If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard leadership say “my door is always open” but then ignore or refuse the needs of the lower enlisted, I’d be rich af by now

@ztjaenisch

3 ай бұрын

It's junior enlisted pleb

@baconking1160

3 ай бұрын

As a CGO, even if your troops like you. They may not want to bother you and they suffer in silence. You really have to go and personally talk to each troop as an O. And that takes work. And I agree, open door is bullshit, because it gets slammed on your ass.

@Sam11747

3 ай бұрын

Open door policy has always been bait for a trap. It's also lazy, and kind of reminds me of group interviews.

@benjaminkitaura498

3 ай бұрын

If they quit promoting based on race these problems would not exist. They passed over some competent Caucasian people and promoted this incompetent person instead because of political ideology. Forcing out competent Leaders of Marines is why they get the problems they deserve.

@TheOGPickleRick

3 ай бұрын

"my door is always open... (next couple sentences).. If it's closed then I'm not"

"What did you do before?" "I was in supply, Sir." "Were you good at it?" "Yes Sir!" "Well you should go back there because you're a walking clusterfuck as an infantry officer!": Heartbreak Ridge-1986

@clydedenby1436

3 ай бұрын

Yep, this was exactly what I came to say.

@Bass_Playa_Two_Point.O

3 ай бұрын

@@clydedenby1436 "Now get off my LZ."

@maxinandreactin6899

3 ай бұрын

​@@Bass_Playa_Two_Point.OSemper Fi sir

@jeffreyfarlow9862

3 ай бұрын

@@Bass_Playa_Two_Point.Othat’s 0600 for those of you who don’t habla, comprende ?

@JettBlast

3 ай бұрын

Love that movie!

I remember this story. A non-infantry SGM running a Battalion is a disgrace. Semper Fi my fellow Warriors.

At a certain point in your military career, it's political, and personal. You either play the game, or you don't get promoted. My dad's uncle was a Platoon Commander in Guadalcanal, then a BC in Korea (Barley of Bunker Hill). He was responsible for thousands of dead Chinese soldiers because of his tactics. He left the Corps as a Colonel because there were Generals that didn't personally like him, and he knew he was never going to pick up General. Years after he got out, he was contacted by a junior Officer that told my uncle he had been written up for a Silver Star (years prior for actions in Korea), which was denied by one of the generals that hated him. The general had the junior officer shred the commendation.

@RKmndo

3 ай бұрын

My uncle says he made Colonel in the Air Force within 20yrs without playing politics. He just showed up on time and did his job.

Imagine checking all the boxes in your combat MOS just to have a stupid uniform inspection and be told you aren’t ready lol. What a joke.

I did 10, 4 enlisted and 6 as an officer in the Corps. Listening to that 0-5 my takeaway is simple, he talks too much. He made the entire episode about himself, a trip down victimhood lane and just kept talking. I served in the late 80's and 90's and was very fortunate to have great officers and NCO's around me. Was everything perfect, it's the Corps so we know the answer but from the moment I set foot at MCRD and later PLC "Loyalty" was the first and last word drilled into all of us. It's unfortunate he managed to obviously play the game to get good fitness reports.

@terrarecon

3 ай бұрын

Semper Fi. Were you a Warrant Officer, that seems inline with 4 years enlisted then becoming a Warrant Officer? If so super OOH-RAH!!! If you were a Commissioned Officer, either way much respect, you were an enlisted Marine first and have inside experience no one who starts their career as a butter bar will ever understand regarding enlisted Marines. I was pursuing the WO path but got put on hold when Bush called for middle east trip for a second time. So, I got out in 2004. I did 10 years and decided I was done.

