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Omar is correct but he also had his issues with being a bit too slow.

...really puts into perspective how shittty the Russian armed forces are...they can't even muster enough logistics to supply their own soldiers with toilet paper let alone food in a neighboring country..

Rangers lead the way 🪂

@@wakawaka5131 exactly, they're too stuck on the use of railways internally so they have no idea how to supply their men outside of their own borders. A friend was asking me about comparisons now that we've seen how russia performs and I explained that we have service members stationed and living around the world that never have to worry about toilet paper, hot chow and basic living materials. Light years ahead in terms of logistics

@@mrstmag1853 lol gotta have beans bullets and WATER

Thank you for your service

@@CLEO99087 Well you commented, so clearly YOU.

Mickey Ds. Jeez that’s sad

That's why I only say "thank you for your service" to those who have seen combat or similar (for example the support that you've mentioned)

@@SilverFang95 Honestly thought about leaving my comment off to avoid any thanks or looking like I was trying to get some. I worked in hospitals and the military gave me more than it asked from me. I'm thankful for more people having kind thoughts towards vets than hateful ones, but it's like...I have friends that paid a price (or are still paying it)...they're the ones that deserve respect. At the same time, they're also the ones that recognize what I did and tell me to get off my ass and stand with them at events recognizing veterans, so I do it for them.

@@L77045 all I have to say is...respect💜

Logistics wins wars.

@@InlandOne Don't know how common it was, but where I spent time the only people on swing/rotating/night shifts were medical and security forces. So it always seemed like there were a lot of you guys to me, but wasn't sure if that was just because you were the only other ones that seemed to have crazy shifts like I did so we could hang out.

Without France there would be no American superpower though. It was not our Minuteman that sank those Brittish ships in the ocean when we did not have our own Fleet during the Revolutionary War. Edit. Since this comment has drawn so much drama I recant by saying I'm sorry if certain persons got offended that I said that the French helped the United States win the Revolutionary War. I'm not even sure if the comment I responded to was true in saying that the French think they are still a Superpower solely to themselves.

@@halicarnassus8235 - Should we go back to when humans first made fire and the wheel?

@@SilvanaDil No but we shouldn't forget something that happened less than 300 years ago and which helped our Nation form. Unless you want to get rid of American History altogether

That's very true and people tend to forget .... In Kentucky and there are plenty of reminders, Louisville, after king Louie..lots of things named Lafayette (schools libraries) There are towns named Paris Versailles etc. When I arrive here I asked the rednecks why they all hated france... because everything here is named after French things lol.

@@halicarnassus8235 What does that have to do with the state of France now?

Nope money if not for the money to help prop up good and bad regime’s america would be vulnerable there’s a reason america gives more foreign aid in the world than anyone else.

The UK, Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea is family. Everyone else is either a good friend, or shares the same interest geopolitically, or is a bad apple. As perhaps a myopic American, I don’t want any man or women serving our country to put their lives on the line protecting anyone outside the family. Others can have all the weapons and money, but not an American Serviceman’s life.

@@johndombroski9067 You've got some time to get used to NATO then bruv

It’s about half price but let’s you know how much it costs to stay at Disney. $209 a night and 12% discount tickets to most Orlando parks for retired or reservists. I think they had a budget room for $169 but only for full time. Rank discounts a little. They allow reservists to go Jan and Sept. I think I also saw something about foreign militaries too. Shades of Green was Disney’s golf resort before the DOD bought it, so I assume Disney took the opportunity to repurpose the golf courses.

@@bobdobb9017 the price is based on your ranking in the military with privates and other lower rank personnel paying less then an officer to stay.

This is an honest curiosity, how was the security procedure during those flights? I can see stringent security for obvious reasons but I can also see most people have been cleared through a military base and have some sort of relationship with military personnel so more relaxed. If you ever read this it would good to know lol, Cheers!

@@ronaldmcboggled9855 To board? They weren't too bad. General security metal detectors etc. They would do something called role call which is where they will call each class, so for example emergency leave, family members flying with service members, I can't recall the others, but space A was at the bottom. The flights themselves were relaxed, and like any typical airliner. And they were extremely cheap. They showed movies, gave us food, etc. The actual security around the airport was very strict, but you couldn't get on without I.D.

@@huntersanschargrin3983 thanks for the reply!

1/8th is not 5%. Russia just annexed 11 trillion in resources and property and UA is in shithole for at least 30 years. 25 million people without power and no future. Losing up to 1000 soldiers a day. Dummy.

Very cool, I salute you good sir!

Americans are hoping in the future we will be sharing the global security responsibilities more with our allies and therefore can reduce our military spending. So if it reaches 1 trillion dollars, thats a bad sign.

@@mabutoo There's so much money being made in bloated defense contracts that 1 trillion is inevitable. Meanwhile the #1 cause of American bankruptcy is because of unpaid medical bills. Interesting priorities this country has...

