They will never go, they'll wheedle their way out of it somehow, that's why they're politicians, cunning. Friendly doctor diagnosis... apply for all the logistics roles whatever.
In my time in the Defence force I met some of the greatest people and some of the worst people I have ever met in my life. It certainly was an adventure that you can't have anywhere else but it all depends on which people you have around you at the time.
How about sending those in position for peace talks? We could become good mates way before the Afghan Air-Force is a threat. Only when a group is deemed a threat, impossible to make peace with should we then send in drones. Give the younger generation a purpose and link the drones to one of the latest X-box games. Once the mission is complete they can be repurposed, loaded with rubber bullets (a solution to prevent used car tyres going into landfill) and the kids can police parking, social distancing, jay walking, anything passed through parliament can be included on the rubber bullet scheduled. If we can't agree on anything, just nuke us all.
100% correct. I served and now recommend to young blokes to go elsewhere and do something else to make a career. Our young soldiers now are just used and abused. Absolutely disgusting.
@Jean Mackintosh I belive it, I served in the USA Navy after the 9/11 inside job and I got tons of random vaccines. NEVER AGAIN WILL I "VALINTAIRLY"GET ANNNY VACCINE!!!! I HIGHLY SUGEST THE SAME FOR ALL OF YOU. 1 LOVE
@hudson your superiority complex is so transparent it astounds me. I'm glad you don't consider it your job to anyone anything, because it seems you still have alot of learning to do.
@hudson you do everything but admit you have no proof for anything, "I know you don't care so I won't explain it" lmao buddy you really expect anyone to take you seriously?
Yes as czr7j9 states, Mr Roberts-Smith is under investigation for war crimes. So if these allegation are proven to be true then he's no hero and his Victoria Cross should be revoked and he should be tried as a war criminal....Also the Australian Government should be paying out compensation to the families of the victims that have been left to deal with the devastation. Pretending that innocent people were somehow a threat, then murdering them and staging it to appear as if the killings were justified because a war is going on is something that sick cowards do..not honourable heroes..
James Smyth ...yes, and international conventions for war crimes, and increasingly restrictive rules of engagement, are the reasons why there hasn’t been an unconditional surrender since WW2. Korea, Vietnam, Angola, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan etc etc, no unqualified military victory, and no effective and lasting reorganisation of the country or regime invaded. It’s ridiculous for western governments to send troops to these conflicts under terms that have no possibility of realising either military victory or lasting political, social or economic reform, and the alternative of not engaging with rogue states is completely untenable.
@@qv8281 I don’t know about that. They wanted to even stop the boys getting together after shift and having wrestling matches that has been going for for decades because they say it’s toxic and not inclusive to women and such. As mentioned. The whole point of joining us to be a warrior to defend the country. Here we are trying to turn our men into women and talk about feelings I’m safe spaces while places like China and Russia are hardening their men and training them hard and training the softness out of them. Even without taking the numbers into account we will be fucked soon as we will have brought too many women and others in that didn’t meet the criteria and will suddenly not want equality when it’s time for a fight.
Totally agree with him. Having served 6 years trying to deal with DVA has caused untold grief to me. Look after yourself, don't join because they seldom will.
I feel your pain, mate. I discharged in 2013 after busting my ankles. 6 ankle reconstructions later and I'm worse off and have less than I had at age 18 (34 now) The thing that broke me was I believed DVA and Comsuper's lies. I hope you're keeping on top of things now, mate. Best of luck to you.
Experienced a severe back injury whilst on deployment and was subsequently refused compensation by DVA due to the injury being outside legislative guidelines. Have had severe back pain now for over 40 years all as a result of some snotty-nosed public servant making a judgement based solely on ignorance and bias.
This is why we need a royal commission into veteran suicide. This 'independent' commissioner who is best mates with minister of defence wont look at the failings and corruption of DVA that has led to many of the suicides. Government trying to cover up their mistakes as usual.
I left the Army with a back injury from a Bushmaster, the last 5 years I was denied any medical help on my physical injuries. The time I left the Army, I was on my back for 3 months and had to find work where I was struggling to work due to back injury
I hate to tell you this mate, but I got injured (bulged/ruptured my bottom 3 disks) in 90 and have effectively had no support from the gov. 30 years later Im still fucked, physically, psychologically and financially. I could run a combat fitness test with one working leg and do recon squadron work in a sabre (cav not sas) squadron for a couple of years on one working leg and full on sciatica but the defense compensation people were the ones that broke me and made me give up. I couldn't face another interview or another go round of appeals and Admin Appeals Tribunal . So I hope you get better treatment, but it sounds like it hasn't changed. Not surprisng really they make careers out of fucking us, they have 40 years to hone their deny games, and then they hand what they know down to their proteges.