@Jon-ug3le

3 ай бұрын

@@terrarecon Semper Fi! No I was commisioned, hence my statement about PLC. There were several programs available to Marines at the time, USNA if you had the grades and recommendations I really had neither, LDO or discharge into Active Reserves and attend any University with either a ROTC or PLC program I could get into...I picked the most expensive private school that fit the criteria since they were paying. Summers in Jr and Sr year were PLC and Basic which was like Boot Camp on mild steroids. I was commissioned and was making almost the same money it seemed after paying for all my uniforms etc as I was making as a E5 as a 0-1. I was pretty motivated, again I was fortunate to always identify strong leadership in both enlisted and officer ranks and THEY helped me succeed. Unfortunately my career was derailed by the peace dividend and Clinton draw down. The USMC took a huge cut and I was promotable 0-4 and as a cost savings I was on the block. I was angry at first but I did get a small check which helped pay for law school and my next chapter. In time all my memories of the Corps is positive. Having expireinced both I am firmly of the mind that the Officer Corps should be drawn from the NCO Corps. I made it clear to my NCO's they were the most valuable resource in the Marines, to instruct the junior ranks and to keep Officers in check.

@terrarecon

3 ай бұрын

@@Jon-ug3le I totally missed that you were commissioned. Very impressive and motivated! Can you impart some of that knowledge into the current Marine Corps??? They need help like 15 years ago!

@generalrambo1516

3 ай бұрын

Loyalty is great until your leadership betrays you. How does that saying go “no better friend, no worst enemy”.

@tpatschorke

3 ай бұрын

Last name isnt Strang is it? As a young enlisted Marine, 2ndMarDiv2ndAAV Bn, our company XO was a Mustang. (Captain) Best Marine in have ever known. Platoon Cmdrt was a Butterbar from Old Dom. Total disrespected Sr NCOs, made life miserable and he didn’t play that game. ‘89-‘91. He would pull a PFC to the side and have a one on one chat. Very motivating and excellent role model.

A female Marine Sergeant Major !? That is totally and utterly absurd.

@sgt.grinch3299

3 ай бұрын

Amen!

@patrickbrinkmeier1858

3 ай бұрын

Correction... A female Marine Sgt Major in an actual infantry battalion????? That's a massive problem.

Bro couldn’t motivate me to get out of bed

That Lt Col spoke out of turn, all he had to do was acknowledge the mistake, apologize and vow to not make the same mistake going forward. A key foundation of a good leader is humility and integrity.

@hazegrayprepper4396

3 ай бұрын

Humility and integrity are constantly preached by those in charge, but they fail to put those practices to use themselves. I saw it in the CPO Mess I was part of on the DDG I was on from 2016-2017. The shit I saw made me sick to my damn stomach. I have no f**** given speaking about it these days being retired myself.

@mccalltrader

3 ай бұрын

Nope, officers don’t get a second chance..they don’t get to fail and continue…if you fail as a leader in the military, you don’t get another chance, because that’s how we lose and that’s how people die. Make way for the next guy who is champing at the bit to take your spot..if you can’t achieve, then someone else will.

@ExaValkur

3 ай бұрын

@@mccalltrader In a better world, maybe. Military officers are human, and thusly prone to error. They should be given a chance to grow. Clearly this Lt Col could not recover from this blow to his ego and deserved to be removed from that position.

@ExaValkur

3 ай бұрын

@@hazegrayprepper4396 I loathe to think it but, maritime militaries are prone to accepting mediocrity and nepotism. It's hard to watch all these people in positions of higher authority show apathy or indifference to the effects they have on the troops who depend on them, whether they want to or not.

@UtubeH8tr

3 ай бұрын

And yet it's all going down the fucking shitter cause these cake eaters don't admit they fucked up.

I served with 1/4 back in 2011/2012, thankfully this LtCol wasn't there. BUT, someone please explain to me, how a LtCol and SgtMaj, WITHOUT combat experience, was put in charge of an infantry unit?

@TokyoJoe3

3 ай бұрын

DEI🤔.

@moss8702

3 ай бұрын

Marines stopped deploying to combat fairly often all the way back in 2014-2016. That was almost 10 yrs ago. Wars stop and experience leaves.

