The US defence secretary’s decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services.
How much you want to bet we’re going to start having military parades to “show off our strength”.
The US doesn’t do military parades. George Orwell said it best in 1941, “Why is the goose-step not used in England? There are, heaven knows, plenty of army officers who would be only too glad to introduce some such thing. It is not used because the people in the street would laugh. Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army.”
No, I think this is going a different direction, disqualifying women for certain roles, even if they meet the physical qualifications. Keep in mind that whenever this administration states their goals, they are lying. Often, their goals are explicitly the opposite of their public justification.
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.
Frankly, as a citizen of a formerly-allied country that the US is now openly discussing annexing by force, I’m fine with them crippling their military with absurd rules and standards. Go nuts, Hesgeth. Pile on the racism and sexism and whatever. Kick out any pilots or gunnery officers or whatever that are good at their jobs but that can’t run a mile in whatever arbitrary time you pick. Ensure there are lots of well-trained former military personnel in your country that are bitter at your government but no longer under its control. I’m sure it’ll go great.
And here i was thinking about an entire third different direction; using “fitness” and “readiness” requirements the purge the military
The US may not have military parades in a traditional sense, but they absolutely have something similar: at just about any outdoor sporting event from the college level to pro, there’s some sort of military “thing.” Whether it be a fly-over, funded by the Pentagon, or a color guard there for the national anthem. Also, at NASCAR races, the Army either used to or still does sponsor a car. Those are the examples I can think of off the top of my head. It’s not. North Korea or USSR by any means, but it’s kind of always there.
Edit: correcting some misspellings
What a beautiful quote by Orwell.
Here comes the skirt uniform for female soldiers. If they can’t force them out by law, they will make them sex objects and then shrug when they get assaulted.
We have “dress” skirt uniforms, unless you’re alluding to “combat” skirts.
I didn’t think the skirt was mandatory? At any rate, I would put nothing past them. I mean they won’t be allowed in combat if the govt can help it. If they can’t due to court rulings? Who knows. Skirts wouldn’t shock me. With camo hosiery.
Sounds more like bad porn writing than Dress and Appearance!
Skirts are optional. One of the authorized items that can be worn by women.
Sounds more like bad porn writing than Dress and Appearance!
Sounds exactly right!
Let me guess: uniforms designed by Hugo Boss?
Fucking around with the military is incredibly dangerous for both Trump and the country. This is an administration that (a) openly disregards service members (to the point of sending them into battle after publishing the war plans), and (b) directly disobeys court orders.
That’s a pretty volatile combination. Soldiers are required to refuse illegal orders. What happens when Trump gives orders that clearly violate a direct court order? Will the entire military really make the same decision to comply or refuse? What happens when individual units come to different conclusions?
It may just be about dress codes for now, but Trump’s way of governing, when applied to the military, is a recipe for actual civil war.
