I read all 30 page’s of Mike’s story. 2 gut reactions: a) our national character (from which all service members are drawn) is now so corrupted that men and women like Mike cannot be tolerated. They are disruptive forces to TPTB... a mirror held to the faces of TPTB in which they can’t stand to see their corrupt reflection. The Mike’s must go. b) The absence if men like Mike is why I resigned my commission. Serving aboard an aircraft carrier gives one many hours to reflect on your future. I often asked myself, while sitting in the Ready Room (the hub of all squadron life for months on end) and observing senior leadership, “Do I want to grow up to be this person?” The answer was always, “No.” I was often appalled at who the Navy promoted and who they cast aside. Although I absolutely loved being a fighter pilot, I’ve never regretted that decision to resign.
I'll just add that Lt. Col. Smith's story and the more general anti-accountability matrix you describe also infects the private sector at all levels.
You already knew that, of course. And I understand that the (physical) risk factors are wildly different. But the evolving shape and trajectory of the fractal bears repeating in this interconnected web of butterflies and typhoons -- particularly since the obfuscation layer you describe allows the bureaucritters to simulate or wash their hands of both causes and effects, or pass the buck in any direction to any industry.
Maybe the onus shifts to high value civvies with much lower buy-ins, risks and exit costs to case-test a way out of this mess. "Social hacking" is a lost art, but without it we might all wind up at the mercy of this small world's Ashleys and their lazy, unprincipled benefactors.
I served with Bulldog multiple times (both in garrison and deployed, and both when he was enlisted and when he was an officer).
How you describe him and excellence doesn't even cut it. He's better than that. His family life is amazing, he's an outstanding friend, and he's always put the men and the mission first, before his own ego or dirty politics, and been outstanding at every assignment. When he was a Staff Sergeant JTAC-I, he was one of the best and taught me a lot (and possibly saved my life as I was in an ugly TIC only a few months after he wrote some of my last 206s). As a Lt, when he ran the weapons school and became the first patched officer JTAC, he was still a Paragon of excellence in all he did.
He's managed to be accountable, honest, straightforward, understand strategic and national objectives and the operational preparation to execute those objectives at the macro and micro scale while making an environment with unimaginable morale for a bunch of quadruple volunteer alpha type operators and diverse support personnel alike.
I'm not surprised he was a threat to wing leadership that have no idea what it's like to lead warriors much less be one.
Compromised religions often have parallel governance, often lodges, and that narrows the fight for political capture. The military academies may have fallen at some point, or been designed by bad actors.
It would be nice to think the military would be a bulwark against the demonic forces destroying America's institutions. That does not seem the case.
Now I have to ask, why in the world did you use the word occult in the title? Because the occult studies I am familiar with are precisely about pursuing mental, physical and spiritual excellence, to achieve the fullness of one's being before the Creator. What you are describing is more like demonic.
This has been a long time coming due to the M1 pencil in the army. Ever read About Face by David Hackworth? It’s just been getting progressively worse due to “progressives” in the military leadership.
I don’t know if everyone realizes just how fucking insignificant a GS-11 is in the federal government bureaucracy. That this individual had any impact is simply incredible.
I realise that I am not on the same planet as people like Mike and Col Boyd but my first career was with the Royal Mail (Post Office) here in the UK. I rose from the bottom rapidly and one day I was taken aside by a senior director who said to me “Stephen you are a bright star. Those at the top often tend to be dull stars who have got there not on merit but on graft and time serving. So if you want to get to the top tone your personality down. “ I left shortly afterwards. I had several jobs all what I considered being a servant to others. The National Trust and then a lay minister in the Anglican Church. I kept coming up against the attitude to excellence and the sorry and pathetic creatures that inhabited the upper reaches echelons of the organisation. I resigned, quietly and without fuss, in 2000 and since then have made my own way on roughly $20,000 a year. Never been happier. My inspiration came from John Galt in Atlas Shrugged and Gandalf on The Lord of the Rings as well as the life and example of Jesus. It’s not running away but as Clausewitz said in On War” it’s knowing which battle to fight and which to withdraw from to fight another on a different day on better terrain and with better odds (paraphrased.)
I read all 30 page’s of Mike’s story. 2 gut reactions: a) our national character (from which all service members are drawn) is now so corrupted that men and women like Mike cannot be tolerated. They are disruptive forces to TPTB... a mirror held to the faces of TPTB in which they can’t stand to see their corrupt reflection. The Mike’s must go. b) The absence if men like Mike is why I resigned my commission. Serving aboard an aircraft carrier gives one many hours to reflect on your future. I often asked myself, while sitting in the Ready Room (the hub of all squadron life for months on end) and observing senior leadership, “Do I want to grow up to be this person?” The answer was always, “No.” I was often appalled at who the Navy promoted and who they cast aside. Although I absolutely loved being a fighter pilot, I’ve never regretted that decision to resign.