Here's the thing: combat experience isn't everything. Most of the NCOs and officers that led us into Baghdad over 21 years ago lacked any combat experience. Many of the senior NCOs were veterans of Panama, Mogadishu, and/or Desert Storm (one or two even Grenada vets), but their experience was 10+ years old by 2003. What they had, that many modern "leaders" lack was competence and compassion. They were hard-nosed types that believed in mass punishment and hard PT, and they had zero tolerance for excuses, but by the time I was promoted to PV2, I was able to run a fireteam. Like it or not, the days of virtually guaranteed combat deployments are 10+ years behind us already. By the time I reported to Sand Hill in 2016, there were already many Soldiers and even a handful of Drill Sergeants lacking combat patches and CIBs. Sometimes it's the job, sometimes it's luck of the draw. Twenty-one years in, and I deployed twice. Iraq 2003 was a combat tour. Afghanistan 2013 saw me living the life of a Fobbit, dodging rockets but very much not in combat. My attempts at going to deployable units during the Surge failed, and I went from The Old Guard to recruiting instead. So, 21 years in, 6.5 years in FORSCOM with a whopping 20 months deployed, five years in TRADOC (recruiting and DS), and over eight years in the National Capital Region. Uniform inspections are part of military life, but they are not any indication of a combat ready unit. Equipment layouts and inspections mean far more than a dress uniform that some Service Members will next wear at their funeral.

@NoPlaceForTheDead

3 ай бұрын

Spot on.

@denisberte778

3 ай бұрын

Sir, you hit the nail right on the head, ".....Combat experience isn't everything...." but it sure does help. I went from USMC the Nam (70-71) to Special Forces 15 years later, and having come from that background did inspire some people around me. Thanks for your service. Denis Berte' USMC 70-72 / SF 84-95

@OscarSchneegans

3 ай бұрын

Combat experience isn't everything, but if you've been serving for 20 years and never deployed, you've been shamming.

@Sam11747

3 ай бұрын

Underrated comment OP. My neighbor, later coworker, was a Navy sonar operator who was retired prior to 9/11. He was approached prior to the invasion of Iraq, went through some additional training, and eventually led Marines during the Iraq invasion. He didn't have combat experience prior to that, but he was a solid person and tactician. He did very well and everyone under and above him spoke very highly of him.

@brandonl7110

3 ай бұрын

@@OscarSchneegansshaming and lucky

Charlies is not a combat utility uniform. General Grey was the only Commandant to wear Utilities for his portrait. He was focused on being prepared for combat. Charlies make you prepared for combat? If you are a garrison Marine just own up to it.

@todd2048

3 ай бұрын

Al Grey was a warrior of the first degree who made everyone a Rifleman and said I don't care if we go down to 50,000 Marines at least we know what the hell we have! I remember that lecture he gave at Lejeune years ago.

@sgt.grinch3299

3 ай бұрын

I served under General Grey. A magnificent General.

@perryalexander5868

3 ай бұрын

One of the best commandments of all time.

As I recollect, one US officer in WWII who never had a combat command was one Dwight D Eisenhower.

Every time I see videos like these it reminds me why I got out and not regret it

@jrsthesedays925

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking of going into non obliged reserves over one year after EAS, but this video gave me the slight reminder as to why I left lmao

@ruthlesstony2133

3 ай бұрын

Amen

@mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454

3 ай бұрын

I was an Amtracker later destroyed about 100 sailors in Decon school, along with my brother Marine. Choose an IT career after that. Fast forward to my only son graduating HS. He would have been a better than average Marine, but I couldn’t encourage him given the changed power structure. He is doing well in life. But leadership has been undermined by a liberal social agenda aimed at our military. I hope that the essence of the Corps does not get erased. But it is not certain. Americans, wake up. Not woke. Awake. Semper Fi. And God bless the Corps . -Matt’s dad

FUN FACT: A fuck ton of POGs and Grunts received CAR’s for no real combat action.

@jeffrey7938

3 ай бұрын

That may be true, but I have a Combat Action Ribbon and Combat Aircrew Wings w/3 stars from my time in the 24th MAU deployed to Lebanon in 1983. I was also awarded the Navy/Marine Commendation Medal and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal and the MAU was awarded the Navy Unit Citation Ribbon. Believe me, I earned those the hard way.

