US Army
Most Powerful Army in the World.
Just The Facts
- Largest branch in the Department of Defense.
- Consist of Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard.
- Total strength of 1,090,000+
Cracked on the US Army
We here at cracked don't normally judge people based on their career stats. A perfect example would be how Cher has lots of number one songs but still basically sucks ass. However, when it comes to sports teams and players you have to go by the stats to judge their ranking. With that in mind, lets look at how the US record compares to other great records.
UCLA Basketball 1971-1973 60-0
1972 Miami Dolphins 17-0
1970 Brazil World Cup Champions 13-0 (including qualifiers)
2003/04 Arsenal 26-12-0
2007/08 New England Patriots 18-1
US Army 11-1-1
Still, that's not a bad record. Just ask France The Detroit Lions.
Awesomeness of the US Army
A Checklist for awesomeness:
Best military force in the world? Check
Best Defacto Police Force in the world? Check
Best institution for rebuilding broken nations? Check
Best engineering corps in the world? Uhm... no. Not really.
New Orleans Levee, Not the US Army's Greatest Achievement
Motivations
Unlike the Marines where sense of unity is focus on the Corps as a whole, an Army soldier's sense of unity usually focus more on the division they serve (101st, 82nd, etc). When people say that soldiers fight for Mom, baseball, and Apple Pie, they are full of shit. Soldiers fight for the lives of their fellow soldiers in their division or even smaller units. Nobody ever jumped on a granade to save an apple pie.
Things NOT Worth Dying For
Logo
Stylish, simple, and sleek. The army did a good job with thier logo. Here's the rejected versions that never made it out of the focus group sessions:
Too Punk.
Too Nazi-like
Too High School-Cheerleaderish
Too Gay.
KISS ARMY ISNT GAY FAG.
ReplyInteresting, still, considering 1 Aussie is equal to about 100 or more of your yanks.
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesAnd one Brit is worth about 20 Aussies! :P
Oh this is definitely just not Nationalism.
By the way, I do have to say I would certainly enjoy watching any engagement of those numbers. Regardless of whether or not your military really is that much better trained than ours, I feel that any battle taking place with a 1:100 ratio of units will show a loss on the 1 side. Then again we also have to take into account how many of those 100 are Air Force, SpecOps, Navy, etc. If your one is going against 10 Jets, I feel he might have a bit of a problem =/.
Yea cause you Aussies do so much for the world. You're so useful. You matter so much to everyone else. Tell me, what have the Aussies done?
and the "yanks" as you call us, definately never beat Brittain in a single war, now, did they. wasnt austrailia formed by rejected brittish convicts? you guys are brittains unwanted garbage
What have the Aussies done? Well they invented the bionic ear, the pacemaker, Wi-fi technology, google maps, the electric drill, black box flight recorder, airplane inflatable escape rafts, ultrasound scanner, medical application of penicillin, cervical cancer vaccine, the first feature film, first flight, freestyle swimming stroke, the secret ballot and refrigeration, just to name a few.
And Aaron, perhaps you're unaware that the Brits transported an estimated 50 000 convicts to America before they started sending them to Australia.
As soldiers, the Australians have earnt the respect of every ally and enemy they have fought with. I'm not saying that the Americans didn't help out in WWII but the Australians were holding their own. In fact the first decisive victory for the allies against Japanese land forces was for the Australians at Milne Bay.
Vietnam was not a loss. The goal of the Vietnam War was to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. The U.S. military never lost a major battle with the NVA or VC. Tet was a disaster for the North, but it turned the American public against the military. Damn hippies. Therefore, the record stands at (and ask any Vietnam vet like my dad and uncle) 11-0-1. I also appreciate the W in Iraq as an Iraq war vet.
ReplyAs a future soldier for the US Army, I also appreciate the W. I appreciate everything you have done as a soldier.
We should have all the opposing armies have their names float above their heads in red text so we know who the bad guys are.
Reply*cough* Marine Corps is the best fighting force in the world *cough*
Replylike hell. your major thing was the pacific in WWII, and you still needed our help for that.