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@uwu_underground @Cloudflare You're implying (with your unapproved advertising) that people should be worried about getting drugged at a $78B companies event. If I was a member of the leadership team at $NET I would have kicked you out as well. Typical tech worker lack of theory of mind

Dear @Cloudflare our field team got kicked out of your party for handing out drink protection kits By a Director of Sales. Explain, slowly, what part of "don’t get drugged" conflicts with your brand and beliefs? Go ahead we'll wait

@William271837 @6O3Sabrina @RepNancyMace > She is a graduate of the Citadel. This statement is meaningless. Thousands of 21-year-olds have graduated from ROTC/academy like programs.

@6O3Sabrina @RepNancyMace In Mace’s defense. She is a graduate of the Citadel. She does not owe you an explanation. She understands the situation.

Just walked out of a House Armed Services briefing on Iran. Let me repeat: I will not support troops on the ground in Iran, even more so after this briefing.

Attempting a heca challenge, can I survive by only eating food made in a Ninja Foodie. Let's find out.

@BowTiedPassport $158-$170k+ if you are O-3 (4+ years) and stationed at one of the major bases in San Diego, a popular navy hub. Even with 1 person rent you're still pocketing a lot of money, even more so if you have a roommate.

Military officer pay is actually very good. Let’s say you're a single Captain with 4 years in at Fort Carson, Colorado. Denver is an hour and a half away. Base pay is $7,400, and the housing allowance is $2,400 untaxed. You make $117k The equivalent income is $142k a year. And that doesn’t factor in that you don’t pay for healthcare.

@chrisfaulkner @BowTiedPassport Here's some additional data before we hear the "this was x amount of years ago". I've heard this argument tons of times. Enlisted are just bad with money. Get a roommate and stop getting tattoos.

@BowTiedPassport I’m familiar with the joke and I’m familiar with being an E4 and not being able to afford an apartment in SoCal. I’ll get back you after dinner with more facts.

> I’m familiar with being an E4 and not being able to afford an apartment in SoCal You were probably irresponsible with your money as BAH in San Diego for an E4 w/o dependents (in present day) is $2763.0. A 2 bedroom apartment near 32nd navy base is around $2500 a month. So roughly $1.2k a person before utilities.

It's a dumb mindset tbh, a relic of lead addled boomer leadership. Imagine being a cop, firefighter or any other working class professional and being told to inconvenience yourself so you can go get food. Imagine being a white-collar worker and being told to change out of biz casual.

@TheBuddyCSM Has a soldier in the US ever been attacked in public for wearing their uniform that would warrant making everyone go through the hassle of changing after COB? I think the public likes to see soldiers, it promotes the service itself, and soldiers are proud to wear their uniforms🤷‍♂️

Obviously for security reasons. However, you are a DORK if you wear your uniform off post. Don’t be a dork.

@mwfowlie @BowTiedPassport > jobs that come with a risk of death come with extra money You mean jobs such as serving in the military, whose pay is competitive and in some cases superior to civilian pay for similar demographics?

@troubleonsystem @BowTiedPassport Typically (and you can measure this) jobs that come with a risk of death come with a lot of extra money.

It’s a persistent myth that the military is mostly the poor. In reality, the force skews heavily middle and upper-middle class. Low income applicants fail entrance requirements due to education gaps and criminal records. Modern warfare requires intelligence and adaptability.

@mwfowlie @BowTiedPassport Military pay is competitive or in some cases superior to civilian pay for similar demographics within the military. Define what you mean by 'grossly underpays'

@BowTiedPassport Uhh what? The military grossly underpays its staff… like really really grossly underpays.

@1030 @WhiteHouse @Nintendo >I can't believe Nintendo is affiliated with war > he doesn't know about the war in Hyrule Yeah...

@WhiteHouse Hey @Nintendo it’s not cool of you to sponsor this. I can’t believe you’re affiliated with war. I will not buy any Nintendo products again.

UNDEFEATED.

@LordMasterIvan The more stuff(work tools such as a good goy multiple monitor setup) you have, the less important you are to the world. This rule has always been proven to be true

Your work room should not look like a gaming man cave It should look like a war room, like an old school office A real mans office

@ChuckDeVore @flyhi309 The armory still looks the same in present day unfortunately, minus the Bradleys and the M1A1s.

@flyhi309 We were an armor heavy mech brigade. One battalion of mech (Bradleys) and two battalions of armor (M1A1s) - kinda hard to drop a 60-ton tank. But thanks for your reply, crunchy.

So, checking in with my acquaintances who never served to find out if providing anything other than MREs or white bread and baloney is acceptable? Even the National Guard has a tradition of serving one special meal a year - in December - when the officers serve the enlisted soldiers. This was in December 2000 at the 2d BDE Combat Team armory in San Diego. I was the brigade S3 at the time.