@A-PatrioT

22 күн бұрын

@@jeffrey7938 , Were you personally under direct and hostile fire while actively participating in ground or surface combat? Like did the bullets actually wiz over your head and you returned fire? Not your buddies, not your unit, just YOU personally?

Why do people always claim death threats when they mess up yet never show receipts?

@pegcity4eva

2 ай бұрын

Copium

All he had to do was apologize and admit he messed up and he couldn't even do that. That's the problem with leadership these days is there is no accountability at the senior leadership level. They expect the lower enlisted to be held accountable but aren't willing to do the same.

@CowboyUp1371

3 ай бұрын

Amen I have said this to 0-4's and plenty of others while I was in and was hated for it but there was nothing they could do because I could have gotten them all fired if I talked to headquarters of the Marine Corps.

@vince11harris

3 ай бұрын

Nowadays? It’s always been like that

@AdeptKing

3 ай бұрын

That issue has existed since before the rise of Ancient Rome.

@jorgedominguez7259

3 ай бұрын

Stubbornness will always be a problem with government employees

@griverogr47

3 ай бұрын

Loyal to Brandon, not the constitution

When your commanding officer looses trust and confidence in your leadership…..your done!

@perryalexander5868

3 ай бұрын

Definitely

In the late 1990s following the first Gulf War, this was referred as "Zero Defect Environment" Syndrome. It was caused by leaders who survived the downsizing but apprehensive to make command decisions due to retaliation. This also occurred to a certain extent in the 1980s after the Vietnam War in restructuring. It has reared its head again. Comply and obey, or you will be exiting service. Fear is a strong motivator to those who cannot present resilence to adversity. People make mistakes, own the responsibility. Strength In Action, but Humility in Word.

It's so common to hear people say "oh, I've gotten death threats...". Then pass it on to the police/law enforcement and let the light of day come to these "death threats". We hear it from politicians and other who are trying to shield themselves from scrutiny and consequences.

@User-pw3pu

3 ай бұрын

I honestly give even less than a fuck to hear some Officer crying about it. No shit people want to you dead, somebody somewhere did the moment you put on a uniform, just because of the uniform. Atleast if you got threats, it means they were nice enough to warn you. Quit crying about it to guys who didn't decide to "lead" and wear the shiny rank. You chose to stand in front, you take the scrutiny from your own words and actions. I disliked my own BC at 1/4 a few years back, but atleast he was better than this crying boot

He’s a career infantry officer, from his ribbons he deployed to theater - was never in a position to rate a CAR, and a selection board of senior Marine Officers (Col’s and above) selected him for battalion command of an infantry battalion . That leads me to believe that the command screening boards and their processes are flawed.

Always cracks me up when they go after 20 years in the desert are we ready to fight in the jungle. No we have not even won in the desert

@BinaryMekhanika

3 ай бұрын

Why are we "fighting" anyone in either of those places, we have enemies pouring into our country daily because of our enemy "leadership". USA is a fake empire of real lies

Pogs who didn’t come up in the infantry should never be put into a leadership position in an infantry unit. They lack the understanding that the infantry is a different entity than the rest of the Corps. Their priorities and expectations and logic work fine for the rest of the Marine Corps, Charlie inspections and grooming standards and what not, but they don’t respect or appreciate the difference in mission of the infantry. Their lack of understanding and respect creates friction points where none would be if they were humble or came up in the infantry.

@damayatiyalistan4250

3 ай бұрын

Uniform and gear inspections isn't the problem, neither is grooming standards. It's how this dude acted and insulted the dead and the fact as a commander he had no combat experience which is crazy...

@jefffoy530

3 ай бұрын

@@damayatiyalistan4250 I agree that inspections and standards, customs and courtesies, good order and discipline… all important, and they have their place. My comment was coming more from personal experience of a particular situation while we were in Iraq where they brought in a high ranking admin guy to replace our combat leader who was killed. This dude came in and instead of saying sorry for your loss, you guys have been fighting for months and have done a good job… dude immediately starts going on about our boot blousing, haircuts, and rank insignias. This article reminded me of that situation and I’m sure some version of it has played out many times over throughout history. It’s just infuriating when it happens and I’m glad the masses made such a big deal about it that there were actual consequences for his lack of awareness and hopefully the humble pie he’s had to eat can serve as an example for others who are in his position to know their place and especially don’t speak ill of the dead or matters you don’t fully understand.

