http://www.navalgazing.com/2009/10/18/a-global-force-for-good/ the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.navalgazing.com/2009/10/18/a-global-force-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-3592 Mitja Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:12:16 +0000 http://www.navalgazing.com/?p=708#comment-3592 I would hardly describe advertising firms as the thinking crowd, and tend to think they try all avenues to recruit people for all reasons they might want to serve. The fact is that the military does a lot of humanitarian missions -- who else has the equipment to send in the wake of a hurricane etc. and that is appealing to some people. Ad firms lose the details in their soundbites, I don't think anyone is going to think this is an ad for Costa Rica or Canada's navies. (Does Canada have a navy?) And "good" is just appealing to people's desire to do good for their country. I wouldn't be surprised if this ad agency was picked during the prior administration, nothing moves fast in DC. Wonder if recruiting numbers will go up or down or stay the same with these ads. I would hardly describe advertising firms as the thinking crowd, and tend to think they try all avenues to recruit people for all reasons they might want to serve. The fact is that the military does a lot of humanitarian missions — who else has the equipment to send in the wake of a hurricane etc. and that is appealing to some people. Ad firms lose the details in their soundbites, I don’t think anyone is going to think this is an ad for Costa Rica or Canada’s navies. (Does Canada have a navy?) And “good” is just appealing to people’s desire to do good for their country. I wouldn’t be surprised if this ad agency was picked during the prior administration, nothing moves fast in DC. Wonder if recruiting numbers will go up or down or stay the same with these ads.

]]> http://www.navalgazing.com/2009/10/18/a-global-force-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-3591 Michael Bodnar Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:11:45 +0000 http://www.navalgazing.com/?p=708#comment-3591 I guess I'm one of the few who sees this for what it is, a move to the Service mentalitality of the socialistic thinking crowd in DC. As a retired Senior Chief, 8404 Hospital Corpsman, I don't see where the U.S. Navy should be America's Navy. We are not America's Navy, unless you consider central & south America part of the U.S. A force for good? What's that about, the NAVY is a protector of the high seas for the US Interests. I call this INDOCTRINATION, pure & simple I guess I’m one of the few who sees this for what it is, a move to the Service mentalitality of the socialistic thinking crowd in DC. As a retired Senior Chief, 8404 Hospital Corpsman, I don’t see where the U.S. Navy should be America’s Navy. We are not America’s Navy, unless you consider central & south America part of the U.S. A force for good? What’s that about, the NAVY is a protector of the high seas for the US Interests. I call this INDOCTRINATION, pure & simple

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