You blokes need to see a good advocate. I am a vietnam vet 6 Rar. Contact a branch of the VVAA in your area to find a advocate to act on your behalf. Don’t know what part of country you live in so can’t direct you for help.
I had fucked knees when I left . Got told my injuries was not service related what a fucking joke. carrying 50 plus kg on my back in Afghanistan. Jumping out the back of APC . Running with weights on my back and they say not service related . So I feel your pain brother
@Drgnfli what happens when they meet a force that cultivates efficiency rather than the type of racial discrimination against anglo celts known as "diversity"? To me that constitutes a type of treason. They are not there to look pretty or be representative of the community. That is what parliament is for. Literally only there to prevent the physical destruction of the Australian people or implement the intent of Australia as expressed through parliament. Very disturbed when it was used by that piece of shit Turnbull to make a political statement about "domestic violence" as though the state has any business dictating the individual political conscience of the soldiery, but at the end of the day, despite it being a cynical political ploy, it is low level and being in a relationship where you hit your missus probably aint good for either person. Very sad.
*Is that real?* Well, no. Some news outlets ran a story about an alleged "male ban" at Defence Force Recruiting, claiming there was an internal memo specifically halting the recruitment of men. Naturally, the outlet that broke the story couldn't actually publish the memo (despite claiming to have been provided it), even though this makes no sense and would be a complete media coup. Similarly, there's been no evidence of quotas of any kind. Naturally though, many applicants are buying into this myth to justify their lengthy wait times, rather than acknowledge that the adventurous combat roles they're applying for are severely oversubscribed. A quick look at any course photo from Kapooka or any IET school shows that the vast majority of people entering the ADF are young white males, while women accepted into the combat arms are extremely rare. Check their Facebook pages if you don't believe me. *yes in the Military and Police Force too.* Unlike the ADF, the AFP has done it in the past, and I honestly couldn't give a shit. A good police officer is a critical thinker and a communicator, whose most vital tool is their voice. They needed to be trusted by their communities and the people they serve, and it's not really something you can accomplish with a homogenous force of young men without life experience. It's fine - police officers work in teams that are picked according to individual strengths (i.e., you're not going to get two small women paired together, or two big dumb meatheads).
@@rethguals 100% agree with police that you have to recruit from communities you are policing. That is policing 101. Even back in 1798-1803, the Brits used Scotish gaels, though technically troops, to do similar functions to police in Wicklow during the Irish rebellion. It is just common sense, they don't tread on toes that don't need trodden on etc. Jeez even the Spartans applied similar principles. But the mobile part of the army is literally to prevent physical destruction and destroy strongpoints and break up concentrations. Dodgy politicised diversity science franchised from the USA should be analysed, but never considered as produced independent of a political intent. That is obviously a basic observation, but you never know these days with shit like that... NSW firefighters inexplicably got a bit of it. What news source btw?
News corp. Yeah it is true. Culture problems mean defeat in combat, not interacting in a manner deemed politically incorrect. Whilst I do not doubt that there are some women suited to it, if male culture is a hindrance, than they are not. The old objection beyond the obvious physical differences in capabilities, used to be that women are more inclined to panic, especially in ambush scenarios where everyone panics, and panic is contagious. Men will act completely differently around women panicing and prioritise them etc. But very real they are being inexplicably recruited at deliberately higher levels for no reason of increased effectiveness. It has been a long time since the army genuinely engaged beyond special forces, and rust is setting in.
"Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job parking cars!" Some PTSD Viet Vet said this.
I know an Australian Serviceman who deserves the world. He is such a nice Aussie bloke, he has a computer plugged into his back so he can control his pain ):
Best thing I ever did was join the army after high school. It taught me great skills and life experiences. When I went to university I was more focused and better equipped to do well.
The veterans just need to float into Australia on inner tubes, declare themselves refugees, and watch the government trip over themselves to help them!
