"A social engineer is one who tries to influence popular attitudes (and) social behaviors..." Sounds like social engineering to me.
He has nothing to do with Mussolini. He just has some deep set eyes. I would rather him than Oliver North run for president
> the next POTUS is going to have to direct a serious purge of the > officer corps. YES COMRADE. PURGING OF OFFICER CORPS IS FINE TRADITION FOR CHANGING OF GOVERNMENT,.
He's a bit creepy looking and if you've read his books and other writing you can see that his politics have much in common with Mussolini.
> Reminds me of being forced to donate every year. Tell me about it, a dual income Sgt Maj telling me, a single income family with 5 kids that donating $200 around Christmas shouldn't b...
Okay some of that might have happened, but the case discussed by the OP is not social engineering.
The US military has long been a dumping ground for not just social engineering, but for any theorist who gleefully thinks they have a "captive audience" who must obey. The social engineering us...
I've noticed its really only considered social engineering by people who disagree with the cause being promoted. This kind of thing, though, is very common in initial entry training environments....
I can't speak for all Marines, but I would say no, and request mast.
And then threatening to kick out the ROTC kiddies for not wanting to do it? That's just way low.
Yeah, while I've seen some pretty retarded shit, this is pretty bad. Making it a voluntary thing is fine, no thanks personally, but whatever. Being coerced if not outright ordered to do it is com...
If the army wants to keep recruiting Americans with an all volunteer model they should adopt the phrase "WWMD?" (What Would the Marines Do?)
BG Combs already has quite the reputation for not being the most professional, any officers that went through Leonardwood during her tenure know what I'm talking about. This could end up putting ...
After hearing "I wish" My reason for essentially telling whoever to go fuck themselves would be "Wish in one hand and shit in the other, see which fills first". There's no damn way I'd willingly ...
Again, this is a very clear indication that the next POTUS is going to have to direct a serious purge of the officer corps. Those who inflict this kind of social engineering need to find new work...
Well you can tell the retired LTC was a lawyer by how he broke that down.
LTC should run for office
Same deal. Support the volunteers (to the point of relaxing uniform standards that day for that event), but don't force it. And if you offer a GI a day off if he just walks around in silly shoe...
It wasn't just cadet command, I'm sure of it. They had one of these parades on Little Creek with Soldiers and Sailors, complete with a local school marching band. This was just a couple weeks ago...
Thank you. I agree - make the training about what to do, how to handle such ugly situations mandatory. But that kind of participation is voluntary. Hell, dangle a carrot to get them to go (days...
I couldn't get past the sarcasm of the article to get to the meat of it. Could someone give me a TL;DR? I'm only vaguely aware that someone wore red shoes recently.
I'm not one for regulation thumping, or rule following in general, but making political statements and pandering, while in uniform, is detestable to a level I can't properly express. And to use t...