USA Military News

[PsihoKekec]

Seriously, we have threads for Russia, China, India and NATO, but not the biggest of them all - USA? It deserves the thread of it's own, so here it is.

And I'm starting it with something that is sign of the times.

New West Point mission statement omits "Duty, Honor, Country"

The United States Military Academy at West Point has a slightly revised mission statement which, since our military continues to follow woke trends, omits General Douglas MacArthur's, "Duty, Honor, and Country," replacing it with a simple, "Army values."

Here's the old mission statement:

To build, educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to duty, honor, and country, and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation.

And here is what it looks like now, without those three important words:

To build, educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to Army values and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation.

 

[Zachowon]

I think we used the one in essays as the American Militaty thread or something.

And...they do know that the Army values are as follows right?
LDRSHIP.
Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless-Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage.
They are still saying it....

 

[Husky_Khan]

Yeah and it's still the Motto of West Point.

There's been some weird stories coming out of West Point regarding wokeshit but this in particular seems like it's blown out of proportion.

Would agree "Army Values" is bland as fuck however.

 

[Zachowon]

It is bland

 

[The Whispering Monk]

West Point motto should be, "Make the other poor bastards die for their flag."

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Seriously, we have threads for Russia, China, India and NATO, but not the biggest of them all - USA? It deserves the thread of it's own, so here it is.

And I'm starting it with something that is sign of the times.

New West Point mission statement omits "Duty, Honor, Country"

As the son and grandson of military veterans including being a military veteran myself, West Point will reverse this woke bullshit if and when Trump wins the Presidency in eight months.

Subscribed and Following!

 

[Poe]

As the son and grandson of military veterans including being a military veteran myself, West Point will reverse this woke bullshit if and when Trump wins the Presidency in eight months.

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Maybe, but once another dem wins in 4-8 years they will simply reinstate this nonsense

 

[PsihoKekec]

When they photograph you for official release on the same day your buddies play a prank on you.

 

[Zachowon]

Normal military stuff to be honest.
You write dumb shit on various things.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

When they photograph you for official release on the same day your buddies play a prank on you.

I mean...you left them unattended at some point. This is your lesson in securing your gear!

 

[Jormungandr]

When they photograph you for official release on the same day your buddies play a prank on you.

How did they miss this? sigh It's just as bad as that food advert in the UK that was a professional photoshoot, fixed and edited in Photoshop by an agency and professionals multiple times/passes to make it pop and ready for print... and they all missed the massive fucking fly resting on the fresh fruit, haha.

I mean, even a quick Photoshop job would've fixed this guy's gloves at the eleventh hour, yet they all fucking missed it, haha.

 

[Zachowon]

But it wouldn't show the real military

 

[Jormungandr]

But it wouldn't show the real military

You think the average, non-military person cares? It's all about optics/perception to appeal to these people to get them to join the military.

The pristine image is needed to attract fresh meat, even if the reality is, well, gloves, lol.

Edit: Although, ironically this might have the opposite effect and cause some people to join because of it (showing what the military is really like than being 'pristine', haha).

 

[Zachowon]

You think the average, non-military person cares? It's all about optics/perception to appeal to these people to get them to join the military.

The pristine image is needed to attract fresh meat, even if the reality is, well, gloves, lol.

Edit: Although, ironically this might have the opposite effect and cause some people to join because of it (showing what the military is really like than being 'pristine', haha).

We arnt brits. The US military isn't known for its pristine, and the fact that it shows the dumb shit we vet up too, even better.
Show the truth not a lie

 

[Jormungandr]

We arnt brits. The US military isn't known for its pristine, and the fact that it shows the dumb shit we vet up too, even better.
Show the truth not a lie

See, the difference here is that the general population (well, the native population, not the fucking migrants) knows what Squaddies are like. We don't need the pristine PR thing to attract new recruits, since Squaddies being Squaddies is what attracts young blokes to the Forces, lol.

 

[Zachowon]

See, the difference here is that the general population (well, the native population, not the fucking migrants) knows what Squaddies are like. We don't need the pristine PR thing to attract new recruits, since Squaddies being Squaddies is what attracts young blokes to the Forces, lol.

We have no need for the pristine either.
Infact they dirty us up a lot

 

[PsihoKekec]

Amphib USS Boxer Sidelined by "General Complacency" and Breakdowns

The big-deck amphib USS Boxer has been sidelined by three back-to-back engineering casualties caused by "lack of procedural compliance, substandard supervisory oversight, and general complacency by the crew," according to the U.S. Navy.

USS Boxer is the flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, or would be under normal circumstances. However, she has been in various phases of repair and preparation since 2022, and she missed her latest scheduled deployment in the Pacific - all because of human factors, according to a recent command investigation.

Despite multiple rounds of retraining and outside intervention after the previous casualties, they again departed from procedure: the team spun the main gearbox for two hours without lubrication,

''Bite the pillow, I'm going in dry'' really shouldn't be your guideline for maintenance of mayor ship systems.

 

[Typhonis]

Wasn't Colonel O'Neill in Stargate considered TAME by military standards in what he got up too?

 

[PsihoKekec]

I was a bit busy this last week so here are some late news

Yet another F-35B crash

Houthis claim to have hit USN carrier, lazyass PR folks reply with two months old picture of the carrier flight deck.

 

[Husky_Khan]

US Army's new SHORAD or Short Ranged Air Defense vehicle based on the Styrker platform will be named after US Army Sergeant William Stout, who perished on March 12th, 1970 after a grenade was hurled into the bunker he and others were occupying. He picked up the grenade, held it close to himself and ran out of the bunker when it exploded. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

The Sergeant Stout was born out of the recognition of a need by the US Army for more SHORAD capability with requirements to build the system being approved in 2018 and by 2021, prototypes were serving with troops on deployment abroad. Potentially 362 systems could be acquired, enough to equip eight battalions, four for the active US Army and four for the National Guard.

The base configuration of the vehicle is designed to engage drones and other UAV's, rotary and fixed wing aircraft and comes with its own Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) turret and Rada USA’s Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar. The Turrets default loadout is two Hellfire anti-armor missiles, four Stinger anti-air missiles, a 30mm Bushmaster Chain Gun and an M240 7.62mm Machine Gun.

Future capabilities being planned for are a next generation Stinger missile, an air defense weapon system based on a 50 kilowatt laser prototype, and 30mm proximity fuse ammunition to better deal with drones.

US Army names air defense system after soldier killed in Vietnam

The Army is naming its short-range air defense system after Sgt. Mitchell William Stout, who saved lives in Vietnam.

www.militarytimes.com

Meet Sergeant Stout: Army gives Stryker-Based M-SHORAD a proper name - Breaking Defense

As the service rolls out a name change for the new(ish) air defense weapon, it is also eyeing future upgrades that could integrate with robots and new interceptors.

breakingdefense.com