[WarriorDiplomat]

Originally Posted by cbtengr

There are some things in life that should never be messed with. The standards to become a Special Forces soldier is at the top as far as I am concerned. The Army I enlisted in was not the one my father enlisted in 22 years before me. I know that some things are going to evolve but I sure as hell do not recognize what has happened to the ranks of the Combat Arms. The military is not a proving ground for social engineering. This sickens me and I can only imagine what it does to those of you who earned your Tab. There has to be a tipping point and I have to believe we are getting dangerously close to it.

The military core the Infantry has a primal purpose hunt, close with and kill the enemy while being hunted...the only thing that should evolve in such a profane thing as war is technology. Why does the Army/Marine Corps keep going back to the more educated force idea?? the social science that is the basics of the military has been corrupted by well meaning but ignorant leaders in that in SF the school house has been hijacked by the ideologies of the SWEG where sports among other psychologist and academics reside...it is this influence that IMO has more advisory influence to the SWCS commander than any other faction within the unit. The world experienced and "woke" GB's have no input because they are not working in a position that requires a Masters+ degree....the Generals lazily look to these people instead tried and true methods.....It is simple SFAS is a requirement that identifies the possibility...consistency in conduct ad performance on a curve.....the intellectual horsepower to adapt and learn and apply....the character to endure uncertainty....the mental strength to overcome.....is what the Q-course does besides train skills

The standards are the entire problem here and the force is more than likely 50%+ of troops who were never truly tested until they went down range assuming their Team SGT actually paid attention or he had the authority to get rid of undesirables then they passed....but rarely are teams in the worst most hellish scenario on earth....its this we train, select for. We do not know today that we can say are more than likely everything we need for this scenario because the school house GO believes you can teach average men to be a Green Beret.....no doubt the rest of SF command in the Groups to the top of SOCOM are briefed regularly to what the schoolhouse is producing and the methods and reasoning for it....sans to failures in character issues....the numbers come from the Groups and the complaining goes up to get more men.....SWCS is not the only thing that needs fixing the Groups need to fix its management problems hence the need for more soldiers...no intelligent man wants to stick around this unit today.....and it ain't got nothing to do with op tempo, schools, cool uniforms or money.......psssst piss poor leadership