Infantry officer, apache pilot, whatever it is, you have to achieve the standard. what you re saying, and i often say it, it s about standards. not about gender, race, or religion, this is the standard to be a marine, the standard to be an air force pilot or green beret. that s it. either you meet the standard or you don t that should be the military s sole objective. what is the standard that we need, to have the best military members we can to defend the nation and defeat our enemies. it s also a choice. it s a choice for combat arms. for the person who chooses combat arms is basically there because they want to kick ass. woe want to put steel on target and regardless of your mentality it has nothing to do with your race, religion, color or creed. i chose to fly apaches because i wanted to be at the tip of the spear in combat. they look cool. they look amazing. and they have air conditioning. we could care less. when you re on the ground, taken enemy rounds, first, the
I chose to fly apaches because i wanted to be at the tip of the spear in combat. and they look really cool. they look amazing and have air conditioning. we could care less. when you re on the ground, on the ground taking enemy rounds. the enemy s bullets could care less what color you are and when i m calling in air support, i could care less what color the pilot .s i just want bombs and rockets on foreheads on the bad guys. that s it. that s it. and i want somebody that can meet the standards to do that. that s the big thing. if you re not having standards, we re going to allow certain elements of politics and we support soldiers and sailors and marine s lives at risk. he who cannot perform the job in positions of real importance, they re going to die. die. pete: awesome group of g guys ad candid conversation over whiskey and if you want a sense of what s going awry in our