comparison, here is a Navy recruiting ad from 1979:
Another version if that above doesn't play the full screen:
There was a kick-butt type US Army ad a few years ago. It was popular with the internal audience (current and former service members) but not so much with the target audience.
colder and wiser wrote:
So the anti-vax right is now talking itself into hating the Army. Another strategically brilliant move from the clown car, now driving full throttle to their own Branch Davidian moment.
The Army has zero tolerance for racism or sexual harassment, and I wouldn't want it any other way, especially since my own kid is enlisted infantry. I raised him to treat people fairly and respect women. If that means the Army isn't as appealing to racist, sexist bozos, all the better.
I agree with almost everything you said above.
You can espouse all the virtues you stated without making your military recruiting commercials look like a coming attraction for a “woke” Disney princess movie.
Remember, at the end of the day, the job of the military is to win wars. It’s not so an upper middle class sorority girl can find herself and it’s irresponsible for the army to present the military as such.
sorry but its true wrote:
God damn this is a joke just like covid. US military should be ashamed of themselves. This type of BS would have never happened under Trump
So true, never under Trump. We would have proudly ruined the careers of those who have served and sacrificed for years, maligned others who were ready to do so b/c of their gender, stabbed some of our longest serving allies in the back, turned a blind eye to the toxic white supremacy in the military, and continued to make back-room deals with our worst enemies for financial and political gain - oh, and make self-destructive comments about how strong and great we are. We would have been in such a good place.
Vince Matthews Fan wrote:
sorry but its true wrote:
God damn this is a joke just like covid. US military should be ashamed of themselves. This type of BS would have never happened under Trump
So true, never under Trump. We would have proudly ruined the careers of those who have served and sacrificed for years, maligned others who were ready to do so b/c of their gender, stabbed some of our longest serving allies in the back, turned a blind eye to the toxic white supremacy in the military, and continued to make back-room deals with our worst enemies for financial and political gain - oh, and make self-destructive comments about how strong and great we are. We would have been in such a good place.
When did you serve? Before anyone asks, 1980-86 for me.
Vince Matthews Fan wrote:
sorry but its true wrote:
God damn this is a joke just like covid. US military should be ashamed of themselves. This type of BS would have never happened under Trump
So true, never under Trump. We would have proudly ruined the careers of those who have served and sacrificed for years, maligned others who were ready to do so b/c of their gender, stabbed some of our longest serving allies in the back, turned a blind eye to the toxic white supremacy in the military, and continued to make back-room deals with our worst enemies for financial and political gain - oh, and make self-destructive comments about how strong and great we are. We would have been in such a good place.
Unrelated, but Vince Matthews My Race be won was the first non Comic Book that I read Cover to Cover it was early 1970's great Book.
sorry but its true wrote:
God damn this is a joke just like covid. US military should be ashamed of themselves. This type of BS would have never happened under Trump
True.
Traitor Trump, his Russian bosses and Kremlin Trolls (like you) would have never stood for it.
And yes, taking bribes from Russia- to do their bidding does makes you a traitor. That applies to the demented traitor Trump.
But you are probably just a Russian troll.
Enjoy your $2.00 minimum wage.
Hope your gangster bosses don't hurt your family.