@damayatiyalistan4250

3 ай бұрын

@jefffoy530 yeah that sounds like trash leadership.

@BlueMax717

Ай бұрын

@@damayatiyalistan4250 You should have been around like 2008. When all the leadership were dodging deployments left and right. It got so bad that the OCs at NTC have never deployed were trying to tell people with multiple deployments under their belt, how things are done in combat. You had E4s basically telling captains and majors "how would you know? you dont even have a combat patch" It was a wild time in the Army where if you didnt have a combat patch everyone just assumed you were a shit bag dodging deployments.

I had a related experience shortly before a deployment in the Army. In the gear up we went off to some sort of training that I barely remember. Our CO was a bit of a train wreck and the other officers and us NCO's spent way too much time making sure his influence didn't wreck the unit. He was replaced within about a week. Through the grapevine we heard that the training staff said that we did fine, but that guy has to go. We deployed with a good CO and used to joke when things looked bad, that at least our old CO wasn't there, so everything would turn out fine.

I have more combat experience than that LtCol, and I was a pog.

@sylviamaresca8852

3 ай бұрын

I got my combat experience at the NCO club every week end night

@TattsnGuns

3 ай бұрын

@@sylviamaresca8852 😂

@chirho100

3 ай бұрын

Me too I worked in the motor pool but I went to Bosnia for SFOR and again for IFOR. At least I went to a potential hostile environment, but I saw no combat.

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

His worst day was in a CONUS TOC. LOL

@troybullard9631

3 ай бұрын

​@@sylviamaresca8852 Got mine being down-range "relaxing" in a few clubs in the ville, usually owned by an Ajima or Mamma-san, or in a back-alley hootch while knocking a "short-time" or a "over-night" with some of the bar girls. Life was much better in the armed forces before it became contaminated with political correctness.

And they wonder why no one wants to serve

Oh yeah, my dress uniform, we used to wear that every Sunday in Ghazni 😑 everyone brings there's dress uniform to combat. It's not weird at all...

When I joined the Marine Corps in 1990 there was a tiny percentage of combat experience leaders. The country had not been to a major ground war till the Iraq war in 1990. Grenada in 1983 lasted 8 days and Panama in 1989 lasted a little over a month. It is petty and immature to describe a marine as non-combat experience. There are many great leaders in the military and combat experience has nothing to do with leadership. You are either a good leader or a bad leader.

Good. I unfortunately do not have any combat experience 10 years in... And I look for people above me to know what the f to do, when the time comes.

@RAMZAVFX

3 ай бұрын

Fortunately*

@armageddonready4071

3 ай бұрын

10 years? Clearly not a zero three class.

@ChrisW-fj8bt

3 ай бұрын

@@armageddonready4071 I have never heard that in the corps

@ChrisW-fj8bt

3 ай бұрын

@@RAMZAVFX Thank you for correcting me.

@armageddonready4071

3 ай бұрын

If you don’t know what a zero three is the MC is it’s because your not one. 03 are the REASON the MARINES EXIST. Everyone else in the MC is SUPPORTING the combat readiness. Cpl o341 o845 Okinawa NGFS

why is there a female sgtmaj in 1/4???

@therealsapdad1942

3 ай бұрын

Diversity

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

Didn't Earn It

@rileypup9971

3 ай бұрын

Why does the Marine Corps have coed Boot camp now ? Same answer why 1/4 has a female SgtMaj.

@sgt.grinch3299

3 ай бұрын

DEI hire.

@darrylmuse9948

3 ай бұрын

DEI hire

In 20 years of war how the fuck did they not see combat ?

@Milky44

3 ай бұрын

Getting out of it and sitting in his office

@Milky44

3 ай бұрын

Like all the other comfort officers

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

In a way it's actually impressive. That amount of dedication to being non-deployable would make any E4 proud.

