Training a reliable military force that adheres to Western norms and standards is the work of a generation, not a few months.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's a tragedy for society to spend decades training people and then depriving them of work at some arbitrary age.
Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.
Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.
Before they deploy, they train for the specific operations, but there is a danger that the Army is not retaining the core of its full capabilities.
It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.
The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out to be quick, effective, controlled and short lived.
If we are going to win the next war, in my opinion, 50 percent of the time of training should be allotted to night training.
But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make progress, hopefully within a short time.
Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations.