MAGA – Make Army Great Again – Survival Expert Blog

Being a 20-year U.S. Army military veteran (see About The Author), I want to give insights on how to Make the U.S. Army Great Again. Maybe some soldiers with a lot of rank, some pull, and some balls will show this website to high-ranking military folks, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth and even President Donald J. Trump himself, that have the authority to make changes and MAGA.

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Here are the points I’m going to cover:

Bring Back The ‘Shark Attack’
Recondo Schools on all major Army bases
Bring Back the 02-Year Enlistment
Beef-Up Recruitment
Bring Back The Gabriel Teams
Increase Jump Pay
Yearly Pay Bonuses
Fat Boy Program
Mess Halls
Fix The QMP
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
Shit Can The Fuckn’ Hitler Mustache
Taking Day Care Naps On Duty
Why The Mighty U.S. of A. Must MAGA

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OK, let’s start with Bring Back The ‘Shark Attack’

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Bring Back The Shark Attack!

On 20 September 2020, the headline read: “No More Drill Sergeant ‘Shark Attack’: Army Moves Toward Kinder Basic Training Start.” The U.S. Army decided to delete the Shark Attack from Army Basic Training. First, bring the General that authorized this and give him my home address and I’ll put a ‘boot up his ass.’ I’ll give him a ‘Kiwi Express’ myself. When you baby recruits and pass them through Basic Training, AIT,… you’re filling the Army ranks with softer, gentler – ‘get everybody killed’ soldiers. Yes, I’ll still call them soldiers but not my kind of soldier.

You can bet there are plenty of former Drill Instructors (DIs) from WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, 1st Gulf War,,.. rolling over in their graves – ‘kinder basic training’ crap.

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Bring back the ‘Shark Attack’ in:

Basic Training
Advanced Individual Training (AIT)
Jump School
Ranger School (City Week – Morgan Committee)
Special Forces Assessment and Selection

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The ‘Shark Attack’ towards trainees, candidates, instills and enhances:

Discipline
Teamwork
Esprit De Corps
Attention To Detail
Proficiency
Bonding of Troops
Leadership
Morale
Pride

Think of there was no ‘Shark Attack’ towards American recruits during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars, I gotta tell you, there would have been a lot more American soldiers, airman, sailors and marines coming home in body bags.

HEY, why don’t you just give the Basic Trainees a few DVDs to watch and then certify them as completing Basic Training. Jesus EFFFN’ Christ. Who’s the efffn’ General that authorized this crap?

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WAIT WAIT WAIT, I’m not done yet about no ‘Shark Attack.’ Here’s a true story that will have you re-thinking about bring back the ‘Shark Attack.’

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Armless Girl Shaming & Motivating America’s Elite Fighters!

Remember I’ve told you that when SF students failed to complete the ruckmarches & runs they started their own cascading effect of more and more PT. They were penalized with more and more PT (physical training).

Most students wanted nothing to do with it and kicked themselves in the butt and made those ruckmarches and runs even if they came through the gates collapsing to the ground. There was never a run or rucksack march where the entire class made it together – never (when no Officer was tagging along).

Anyway, I had another technique. I shamed them into kicking themselves in the butt to make the ruckmarches and the runs. When the schedule had a couple hours free, we’d take em’ (penalized students) on a late night ruckmarch or run. We’d take them in the hand-to-hand pit for the usual several warm-up exercises and then onto the ruckmarch or run.

But after the warm-up exercises, I’d tell students to “take a chair and listen up” (sit down in the sawdust) and tell em’ a little True story and here it is:

I was on leave in Colorado at my parent’s home. One morning I went out to the front porch and saw the neighbors across the street were working on their roof.

The father was hammering away making a lot of racket. Below him was his little daughter. She was riding one of those Hot Wheels – a 03 tire toy that you pedaled with your feet and steered with your hands. The little girl stopped her Hot Wheels at the base of the 20-foot ladder that led to the roof where her father was working.

