Solving Problems by Adding More Lieutenants: The Army Way
What a Hell of a Way to Die
English - March 14, 2019 00:12 - 1 hour - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 450 ratingsNews Government army left marine socialism military navy veteran Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, Francis and Nate discuss two new military-related stories that will likely bring comically unintended consequences.
First, the Army intends to assign lieutenants to basic training units as platoon leaders. Which lieutenants? Well, all of them: pre-basic-course, post-basic-course, and post-platoon-leader, all of which sounds like a good (read: bad) idea. That story is available here: https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/03/08/lieutenants-appearing-soon-at-an-army-basic-training-platoon-near-you/?fbclid=IwAR3oEt4jmjIkssuwfVYsfB9BXDJ7GiS2pbNVgWRvQoH3v1_Q6Wzvz7hewzA
Next, a discussion on President Trump’s plan to tax our allies by making them pay more to host US military bases, a decision that most certainly will not cause more bases to close. Anti-imperialist Trump strikes again, by accident, because he’s a big, wet idiot. That story is available here: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/09/politics/trump-admin-us-bases-more-money/index.html?fbclid=IwAR00jtezVoWr6nz51h5WtcTBbro33MdaP-VA-kkn4s28NMM-MsQGHExmAxg
For this week’s bonus, Francis and Cynthia discuss the Lion King, live-action remakes of Disney movies, and much more — to include a surprise defense of Scar. Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scar-was-right-25302399
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