I feel slighted!
If I were to speak your words I'd say,
"I haven't met one who wasn't moraly corrupt"
But, then again morals are totaly different, as the saying goes, "I'd trust ya with my life, but not my money of my life."
Eddie, I will be cutting and pasting and replying in detail. Some I can agree on, some not just no, but hell no! And what do you mean by the crack of "contrary to what Jester thinks?" I do have a low general opinion of occiffers <spelling is intentional> but I have had the priveledge to have served with some stellar ones as well. Overall though, most in the regular service are interested in bettering their careers even at the cost of their men. And this info has come from some of the stellar officers I served with.
As for Marines, yes I am for a time in the 80s and 90s. And this is also something to think about, of course we do things differently. How we operate, and are organized is similiar more to the UK military than the Army. In my unit we operated frequently with UK forces and in all honesty, we operated with less issue with them than when we worked with U.S. Army forces, even putting the rivalry aside.
I will make one other remark, you are a reserve officer? So, do you have regular experience? And the complaint of having inferior equipment. We always had inferior and obsolete equipment when compared to the Army which makes the mission harder but it is still accomplished.
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Originally Posted by cavtroop
Ah, interesting - I don't have much experience (read: none) with Marines.
And my line above: "But I've not dealt with one that was corrupt."
should read: "But I've not dealt with one combat arms that was morally corrupt."
*sigh* so much for proof-reading  |