Three out of service submarines from Britain, one of which had caught fire and had to be towed here. Then spent years in drydock to be repaired. All three have since been scrapped, to my knowledge.
“Brand new” Aurora aircraft based on US P-3 Orion. Bought 4 planes but no parts. Had to cannabilize 3 to get enough working parts for one plane to do the flyover during the big welcoming ceremony. Plagued with no parts for maintenance for years - but they bought a dozen of them anyway.
Soldiers in Latvia having to buy their own helmets and equipment because our lovely govt couldn’t equip them - but did equip the foreign soldiers working next to them.
Over half the privates I worked with were on welfare.
Laughingstock.
I sure as hell wouldn’t serve next to someone who can’t decide on their nail colour for the day. I wouldn’t serve with someone I couldn’t trust to be able to get past their “hurt widdle feewings” at being called the wrong pronoun. And I sure as hell wouldn’t carry out a soldier who got hit because their equitable headdress doesn’t have the same protection as a helmet. Or someone whose inclusive hairstyle got caught in machinery.
They can throw their stilettos at the bad guys.
At the rate we equip our military, it may just come to that.
And vegetables.
As a vet, I am ashamed and disgusted by what our military has become. And I’m not alone.
In fact our whole country has gone to hell in a handbasket! We are the laughingstock of the intelligent world.
Who cares if we're a laughingstock. At least we don't spend $1 trillion per year for weapons that don't work.
Maybe not $1T but still too much.
Three out of service submarines from Britain, one of which had caught fire and had to be towed here. Then spent years in drydock to be repaired. All three have since been scrapped, to my knowledge.
“Brand new” Aurora aircraft based on US P-3 Orion. Bought 4 planes but no parts. Had to cannabilize 3 to get enough working parts for one plane to do the flyover during the big welcoming ceremony. Plagued with no parts for maintenance for years - but they bought a dozen of them anyway.
Soldiers in Latvia having to buy their own helmets and equipment because our lovely govt couldn’t equip them - but did equip the foreign soldiers working next to them.
Over half the privates I worked with were on welfare.
Laughingstock.
I sure as hell wouldn’t serve next to someone who can’t decide on their nail colour for the day. I wouldn’t serve with someone I couldn’t trust to be able to get past their “hurt widdle feewings” at being called the wrong pronoun. And I sure as hell wouldn’t carry out a soldier who got hit because their equitable headdress doesn’t have the same protection as a helmet. Or someone whose inclusive hairstyle got caught in machinery.
Ok. Rant over.
I thought the American military was bad.
Look at the braid on that whatever it is supposed to be. Gonna be crying when the enemy drags it along by the hair tail.