@@beepthecommuter1646 apparently many of them consider that concentration camp a better option to living in a Western democracy: caldronpool.com/refugees-say-life-on-nauru-was-better-than-life-after-resettlement-in-the-united-states/
Never thought I would ever say it, but I would not recommend it either. Not anymore. I started out in the Air Force Cadets as a young teenager, then joined the Royal Australian Navy at age 15, (1969) went to sea in a Destroyer at age 16 deploying to Sth East and Far East Asia. Spent the next decade and a half doing Multiple overseas operational deployments (11) mostly in Asia but including a couple to the Mid East. There's a lot more, but not worth going into here. Except now my government has kicked me to the curb where because I went to live overseas in my wife's home country on my meagre 21 year Permanent Navy DFRDB Comsuper Pension which I bought and paid for and even though I continued to pay the going rate of tax on this so-called 'Pension' up until the age of 60, I am told now that I am not entitled to anything - No Medicare, no aged benefits of any kind - NOTHING! They have treated me like dirt actually, and worse, what hurts most of all, the malevolent Public Servant bastards did it with glee, they enjoyed doing it! My Government is nothing but a thief! I intend to returning the medals I was awarded. Worthless trinkets they are to me now. No more ANZAC Days for me, even though every male member of my family (5) were ANZACs and my father WW2. I have merely gone from being a dirty common low sailor to a deplorable old white man. What an epitaph to look forward to..
Russell Graystone / Hey Russ, yours is a sad story & situation, like the rest, your not on your own, with the way your treated. The more veterans speak up about their treatment the better, so the public get to hear & see the corruption & traitorous Australian government at hand. Sorry for what has happened to you !
Anzac Day has nothing to do d'khead pollies my friend, it is all about the fellas who fought and also those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Just remember that
I was close to joining but reading all these comments... maybe not. I’m trying to do as much research as I can before I make my final decision. Also I’m really sorry to hear that. Truely and utterly disrespectful.
@@serenanina9547 Serena, please don't let me put you off, yes it did knock me around, the way they (politicians and public servants) treated me, but I truly did love the life, it WAS my WHOLE life, and always will be. As they say. Once in. never out. Go for it and don't worry. Everything will be OK. Cheers.
@@serenanina9547 if you want to lose your soul then join the army. The guy said it was atrocious yet still recommended you to go. Why would you? Every army of the worl Iis corrupt. You would be serving a few who make the masses lives miserable. Do you really want to be implicit in that?
A year ago, I actively encouraged my 20yr old Son to join the ADF, following after my footsteps, and I was gutted when he expressed a disinterest in the Military and wanted to pursue a civilian career. Today I'm thinking he made the right choice!
I trained with the special forces in the Commandos when I was a younger. I can tell you the skills, discipline and resolve. That was instructed into me is priceless and has served me in every area of my life. Life is difficult for all people, the defense force not only prepares individuals for the challenges of a career in the forces. But, also for the challenges life will inevitably throw at an individual. The military will always be an exceptional option for our young people and give them skills and resolve that transcends their time in the forces. I would recommend service to anyone wanting to grow as an individual or be equipped with skills that will lift you above the average if you continue to employ them in civilian life. Military service would be a great solution to 'work for the dole'.
@Darren Mandalorian Nah mate just a soldier who has experienced and continues to experience the benefits of military training in my private life. Not every institution works, but an individual can work every institution .
i have great respect for our soldiers, and i can see these skills are very important for life as well. but the only things is that we did not fight for a just war, we went to other countries and kill them not for our own interest or freedom, as our main media telling us to believe, this is why our good soldiers and our sons and daughters coming home sick. it appears so much cover up by our governments and politicians through the years.
