Veterans of TOO.COM
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Deersurgeon
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Thank you to all the veterans and highest sacrifice you have made for us and the country.
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Blackcat86
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BRCC closed the distance of 20 years this veterans day and gave us this documentary. A Band of Brothers in our time without the Hollywood crap. They lace pics and vids of the unit at the time with comradery and emotional narrative looking back on this mission from mid-life.
It's a tough watch, regardless if you were there, saw combat or lost folks in the GWOT. Two of my close friends had sons that made it thru Fallujiah. One didn't make it back from Iraq but had this to say in his last letter home about fighting alongside other warriors in Fallujiah.
Lance Cpl. Darrell J. Schumann, ‘I do wish America could see how awesome a job we are doing over here without it being construed by the media. It’s really an honor to be fighting alongside these men.’
It's a tough watch, regardless if you were there, saw combat or lost folks in the GWOT. Two of my close friends had sons that made it thru Fallujiah. One didn't make it back from Iraq but had this to say in his last letter home about fighting alongside other warriors in Fallujiah.
Lance Cpl. Darrell J. Schumann, ‘I do wish America could see how awesome a job we are doing over here without it being construed by the media. It’s really an honor to be fighting alongside these men.’
Stressless
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American badass and great person. Previous Commander of the 1st Special Operation Wing down here at Hurlburt, tells how she got her moniker. Worked with her when updating capabilities on the AC-130 models.
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JARHEAD
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Not sure you or someone you know was effected by the DoD's CoVid termination policy. 2020-Yesterday. Of course it'll take time while they work thru the mechanics of how members will be reinstated, but for those wrongly dismissed from the volunteer force this is good news. The rest is good news as well but the reinstatement might turn a former service members life around.
- President Donald Trump signed four executive orders on Monday night targeting the Department of Defense. The changes include restrictions on transgender service in the military and the termination of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the Pentagon.
- One of the executive orders directs the military to create an Iron Dome missile defense system to shield the United States from aerial threats. Another order makes reinstatement with full back pay available for all members of the military who were fired for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Stressless
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Can't get behind Trumps pick yesterday for the JCS, I worked with Razin in the Scud Hunt work ups and in Western Iraq, planning thru OIF, love him like a brother ... but he has no COCOM Command experience, experience in Joint Command equals wisdom, he worked lastly in the CIA. Intel isn't truly trusted by the combat arms crowd which the other service chiefs are.... another shitshow in the ranks that didn't need to happen. I hope Trump isn't using him as bait in the Senate confirmation fracas that will surely come ...
(1) There is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the officers of the regular components of the armed forces. The Chairman serves at the pleasure of the President for a term of four years, beginning on October 1 of an odd-numbered year. The limitation does not apply in time of war.
(2) In the event of the death, retirement, resignation, or reassignment of the officer serving as Chairman before the end of the term for which the officer was appointed, an officer appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve as Chairman only for the remainder of the original term, but may be reappointed as provided in paragraph (1).
(3) The President may extend to eight years the combined period of service of an officer as Chairman and Vice Chairman if the President determines that such action is in the national interest. The limitation in this paragraph does not apply in time of war.
(b) Requirement for Appointment.—
(1) The President may appoint an officer as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff only if the officer has served as—
(A) the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
(B) the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or the Chief of Space Operations; or
(C) the commander of a unified or specified combatant command.
(2) The President may waive paragraph (1) in the case of an officer if the President determines such action is necessary in the national interest.
(c) Grade and Rank.—The Chairman, while so serving, holds the grade of general, in the case of the Navy, admiral, or, in the case of an officer of the Space Force, the equivalent grade, and outranks all other officers of the armed forces. However, he may not exercise military command over the Joint Chiefs of Staff or any of the armed forces.
§152. Chairman: appointment; grade and rank
(a) Appointment; Term of Office.—(1) There is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the officers of the regular components of the armed forces. The Chairman serves at the pleasure of the President for a term of four years, beginning on October 1 of an odd-numbered year. The limitation does not apply in time of war.
(2) In the event of the death, retirement, resignation, or reassignment of the officer serving as Chairman before the end of the term for which the officer was appointed, an officer appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve as Chairman only for the remainder of the original term, but may be reappointed as provided in paragraph (1).
(3) The President may extend to eight years the combined period of service of an officer as Chairman and Vice Chairman if the President determines that such action is in the national interest. The limitation in this paragraph does not apply in time of war.
(b) Requirement for Appointment.—
(1) The President may appoint an officer as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff only if the officer has served as—
(A) the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
(B) the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or the Chief of Space Operations; or
(C) the commander of a unified or specified combatant command.
(2) The President may waive paragraph (1) in the case of an officer if the President determines such action is necessary in the national interest.
(c) Grade and Rank.—The Chairman, while so serving, holds the grade of general, in the case of the Navy, admiral, or, in the case of an officer of the Space Force, the equivalent grade, and outranks all other officers of the armed forces. However, he may not exercise military command over the Joint Chiefs of Staff or any of the armed forces.
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