SSG calls it like it is,,,cut the BS and get the..
job done.
Sergeant in Afghanistan - Stop the BS and "Let's Get It Done"
"It is proper to demand more from the man with exceptional avantages than from the man without them. A heavy moral obligation rests upon the man of means and upon the man of education to do their full duty by their country. On no class does this obligation rest more heavily than upon the men with a collegiate education, the men who are graduates of our universities. Their education gives them no right to f feel the least superiority over any of their fellow-citizens..." - Theodore Roosevelt
Things that I am tired of in this war:
I am tired of Democrats saying they are patriotic and then insulting my commander in chief and the way he goes about his job.
I am tired of Democrats who tell me they support me, the soldier on the ground, and then tell me the best plan to win this war is with a "phased redeployment" (liberal-speak for retreat) out of the combat zone to someplace like Okinawa.
I am tired of the Democrats whining for months on T.V., in the New York Times, and in the House and Senate that we need more troops to win the war in Iraq, and then when my Commander in Chief plans to do just that, they say that is the wrong plan, it won't work, and we need a "new direction."
I am tired of every Battalion Sergeant Major and Command Sergeant Major I see over here being more concerned about whether or not I am wearing my uniform in the "spot on," most garrison-like manner; instead of asking me whether or not I am getting the equipment I need to win the fight, the support I need from my chain of command, or if the chow tastes good.
I am tired of junior and senior officers continually doubting the technical expertise of junior enlisted soldiers who are trained far better to do the jobs they are trained for than these officers believe.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who fight this war with more of an eye on the media than on the enemy, who desperately needs killing.
I am tired of the decisions of Sergeants and Privates made in the heat of battle being scrutinized by lawyers who were not there and will never really know the state of mind of the young soldiers who were there and what is asked of them in order to survive.
I am tired of CNN claiming that they are showing "news," with videotape sent to them by terrorists, of my comrades being shot at by snipers, but refusing to show what happens when we build a school, pave a road, hand out food and water to children, or open a water treatment plant.
I am tired of following the enemy with drones that have cameras, and then dropping bombs that sometimes kill civilians; because we could do a better job of killing the right people by sending a man with a high powered rifle instead.
I am tired of the thousands of people in the rear who claim that they are working hard to support me when I see them with their mochas and their PX Bags walking down the street, in the middle of the day, nowhere near their workspaces.
I am tired of Code Pink, Daily Kos, Al-Jazzera, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, ABC, NBC, CBS, the ACLU, and CAIR thinking that they somehow get to have a vote in how we blast, shoot and kill these animals who would seek to subdue us and destroy us.
I am tired of people like Meredith Vieria from NBC asking oxygen thieves like Senator Chuck Hagel questions like "Senator, at this point, do you think we are fighting and dying for nothing?" Meredith might not get it, but soldiers do know the difference between fighting and dying for something and fighting and dying for nothing.
I am tired of hearing multiple stories from both combat theaters about snipers begging to do their jobs while commanders worry about how the media might portray the possible casualties and what might happen to their career.
I am tired of hearing that the Battalion Tactical Operations Center got a new plasma screen monitor for daily briefings, but rifle scope rings for sniper rifles, extra magazines, and necessary field gear were disapproved by the unit supply system.
I am tired of out of touch general officers, senators, congressmen and defense officials who think that giving me some more heavy body armor to wear is helping me stay alive. Speed is life in combat and wearing 55 to 90 pounds of gear for 12 to 20 hours a day puts me at a great tactical disadvantage to the idiot, mindless terrorist who is wearing no armor at all and carrying an AK-47 and a pistol.
I am tired of soldiers who are stationed in places like Kuwait and who are well away from any actual combat getting Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay and the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion when they live on a base that has a McDonald's, a Pizza Hut, a Subway, a Baskin Robbins, an internet caf?, 2 coffee shops and street lights.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who take it out and "measure" every time they want to have a piece of the action with their helicopters or their artillery; instead of putting their egos aside and using their equipment to support the grunt on the ground.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who are too afraid for their careers to tell the truth about what they need to win this war to their bosses so that the soldiers can get on with kicking the ass of these animals.
I am tired of Rules of Engagement being made by JAG lawyers and not Combat Commanders. We are not playing Hopscotch over here. There is no 2nd place trophy either. I think that if the enemy knew some rough treatment and some deprivation was at hand for them, instead of prayer rugs, special diets and free Korans; this might help get their terrorist minds "right."
I am tired of seeing Active Duty Army and Marine units being extended past their original redeployment dates, when there are National Guard Units that have yet to deploy to a combat zone in the last 40 years.
I am tired of hearing soldiers who are stationed in safe places talk about how hard their life is.
