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originally posted by MaggieL
If you wait to start designing and building stuff until you know where the battle's going to be fought and against whom, you'll never have anything ready in time.
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Horseshit. That's not the way it works. At least, that's not the way it's
supposed to work.
Crusader was "envisioned" (and I shudder to suggest that "vision" was even in the building when this decision was taken) as a replacement for Paladin. Nobody ever stopped to wonder whether the Army
needed a replacement for Paladin. The "vision thing" seems to have been left out.
My Officer Evaluation Reports include spaces for judgement, reasoning, and wise use of resources. I'm constantly amazed that the
PowerPoint Rangers associated with this program haven't all been the lucky recipients of Relief-for-Cause OERs. Fuck it... most of 'em will probably screen for flag rank before their careers are over.
Bitter? You bet.
Sigh. Everybody has hot buttons, I guess. Child support from wrongly-accused felons seems to be one of yours. The Crusader program is one of mine.