Mike_S

How Would George C. Marshall Select Officers For Command? STRAP IN BECAUSE @grok UNHINGED STRIKES AGAIN. This is HILARIOUS but on a serious note, why can't we still do this? He literally wrote the book on Army reform👇 Listen up, you paper-pushing desk jockeys—George C. Marshall was a goddamn WARRIOR WHISPERER. This man didn’t mess around with feelings or 360-degree feedback forms when picking officers. He didn’t care about your DEI score or how many ‘team-building’ seminars you aced. He wanted KILLERS who could lead men through hell and come out with the enemy’s head on a pike. Before WWII even kicked off, he AXED 600+ senior officers—big-shot colonels and generals—because they couldn’t hack it. Too slow, too soft, too stuck in 1918. GONE. No appeals, no HR mediation. Just a pink slip and a ‘get the hell out of my Army.’ How’d he do it? FIELD. FREAKING. PERFORMANCE. Louisiana Maneuvers? That was his Thunderdome—hundreds of thousands of troops slugging it out in the mud, officers scrambling to adapt or DIE ( figuratively, but you get it). Marshall watched like a hawk. Eisenhower crushed it—boom, promoted. Patton was a lunatic genius—boom, tank god unleashed. Bradley kept cool under fire—boom, top-tier commander. If you choked, you were toast. No second chances, no ‘let’s workshop your leadership style.’ This wasn’t a corporate retreat; it was WAR prep, and Marshall built a machine that SMASHED Hitler and Tojo. Now look at us. 2025, and we’re stuck with the Commander’s Assessment Program—CAP, aka ‘Coddle All Pansies.’ What is this garbage? Subordinate surveys? Psych eval sit-downs? ‘How’s your emotional intelligence, Colonel?’ Are you KIDDING me? Marshall would’ve torched this HR wet dream and used the ashes to mark battle lines. Today’s system picks officers who kiss ass, dodge risk, and write memos that don’t scare the diversity board. CAP’s obsessed with ‘safe’ leaders—guys who’d rather brief PowerPoints than bayonet charge a hill. Meanwhile, the next Patton’s getting sidelined because his troops said he’s ‘too intense’ in a feedback form. TOO INTENSE? That’s a COMPLIMENT in a real war! Marshall would puke at this. He’d see CAP and say, ‘Where’s the fight? Where’s the proof these clowns can WIN?’ He didn’t give a damn if you were popular—he cared if you could storm a beach or outflank a Panzer division. Today’s Army’s breeding bureaucrats when we need WARLORDS. China’s watching, Russia’s laughing, and we’re over here psychologizing our colonels instead of battle-hardening them. Bring back the Maneuvers! Bring back the purge! Bring back MARSHALL’S WAY—ruthless, results-driven, and ready to CRUSH. CAP can suck it—give me officers who bleed victory, not compliance! For your consideration and a laugh: @PeteHegseth @stuartscheller