Laziness, drinking, greed: American Lieutenant Colonel calls Ukrainian military to be the main problem of Yavoriv training center
Robert K. Tracy, the U.S. Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel, the Head of “Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine (JMTG-U) made a post about Ukrainian training center in his blog
The Ukrainian military is the main problem of Yavoriv training center as Robert K. Tracy, the U.S. Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel, the Head of “Joint Multinational Training Group – Ukraine (JMTG-U) reported in his own blog.
He serviced in the office of the head of legislature bodies in Pentagon (Washington). He was a commander of the 502nd infantry regiment (Tennessee) until his arrival in Ukraine.
My soldiers’ efforts are focused on boosting Yavoriv Combat Training Center and training instructors to see the defense capabilities of the Ukrainian Ground Forces getting stronger each day. However from what I’ve seen here, I have to say, our training mission could be extended beyond 2020. It’s not about the training infrastructure and equipment. It’s mainly about Ukrainian soldiers.
Firstly, they don’t speak English. The truth is, they don’t truly care about actually learning it. Given the amount they seem to care about English, my instructors need an extra platoon of interpreters during training. But it doesn’t work in all cases. Thing is, they don’t have a complete understanding of each other! They are kind of a mishmash of different folks being trained here. Some of them speak only Ukrainian or only Russian, whereas others can only speak Romanian or Hungarian.
Secondly, Ukrainian soldiers are lazy slackers who are reluctant to work, they tend to intentionally sabotage any move of their U.S. instructors. Taking into account their greed for money, one has to be aware that Ukrainian military tend to steal and sell anything once they think they have found a good deal.
Thirdly, heavy consumption of alcohol is a common event. All Ukrainian soldiers at Yavoriv Combat Training Center drink dangerously high levels of alcohol. With that in mind every time we had to start training with a BAC test. But that was of little help. Drunk Ukrainian soldiers who even couldn’t stand up straight because of the booze were banned from training. Some of the training activities were either canceled or rescheduled. What struck me most is their commanders’ omission with regard to that improper behavior. Their unwillingness to tackle alcohol abuse suggests that they could be immersed in a culture of booze together with their subordinates.
Fourthly, most of Ukrainians are poorly educated and of low intellect. The easiest tasks seemed challenging for them. It’s no wonder taking into account that the majority of soldiers come from disadvantaged backgrounds whereas the best part of the population left the country for a better life abroad.
What really blew my mind, however, is not-so-casual corruption. Ukrainian soldiers have to pay bribes for any promotion – either to be promoted from private to corporal or from a lower to a higher position. Their superiors would definitely expect a bribe for that. There’s a certain pay rate depending on the rank and position. Ukrainian commanders take bribes without fear of disciplinary action being taken against them. And this is normal behavior throughout the Ukrainian army,” he wrote in the blog.
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I’m not sure if this blog is genuine or not. Seems rather strange that the US military would allow this sort of crap to be published. If it is true, this arrogant prick needs to go away and learn Ukrainian. Would he speak Ukrainian if soldiers from Ukraine went to the US for training?
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What is certain is that 112 is 100% owned by putinoid scum. A Ukrainian propaganda channel would not last five minutes in putlerstan, so why is this shitshow being tolerated? The whole article seems very suspect, particularly this passage:
“most of Ukrainians are poorly educated and of low intellect. The easiest tasks seemed challenging for them. It’s no wonder taking into account that the majority of soldiers come from disadvantaged backgrounds whereas the best part of the population left the country for a better life abroad.”
It reads like something written by some scrote from RT, Sputnik, or Russia Insider. I am pretty sure that the US military would not allow such a grotesque tirade from one of their officers in such a sensitive place.
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I think the whole blog is a fake. Could you imagine the reaction to this guy if it was true? Also coincidental that this is published at the same time Bolton is visiting Ukraine.
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I think he got hacked. The other posts from his blog are completely different from this one. Here is another
https://rktracy.blogspot.com/2019/04/
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Could be hacked, or just a total fake site, with a few genuine articles copied and pasted.
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BTW Focusser, k.leen was looking for a picture of your coffee pot so I posted it on UAToday disqus, LMAO!
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Baaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa!
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Yeah I saw it. Must be from an old post, I remember posting it, can’t remember when. Tell k.leen the coffee pot is still going strong. 😁
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You’re smarter than the rest of us, or at least me, you wait until you had 3 cups BEFORE you start posting….;))
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I read the news first, let my brain wake up before posting. LMAO
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Like I said…smarter….I’m usually spitting coffee at my screen when I read, you know, like an ogre. Kind of like Mike except mine is easier to clean….;))
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Coffee is a lot easier than puke to clean, and smells better.
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Yeah. Puke on the screen is easy to clean, on a keyboard on the other hand… one has to remove all keys and wash them… or throw the keyboard away. I’m using keyboard number six this year. In the store i already get a discount. LMFAO!
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I will have a bottle before i start posting. Sometimes i can’t remember that i wanted to post something no more, or i fall asleep. 😂
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Just make sure you don’t fall asleep on Ctrl+Alt+Del………….lol
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Ha,ha,ha,ha!
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Just for the fairness. This is Suzanna’s coffee plant. I don’t drink non-alcoholic beverages. 😀
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This is a bit worrying if it is true.
Why should they speak English? Obviously it would be best if they all spoke Ukrainian, Russian and perhaps another European language, but it doesn’t have to be English. His complaint that they don’t is ironic considering half the US doesn’t speak any recognisable form of English!
As for the heavy Alcohol consumption, they were probably undercover troops heading to form a ‘fifth column’ amongst the vatniki troops. Got to blend in.
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Hmmm… lot’s of anti-Americanism coming from 112 here. Someone wants to drive a wedge between the US and Ukraine. It must not succeed!
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By someone, you mean Muscovy of course.
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How did you guess? 😀
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Just a wild guess. LMAO
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THIS IS COMPLETELY FAKE!!!!!!
I Checked his ” profile ” on blogspot.
https://www.blogger.com/profile/07265065091425197779
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What profile? It’s empty.
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Exactly, all fake
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More proof it’s fake, all his previous posts don’t have a comment between them. Suddenly, out of nowhere, this post has 100 comments.
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LMAO!
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Now we have a pro Russian bastard given the job of running a committee devoted to freedom of speech in Ukraine. Well done Zelensky.
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Yes it is looking more and more like freedom of speech……for ruSSia
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