My Grandfather was a WW1 veteran, my uncle's were WW2 veterans, my father trained for Korea 3 years, it ended before he had to go. I was a sargent in the cadets at 16years. My grandfather was proud of me, but, took me aside & explained in details all about WAR & the corrupt politics & people, war Lord families & shadow goverments, that creat these wars for their own evil gain. He was & is a MAN of GOD, he died in 1984, still had shrapnel scatted through his body from bullets & bombs, calcified chipped bone fragments the size of golf balls in this legs. He had a hole through his forehead, he could put his finger through, where he was stabbed with a bayonet, & survived. He was 14years, when he joined, too see the world they told them, he said, straight to the front line in France. He survived the hole war as a sharp shooter & horsemen etc. He survived the meat mincer, in the last week of WW1. All surviving MEN were told to run at a line of machine gun, snippets, tanks, etc, full open fire, artillery fire thicker than smoke. He & six others survived in their battalion, they were awarded 1 bravery Mendel amongst the 7, handed to the first across the line. This was done, too use up the left over amo & bombs & kill of as many men who survived the war before it ended. My grandfather carried a small Bible over his heart, he believed in GOD, I still have his Bible, the writing so small I don't know how he read it. He's advice to me before he died. DONT TRUST POLICE. DONT TRUST GOVERMENT. DONT GO TO WAR. His name is "LEONARD SMITH" I miss you POP 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
GodBotherer1 / Hey GB, yes my grandfather every Anzac day locked him self in his carravan up the back yard, where he lived his last years. He would pull the plug on the TV & Radio & drink a bottle of Johny Walker & get smashed. He knew the truth, he was one of the first conspiracy explainers, of the true enemy's of our world. I was 7 too 16 when he opened up to me what happend to him in the 1WW, & how & why it happens. I was & have been affected by all these reality, it confused me as a young fella. Now the information is in everyone's faces, it amazes me how people still can't see the problems. I became a trades man, put my self into what truly scared me, the ocean, I got into surfing, & pushed my self into big waves when I had the opportunity. Help clear my head. Got into music also, love jamming, Rock & Blues. Great to communicate with ya MAN 👍😎
@@adrianxenia5670 I have veterans in my family and ancestry going back 450 years, included WW2/Vietnam and myself included (15 months close quarter combat), we have been fighting the wrong enemy in most cases. They have already been let into here and other western nations foolishly.
Alex V / totally aware of the enemy with in Australia AV. In 1991 I was traveling through Indonesia surfing & checking out the islands. I was surfing round an island called Sumbawa, on the day before I was flying to Timor, in the town of Dompoo, in the morning I was swept into a huge festival with the locals. It was the first time I had a direct situation with Muslims. Must of been a million of them turned up at once, I explain the scene as a carpet of black heads, as fare as the eye can see, in all directions. Being taller looking over them. As I walked along the main road with the flow, I was being followed by Muslims in very colorfull silk looking dress, carrying long curved swords at hand. At the same time a convoy of military open trucks, with prisoners tied up, kneeling down with their hands tied back. Each prisoner had a solider behind him with a hand gun shooting blanks at the back of their heads. They also had soldiers with machine gun fireing into the air, probably blanks as well, maybe ? I got to a corner cross rd, & leant against a brick wall, the colorful Muslims with swords stood in a semi circle in front of me. The first truck stoped & a ranking solder pointed a pistol at me & the colorful Muslim half pulled their swords. Three local girls appeared beside me through the brick wall, two on my right side, one on my left, the masses all went quiet at once, a million of them, you could here a pin drop. The most attractive on my right, ask me, you must be Australian, I said yes, she told the soilder pointing the pistol at me, he smiled & asked her to ask me why I was not afraid, she asked me, why I was not afraid, I said afraid of what. She said no white man would never dare walk our streets on our day of independence. Well, I said, no one's told me this. So next thing the gun man with a smile on his face & machine gunners in the convoy, put there weapons in the air started shooting, the color full one's put their swords back in their sheaths, & the masses erupted into celebration. The hole experience that day was surreal to me at the time, I really dident realize the danger I was facing, it all happens s quickly. Because I showed no fear in that moment, they respected me. For the rest of that day & evening I was treated well, escorted around by the 3 woman who stayed, one each side & one behind me. At times people would run up to me to touch my head, I was never hurt. The next day I flew out, to Timor, haven't been back to Indonesia since. At that point I knew nothing of Islam Muslims, I DO NOW !
GodBotherer1 / So true GB, I really started my plumbing apprentice ship at 12years old, on the week ends, with my older brother, & he was a slave driver, Blood Nut prick. All so worked in shearing shed randomly 8/18years fleecing. From 8years after school, on building sitesI was cleaning brickies shovels & wheelbarrow, rolling up hoses & raking brick walls, in exchange for coke, fanta, lemonade, bottles. Then cashed them in at the local milk bar, two Bob each. I could make $50.00 a week in the mid 70s, lots of houses being built in my area. Working as a trades man, I'm 52years now, my lower backs warn out, my left hip ache constantly, broken right foot, dislocated left shoulder, torn ligerments in right shoulder, broken wrist, 3 broken noses, sparing & pub brawls, don't drink at pubs any more, $8.00 a schooner, rip off. Well I've got a full life, 3 lads & a staunched Hungarian Misses, I went the import, a refreshing change to what's on offer in Australia these days. At home life's good. I have land in NSW, lost 2 caravans, a good old land cruiser & full shipping container, glad I wasent there with the family. I got of track a bit, trades men farmers, are not looked after enough in this country, we are warn out by 50years hard work. Pen pushing politicians, white collar maggots, that benefit from our skills are disprespectfull unappreciat too, the hard working men & woman in this country.
