The thing is you will come across even senior officers who now think the Pacific is China's sphere now ever since Obama let China buttrape the Phillipines over an island back in 2012.
I come from an era when it was made clear to me and my stick that we were going to be dropped behind the Soviets and basically wreck shit until dead, so we could slow down their rush across the Fulda until the RRF could transit.
Our life expectancy was measured in hours.
Now? Well, women can have their rucks carried in Ranger school, the standards lowered, all for "optics"
The thing is you will come across even senior officers who now think the Pacific is China's sphere now ever since Obama let China buttrape the Phillipines over an island back in 2012.
I come from an era when it was made clear to me and my stick that we were going to be dropped behind the Soviets and basically wreck shit until dead, so we could slow down their rush across the Fulda until the RRF could transit.
Our life expectancy was measured in hours.
Now? Well, women can have their rucks carried in Ranger school, the standards lowered, all for "optics"