@jlbush8249

3 ай бұрын

Unless one is in an combat or supporting MOS, they may never see combat. Thousands of Marines deploy into a theater of war, but don't see combat. Some non-infantry see combat, but most don't, and having a CAR doesn't always mean actual combat as one could have just been present in a "combat zone".

@spooks2111

3 ай бұрын

@@erikanthes954 lmfao. I miss the days where E3s and E4s were stacked.

Gunny Highway called it. It's a clusterfuck.

@FM-ig3th

3 ай бұрын

Today's Corp would make Stich Jones looked squared away.

As a grunt my dress uniforms were always ready for a suprise inspection. And often got dry cleaned after wear. I stored all my uniforms and squared away inspection items after each junk on the bunk inspection.

@bobbertee5945

3 ай бұрын

Ugh..... Once I picked up Cpl, I volunteered for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to get me out of standing a JOB inspection, I had to stand 1 in 6 years..... got out of 3-4 others for being TAD elsewhere..... I fucking hated inspections and 3rd Marines were bad at them in the 90's, our platoon commander even thrashed the shit out of us boot camp style for failing a uniform inspection....fucking shitbirds we were....

@thodan467

3 ай бұрын

I waited once for at least a months to get them back

The Few. The Proud. The Blame Shifters

Considering how bad retention is across all branches, maybe instead of the whole captains mast/office hours approach, we make way for transparency. Commands across the globe have been getting worse and shipmates and Marines are being held accountable on the low-end to protect careers of those on the high end. I can personally attest that because I was used as a scapegoat for my command way back in 2018, as a fucking E-2 held responsible for colossal errors from O-4's and up. Taking this guy off command because his lack of real world experience isn't a punishment, its a correction that SHOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED FIXING. So lets see some of this so called accountability in action, on paper, and in front of sailors, soldiers, airman, guardians, and marines. Because enlisted sure as shit gets their fuck ups aired publicly

@HandyMan657

3 ай бұрын

It was the same back in the 90s, it's not relegated to any time, it's just SOP.

It Never End’s The Comfort Of Man Know’s No Bounds

The problem is you do not need to have the combat experience at times its just better to judgement and leadership. These types of individuals are in positions of leadership as nothing but "check in the box metric" enforcement for everything in the unit. This is why real leadership or training never gets done as well right well-being of servicemembers. This is why retention and recruiting is at an all-time low.

What a f'n clown show.

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

His worst day was in a CONUS TOC. Pathetic.

@jrsthesedays925

3 ай бұрын

@@erikanthes954whats that

@Seasniffer69

3 ай бұрын

​@@jrsthesedays925an training command stateside 😂

Could care less if he has a CAR or not. It's about common sense and lack of good leadership. Which is main reason why guys/gals are getting out.

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

He doesn't even have a campaign medal...

GG GET FIRED

This is what you get when run times are the most important thing in regards to officer promotions

Hey little Col. go get an actual campaign medal before you say anything. POG

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

His worst day was in a CONUS TOC. What a clown.

This was a Sergeant Major and Lieutenant Col., HOW DID THEY MAKE IT TO THAT RANK!!!

Literally the first thing i noticed is he didnt have a CAR

Top brass up to the president showed “complacency” (incompetence imo) by sending a skeleton crew to guard *Kabul airport* from 10’s if not 100’s of thousands of desperate Afghans.

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

Why they didn't exfil out of Bagram is proof of your hypothesis being true. HIKA was undefensible nor sustainable logistically.

Thank GOD I always had good Officers in my 3 tours in Vietnam 🇻🇳 and while on the drill field and at OCS. Gysgt Retired

I'm thinking of "Heartbreak Ridge". At least my AOR was followed in the IO by a Russian trawler.

Honestly, I heard him say two things keep him up at night and I immediately thought of Mattis' I keeo them up at night quote

Remember when they relieved our CO of the entire 1st Marines Regiment back in 2003, and it was during combat! Colonel Dowdy…I even was at his ceremony at Horno when he took command. And he seemed like a super moto type officer. Knew his history and all that stuff to. Then Mattis relieved him of command sometime after we passed through Nasariya (?) or maybe after we’d got to the outskirts of Baghdad. I remember feeling bad for the guy. Being relieved in combat! At his rank…that’s a career ender. I’m sure he had his 20 in already though. But still…that’s gotta hurt.

