Uhhhhh genuinely don't know how the fuck this is even possible. Basically acting as mercenaries at this point :amerikkka:
https://www.axios.com/gop-megadonor-south-dakota-troops-border-21881b13-f0d8-461f-a7af-fe6288b5bcbd.html
Uhhhhh genuinely don't know how the fuck this is even possible. Basically acting as mercenaries at this point :amerikkka:
https://www.axios.com/gop-megadonor-south-dakota-troops-border-21881b13-f0d8-461f-a7af-fe6288b5bcbd.html
Holy shit I've memory holed this but this happens in all :anglo-burn: militaries. You can pay a regiment to be something called an honorary colonel in most places or colonel in chief if you're Bri'ish. Some units also have honorary lieutenant colonels. Basically the idea is these people are either retired senior officers from the unit at some point or made a big donation to either a unit fund - usually named after the unit and is typically used for things like trips to WW1/2 sites, fancy dress uniforms or other ceremonial items, and various things the military doesn't really want to pay for like speakers, crates of boutique liquor, or paraphernalia - or they donate to mess (bar) funds so the dudes in the unit get a bunch of free drinks/nice tables I guess. These days you have senior officers looking to get people who might bring in many small donations from other places as well - typically advanced athletes - to fill this role as well, though that is clearly not happening here lol
So the pay-to-enter system was already there, I guess it was only a matter of time until we get something like this. Racist billionaire bankrolling american empire and racist officers wanting to exert racism, in a system that would allow it under an administration who doesn't care. :amerikkka:
Lol sponsoring a military unit like we do with boy scout groups sounds about right
I want to see a seal team decorated with logos like a Nascar racer
Way ahead of you
every time I went in from google images the page that showed up was not what I clicked on but I was always surprised regardless
I always thought it was funny that the marines explicitly disallowed that stuff (moto patches, anything more than rank insignia and maybe logistics group square things) while also being all sorts of more bloodthirsty, or at least stereotypically so
Duplicating doctrine but louder and dumber etc. I've never had the chance to work with American marines, but they're probably no more [insert aggressive adjective here] than the army. I don't think I've ever seen anyone actually wear a morale patch on their uniform, and even outside of their duties. Maybe like, on a backpack or something.
You're probably right. A lot of army guys I saw didn't have anything more than the bare required patches. And even though my prior cult participation would make me think that the marines are more disciplined, I don't think I can honestly believe it anymore.
Funnily enough this is a good deal how some roman legions were paid during its decline. So history is a circle in some aspects.