O-5/O-6 are the military equivalent of a GM/Director at a corporation. 'Leading Men and Women in Combat' is for the CGOs. Combat is very much abstracted from a FGO and they are managing spreadsheets at their levels. I think fiduciary responsibility is extremely important for their position. Most CUBs I sit in are very focused on unit budget and capital allocation to ensure training can be funded. The whole hyper focus on 'leading in combat' feels "I didn't work anywhere past the company echelon enlisted/CGO coded."

@troubleonsystem The point is that net worth isn't a reliable indicator that you're capable of leading men and women in combat.

I know it's an op-ed, but a pay-to-play officer corps?! Could you imagine the avalanche of fraud, corruption, and foreign influence (re: espionage) that would accompany this?

@thestinkeye @IiiSwayback @DeptofWar I think the pay is fine given the allowances and benefits you receive. I heard these same arguments over a decade ago when I was a E1. I think E7s+ should make probably 15-20% more, payscales for the other ranks are fine tbh.

If you use real estate averages rather than whatever BS the government is reporting It's closer to $200k, but this argument is missing the larger point. The @DeptofWar payscales are woefully inadequate. Smart kids who would otherwise be E5s can make more than that with a cell phone. Don't even get started on airline pay and seniority. The era of attracting and retaining talent for the military with table scraps is probably drawing to a close.

Wouldn't it be cool if you were a congressman who had the power to author a bill that brings the pay for our troops into alignment with the expectations of their service when compared to the civilian sector instead of whining about the menu? Hint: Base pay for E5 at 6 years should be in the neighborhood of $100k, and scale from that reference point.

@infantrydort $1M net worth as a Colonel seems quite low to be honest. I don't agree with the credit score one, anything over 700 has diminishing returns. Divorces - yes. As for the promotion board photos I mean isn't that what your height and weight is for? It's easy to tell if someone is fat

Ok, I have some wild takes so I try not to judge. But this one is a bit of a doozy. It was written by a Major and I'll give some feedback. The proposal argues that senior Army officers should be selected using four pillars of “fitness.” Some of the ideas are fine in principle. Standards matter. Leaders should be physically capable, mentally sharp, and personally disciplined. I get it. But once you get past the headline, the framework starts drifting into territory that has very little to do with warfighting. The proposed requirements include: 1. $1M net worth for colonels and $2.5M for generals 2. 800+ credit score 3. Only one lifetime divorce allowed 4. Promotion board photos in tight T-shirts to judge physique At that point we’re no longer talking about selecting the best commanders. We’re talking about building a checklist for a VERY specific lifestyle. War has never selected its leaders that way. History is full of great commanders who would have failed one or more of these metrics (financially, personally, physically, or otherwise) but who proved decisive when it mattered. What actually matters in senior command is much harder to quantify: 1. Judgment under uncertainty 2. The ability to accept risk and responsibility 3. The trust of subordinates 4. Operational competence over time 5. The willingness to make brutal decisions when the situation demands it None of those things show up in a credit score or a net worth statement. Not even a little bit. The danger with frameworks like this is that they start confusing the appearance of discipline with the substance of leadership. Standards, fitness and character all matter. But if we start selecting generals based on bank accounts, FICO scores, and physique photos, we may end up filtering out the very kind of leaders war tends to require. The battlefield has never cared about someone’s net worth. ausa.org/articles/offic…

@gregcameback It's interesting seeing who gets mad at this article. The tenets identified in this article are on par with the tenets you'd see in upper executive leadership in the civilian sector.

MAJ Albrecht is dumb. Leaders who focus on these types of things are usually not good at their actual job. ausa.org/articles/offic…

@jgmac1106 @BDHerzinger >NAFO Account making a retarded statement. Yeah..

@BDHerzinger You sure we aren't reaching deployment lengths that haven't been seen since Vietnam? Outside the Nimitz, which used deployment as a Covid isolation strategy, I believe the USS Gerald Ford is setting records, post-Vietnam Do we want the trend of last 20 years to keep growing?

@EODHappyCaptain DMDC data shows that we have consistently been at near full strength for years. People know less veterans because the population of the US is growing exponentially compared to the manning size of the Armed Forces. Active duty strength numbers have shrank YoY.

Although the lobster conversation on social media has grown legs, there is a larger conversation that should be had. In the 1980s, 18% of the country were veterans. That number is now down to around 6%. Less and less Americans know someone who has served. There is a disconnect between the American people and those who serve them. Until that gap is closed, there will be a lack of understanding around what service members and veterans go through. Today it’s lobster, tomorrow it’s veteran’s benefits.