I mean if I went to an MMA gym and the coach looked or acted like the guy who got kicked out of his own dojo in Cobra Kai, I’d leave after the one and only trial class too

Ill-discipline and the resulting complacently led me to fail to brush my teeth last night which caused my car to be broken in to. I blame my leadership -team- _wife._

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

Be easy on her, CSM(R) lol, you want her PVTs.

“The military won’t explain why”? Bc they don’t have to. It’s none of the public’s business when soldiers, marines, sailors, etc get kicked out. None of their business at all.

@thodan467

3 ай бұрын

so the military is not accountable to the public?

@Joker-11B-SYLV

3 ай бұрын

@@thodan467 why would it be? 😂 the public has a lot of ego to think it has a right to know what the military does. There’s a reason soldiers etc have security clearances and civilians don’t.😂

@thodan467

3 ай бұрын

@@Joker-11B-SYLV our taxes pay for your toys our family members serve in your ranks they py the price and btw civilians with security clearances outnumber soldiers our votes decide who decide what you do

This is my old Unit. About a few decades ago. Times have certainly changed...

I was in 2ndBn 1stMar G Co. and RCT-1 2009-2013 there would have been a lot of disrespect towards him and that SgtMaj if this would have happened back then. My CO Capt Zaal did the initial push to Fallujah and was the most humble leader that I ever met. Helmand (OEF-1) was a bitch but I’m thankful for the awesome leadership we had. Oh and I’m happy uniform inspections were only done once. Thankfully it was during TAP/TAMP right before terminal leave so no one cared. 🤣

If your service uniforms aren’t ready how can you be ready for battle? Well I served under General Gray and we wore utilities. I only wore Charlie’s once during travel. We won our battles in Panama and Kuwait very decisively without having any of our service uniforms ready for inspection.

“The unit that’s combat ready is never inspection ready, the unit that’s inspection ready is never combat ready” I don’t know who said this, but honestly it’s never been more accurate to say that this is a infallible truth

@TheDigitage

3 ай бұрын

Good ole’ Chesty Puller

@owens7647

3 ай бұрын

I was an 0351 in the USMC from 99-07 and we had our uniforms ready for an inspection at anytime. That's a hallmark of a Marine, ready for anything, at anytime. We stored them ready and had them dry cleaned after wearing. Takes very little effort and we were combat ready.

@devonspain620

3 ай бұрын

Combat is not pretty so why dress pretty

No one has combat experience, untill you do.😂❤

Good stuff

also to make this even more akward 1/4 and 2/1 stay at camp horno

This was probably the 1 time a command climate survey was listened too!

The terms "stuffed shirt" and "paper tiger" come to mind with this "leader" of Marines. Also, "poser" and "wanna-be tough guy" seems to me to apply to this fool, based on my hearing of his words. Shameful, a Lt. Colonel trying to build his credibility off of the actions of others. FYI Lt. Colonel Whiz Kid, McDonalds needs managers waaaay more than The Corps needs you!

He was my CO at Recruiting Station LA

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

His worst day was in a CONUS TOC. Lol

"Im scared of leading my command into war and not being ready." Well I guess that explains alot.

Good. That's not how you lead. She failed and blamed others. Every line of her notice says she failed long before Kabul.

Cpold someone. Explain the broken streams of apparrent English?

My uniforms were never ready, and I did an outstanding job on deployment

is that a fuji stick in the background?

The dude looks like the actor esai Morales from the movie La Bamba

i have noticed that marine corps lead the way with initial enlistment and done. quite a few switch branches too

Brings to mind a quote "A combat ready unit has never passed inspection, an inspection ready unit has never passed combat"

Both these individuals should be relieved

I went to the war after without combat experience as NCO and later as a SNCO. 2003 was my first combat tour. Combat experience in 03 04 09 10

The cycle never ends does it.

how does someone of his rank not have combat experience?? Asking because I am a Navy vet with no combat experience. Is that the norm?? Is it his lack of experience or something else that is making his subordinates turn on him??

