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There are a lot of good thoughts here and most of them have not been missed by Pete Schoomaker. He basically seems to understand that everyone in the Army has to be a soldier first. They have been trying for a while now to infuse the warrior ethos into the Army but when you have folks coming in, and I mean both officer and enlisted here, for the main purpose of getting money for college or some leg up on a technical skill you are never going to make lemonade out of lemons. Having spent time in different kinds of units, and having even commanded a Personnel Service Company (but that is another story), from my limited experience in the military I am of the opinion that if your heart is not in it you are not going to be able to carry off the combat arms mission requirements. Now that does not mean that a support guy/gal won't rise to the occassion but they would be the exception not the rule and I am not willing to bet the farm on the exception. Just a thought.
Jack Moroney
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