Excellent as always, Major.
I'll just add that Lt. Col. Smith's story and the more general anti-accountability matrix you describe also infects the private sector at all levels.
You already knew that, of course. And I understand that the (physical) risk factors are wildly different. But the evolving shape and trajectory of the fractal bears repeating in this interconnected web of butterflies and typhoons -- particularly since the obfuscation layer you describe allows the bureaucritters to simulate or wash their hands of both causes and effects, or pass the buck in any direction to any industry.
Maybe the onus shifts to high value civvies with much lower buy-ins, risks and exit costs to case-test a way out of this mess. "Social hacking" is a lost art, but without it we might all wind up at the mercy of this small world's Ashleys and their lazy, unprincipled benefactors.
I served with Bulldog multiple times (both in garrison and deployed, and both when he was enlisted and when he was an officer).
How you describe him and excellence doesn't even cut it. He's better than that. His family life is amazing, he's an outstanding friend, and he's always put the men and the mission first, before his own ego or dirty politics, and been outstanding at every assignment. When he was a Staff Sergeant JTAC-I, he was one of the best and taught me a lot (and possibly saved my life as I was in an ugly TIC only a few months after he wrote some of my last 206s). As a Lt, when he ran the weapons school and became the first patched officer JTAC, he was still a Paragon of excellence in all he did.
He's managed to be accountable, honest, straightforward, understand strategic and national objectives and the operational preparation to execute those objectives at the macro and micro scale while making an environment with unimaginable morale for a bunch of quadruple volunteer alpha type operators and diverse support personnel alike.
I'm not surprised he was a threat to wing leadership that have no idea what it's like to lead warriors much less be one.
Compromised religions often have parallel governance, often lodges, and that narrows the fight for political capture. The military academies may have fallen at some point, or been designed by bad actors.
I've become ever more convinced that women don't belong in the military.
Smell that?
You smell that?
I SMELL MONEY
DIRTY MONEY
💩
I haven’t even looked yet at link
Tell “Mike” if he can’t find it..
… LEARN…
And I want this guy to win
It would be nice to think the military would be a bulwark against the demonic forces destroying America's institutions. That does not seem the case.
Now I have to ask, why in the world did you use the word occult in the title? Because the occult studies I am familiar with are precisely about pursuing mental, physical and spiritual excellence, to achieve the fullness of one's being before the Creator. What you are describing is more like demonic.
This has been a long time coming due to the M1 pencil in the army. Ever read About Face by David Hackworth? It’s just been getting progressively worse due to “progressives” in the military leadership.
I don’t know if everyone realizes just how fucking insignificant a GS-11 is in the federal government bureaucracy. That this individual had any impact is simply incredible.
Didn’t President Truman have a sign on his desk that said “The Buck Stops Here. “
I realise that I am not on the same planet as people like Mike and Col Boyd but my first career was with the Royal Mail (Post Office) here in the UK. I rose from the bottom rapidly and one day I was taken aside by a senior director who said to me “Stephen you are a bright star. Those at the top often tend to be dull stars who have got there not on merit but on graft and time serving. So if you want to get to the top tone your personality down. “ I left shortly afterwards. I had several jobs all what I considered being a servant to others. The National Trust and then a lay minister in the Anglican Church. I kept coming up against the attitude to excellence and the sorry and pathetic creatures that inhabited the upper reaches echelons of the organisation. I resigned, quietly and without fuss, in 2000 and since then have made my own way on roughly $20,000 a year. Never been happier. My inspiration came from John Galt in Atlas Shrugged and Gandalf on The Lord of the Rings as well as the life and example of Jesus. It’s not running away but as Clausewitz said in On War” it’s knowing which battle to fight and which to withdraw from to fight another on a different day on better terrain and with better odds (paraphrased.)
It's not the national character, it's that at the higher levels of command, its a social club. If you don't fit in, you don't advance.
In order for a person to advance, they have to have pronouns, dress like the opposite sex, and be gay.
IF they are immoral, that's a plus.
America’s next war will make Afghanistan look like a victory.
The casualties will be catastrophic.
Meanwhile the sun just might have sneaked a peek through the clouds
https://t.me/terminalcwo/3859
General Rainey, 4 stars, says the army and General Officers need to improve on accountability.
“We suck at accountability… General Officers are the worst at it..”