@1realmash: Unpopular opinion… the “old Army” might actually be the soft one 👀 Y’all swear the new Army is soft because we’re not tolerating the same toxic stuff anymore. But if we being real… accepting abuse, disrespect, and terrible leadership just because “that’s how it was” doesn’t make you tough. It just means people normalized things that shouldn’t have been okay. What y’all think—did the Army get soft or did standards just change? 👀⬇️ #ArmyTok #MilitaryTalk #ArmyLife #MilitaryOpinion #ArmyDebate

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harleyrider_64
Harleyrider_64 :
New military is soft as a result of deteriorating standards, lack of discipline, and lack of accountability. Period. Has nothing to do with accepting “abuse”.
2026-08-07 23:49:13
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jmskbrow
jmskbrow :
I came in 1984 and I didn’t put up with it!!!!! Yes I invited my DS around the building. I wasn’t gonna have it
2026-08-08 02:30:53
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usarmyvet1776
🇺🇸UsArmyVet🇺🇸 :
The old Army wasn't soft. Those soldiers went through harder training, lived in rougher conditions, handled complaints through the chain of command, and proved their toughness in Panama, Desert Storm, Mogadishu, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Today's Army still has a lot of tough soldiers, but it's also a generation where it's common to see troops on TikTok, Reddit, and YouTube complaining about leaders, barracks, food, PT, and everyday Army life. Nobody's saying every young soldier is like that. But pretending the old Army was the soft one turns history upside down.
2026-08-06 21:36:56
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d1ghost100
Donville Springer :
You got wrong. The new military soft because they “sensitive” you got to watch what you say to them 😁
2026-08-07 22:10:21
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chuck8066
chuck :
We will see some day!
2026-08-07 22:26:19
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geefully
G🇵🇷 :
Nah fr yall let another grown man tell you to clean a toilet with a toothbrush lol me? Simple answer no 😹
2026-08-08 04:24:35
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jzlc1454
The1&Only :
I never seen anyone get beat but yall new soldiers are something.
2026-08-07 22:13:08
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sir_lawrence.210
Sir_Lawrence 210 :
Old military vets took the abuse and still put in 20 years. The new military feel like they are entitled to get certain jobs and get what they want.
2026-08-07 11:19:09
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shabbar1977
Shabba1977 :
We wasn’t soft!! We actually had conex that we would go in with boxing gloves and go at it for 5 mins. You could call anyone out that was E7 and below.
2026-08-06 17:22:30
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kennethwilliams626
Kenneth Williams :
nobody ever touched me, they are lying
2026-08-06 19:16:10
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avengerhulk36
AvengerHulk36 :
😂😂😂 new military is soft. Nothing but a bunch of cry babies. Classify everything as abuse or abuse of power for a simple correction when the soldier screws up. SMH
2026-08-07 01:29:11
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datboygold23
Datboygold :
Nahh new military soft frl
2026-08-07 04:29:13
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chicagovet23
ChicagoVet23 :
I never got touched in 2001 but it was waaayyy harder and more disciplined then than now. Now it’s soft as butter cups
2026-08-06 17:50:53
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nstbrooklyn
NSTBrooklyn :
Nah I have undisciplined soldiers that let my kindness affect their work. They take advantage of me being lenient and they stay on their phone instead of knocking out tasks. When I started putting my foot down and I started punishing them things started to get better.
2026-08-06 18:54:50
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blacknmild50
blacknmild50 :
😅 lmfao take a step back and look at the overall picture... every time you look around this generation of soldiers complaining ..E-5 above picking on me when ( doing stupid shit ) back then ..no such thing..didn't play that shit ...lol..so therefore that makes this generation ( soft ass butter )
2026-08-06 17:15:20
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jmontoya102
Jim Montoya :
Served from 82 to 02. No one ever laid a hand on anyone, not in the Army anyway. What time frame are you referring to? I think when older veterans say the new military is soft they are referring to other things.
2026-08-06 19:35:57
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.igy6armyvet
🦅⛩️ IGY6⛩️🦅ARMY⛩️🦅VET⛩️🦅 :
Yet you think this new army will win battles? Naw 💀💀💀
2026-08-06 23:11:08
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artarmyof1
ArtArmyof1🫡✊🏿 :
Big Facts they got confused when they met me. My Generation changed the game.
2026-08-06 22:49:14
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mike010042
Mike :
Old Army is more resilient. New Army complains about getting not getting comp time for barely doing their job
2026-08-06 21:45:38
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jakethesnake774
Kirby :
We would have UFC matches in the motor pool from the 1sgt down to the pvt. I still want rematches
2026-08-06 18:16:43
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paradog1
paradog :
I joined in 1987 and was never touched. Most people who say that are likely not be truthful. I was an 11B Paratrooper. I think the lack standards in that MOS may come back to bit us.
2026-08-06 17:26:07
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mm325air
Mel 305 :
Wall to wall counseling was a two way street. If you were a NCO that could not fight you would get beat up by the E4 and below thats why the Army did away with it. Moreover, what you are referring to is Vietnam ear. The post Vietnam all volunteer force did not play that game. A lot of NCO in the 80’s found themselves unconscious. I know because I was there 1982-2012. The Army did not change to save you it changed to save its Vietnam ear NCOs who were getting their ass handed to them. The wood line was a mutual combatant zone were problems were solved
2026-08-07 20:02:39
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joey94383
Joey :
back in 1989 in west Germany 🇩🇪 my company spent three months in the feild 😂 we would do late night 🌙 night 🌙 moves with our military 🪖 trucks 🚚 sometimes 3 times in one night. then when we got to our final night 🌙 move we would set up everything including the cammo nets over the trucks 🚚 and 20 man tents ⛺️. and the mkt feild mess trailer. 😂 then we would go help the Hawk Missles techs set up all their equipment. in the middle of the winter time with freezing 🥶 rain 🌧 snow ❄️😂
2026-08-06 16:49:58
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bombazzrob
Bomb A$$ Rob :
they stop that shit back in 86.stop it
2026-08-06 18:25:31
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