Is Taiwan ruling govt. showing off to the world (or China) how piss-poor its military is?
Last week @MoNDefense organized a so-called "first female reserve training" inviting 60(!) journalists to see 14 female reservists.
For starter: Clear violation of BASIC gun safety rules.
You see this army sergeant (supposedly an active service soldier) not even correcting such horrendous safety violation, something even American boy scouts are trained not to do.
Why? Because Taiwan military rarely taught its troops even basic firearm safety rules. That's why.
Of course you cannot expect the clueless foreign press or those who subscribed to the cult of Taiwan ruling govt to be serious about anything. But what is the policy goal/purpose of this "reserve training" PR clown show if they can't even get the "show" part look half legit?
Oh look! They can do tactical maneuvering! Wait WHAT?
What is it they are supposed to be doing in this picture? Are they using a bunch of Youbikes in an open park as.. *defilade*?
There are so many things wrong with this I am not even sure they are meant to be taken seriously (though Tsai @iingwen govt and its MND want you to, else why would they invited 60 journalists?).
But in case you really need to see, knock yourself out:
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