I am tired of seeing Infantry Soldiers conducting what amounts to "SWAT" raids and prforming the US Army's version of "CSI Iraq" and doing things like filling out forms for evidence when they could be better used to hunt and kill the enemy.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who look first in their planning for how many casualties we might take, instead of how many enemy casualties we might inflict.
I am tired of begging to be turned loose so that this war can be over.
Those of us who fight this war want to win it and go home to their families. Prolonging it with attempts to do things like collect "evidence" or present whiz bang briefings on a new plasma screen TV is wasteful and ultimately, dulls the edge of our Infantry soldiers who are trained to kill people and break things, not necessarily in that order.
We are not in Iraq and Afghanistan to build nations. We are there to kill our enemies. We make the work of the State Department easier by the results we achieve.
It is only possible to defeat an enemy who kills indiscriminately by utterly destroying him. He cannot be made to yield or surrender. He will fight to the death by the hundreds to kill only one or two of us.
And so far, all of our "games" have been "away games," and I don't know about the ignorant, treasonous Democrats and the completely insane radical leftists and their thoughts on the matter, but I would like to keep our road game schedule.
So let's get it done. Until the fight is won and there is no more fight left.
-D
Sergeant in Afghanistan - Stop the BS and "Let's Get It Done"
"It is proper to demand more from the man with exceptional avantages than from the man without them. A heavy moral obligation rests upon the man of means and upon the man of education to do their full duty by their country. On no class does this obligation rest more heavily than upon the men with a collegiate education, the men who are graduates of our universities. Their education gives them no right to f feel the least superiority over any of their fellow-citizens..." - Theodore Roosevelt
Things that I am tired of in this war:
I am tired of Democrats saying they are patriotic and then insulting my commander in chief and the way he goes about his job.
I am tired of Democrats who tell me they support me, the soldier on the ground, and then tell me the best plan to win this war is with a "phased redeployment" (liberal-speak for retreat) out of the combat zone to someplace like Okinawa.
I am tired of the Democrats whining for months on T.V., in the New York Times, and in the House and Senate that we need more troops to win the war in Iraq, and then when my Commander in Chief plans to do just that, they say that is the wrong plan, it won't work, and we need a "new direction."
I am tired of every Battalion Sergeant Major and Command Sergeant Major I see over here being more concerned about whether or not I am wearing my uniform in the "spot on," most garrison-like manner; instead of asking me whether or not I am getting the equipment I need to win the fight, the support I need from my chain of command, or if the chow tastes good.
I am tired of junior and senior officers continually doubting the technical expertise of junior enlisted soldiers who are trained far better to do the jobs they are trained for than these officers believe.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who fight this war with more of an eye on the media than on the enemy, who desperately needs killing.
I am tired of the decisions of Sergeants and Privates made in the heat of battle being scrutinized by lawyers who were not there and will never really know the state of mind of the young soldiers who were there and what is asked of them in order to survive.
I am tired of CNN claiming that they are showing "news," with videotape sent to them by terrorists, of my comrades being shot at by snipers, but refusing to show what happens when we build a school, pave a road, hand out food and water to children, or open a water treatment plant.
I am tired of following the enemy with drones that have cameras, and then dropping bombs that sometimes kill civilians; because we could do a better job of killing the right people by sending a man with a high powered rifle instead.
I am tired of the thousands of people in the rear who claim that they are working hard to support me when I see them with their mochas and their PX Bags walking down the street, in the middle of the day, nowhere near their workspaces.
I am tired of Code Pink, Daily Kos, Al-Jazzera, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, ABC, NBC, CBS, the ACLU, and CAIR thinking that they somehow get to have a vote in how we blast, shoot and kill these animals who would seek to subdue us and destroy us.
I am tired of people like Meredith Vieria from NBC asking oxygen thieves like Senator Chuck Hagel questions like "Senator, at this point, do you think we are fighting and dying for nothing?" Meredith might not get it, but soldiers do know the difference between fighting and dying for something and fighting and dying for nothing.
I am tired of hearing multiple stories from both combat theaters about snipers begging to do their jobs while commanders worry about how the media might portray the possible casualties and what might happen to their career.
I am tired of hearing that the Battalion Tactical Operations Center got a new plasma screen monitor for daily briefings, but rifle scope rings for sniper rifles, extra magazines, and necessary field gear were disapproved by the unit supply system.
I am tired of out of touch general officers, senators, congressmen and defense officials who think that giving me some more heavy body armor to wear is helping me stay alive. Speed is life in combat and wearing 55 to 90 pounds of gear for 12 to 20 hours a day puts me at a great tactical disadvantage to the idiot, mindless terrorist who is wearing no armor at all and carrying an AK-47 and a pistol.