Her father yelled at her ‘Don’t come up here.’ I turned around and walked back inside the house. I came back out about 10-minutes later to find that little girl on the roof! Not only did she climb the steep ladder, but she climbed to the top of the roof where her father was located. Real brave for a little girl uh!

But get this. It turns out that little girl was born without any arms! She propelled her Hot Wheels with her feet and steered it with her chest!

And she not only climbed that ladder on her own but climbed the to the top of the roof on her own and she did it with no arms! I asked my parents “How did she get up there?” They said she did it on her own – a brave little girl no doubt!

“Now here you are in this hand-to-hand pit. Why are you here? Why? You’re here because you FAILED to meet the standards. You failed to complete a run\ruckmarch with the main body. You’re supposed to be America’s Elite Fighters. You have 02 perfectly good legs, 02 perfectly good arms but you failed to meet the standards.

You haven’t half the heart that little armless girl has. Next time you fall behind on a ruckmarch or run you think of that little girl. You think of the big heart that little girl has to climb that ladder to climb that roof WITHOUT ANY ARMS!

She isn’t feeling sorry for herself! She’s not letting her disability keeping her from playing like a normal kid. Again, next time you feel like failing to meet the standards – YOU THINK OF THAT LITTLE GIRL AND YOU BETTER KICK YOURSELF IN THE BUTT!

You want to be America’s Elite Fighters, you better go beyond what you’ve been doing. You better kick yourself in the butt and show yourself your real potential. Is this the absolutely last time we’ll see you in this pit?” And the candidates shouted with “Clear Sergeant.”

And you know what, it worked. No, there was NEVER a ruckmarch or run where 100% of the class made it, but that little story did cut down on those doing extra PT.

As I stated before, some students that took the full effect of the “cascading effect” did a heck of a lot of extra PT but they never gave-up, they kept going no matter how bad they were hurting which demonstrated they had a lot of heart. Sometimes I gave this story after they did their penalized PT.

One night, another TAC – Rod (Rodriguez) asked me afterwards if I made-up this story? I told him “No, it’s a true story.”

Note: Yes, even them bad ass Navy SEALs fail runs and rucksack marches. I distinctly remember one Navy SEAL in the front row in the hand-to-hand pit as I related the Armless Girl story. He looked whooped.

And like I stated, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from – for each military school you have to prove yourself all over again – you have to meet the standards.

Paperback Book————–E-Book

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WAIT WAIT WAIT, I’m not done yet about no ‘Shark Attack.’ Here’s are some True Facts that will have you re-thinking about bring back the ‘Shark Attack.’

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Every Day, Every Hour – Brave Infants and Children Are Fighting For Their Lives!

Approximately 160,000 to 170,000 children and adolescents die from cancer worldwide each year.

Children are diagnosed with common cancers like:

Leukemia
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
Lymphoma
Neuroblastoma
Wilms tumor – kidney cancer
Bone cancer
Thyroid cancer
Malignant germ cell tumors Cancer

These brave fighting little souls wish they had healthy bodies and would gladly trade their sickly bodies for a healthy body to serve in the U.S. military, law enforcement, firemen, or any career of their liking.

Basic Trainees are already given the OK to join the ranks of the U.S. Army and attend Basic Training because they have healthy bodies. But some jackass General signed-off on a ‘gentler, Day Care Center type’ Basic Training. Doesn’t the data above want you to write your congressman and demand that the ‘Shark Attack’ be brought back in the U.S. Army. Doesn’t the data above want you to ‘Kiwi Express’ (put a boot up his ass) that dumb ass General that signed-off on no more ‘Shark Attack’ crap.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, PLEASE bring back the ‘Shark Attack’ so to MAGA!

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Recondo Schools On All Major Army Bases!