Ben Roberts-Smith is a wanker and a sell-out! Hero or no hero, he is the useless prick who was a member of the Australian of the Year Committee who voted that cross-dressing ADF Lt. General David Morrison be Australian of the Year in 2016. And of course we know what damage that did to the morale and core values of the Army. When a Chief of Army dresses as a woman, and then becomes a 'woman', (aka David Morrison) and introduces political correctiveness and gender diversity into the army, then what hope have we got? Ben Roberts-Smith, you are a self-righteous wanker of the highest order!
For many soldiers there are few options outside the Army to continue soldiering. Many join while teenagers. They are turned into soldiers. This is not just a set of skills, it's a way of life. It is especially difficult if they have not departed voluntarily, so yes they need support. After years of being treated like a thoroughbred, it can be difficult to adjust to the fact you're suddenly on your own.
I served in infantry when I was 18 years old straight after high school I got diagnosed with PTSD at age 20 and still served, this year I hit 22 I decided not to serve any longer and I can tell you military did not help me transition, I still get flashbacks and all defence force told me is we can help you with a resume so you can find a job....
Being ex military i have learnt the meaning of expendable. I was injured due to exposure to toxic chemicals. I am on medication for life. The army just kicked me out without any support. As ex infantry it is very difficult to find skills that are transferable to civilian life. It took me 30 years to finally get DVA and dept of defence to recognise that my condition was caused by my service. I received a little bit of compensation but it hasn't covered what I paid out of my pocket for my treatment. Once you are injured and unfit for duty they dont want to help. Motto for DVA "Delay, Deny until they die". Don't let this happen to you.
You’re only expendable because of the type of market system we live in, which throws people to the curb once their no longer “useful”. Don’t hate the player, hate the game (capitalism).
I am a military veteran...I have a permanent neck injury and of course deal with it as we know sh..t happens!... but the government near had me on the street!! I used my super to survive and retrained at my own cost (which I would prefer anyway) I now work to help others suffering in life! This then turn my experience around for some good! The politicians are very good at giving themselves a life pension...Why? We need to stand together and hold our leaders accountable!
i am so sorry for what happened to you, this kind of things are not allowed to talk in our main media. it is not about our government anymore, we need to get rid of this Rupert Murdoch media who is controlling our media, controlling our democracy and controlling our politics. if Rupert Murdoch does not go, we need revolution!!! we need to take our country back!!!
@@helenkang8208 Thank you, very much Hellen, I agree with you 100 percent! The politicians and the media should be serving us...That though would require Honour and Integrity...Be safe and well...Cheers Lass
My biggest regret in life is I had major depression at 17 and thought the army would fix it, I passed boot camp but my depression was still there and I was discharged. I wish I could do it again but at 38 even tho I'm fit and healthy I wouldn't be accepted.
After serving 15 + years I was left without any qualification or skills that could be used in the real world. At near 50 years of age I was unemployable. I did some training and now run my own business. I can tell you it doesn’t always end so well for veterans often it ends in homelessness, and suicide. When you have people like Ben Roberts Smith and Jackie Lambie, people who once lived and loved the ADF and are now warning against it, you realise that something is very very wrong. An organisation that once prized mateship above all else now values self promotion above all else.
@John No the RSL do not. They can’t even advocate on a DVA claim. I was. Artillery in the Army and 11 yrs Movements in the Airforce. Left with No civilian qualifications, so I purchased my own business. Thanks for nothing! after nearly 19 yrs service!
This guy and guys like him with the experience they have and leadership qualities they posses are the guys that should be running this country ...Full stop!!
Self sacrifice, honour, discipline, heroism and commitment will be met with abandonment by your nation's government. Hmmm... sounds like raw deal to me.
The upper echelon of today's army is a disgrace to the memory of the fallen. The way this is being handled is 'conduct unbecoming' and the media's role has not gone unnoticed.
Should also mention the fact that there is no equal treatment in the ADF. Standards and such vary depending on gender and age even when doing the exact same job. Should be the one standard for everyone. Fitness and academic.
