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November 18, 2006
India sounds like old-school America
Another dispatch from India, via Kim Du Toit.
Saw a billboard with a recruiting poster for the Indian Air Force the other day.
I have to hand it to them: none of this crap about being all you can be, and all that other touchy-feely nonsense.
I can’t find the actual picture, but here’s my impression, along with the actual payoff line:
Join The Air Force: Be a Warrior
It's funny how Americans have a distorted view of Indians: we think of them as dorky scientists, CPAs and engineers. But the reality is they have a strong martial culture, a long history of brave and successful warrior heroes, and they now appear to be the true inheritors of the once proud American and British tradition of lauding courage, bravery and military prowess.
From the comments to Kim's post:
That is why USMC recruiting is the most successful in the U.S. Their message is “we will kick the crap out of you continuously for 3 months, if you make it, you will have earned the right to join one of the most elite band of warriors in the world.” And, once you join the Fleet, we’ll send you to every ... corner of the Earth where people need to be killed.
No career skills BS or college benefits - [the] Corps give far less of that stuff than the other services.
It worked for me and the day I graduated from Parris Island was my proudest.
The Marines have always been the branch most resistant to putting lipstick on the pig and trying to obscure their reason for being: to break things and kill people.
Semper Fi, Mac!
Posted by Mike Lief at November 18, 2006 11:34 AM
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