Recondo School is like a small U.S. Army Ranger School. When I was a know-nuthin Private in the 82nd Airborne, I was sent to the 03-week 82nd Airborne Recondo School. Being in the Infantry, even though my AIT was Infantry, I still didn’t know sh!+ from Shinola about Infantry. Well, that 03-week Recondo School fixed that problem. I attended a lot of training, a lot of schools during my 20-year military career, and the 82nd Airborne Recondo School will always stand-out in my training and memories.

And even though most MOSs (military jobs) in the Army have nothing to do with Infantry, the Recondo School still made you a better soldier, cause YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. Remember the very beginning of the Korean War? Both Chinese and North Koreans forces advancing southward, almost pushed the South Korean and American militaries into the ocean. EVERY AMERICAN dropped what they were doing and picked up a weapon, THEY WERE NOW IN THE INFANTRY!

The Recondo School would be run by ALL U.S. Army qualified Rangers who already earned the ‘Black and Gold.’ The Recondo School is a total of 21-days, with a basecamp in the woods on the military reservation. It would be open to all volunteers both officers and enlisted and both male and female. However, females would have their own Recondo School held once or twice a year depending on the number of volunteers. All Recondo candidtes are partly sterile and wear no rank.

Recondo Training includes:

Shark Attacks
Physical Training every morning
Road Marches
Night Road March
Drill & Ceremonies
Military History
Basic Patrolling Classes
Basic Map Reading
Day Navigation (buddy system)
Night Navigation (buddy system)
Marksmanship Training (using the Laydon Technique)
Radio Communication
Basic Indirect Fire
SERE Training
01-Day Daylight Patrol
Refit – Rappelling Classes
02-Day Day & Night Patrols
Refit – Heliborne Classes
03-Day Day & Night Patrols
Refit – Knots & River Rope Bridges
04-Day Graded Day & Night Patrols
Refit – Counseling
Recondo Graduation Ceremonies (At Graduation Ceremonies, each Recondo Graduate will be issued a Recondo patch for their BDUs and Recondo colored patch for their Dress Uniform with Official Military Orders and a Recondo School Diploma). Top Recondo Graduates will also be offered a chance to attend U.S. Army Ranger School. But before you attend the U.S. Army Ranger School, YOU MUST READ about my (author) own experiences in my Survival Book below.

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Back Then – It Was Called Motivated Training——–Today It’s Called – Training Abuse

I distinctly remember the barn-burner runs in Recondo School. We ran on this wide trail with sand. Some Recondo students fell out. You know what happened to them so to motivate them so to not fall out of future runs? The Ranger cadre assembled all of them and had them climb into an empty dumpster at the base camp where they did extra PT. While yelling at them, the cadre called them ‘Trash.’ In my humble opinion, GREAT MOTIVATED TRAINING!

I distinctly remember the following event in the 82nd Airborne Recondo School. We were on an early morning barn-burner run going through the woods. The trail was thick with deep sand. Behind me was one of several Force Recon Marines. He was yelling non-stop “Eeerrrr Eeerrrr Love It – Love It.” I was huffing and puffing on that barn-burner run and thought to myself, “Will you shut the fuck-up!” Well, a minute or so later, that Force Recon Marine fell out of the run. I chuckled to myself, “That Force Recon Marine is going in the dumpster for some extra PT – Eeerrrr Love It!!!”

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, authorize 03-week Recondo Schools on all major military Army bases in the U.S. and abroad so to MAGA!

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Paperback Book—————Kindle E-Book

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PS Graduating the 82nd Airborne Recondo School was such a major stepping stone in our young military careers, we were authorized to sew on a Recondo patch on the pocket of out jungle fatigues. Plus, other prior graduates would take the newly graduated Recondo graduate to the Western Sizzler in Fayetteville, NC. The new Recondo Graduate was treated to a big steak with all the fixins – MMMmmm MMMmmm MMMmmm!!!! And any soldier that failed Recondo School, we would motivate that soldier to try again and they did and they became Recondos!!!

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Bring Back The 02-Year Enlistment!