I am tired of soldiers who are stationed in places like Kuwait and who are well away from any actual combat getting Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay and the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion when they live on a base that has a McDonald's, a Pizza Hut, a Subway, a Baskin Robbins, an internet caf?, 2 coffee shops and street lights.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who take it out and "measure" every time they want to have a piece of the action with their helicopters or their artillery; instead of putting their egos aside and using their equipment to support the grunt on the ground.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who are too afraid for their careers to tell the truth about what they need to win this war to their bosses so that the soldiers can get on with kicking the ass of these animals.
I am tired of Rules of Engagement being made by JAG lawyers and not Combat Commanders. We are not playing Hopscotch over here. There is no 2nd place trophy either. I think that if the enemy knew some rough treatment and some deprivation was at hand for them, instead of prayer rugs, special diets and free Korans; this might help get their terrorist minds "right."
I am tired of seeing Active Duty Army and Marine units being extended past their original redeployment dates, when there are National Guard Units that have yet to deploy to a combat zone in the last 40 years.
I am tired of hearing soldiers who are stationed in safe places talk about how hard their life is.
I am tired of seeing Infantry Soldiers conducting what amounts to "SWAT" raids and prforming the US Army's version of "CSI Iraq" and doing things like filling out forms for evidence when they could be better used to hunt and kill the enemy.
I am tired of senior officers and commanders who look first in their planning for how many casualties we might take, instead of how many enemy casualties we might inflict.
I am tired of begging to be turned loose so that this war can be over.
Those of us who fight this war want to win it and go home to their families. Prolonging it with attempts to do things like collect "evidence" or present whiz bang briefings on a new plasma screen TV is wasteful and ultimately, dulls the edge of our Infantry soldiers who are trained to kill people and break things, not necessarily in that order.
We are not in Iraq and Afghanistan to build nations. We are there to kill our enemies. We make the work of the State Department easier by the results we achieve.
It is only possible to defeat an enemy who kills indiscriminately by utterly destroying him. He cannot be made to yield or surrender. He will fight to the death by the hundreds to kill only one or two of us.
And so far, all of our "games" have been "away games," and I don't know about the ignorant, treasonous Democrats and the completely insane radical leftists and their thoughts on the matter, but I would like to keep our road game schedule.
So let's get it done. Until the fight is won and there is no more fight left.
-D
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the ones getting combat pay for being on the sidelines are the smart ones. hey, they chose their carear path just like legs. uhhh, hellloo! army soldiers get shot at and blown up! imagine that. stop griping and let everyone do their job and get paid for it. shut up and fight.
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Soldiers have been gripeing for an eternity. This guy is an amatuer in that department. 0 -
...I agree. The date of this "letter" could be have been dated to several wars back and still have merit...[;)] 
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This guy is really tired. I suggest he try snorting some methamphetamine. That would give him a lift. 0 -
I agree 100% with what he had to say. I hope he's still alive. 0 -
I am in total agreement with this guy. And should anyone have a quarrel with that should walk their happy little butt over to him and thank him and those like him for providing the protection for them to disagree. All those men and women who have fought and died in every war in which this country has ever been involved should be given thanks and lauded as heroes. for those that disagree ask yourself if these people did not do these jobs and protect you and your family, fight for a new place to exist to escape the tyranny of their times, create a safe and open place for you to live, would you really have a place, a country in which you can disagree without the threat of execution for those beliefs? for those that disagree i ask you now to, should it happen that people like this guy, those in our military decide to no longer do what they do or that the military be dissolved for what ever reason the powers that be can create, determine what you would do. would you be brave enough to pick up and defend you and yours? your neighbor? your friends? or would you continue to disagree and face execution by whatever power has emerged simply because you don't think like they do?
this soldier is not simply complaining, he is listing the things that are making his jobs inexoribly more difficult to do. and while you can list the same for your job, new stapler, better coffee, newer software, better computers...your list and job doesn't hinge on the fact that if you walk around the corner into the break room that a guy with a gun or a bomb strapped to his chest could be there waiting on you, to kill you just because you exist.
i say give the man the right tools and the permission to do the job. his motivation is there. the sooner this happens the sooner they can all come home. God Bless all our soldiers and THANK YOU.0 -
Point of order: no one's calling for a phased withdrawal from Afghanistan. 0 -
To whom it may concern (media, politicans, etc)....
NEWS FLASH:
I don't care if you don't support me or the rest of the troops! I couldn't care less. Cindy Sheehan, Jane Fonda, John Kerry and everyone else who opposes OIF did not bring down my morale. I can only remember one or two times when any of those names came up. Nobody gave a damn!