@@rustykilt a push? From who? You have no idea what you’re talking about. I’ve served in the military for 8 years and about 6 years in mining. Mining isn’t going anywhere.
@@jackknight4020 Mate, I worked Carborough Downs Coal mines driving Dump Trucks...I-loved the job. You kid yourself if you think Mining jobs are not under threat....You and I both know the Labor government, via the Greens want mines closed.....
Damn. I mean, I totally agree, since my bro who was in the Army for 6 years and now has SERIOUS ptsd doesn't get much support. But I feel like whilst total enlistment is not something I would recommend, being in the reserves like I am is 100% something I would recommend to ANY young person. Teaches you SO much discipline, great work ethic, and helps you learn to work well in a team with anyone. And sure, I do find it hard to do a full time job along side it, but it's worth it.
My older brother served many years in the ADF and serve overseas on operations. He was dedicated but experienced significant injury mainly to his back. Today he lives with these issues that effects his life in a detrimental way but the ADF did nothing to help him or support him with these issues. He warns others to never join.
I gave 8 years of my life as a solider, I was medically discharged and have had to fight tooth and nail with DVA for appropriate care. If I could go back, I would still serve as a soldier. I just want to be looked after better regarding the I juries I have sustained.because I served in the 90s and was not deployed I am looked after under a different act, I cannot access a military pension or gold card. My injuries are significant and require constant care, my wife has to shower me and help me dress, but I am not eligible for a military pension. I feel extremely let down by the military and the government for crating the act I am currently under.
I wish I could have joined the military in my 20's but due to injuries I couldn't. The military is great, it builds character and resilience - you get taught information which is practical and far more advanced than civilian education and the whole time you are getting paid to learn by the best in the world. Your health is looked after and paid for. There are so many avenues of progression. The only negative is post-service treatment of military members/veterans. This is not the fault of the military. This is the fault of the federal and state governments. The bureaucratic nonsense, the lack of support outside the military community. These people are extremely valuable members of society. I just did a basic security course and met people with years of experience in conflict and they are the best people I have ever met.
Not only BRS is saying it. Many past and present are saying the same - internationally too. True, leadership are the issue, not just defence - government, judiciary, schools, hospitals…
Blamey nearly got shot by the Australian Kokoda survivors when he admonish them on parade for fighting a highly successful retreat that broke the Japs. Clicking of Lee Enfield bolts started when his fellow officers got him out of there fast.
Way to go Ben. I fully appreciate what you say. I also give you & other SAS comrades and Regular Troops my full support & sympathy for the way you Diggers have been treated publicly. It’s not right for any soldier to be dropped in the middle of a battle field & expect you all to defeat an unknown enemy without Collateral Damage as they call it. Maybe there was one or two incidents definitely outside the “Game Rules” but they should not smear the whole Regiment publicly. Can’t fight a war with your hands tied behind your back by shiny pants politicians. This all was similar to Diggers (and G.I.s) returning from Vietnam. The enemy could by anyone of whatever age shoot you in the back or drop a grenade or I.E.D. in your hip pocket. I salute you Digger. Well done those men. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Yeah even though there is less than 10 per cent females you have to go about 5 pages in before you even see a man on their recruiting site and about 10 pages in before you see a combat role ( most people still go in the infantry) its join the army become a dental nurse, a forklift driver, a radio operator, a computer programer, a medic etc etc, oh and um um ah mm a rifleman. Who ever is incharge of this shit campaign and image is an absolute fool and thinks we are all fools to.
@@mickwarnie8707 I assumed it was all women from the ads and our local police force which is nearly all women too. Some so obese their pants are riding so far north they waddle with their legs spread for the chaffing. The shit campaign to recruit more women is not doing any of the armed forces any justice. I certainly wouldn't like to have to rely on them.
His words resonate here in Canada too. I never recommend serving in the Canadian Armed Forces because it is not the worth the risk of being injured seriously then sentenced to chronic mistreatment both in the military & by veterans affairs after release. I can’t speak to the situation in other countries, but here in Canada the situation is getting worse, not better. I would never discourage someone from joining the CAF but I always share my cautionary tale.
