Re: KNOCKING THE ARMY

WELL, NOW.

i never called the cav (which is a fight unit) REMF, but the cav has its
share of REMF.	last i knew, the nmbers crunched out at about  1
fighting soldier per 9 support troops in US ARMY DIVISIONS of all types.

LORDS  above, now you are gonna tell me that  the cav is free of
politics and useless brass too!

as for the beret, my friend,  so the tankers and etc wore them in
germany.

so?

and the cav wears that totally useless and silly looking  cowbow hat and
rides horse in parades too.

looks nice, helps build a sense of uniqueness within a unit, BUT, it
does not  signify the same thing that  being a RANGER, SPECIAL FORCES,
or AIRBORNE soldier.

there is no way that being in an armored unit, or cavalry unit, leg
infantry, artillery or etc, can even begin to compare with the speciaist
RANGER SCHOOL, or SPECIAL FORCE SCHOOL, or AIRBORNE SCHOOL even in the
new and most wonderful yet version of  THE GREEN MACHINE!

in the past the  RANGER FLASH meant more than it apparently does now,
just as the AIRBORNE and SPECIAL FORCES  insignia did.

yes-i would bet my last dollar that you have politics in every arm ,
branch or corps of the US ARMY, as well as useless BRASS,  and REMF up
the gazoo.

and let us not forget those  ever wonderful assholes  catgorized as
civilians accompaning the military in the  field  either.

or those mobs of DOD civilians who have their  own politics and versions
of BRASS  as well.

and  civilian political appointees.

and in the  rest of the ARMED FORCES too.

OUR ARMED FORCES and everyone  else's has these folks too.

the result is  that those at the  wet and nasty end of the action often
pay for the oversights, undersights, and etc.

and if you want to tell me that there is not   a feeling of we can do
without special forces	troops amongst the herd, LOL, you are deluding
yourself!

DAWGIE