Posted on 10/11/2013 6:02:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Air Force removed Maj. Gen. Michael Carey, a 35-year veteran, from his command of 20th Air Force, responsible for all 450 of the service's intercontinental ballistic missiles. Carey, who took his post in Wyoming in June 2012, will be reassigned pending the outcome of an investigation into personal misbehavior, the service said.
The Air Force would not specify what Carey is alleged to have done wrong, but two officials with knowledge of the investigation indicated that it was linked to alcohol use.
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Wasn't Gen. Grant an alcoholic?
He was polluting his precious bodily fluids.
Lincoln famously said (when he was told that Grant was a drunkard) something akin to “Well find out what brand whiskey he likes and send a barrel of it to each of my other generals.”
Has there been a lot of high ranking military brass let go recently or is it just me?
The Obama purge of the strategic defense forces continues. Pretty soon, the US military will be as strong and well led as the Soviet army after the Stalin purges.
“The Air Force fired the general in charge of its nuclear missiles on Friday, just two days after a Navy admiral with top nuclear weapons responsibilities was sacked. Both men are caught up in investigations of alleged personal misconduct, adding to a cascade of turmoil inside the nation’s nuclear weapons force.”
Purge? Zero wants his own pawns? This is not good and zero is up to something bad. At minimum, zero is trying to silence whistle- blowers.
Snoop into a General’s personal life and then smear him, hmmm, I wonder where I’ve seen that before.
Savage covering this right now on his show .
Does this close the TWA800 case?
Noticed the large number relieved too!!! Wonder what they really have on them? DNA, FBI, SOROS!!!
So is Joe Biden.
What remains are the politically appointed pretenders in the Pentagon.
It would be difficult for a patriot to take orders from a Marxist Muslim gay illegal alien celebrity black panther. Let’s hope the replacements wouldn’t act on orders to nuke Israel if Israel attacked Iran.
DNA = NSA!!! (Auto correct sucks!)
>> Has there been a lot of high ranking military brass let go recently
Not just you; I wondered the same.
There was a flag rank Naval officer let go recently — high up in the nuclear power program, IIRC. Someone said it had something to do with gambling.
I’m not usually susceptible to tinfoil theories, but I have to admit: what budding young dictator WOULDN’T jump at every chance to remake military leadership according to his own ideology?
Preemtive coup-proofing.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/us-nuclear-forces-admiral-tim-giardina-sacked-over-allegations-he-used-counterfeit-chips-in-a-casino/story-fnihsmjt-1226736540004 or
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/227122631.html
WASHINGTON — The Navy says a three-star admiral was notified Wednesday that he has been relieved of duty as second-in-command at the military organization that oversees all U.S. nuclear forces. He is under investigation in a gambling matter.
The Navy’s top spokesman, Rear Adm. John Kirby, said that Vice Adm. Tim Giardina will drop in rank to two-star admiral as a consequence of being removed from his position at U.S. Strategic Command.
Giardina is being reassigned to the Navy staff pending the outcome of a Naval Criminal Investigative Service probe of allegations that he used counterfeit gambling chips at a casino in Iowa, not far from his base in eastern Nebraska.
Navy commanders relieved of duty in 2012(note: reasons never involve tactical decision making or abilities.)
begs the question, is Obama getting his people in key positions?
2 in a week or so, both had control of nukes. One Navy and one AF. Something very wrong here. I did my tour in the AF at a nuke base, these generals are not the type to gamble or drink. I’m telling you something is up, a purge or worse!
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