When a Christmas casual who just got scolded by a customer for misplacing lay by items- is more looked after and concerned for by their superiors that those who have served in the army seem to be. You know that’s not good
Well I have served and I will comment. People have a right to cast their opinions. The last time the ADF actually was involved in a conflict that was defending their country was ww2 in PNG. Everything since then has been a colossal waste of money and lives.
i use to work (not joined) with the ADF army, navy,air force and OMFG some of them are out of the freaking mind and completely out of touch with reality
Yes I was treated poorly , back in the 80's , but I have to wonder why he's saying this ,when he's being investigated , more to come with this and his story I thinking .....
Well .. joining the army is never a good idea. Dying in some foreign land for a fake cause for a a political ideal, that changes with each administration is a bad idea. Imagine if you fought in Vietnam only to see a subsequent administration abandon the territory through laziness.
It looks like veterans everywhere feel the pain American VA sucks aswell I got compensation for certain injuries others not service connected they say but I’m still more fortunate than others some never got help.
Get your kids to take the anti consciption pledge, similar to the 1918 Irish pledge. 'Denying the right of the British government to enforce compulsory service in this country, we pledge ourselves solemnly to one another to resist conscription by the most effective means at our disposal.'
Another thing I never ever saw my Dad cry, but the day I went into town Brisbane city to join the airforce, it was the first time in my life i ever seen my father cry, and now im near 60 I more then fully understand, god bless all that protect us, as we are forever so grateful ❤
Politicians can do no wrong, branch stacking, sports rorts, taking bags full of cash from developers, donations from overseas property developers. All good thanks, if you get caught just resign. See the double standards here?
My mates son applied and when he got to the interview stage he was asked "what are your political leanings?" He answered "im a conservative". He was then rejected from joining the army in any role.
Send all politicians to the front line for a month. Only then, would they know the trauma that a soldier faces on the front line. Also remove all diversity quotas. The diversity quota in my view would be against the discrimination laws. Appitude, physical and physiologically fitness should be the only criteria when applying to enter the ADF.
8/10 for saying this. If he said it was not a good option to join because you'll be in foreign lands that are no threat to you, serving the interests of Israel and not Australia, then he gets a full 10/10.
@@Rayshoesmith2023 no I was told openly by a recruiter that there are gender quotas this was all before I had even had an interview/ you session I was also made to jump through a number of hoops that my female best friend didn't despite having the same medical condition (to which defence have ghosted me for over a year now despite constant emails) she also had the advantage of doing female only PFA training which offered to men period, and on this session/actual PFA's she told me there were females who struggled to do a single push been given multiple chances if that were me or a male we'd have our asses chewed off so tell me again how there are no gender/race quotas or preferential treatment
This bloke has been accused by his own unit of kicking an innocent bloke down a hill then executing him. He's under investigation, no wonder he wishes he was never in the army.
He’s not the first and he’s not the last but is still innocent until proven guilty also depends on what the rules of engagement were at the time of the operation that this supposedly happened...people were shot just for wearing camo jackets in Afghanistan or for ridding motorbikes in certain parts of the country ..if you were between 16 and 40 years of age in a war zone you are considered a target or just for digging trench on your property...farmers were shot in there on Fields because they had tools that could be used to hurt soldiers working there way though the area...
well don't commit war crimes and it's a noble profession.he was after all a member of a group who have obviously brought our esteemed adf into disrepute....how could he not know what was going on....we don't want people like that in our civil society...crimminals ....war or otherwise should be isolated from humanity.
A walking-talking joke with no punchline - what Benny actually should've said: 'Don't join the ADF's Special Forces if your *duplicitous lying philandering coward like a judge found me to be*
The problem with bureaucrats and the senior officers, who only served on the desks of their comfortable offices is they care only about themselves, their bonuses and budgets. As for politicians, they only care about themselves and getting rich with power
When I enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1979. I was seventeen..it's never like you thought it would be. You will meet some of the best people you will ever meet, and the worst of the worst. After you leave, and the divorce is final. You sign off, walk out the gate, grab a taxi to the bus station, and think, WTF was that all about? While traveling through Europe on leave. I met Vietnam vets still in their late twenties who looked like zombies. meeting an Australian Vietnam Vet who had been a sniper. Guy looked like Charles Manson, dude was just traveling around Europe for ten years, with no final destination, strung out on PTSD. There is no definite, should I enlist question that can be answered it can have its great moments and some of the $ worst. Just think hard, before you enlist behind all the glamour, they don't show you just how $ can get in there, once the parade's ended and your tinder account only shows you with one arm, and half a face. So choose wisely?.
