I read this article and all I could do is smile, laugh and think OOOOOH RAAAAHHHH
One thing I really liked was the commandant of the Marine Corps only said he had spoke with the Lt. Gen and asked him to watch his words more carefully in "public".
No reprimand, no apology, the Commandant didn't play no public political game.
And people just don't get it, they want combat soldiers who can kick arse, but they want them to be all touchy feely and feel bad about killing..
Guess what, cant have it both ways. A good soldier is only a good soldier if he enjoys what he does. sorry if that offends anyone, but being a soldier is like any other job, the more you enjoy what you do, the better you are at it.
If your job is to kill people, you better learn to enjoy your work because if you don't, not only will you become ineffective, but psychologically it will tear you up if you are killing people and don’t have the stomach for it.
At least this Lt. Gen was being honest about the situation..
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Mattis speech in San Diego
Semper Fi
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One thing I really liked was the commandant of the Marine Corps only said he had spoke with the Lt. Gen and asked him to watch his words more carefully in "public".
No reprimand, no apology, the Commandant didn't play no public political game.
And people just don't get it, they want combat soldiers who can kick arse, but they want them to be all touchy feely and feel bad about killing..
Guess what, cant have it both ways. A good soldier is only a good soldier if he enjoys what he does. sorry if that offends anyone, but being a soldier is like any other job, the more you enjoy what you do, the better you are at it.
If your job is to kill people, you better learn to enjoy your work because if you don't, not only will you become ineffective, but psychologically it will tear you up if you are killing people and don’t have the stomach for it.
At least this Lt. Gen was being honest about the situation..
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Mattis speech in San Diego
Semper Fi
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