Not to long ago I read a meme that said, "The only difference between a private and a 2nd lieutenant is a bachelors degree."
I gew up in the military. My father was career enlisted. From the time I was born until I graduated high school, I lived on or near the bases. I saw first hand the effects a good officer and NCO could have. I also saw the damage poor ones can quickly cause.
For some reason, society has accepted that, with few exceptions, officers must come from the educated class. Yet the best officers I saw, the ones the guys I spent time with respected, were the mustangs. Not just because they were prior enlised, but because they knew exactly what effect their decisions would have on the men. Sometimes the mission means everyone just has to suck it up, but the rest of the time, keeping the chickenshit to a minimum was not only appreciated, but more importantly, noticed.
The damage liberalism has caused has been going on for decades. It is institutional now. The woke nonsense just put the destruction into overdrive. Fags, trannies, racists, general incompetence of every order - all promoted into positions of command and influence. Once imbedded, it's almost impossible to get rid of them. They're dug in like an Alabama tic, watching out for, and promoting, similiarly mentally ill individuals, thus perpetuating the problem.
Firing all of them isn't an option. But changing the acceptance is. After Trump is sworn in, I believe there's going to be mass resignations and firings across all areas of gov't, including the military. This is an opportunity though. Stop accepting the corrupted, indoctrinated college class directly into the officer corps, and mandate promotion from the ranks. 4-6 years as an enlisted soldier/sailor/airman is more than enough time to earn a bachelors degree through the various training and educations options currently available to those serving. And for specialty or advanced degrees, like doctors or PhD's, after their enlistment is up the GI bill will help pay for it before they come back and commission.
Will this solve all the problems with the officer corps? No. But it will seriously blunt the damage currently being done, and over the next generation, help clean up the mess.
I don't think enough enlisted want to become officers.
I don't see the problem as being one that ROTC is turning out officers. I think the issue is top down. When coming up through the officer ranks, one keeps an eye on what senior leadership wants/expects and adjusts his attitude accordingly. Everything is about getting the next promotion.
God needs to become a part of the military again. Religion used to be important to warriors. And the military used to be warriors instead of the current social experiment.
And that is the crux of the problem: the military is no longer our country's warriors.
Stop the focus on pronouns and feelings.
Return the focus to the tools and training needed to fight, fight, fight!
My dad was Army enlisted...I was not in the service...my eldest son attended college and earned his undergrad degree in the early 2010s BUT decided to enlist in Army and instead go the OCS route.
He's now achieved captain...but sadly, he's getting out of the Army early next year after only being in for about 7-8 years, PRECISELY because of what you mention about senior Army officers. He literally cannot square what HE wants to teach, and how he wants to lead, his soldiers, with what the corrupt senior leaders in Army are pushing down from the top (no doubt, those who were ushered in by Black Jesus during his reign).
It makes me sad. Because I KNOW my son is a good and just and moral leader. I know that, because his mother and I RAISED him that way. But he's had it...he's done beating his head against a brick wall with current Army leadership. It's definitely their loss.
I know what you mean.., graduated with bachelor's, enlisted because Obama was cutting the officer core, got to E6 in 8 and left in 19. All the homosexuals (E-7 - E-9) in leadership came running to me when they found out I wasn't reenlisting so I could make them look good and lose years off my life for their stupid asinine mistakes. I was Air Force and took the lives of the pilot's seriously with zero degrees of freedom for error. They however, were busy running some sort of faggot-focused homosexual summer camp for queers. I KNOW they will suffer without someone like him. My good airmen emailed me telling me what it was like after my shield dropped and they didn't have anyone fighting for them. All I could do was tell them to hang in there and get out ASAP because these communists would rather kill you than lose one dime out of their pockets. God bless you and your son patriot.
I'm sorry to hear of your experience, friend...you and so many others have pure hearts for leadership and love our country to the death, and yet, you are not allowed to express that while IN UNIFORM.
GOD bless you as well, ALL those here who served and are serving...and THANK YOU so much for your willingness to do so to protect our country and her Constitution!
My brother went through special forces selection and made it to the teams. He eventually left the teams and just got out of the army with his contract ends because he hated the toxic environment.
I have a buddy who was swicc and he also hated it, and he also hated what the boats did to his body.
I have another buddy that's combat control from the Air Force. He seems to love it.
So maybe it's just a branch thing?
There IS a lot of that, too. Put simply, the Air Force generally knows how to treat their people. Army and Marine Corps will use you up and throw you away when you’re broken.
There’s a reason the Air Force has a higher percentage of retirees than any other branch.
Most enlisted would take the turn into an officer if the option was given. It’s just a better life. Less running you into the ground and SIGNIFICANTLY better pay. A brand new just commissioned 2nd Lieutenant makes as much as an E-6 with several years in.
Lower enlisted qualify for food stamps up until E-5. I did 16 years in. I can tell you that officers are on a whole different plane of existence in comparison.
All they have to do is make the pay grade the same at the top levels of both, and make it much harder for enlisted to get to the top levels, so you know they are good by merit
Depends on the job and the branch. Army will promote PT studs that don’t know shit about their jobs, and the way to promotion, a lot of times has more to do with looking good in front of a board, saying the right thing, and having the proper race, gender, or sexual preference/identity than any idea of leadership in your given field.