Thanks for the link Chaos56!
via Foreign Policy
I'm surprised. I'm surprised that someone didn't throw his bars at whoever ordered rocks to be painted so hard that they hit whoever in the face and came out his ass!
Ricks took a swing at TBS but I think he's pointing at a problem that is Marine Corps wide and comes from the top.
I hope that Ricks follows up on this and goes straight to Amos to get his views on things. Amos is talking so instead of the small ball he gets from reporters that don't know the in's and out's of the Marine Corps, he needs to get some hard balls from someone who does.
via Foreign Policy
Under Todd, there have been some ambitious and interesting changes made in NCO professionalization. But there has also been a maniacal focus on garrison stuff, and a loss of focus on tactical/professional preparation of lieutenants. If you PT on your own, green-on-green only; if I catch windows open in the BOQ, I will summarily fire the Co. commander (no shit, that actually happened). Captains in the bullpen will be used as a labor force for stuff like painting rocks. That last one has become symbolic of the madness there -- painting rocks is something we did at the worst commands in the '90s because it was easier to make your garrison area look nice than come up with a creative, challenging training plan that prepares Marines for operational and life challenges.Read the entire article here.
I'm surprised. I'm surprised that someone didn't throw his bars at whoever ordered rocks to be painted so hard that they hit whoever in the face and came out his ass!
Ricks took a swing at TBS but I think he's pointing at a problem that is Marine Corps wide and comes from the top.
I hope that Ricks follows up on this and goes straight to Amos to get his views on things. Amos is talking so instead of the small ball he gets from reporters that don't know the in's and out's of the Marine Corps, he needs to get some hard balls from someone who does.
We Pvt's painted the rocks at old MCB Stone bay, the Sgt said it looked fine, the Lt came out to inspect and unexpectedly turned over a rock.......
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The Sarge said, "I'll get right on it Sir."
"ALRIGHT PVTS YA DONE PHUCKED UP!" The Sgt yelled.
So we spent the day painting the bottoms of every rock that lined every sand path (duly raked with lines in one direction only) at the Individual Combat Training company area.
The Marine Corps was saved once again.