–In my humble opinion, the 02-Year Enlistment for recruits is actually a testing, a feeling-out period for recruits. And a small percentage of those recruits (10% – 20%), will actually:

Re-enlist for the same MOS (job) for 03 or 04-years with or without a re-enlistment bonus.
Join the National Guard
Join the Reserves

But whether they decide to re-enlist or not, they are a better more mature American citizens.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, bring back the 02-Year Enlistment so to MAGA!

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Beef-Up Recruitment!

–Recruitment should be beefed-up in areas besides the recruiting stations. Valuable recruitment is being missed in:

JROTC in High Schools
SROTC in Colleges & Universities
Junior Military Academies
West Point Academy
Officer Basic Course

These areas are being missed for recruiting and are valuable sources for THOUSANDS of future extremely intelligent and mature Officers to MAGA!

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Bring Back The Gabriel Teams!

Gabriel Teams were U.S. Army Special Forces A-Teams that put on ‘shows’ for dignitaries (domestic & allies), host fort civilians and any civilians, that wanted to see the ‘show.’ The Gabriel Teams demonstrated the capabilities of U.S. Army Special Forces A Teams like:

Rappelling
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Language Skills
HALO (skydiving)
Static Line Parachuting
Scuba
Communications
Demolitions
Weapons
Medical
Fast Rope
SERE (Survival Escape Resistance and Evasion)
Patrolling
Close Quarter Battle (CQB)
Unconventional Warfare
Direct Action Missions
Sniper Operations
More…

The Gabriels Teams were no longer used starting back in the late 1980s. Why? I guess it was a budget thing. Gabriel Teams can be a great Recruitment Tool for Enlisted Soldiers and Officers. Gabriel Teams can travel off-post to high schools across the country.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, beef-up the recruitment for future Enlisted Soldiers and Officers to MAGA!

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Increase Jump Pay

I think the U.S. Army already beat me on this one. Jump Pay to all soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors should be increased by $50 per month. This increase in jump pay will obviously enhance retention and recruitment into all airborne units. MONEY always has and always will motivate all military personnel.

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Yearly Pay Bonuses!

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YES YES, I already know military personnel are already getting their:

Basic Pay
Separations Pay
Overseas Pay
Hazardous Duty Pay
Jump Pay
Flight Pay
Diving Pay
Foreign Language Pay
Hostile Fire Pay
OK, you got the idea.

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If there is one thing that MOTIVATES a soldier besides a great delicious meal (keep reading), IT IS MONEY! I believe extra Yearly Bonus Pay should be going to those MOS (Military Occupation Specialties) that are instrumental in the:

Morale
Fighting Spirit
Lethality
Backbone

of the U.S. Army and to MAGA.

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Give yearly bonuses to the soldiers that get sh!+ on the most like the combat arms soldiers. And when I’m talking Yearly Bonuses, I’m talking at least several hundred dollars. Soldiers who are in the units like:

Delta Force —————————-$2,500
Combat Pilots————————-$2,500
Special Forces————————-$2,000
Ranger Battalions Soldiers——$1,500
Airborne Infantry——————–$1,000
Infantry———————————–$750
Field Artillery————————-$650
Cavalry————————————$650
Armored Vehicles——————–$650
Engineers——————————-$650

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So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, money MOTIVATES COMBATT ARMS SOLDIERS so use a little of U.S. tax money and share it with the those associated with Combat Arms so to MAGA!

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Fat Boy Program!

I’ve witnessed some good soldiers get kicked out of the Army because they failed to meet Height & Weight Standards. They already exceeded the standards of their duty assignment and their MOS and were still kicked out the Army.

Send soldiers who fail Height & Weight Standards to a special ‘Fat Boy’ unit that focuses on:

Special calory-restrictive diets
Physical Training 03-times a day, 06-days a week that rebuilds their body and burns fat
Daily Counseling
Daily Weigh-Ins
Daily Calls to Unit and Family
Consequences of failing the Fat Boy Program course
Consequences of failing to meet Height & Weight Standards after passing Fat Boy Program

This special unit – Fat Boy Program is 08-weeks in duration. Plenty of time to get the soldier in great physical condition and meet the U.S. Army’s Height & Weight Standards.

