I’m just wondering considering most jobs in the Military especially the more advanced ones require extensive class room training as well as field training. Even Combat MOS’s have to be able to calculate complicated Algebra (Alt and grid locations for MEDVACS and even Basic Location) under combat stress.
I know this isn’t a belief held by many but why do you all think it’s the common perception.
sportswriter47 were exactly do you get the evidence that we dont think for ourselves…
thank you for not awnsering my questions
If the US Army started thinking for its self you would have much bigger problems then you do now…All it would take is one general to decide he wanted to be king of the US and no one could stop him.
We go were we are told it is a CIVILIANS responsibility to moderate what wars are fought so start doing your damn job if you don’t like it.
You are still equating the acceptance of the duty and following and taking orders to intelligence. That is exactly my point under what pretense other then your personal opinion drives you to that conclusion from were I can see its bogus all people Civilian and Military Alike do this it is simply the act of doing what your boss tells you if your actually denying this then you leave me to conclude that its an un answerable question due to the cultural obsession with opinion over solid facts and research.
I am attempting to research this fact now and all I can come up with is the confusion between Military cultural conduct and a need for a population to blame someone other then themselves. Every member of a society is responsible for the actions of its government that is clearly labeled in the U.S. Constitution. Perhaps this conclusion is also just dated in that I accept that in times past Military members were often the drafted lower class unfortunately we are talking about volunteers
:Soldier, I think you just shot yourself in the foot…we go where we’re told to go and yes, you are right, it is civies that control the wars but let’s face it, disgree with Bush or America and you could end up intimidated, invaded or microwaved! ”
That very well may be true but it is not the Question. Further, a lot of countries (i.e. France, Iran, Russia) object to the U.S. Government without reprisal do not let anger objectify your opinion. I’ve seen war and its usually caused by intelligent people following a group think to a conclusion they never think out because they are angry…the only truth in the world is one truth a man or women finds for him or herself.
Roger
Tags: Belief, Boss, Combat Stress
Kim
OK, you need a lot of passes in a lot of subjects, no different to a lot of jobs and to you people, that’s your job…Cheers!
Hazel
You probably already know this. There isn’t any evidence that people in the military are unintelligent. Having served for 20 years in the Navy, I can say that the vast majority of the people that I had the honor of serving with are very intelligent. Ok, so there are a few that aren’t exactly the sharpest tools in the shed, but they are far from being the morons that we are accused by some of being. Why is it that there are people who equate following orders with being unintelligent?
Ida
Well, intelligence has nothing to do with not having to think for ourselves. You are told what time to go to work, what to wear, how to wear it, where to stand how to stand, where to eat, where to shower, so you really arent thinking for yourselves for the most part. But you cant be stupid and do it, or else you’ll get a earful from the dufus DI who thinks he’s God.
Jimmy
Its not a question of education, but sophistication. Americans are loud, obnoxious, and display much poorer manners than most nations. Believe me, I’m stationed overseas, and I **** it when americans come into wherever I am, its embarrasing. It just gives the impression of ignorance. You know that guy in the movie theater you just wish would shut up? Thats us!
Delores
when 25,ooo marines cannot totally control 25,ooo,ooo arabs, idiocy, ludicrousy, inepticy, and unintelligence prevails.