@mabutoo It will make no difference whether other countries increase their participation in global security or not, the defense budget will hit 1 trillion soon. If you are talking about individuals, there are many programs to help individuals with medical bills that no one should go bankrupt because of them.

@will What bankruptcy are you talking about? The US is not anywhere near bankrupt.

@@kokomo9764 64% of all personal bankruptcies are due to unpaid medical bills. People complain about the concept of student loan "forgiveness" even though there is more student loan outstanding debt than credit card debt, and it's not something you can erase with bankruptcy. Why does tuition rise 3x higher than the cost of inflation? So yeah, it's annoying when people think it's okay to just incrase the defense budget by another 80 billion.

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@@richardsbrandon5027 how awesome! Yes Go Pack Go! We have season tickets and go every chance we get! Have a Merry Christmas!

@@Sherlock4Sure :)))))

And it can happen. A few thousand 19k (myself included) were called back up in the first Gulf War.

That is not why the second amendment still exists. For starters, we have no "well-regulated militia," only a bunch of untrained, unorganized, and undisciplined gun nuts. Secondly, if you think these people would have any effect whatsoever on a theoretical dictatorship that decides to bear arms against its own people, you're in for a very rude awakening. A ragtag mass of civilians armed with some basic semi-auto weaponry isn't bringing down the US military. A coalition of the world's foreign militaries would not be able to bring down the US military on its own soil, so what on Earth makes anyone think the Gravy Seals will? It's a completely laughable proposition. You'd be swatted like flies. This is why it's so important who you vote into power. Once you give a fascist megalomaniac the reigns, you may not ever get them back.

@@xviper2k damn calm down

Not for nothing, and the ladies may not understand, but my guys, when you're standing in front of a full length mirror wearing a new with tags shirt above nothing but the skin God gave you, what are you looking at in that mirror? I mean, exactly what are you modeling? Has anyone ever looked at a shirt, liked it, but then thought "yeah, but... what would it look like framing my tallywhacker?" Darren, this is require context, bro.

How big is the discount?

In British English, vacations are called holidays

Keep in mind that both countries are democracies and react to the will of THEIR voters/citizens not the will of the USA. Canada is spent 1.36% of GDP on defense fiscal year 21-22, going up to 1.43% for 24-25 and in August of this year they added 8 billion$ Canadian to defense budget. Germany is currently at 1.4% of GDP with a new budget lifting it above 2%. The challenge is what other things do you ask your people to do without to meet those goals? Do you cut back on the 11% spent on education? The USA spend 4.6% on education while the average for developed nations is 5.59% (and folks wonder why our system is faltering.

They could do exactly what they're doing now for a fraction of the cost. The problem is the relationship our government has with private defense contractors. They're essentially given blank checks and can charge whatever they want. Medical supply companies do the same thing.

@@willvr4 It's not that simple. Just maintaining the 800+ military bases around the world costs more than China's entire defense budget. Proportinately to GDP Russia actually spends more than the US in defense (4% vs 3% respectively). America's economy is just that massive.

@@SubtleHawk Our biggest defense asset is free, and it's our geography. 2 massive oceans on each side, 3rd world countries to the south, and an ally in Canada to our north. There is zero reason to keep increasing military "defense" spending. You're also totally missing the point where I'm saying that the money we are spending isn't what it should actually cost. It's an artificially inflated number. Talk to any career military vet and they will say the same.

@@willvr4 The US probably has the best geography in the world, but what does that have to do with military projection? I am afraid that if you only think the purpose of the military is to just prevent an invasion, then you're mistaken. The US is the world's only remaining superpower and a big military (in America's case a huge Navy) is required for power projection across the world. Precicely because they are surrounded by oceans is the very reason they have to invest in the largest Navy in history. e.g The US has fought off pirates in Africa since the 1800s, which protects trade routes and the global economy. You also need to understand how geopolitics work. It's basically a bit of game theory. Imagine if nobody spent anything on military. In this hypothetical world the first one to invest in an army would easily invade and take over the rest of the world. If the US backed down from its role as a superpower and abandoned Europe and the rest of its allies then they are leaving the world vulnerable to other big powers that would love to take America's place in the world stage and control global trade. The obvious countries that would definitely go for this are China and Russia. The US already tried to strip back spending and be isolationist. They quickly realized after WW1 that it was a bad idea to do that. Plus like I said proportonately to the size of the economy countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia actually spend more on their militaries than the US does in theirs. I said this in my other comment and you seemed to ignore it.

@Atheos B. Sapien I agree that the US is probably rich enough to do both, and they should. There's too many people that disagree with what's good for the country unfortunately, especially Republicans that don't think it's a good idea because it's "communism" which is ridiculous.