And one more thing. No ‘Shark Attack’ in the Fat Boy Program. It’s not necessary. Those soldiers are already greatly motivated to lose the unwanted weight to stay in the mighty U.S. Army.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, implement a good Fat Boy Program in order to keep qualified soldiers so to MAGA!

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Mess Halls!

Food is a great MORALE BOOSTER. If you screw with the soldier’s food and try to make it healthy for them, the TASTE OF THE FOOD goes to crap. Then you got GIs going off post, spending their hard-earned money on fast-food restaurants.

Several years ago, I remember reading about a Sergeant Major of the Army (forgot his name) wanting to get rid of all the Friers (is that what they are called???) and want to replace them with Air Friers. C’mon SGM, are you their Mother? LEAVE THE GIs FOOD THE F$%# ALONE.

Those spoons are good at what they do. Cooking-up some tasty vittles for them hungry GIs. I still remember the Breakfast Meals in the messhall. They were always super tasty. MMMmmmmm MMMmmmmm MMMmmmmm!!!!! To this day, the only thing I never ate was them grits. But them soldiers from the south LOVED EM!

So Bottom Line, for the improved morale of the troops, improve the meals in all the mess halls across the U.S. and the world.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, issue orders to leave the Army Mess Halls the EFF ALONE so to MAGA!

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Fix The QMP!

QMP stands for Qualitative Management Program. The QMP board decides which soldiers are deserving of leaving the Army. The current QMP rates soldiers on their positive progressive progress while at their units. Any derogatory information in their 201 File is an automatic disqualification for re-enlistment. Failing to progress in rank also marks the soldier to leave the Army at the end of their enlistment.

There are soldiers that are ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT at their MOS (military job). However, as far as being a military leader and progress in rank, they want nothing to with being Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs), much less being a Senior NCO.

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Career Corporals!

This is what I witnessed while training with the 2nd Para (bad ass British paratroopers) near Aldershot, England. We were training with British paratroopers. Them soldiers were just plain bad ass. We were getting training on their communications equipment. One of the Brits looked kinda old to be a Corporal. I figure he got busted down to rank a few times. No this wasn’t the case.

This British Corporal was a Career Corporal. He stated he wanted nothing to do with being a Sergeant. However, he was an absolute EXPERT at his communications job. The British Army knew this too. The British Army knew he was a communications expert, a great asset to the military, but was probably worthless when it came to leading troops. So, the British Army kept him in the British Army and kept him at the rank of Corporal. A very wise decision.

There is no doubt in my mind, every year, the U.S. Army is kicking out dozens of soldiers that are exceptional at their MOS but fail to make rank so they kick them out of the Army. I my humble opinion, a great waste of the taxpayer’s money. Some soldiers aren’t meant to be NCOs or Senior NCOs but are still exceptional at their MOS. So make them career Corporals or career Specialists.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, take a re-look at the QMP regulations and keep soldiers that are exceptional at their MOS so to MAGA!

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Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)!

One of the smartest things the U.S. Army Special Forces ever did was back in the 1980s, they hired Subject Matter Experts (SME) for each of the Committees in Training Group on Fort Bragg. Special Forces Instructors come and go, but there is always a SME, a retired 20-year Special Forces veteran for that specific committee / MOS.

However, what about the other military schools throughout the U.S. and abroad? The SMEs would be a great asset to all U.S. military Schools, thus it reflects a better graduate to all military schools.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, take a look at hiring qualified SMEs for all military schools in the U.S. and abroad so to have better graduates in all military schools so to MAGA!

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Click: World War III Is Coming!

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Shit Can The Fuckn’ Hitler Mustache!

If there is one thing that has always looked like shit in the military and will always look like shit in the military is making soldiers groom their mustaches so their mustaches look like fuckn’ HITLER MUSTACHES. It looks like shit and will always look like shit.

