Retired General: Train, Pay Army and Marine Infantry as an Elite Force

[rangerrebew]

Retired General: Train, Pay Army and Marine Infantry as an Elite Force
 
14 Feb 2019
Military.com | By Matthew Cox

A year after the launch of the Defense Department's Close Combat Lethality Task Force (CCLTF), Army and Marine infantry may be moving closer to being transformed into an elite force, much like the 75th Ranger Regiment.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, a key adviser to the CCLTF, told Military.com that he believes Marine Corps 0311 and Army 11B infantrymen should be recruited, selected, trained and treated as a specialized force.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/02/14/retired-general-train-pay-army-and-marine-infantry-elite-force.html

[sneakypete]

Retired General: Train, Pay Army and Marine Infantry as an Elite Force
 
14 Feb 2019
Military.com | By Matthew Cox

A year after the launch of the Defense Department's Close Combat Lethality Task Force (CCLTF), Army and Marine infantry may be moving closer to being transformed into an elite force, much like the 75th Ranger Regiment.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, a key adviser to the CCLTF, told Military.com that he believes Marine Corps 0311 and Army 11B infantrymen should be recruited, selected, trained and treated as a specialized force.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/02/14/retired-general-train-pay-army-and-marine-infantry-elite-force.html

I will go further than that,and include higher pay for both the infantry,as well as combat medics,helicopter crews,and anyone else with a direct combat job. These people take physical beatings even in peacetime while training,and most tend to be pretty beaten up by the time they are ready to retire,and then step out into a civilian world where they have no appropriate job skills. Combat Arms folks should be paid more than regular military members in the same pay grade because they take more risks and their jobs are physically dangerous even in peace time.