We activated a handful of NG, and one of them is already talking “I can’t do this without getting paid”.
Like, it’s NG so he’s dumb as fuck for thinking he even has a say in if he works or not. But he hasn’t even missed a fucking paycheck yet and he’s already just openly contemplating going AWOL…
There’s a reason the military got paid during every other shutdown (sorry Coasties).
Nice to know that’s where they draw the line. Not, “I can’t do this because I don’t want to attack my own countrymen”. It’s the possible late pay that’s going too far
Washington had to put down a potential mutiny of Revolutionary troops due to pay. Washington was able to do that due to grativas and the troops respecting him.
NG are getting activated for a lot of things these days. We grab them for random office drone bullshit constantly, but they do all types of stuff. Not sure how common it is these days, but back in the day they’d even get them for state construction projects.
The headlines recently are just the ones activated to “cities” which makes zero operational sense, but that’s not the only way the NG is utilized.
I can understand, at least. Risking court marshal is still better than your family going homeless. Everyone values the lives of people they know more highly than numbers on a screen.
Literally already happening…
We activated a handful of NG, and one of them is already talking “I can’t do this without getting paid”.
Like, it’s NG so he’s dumb as fuck for thinking he even has a say in if he works or not. But he hasn’t even missed a fucking paycheck yet and he’s already just openly contemplating going AWOL…
There’s a reason the military got paid during every other shutdown (sorry Coasties).
Nice to know that’s where they draw the line. Not, “I can’t do this because I don’t want to attack my own countrymen”. It’s the possible late pay that’s going too far
Washington had to put down a potential mutiny of Revolutionary troops due to pay. Washington was able to do that due to grativas and the troops respecting him.
Puts wooden teeth in.
Do you take IOUs?
I mean…
We ain’t exactly the boots on the countries neck.
NG are getting activated for a lot of things these days. We grab them for random office drone bullshit constantly, but they do all types of stuff. Not sure how common it is these days, but back in the day they’d even get them for state construction projects.
The headlines recently are just the ones activated to “cities” which makes zero operational sense, but that’s not the only way the NG is utilized.
I can understand, at least. Risking court marshal is still better than your family going homeless. Everyone values the lives of people they know more highly than numbers on a screen.