@ddougyfr3sh

3 ай бұрын

Listen to the guy talk. He sounds like a bleeding heart politician, not a leader. I’d assume it’s his actions and words that lead people to not respect this guy. “My doors always open, if it’s closed then it’s not” crazy

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

It is very abnormal in this generation of field grade officer to not have a campaign medal from GWOT, let alone no combat award.

once a unit loses respect and faith from their leadership, they are done. especially in a combat unit.

I looked at the SgtMaj of the Marine Corps, get eaten up at a senate committee hearing very embarrassing. I see a tend today in the leadership, and it's definitely concerning...Generals need to be generals and not political nerals... and Senior enlisted need to be better advisors to there officers instead of looking good on social media.

Try as I might I cannot understand what this is about.... so at 2:44 with all the shouting I bailed out

I’m guessing that the LtCol is a hell of a golfer…

"...My door is always open, if it's not - it's not." I think the good LTC has eating a few too many crayons.

a great example of affirmative action/DEI promotion and holding a job that she cannot do

I was with 2/2 it is not uncommon for an officer to request command time with a combat unit. You don't put a supply officer with o3 unit. We always kept a dxdress uniform ready and we alwayys had uniforms we could break starch

He talks about his "children" being unprepared but did nothing to insure that they were prepared for the mission that is the sole purpose of their particular unit is trained and will be tasked to do.

How did these character make it through the vetting process to make their rank, and how did they make it to command positions? The system is flawed.

Guess he forgot, that leadership means you take accountability and ownership of anything that goes down on your watch.

Not gonna lie, I just talked to a buddy of mine who just graduated boot camp (I got out in 2015). We are in a lot of trouble.

So when a Officer at the O-5 level gets "Fired", what exactly does that mean ? Is it that he's getting reassigned to another post, or that he's getting kicked out of the Marine Corps ?

Sgt Toye is that dust on your jump wings... how can you slay the hun with dust on your jump wings

Rumor has it someone gave out cookies.....

You can tell a combat officer from a non combat officer! When Desert Storm was winding down, it was in late August, and some general from DC flew in to give a thank you speech and how wonderful he was for what seemed like a hour, air temperature was 120+ The tarmac was even hotter! There was about 5000 soldiers on this tarmac listening to this DC general for a hour, some soldiers fail out! When our General got up to give his speech, he said get the F out of here and find some shade! 🤬👍

The LTC is missing an important point. As Battalion Commander, it was HIS responsibility to ensure personnel readiness.

Another open door policy…. Right. I’ve had a few C.Os. They all say they have an open door policy. Good luck getting in that door.

People put them in charge and they themselves never get held accountable for that either. I've seen that way too many times

Interesting that you could be a LTC and a battalion commander in this age without ever having been deployed.

@erikanthes954

3 ай бұрын

Could you imagine the shame? You sat out all of GWOT... What the actual fuck.

Who's bright idea was it to have a Charlies inspection? The BN CDR should have shut that down immediatley if it was the Sgt Major's idea which I am guessing it was. If the command team was so worried about readiness then do a combat equipement inspection. Those two both need to go, obviously both don't understand the situation.

I am not over familiar with USMC award procedures, but if I understand correctly. A CAR is similar to the US Army CIB/CAB in that a service member can deploy to combat zone and not earn due to the lack of combat activity. Similarly a service member deployed to certain theaters and who engage in combat are not eligible. Sounds like a lapse in judgement and logic.

US sniper had the bad guy in sights and he was told to stand-down. The "leader" who gave that order got promoted.

How in the world does a none combat MARINE Advance

His Senior Enlisted Leader should’ve pulled him down. Talked himself out of a job lol

There should still be an abundance of command level marines in the corps, how do these specimens keep floating to the top slots?

He shouldn’t be criticized for not being in combat but he also shouldn’t be in such a high command position either.