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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals in the U.S. military to be cut by at least 20 percent, according to a new memo released Monday.
In the order, dated May 5, Hegseth also directed senior Pentagon leadership to slash the number of general officers in the National Guard by a minimum of 20 percent, and cut the total number of general and flag officers — those with the rank of one star or higher — across the military by 10 percent.
In a video posted to social media later on Monday, Hegseth announced that the order, which he referred to as “Less Generals, more GIs,” would “shift resources from bloated headquarter elements to our warfighters.” More
Sounds great, Pete! Keep up the good work.
(…but that should be “Fewer Generals, more GIs”)
I think he was paraphrasing the beer commercial.
DAMN GOOD COMMENT TODAY BY HEGSETH:
https://rumble.com/v6t1e1r-defense-sec-pete-hegseth-no-more-dudes-in-dresses-were-done-with-that-shit.html
Calling C. Northcote Parkinson. Please pick up the white courtesy telephone. Your confirmation input is needed.
Every government – democratic or fascist – has reason to fear a brass-heavy military:
“Concerns about top-heavy ranks are hardly new. Even in the era of comparatively austere command structure and within the least top-heavy Service, Marine legend Lieutenant General Chesty Puller stated of World War II, “The staffs are twice as large as they should be. The regimental staff is too large. I have five staff officers in the battalion and I could get along with less.”11 Edward Luttwak states that in 1968 in Vietnam there were 110 GO/FOs and “hundreds and hundreds of colonels,” mostly in Saigon.12 Evidence of excess brass adding to bureaucratic complexity or poor decisionmaking is indirect and suggestive. Anecdotal complaints abound and historical comparisons reflect skewed ratios, but a smoking gun is not apparent in the literature. Yet the overwhelming skew of the numbers suggests there is a great deal of excess brass that could be shed.”
https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1325984/are-there-too-many-general-officers-for-todays-military/
More Brass, More Bucks, Officer Inflation in Today’s Military:
https://www.pogo.org/reports/more-brass-more-bucks-officer-inflation-in-todays-military
BENITO
Yesterday Tulsi Gabbard met with and briefed a bunch of Spec Opps guys on how to handle and disseminate top secret shit. And then went and trained with them. I love our new military leadership.
^^^ ME TOO BRAD!!
Too many chiefs, not enough braves.
You mean brASS HATS, don’t cha!
2019 #’s
The line was crossed in 1997, at which point the number of flag officers equaled the number of active ships. Today, there is about 32 times the number of flag officers per active ship as there were during WWII, when captains were entrusted to run the Navy with paper, pencil, dial telephones, voice radio, flag hoists, flashing lights, and seamanship. Using personnel figures reveals the flag-to-Sailor ratio increased by a factor of 100 times. What caused these drastic increases?
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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/does-us-navy-have-too-many-admirals-89416
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In the old days one had to earn promotions.
Today one simply fits a certain politico-socio-eco-genotype that’s required to fill a quota.
Thus, to promote the ~10% of competent warfighters, some 90% of the DEI maggots must be promoted, as well – hence the bloat.
Hegseth could probably start with the fat, ignorant “Pats” (https://media1.tenor.com/m/yLB6wxwSXGoAAAAd/pat-snl.gif) and get rid of half of them.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
eliminate the pedocrat-oral-sex-appointees everywhere in gubmint