Reply #4: Good luck at keeping adequate numbers of Company Grade Officers and NCOs to lead these recruits. [View All]

[ShortnFiery]

:thumbsdown:

Anyone who doesn't want to go home "in a box" would be wise to steer away from College R.O.T.C. and the Service Academies. :shrug:

The military is already top-heavy with Senior NCOs and Field Grade Officers (Majors and above). There's going to be a serious CRUNCH at snagging and keeping QUALITY LTs, CPTs, SSGs and SFCs.

It's just common sense - Would you wish to lead a platoon or a company of misfits when your life, and that of your fellow soldiers depends on their intelligence, awareness and competence after a 10 week basic course? :wow: Just IMAGINE - patrolling through an area of Baghdad with a squad filled with mostly clones of "Earnest T. Bass" and "Gomer Pyle." :scared: :(