Therefore, I don't care if you don't support me. You don't support me if you don't support what I do for a living. Don't pretend that you do. Don't get defensive when I say that because that's a knee-jerk reaction apparently. It's okay. It doesn't make you bad. There are plenty of professions that I don't support out there. I get paid well to do the job that I do and I don't need your support. Speak freely. Do what your conscience tells you to do and vote accordingly. It doesn't bother me that you don't support me. Just don't pretend to support me and then pull us out too quickly so we can watch close working companions get slaughtered for helping us (i.e. our interpreters). That's not support. However, that's okay. I don't hold it against you. You don't support me. Get it through your head. That's fine. The Army gives me the support I need. Yours is unnecessary.0 -
Dear SSG; Welcome to Viet Nam.[V] 0 -
...Very well put Jeremy! THANK YOU!...[;)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by ElMuertoMonkey
Point of order: no one's calling for a phased withdrawal from Afghanistan.
are you sure ? france is leaving, canada wants to leave, a few democrats want to turn over the entire operation to the UN...and lets not forget our friends in al-qaeda, russia, pakistan and other places that want the USA to leave.0 -
The way the American public acts is an embarrassment, or rather a national disgrace. Unfortunately, an election season is coming, and half of the politicians will be tripping over themselves to the grandest national embarrassment possible.
...and AL Gore wonders why he lost the right in vote in Florida.
Forgive us.0 -
I have a LONG memory when it comes to politicians or citizens disrespecting our troops or commanders. 0 -
Does anyone have a source on this? No offense ECC, but you have posted things like this before that have turned out to be proven false by snopes. Anyone can write up an e-mail claiming to be a "Sergeant in Afghanistan" and put it on the Internet, doesn't mean it's legitimate. And you should really doubt anything like this that you receive in an e-mail, they are proven to be fakes quite often. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by warriorsfan
Does anyone have a source on this? No offense ECC, but you have posted things like this before that have turned out to be proven false by snopes. Anyone can write up an e-mail claiming to be a "Sergeant in Afghanistan" and put it on the Internet, doesn't mean it's legitimate. And you should really doubt anything like this that you receive in an e-mail, they are proven to be fakes quite often.
I got this off another board, but even if it is a fake (which I doubt seriously, given the source), the sentiment still rings true...and just about every service member out there would agree with what was said. BTW...the source of this article was a Spec Ops Major in the US Army.0 -
quote: the ones getting combat pay for being on the sidelines are the smart ones. hey, they chose their carear path just like legs. uhhh, hellloo! army soldiers get shot at and blown up! imagine that. stop griping and let everyone do their job and get paid for it. shut up and fight.
I seriously disagree with your comments. If everyone had your mentality we might still be under British control. Disgusting condecending tone to your post.0 -
I found this post on five different boards, but here's where it may have originally come from:
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2007/01/sergeant_in_afg.html0 -
quote:Originally posted by Kodiakk
quote: the ones getting combat pay for being on the sidelines are the smart ones. hey, they chose their carear path just like legs. uhhh, hellloo! army soldiers get shot at and blown up! imagine that. stop griping and let everyone do their job and get paid for it. shut up and fight.
I seriously disagree with your comments. If everyone had your mentality we might still be under British control. Disgusting condecending tone to your post.
Watch out Kodiakk,
you might have to go into hiding.0 -
quote:Originally posted by dongizmo
quote:Originally posted by Kodiakk
quote: the ones getting combat pay for being on the sidelines are the smart ones. hey, they chose their carear path just like legs. uhhh, hellloo! army soldiers get shot at and blown up! imagine that. stop griping and let everyone do their job and get paid for it. shut up and fight.
I seriously disagree with your comments. If everyone had your mentality we might still be under British control. Disgusting condecending tone to your post.
Watch out Kodiakk,
you might have to go into hiding.
Hiding from what and for what reason?0 -
Ask bobski.
quote:Originally posted by bobski
"he's hiding for good reason...."
When I do it gets poofed.......0 -
Lemme introduce myself, as I haven't before. I'm a 22 yr. old Sgt in the Marine Corps. I'm from a little hick-a$$ town outside of Sulphur, LA. I've been in the Corps for over 4 years now, with only one tour under my belt. I'll admit, I wasn't on the fighting front with the grunts, but I did see some slime that still haunts me.
I'll even go on record with this. If the Iraqi's wanted their country back, they could've stepped up 3 years ago. But they didn't. They don't care. They're chicken slime. Useless little things. We're over there, defending their freedom, a feedom they don't even care about.
But, that's them. All I know is that I was given an order. An order I swore to uphold. And I did. I did what I was told. That's what thousands of Americans are doing right now. They're doing what they're told. Whether or not they agree with it....That's up to them. But they still do it.
I think ya'll should quit b****ing about what we should be doing, or where we should be. I have a few ideas of my own, but won't share them with the risk of getting banned.
That's all I gotta say. Take it or leave it. Your call.
Respectfully
Sgt Justin W. Thomas
USMC0
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