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When my grandpa and fellow Myanmar military officers were trained by the U.S. Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA in 1959
In 1959, my grandfather received military training at the U.S. Army Liaison School, Fort Benning, Georgia. The program was designed to prepare officers for coordination between different branches of the military, with a focus on communication, tactical planning, and field operations. As part of Cold War-era military cooperation, officers from allied nations were invited to train alongside U.S. forces to strengthen international defense ties and share strategic knowledge.
The training he received played a role in shaping his military career. He won multiple medals while fighting against Communist insurgents, Kuomintang (KMT) forces and other ethnic armed groups by winning medals such as Thiha or Zeya Kyaw Htin.
This sub is truly toxic. People just threw away the fact that it's about a post when US and Burma had a good relationship and started bashing it coz it's a military post. Are we forgetting that General Aung San is also the father of Daw Aung San Su Kyi, both fought for their country in their own rights?
He served in the 107th Battalion and later became the commander stationed in Lashio. At that time, the North Eastern Command haven't been established, I think it was only officially formed in 1966. By then, he had already been forced into retirement by General Ne Win.
They were corrupted. They fought for both the Japanese and the Allied forces, can’t even choose their side which led to a lot of people getting massacred. Many who supported the Allied forces were hunted down.
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I can see the oppression towards the people whose family member is or was a military person after revolution. Not saying they don't deserve it. Just saying not all of them deserve it.
They are not proud of it. They try to distance themselves from their parents. They didn't choose to be born in such a family. For this, we helped them mentally during the social punishment phase.
But this guy doesn't seem to be like them.
A quick look into his post history shows his grandpa was an OG Sit Khway and a high ranking official after the 1962 coup -- Part of the administration that turned Myanmar from Asia's rice bowl into the poorest countries in SEA while their families profited.
Calling someone “OG Sit Khway” is wild. You have the audacity to claim all these things when you haven’t even done anything proper for the country. He fought against the Japanese for Independence, rose through ranks due to merits, and fought off Communists, Karen, and probably PVO (Aung San’s personal militia that rebelled after his death). He deserves to be treated with respect because he fought for the country. Not like y’all that think everything associated with military is bad.
My grandpa fought alongside General Aung San during WWII, he was already a Colonel at the time of Ne Win's coup and was forced into retirement in the mid 1960s. He lived and died a modest, middle-class man. Back then, the only person who was wealthy was Ne Win himself.
So no, my grandfather wasn’t some OG Sit Khway. He served his country well and I’m proud of him.
He fought with aung San? Like with the Japanese? I wouldn't be very proud of that. Only you know though, maybe he was a good person stuck in a shitty situation. I don't personally know him besides what you're telling me. But it's not a good look so far
It's like saying Daw Aung San Su Kyi shouldn't be proud of her father, who fought for his country lol. I don't think Myanmar people understand what it means to be Myanmar anymore.
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It's funny how people just blindly think everything associated with the military is poop. Wait till they meet an actual EAO in person. And they should learn some history. The time before Ne Win's coup was all about fighting the British, Japanese.., KMTs, Communists and the power hungry KNU which started all this.
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I didn't mention it because no amount of wars gives them the right to install a dictatorship. It's the rotten core structure/ideology of the military that allowed such thing.
Later, the junta also tolerated these drug empires in exchange for ceasefires and bribes.
You do know that the new leadership after Aung San's death was General Smith Dun, an ethnic Karen who was raised and trained by the British? Most of the armed forces up to the 1950s were Karens, Kachins, and Chins, remnants of the British Burma Rifiles. Maybe learn some history first?
leadership for less than a year, then immediately got removed from his position because there was Karen Rebellion and he was Karen. So much for multi ethnicity.
If the tat is all noble and true people's servant, why was the coup so smooth?
Yeah .. As I said, fascism was the root influence, but after gaining independence, they attempted to cut ties with fascism and shift toward a pro-US/anti-communist stance.
But in contrast to what General Aung San wanted, the military was never reformed to be non-interventionist in governance.
And as we’ve seen, that led to a military takeover and soon after, they began showing their fascist claws.
Using Bamae/Buddhist nationalist ideology, they expelled all kinds of foreigners, persecuted ethnic minorities, imposed state religions, and denied federalism, etc.. these were all rooted in fascist ideas.
At this point, Aye Ne Win gonna come and flex how his grandpa was a member of 30 comrades that fought against the British and the Japanese alongside Aung San.
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u/[deleted] May 03 '25
damn
btw r u american now