CHANGE the military regulation so to make the mustache looks more presentable. More appealing so it complements the soldiers military bearing, instead of hitler-looking fucks.

And I’m sure changing the mustache grooming regulation will help in attracting more recruits.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, take a look at the Hitler Mustache grooming regulation and have it changed so to MAGA!

PS Last week (August 2026), I was shopping at the SAFB Commissary. I observed this Army soldier adhering to the mustache regulation. YEP, he was soldiering, he looked sharp in his military uniform, short haircut, walked with a purpose, YET he looked like shit with his Hitler Mustache!!!!

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Taking Day Care Naps While On Duty!

HEY, I’m not making this up. Go to this headline: Army’s Official Support for Soldiers Taking Naps on Duty. They’re calling it a fuckn’ ‘tactical nap.’ What shit hole jack ass idiot came up with this ‘tactical nap’ crap?

They’re saying sleep deprivation is dangerous. NO SHIT! As far as I know, in combat environments, all the way back to the American Revolutionary War, they’re has always been sleep deprivation for friendlies and the bad guys.

But why BABY the troops. Oh, I effn’ forgot, no shark attack crap anywhere in the military. You got to baby and babysit the troops.

Hey dumb ass, the U.S. Army isn’t a giant fuckn’ Day Care Center. The mission of the U.S. Army is to defend the United States, her territories, our allies and her interest. The mission of the U.S. Army is to close with and destroy the fuckn’ enemy.

Sure, if the soldier is tired enough, they’ll find a way to get some sleep, WHILE security is still being maintained. But you don’t have to PUSH BABY NAP TIME on the troops. Is NAP TIME being authorized in U.S. Army Ranger School? If it is, the current U.S. Army Ranger Tab of today is absolutely fuckn’ worthless.

What fuckn’ shit hole jack ass General signed-off on this Nap Time crap. Where was the SGM of the Army who didn’t have any balls to ‘kiwi express’ (put a boot up his ass) that dumb ass General. Sure, the SGMA would be kicked out of the Army, but he’d go down in military history as a hardcore patriot and not a no-balls sheep, allowing his U.S. Army to turn into a fuckn’ Day Care Center.

So, Secretary of Defense – Peter Brian Hegseth or even President Donald J. Trump himself, GO PUT A BOOT UP SOME GENERAL’s ASS and GET RID Of the Day Care Nap Time shit so to MAGA!

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Why The Mighty U.S. of A. Must MAGA!

This is why we have to MAGA! Look at this video at least a few times.

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Chinese Army – The Best Hell March 60th Anniversary

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Note: In my most humble opinion, this video represents just 1/1,000th of 01% of the total Chinese Order Of Battle to include Reserves and those eligible for military service.

REVEALING OBSERVATION: If you noticed in this video, each formation of Chinese men and women, they are not from the same military unit. There is no unit integrity (not from the same military unit). How do I know this? Look real close at each marching formation. They are all the same height. These military men and women are from different Chinese military branches & units who were hand-picked according to a required height.

No military unit (squad to battalion) anywhere in the world, has all its military members clocking-in at the same height. Statistically, it’s impossible. And you can bet these Chinese military formations all rehearsed many times prior to this recorded ‘Pass and Review.’ It’s still a very fine show of military discipline (marching). Great ‘Attention To Detail.’

China is no 3rd rate military machine. China’s military is a very SERIOUS MILITARY THREAT to Taiwan, the U.S., our allies and the world. See “Author’s Final Notes” at the end of my blog post below:

World War III Is Coming – It’s Inevitable!

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PS The Chinese military Order of Battle is so large, if the U.S. alone, if it went up against China, the U.S. would just run out of soldiers and ammunition. I’ve said it a thousand times – “Skirmishers, Battles and Wars Are Won On Attrition!”

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MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA

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Let, me leave with you these YouTube Videos:

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