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Ukrainian soldiers trained abroad express discontent: 'I repeatedly told them NATO manuals didn't apply' (www.lemonde.fr)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've long been the opinion that colleges award you a certificate which is further and further removed from actually understanding anything and it'd still be shocking to me if the rot has set in so much that it applies to soldiers

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Your education system on late stage capitalism

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Kinda makes sense though.

A lot of the "professional soldiers" are either kids trying to get some college money/first job or serving some required term. Nobody really gives a shit about soldiering, they're just there until they can move on to something else.

And the officers I had been around seemed more interested in paper pushing projects than battlefield readiness.

I was in heavy mechanized units and 99% of my time was spent turning a wrench on ancient vehicles (I was not a mechanic) or cleaning up oil/fuel spills. We didn't "train" for shit.