Posted on 07/08/2020 8:52:05 AM PDT by rxsid
Breaking — Andrew Vindman retires from military…
“Vindman was told by senior Army officials that he would no longer be deployable in his area of expertise, which includes Ukraine…He was also told by senior officers he would need a “rehabilitative assignment” even if he had opted to attend the National War College.”
Breaking: Lt Col Alexander Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House 'campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation' - CNN exclusive. https://t.co/z2qKMTVYuR— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 8, 2020
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Rehab assignment and National War College don’t really track: rehab assignment means he needs a better effectiveness report on top, and NWC is a highly competitive selection, which he likely would not get if he has a bad or even so-so top report.
Colonel, USAF TJAGCR (ret)
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Adios, Col. Vindman!
Annoying the boss is generally career-limiting.
I think we predicted this several months ago when he got fired from the White House!
That should read Alexander Vindman
Or put up on charges
Yep. Big one.
Yes. Duckworth
Now he can take that job as the Secretary Of Defense for Ukraine.
Vindman went to the dark political side a long time ago. All he is doing is cashing in on his decision. He will join a left wing think tank where they will pay him handsomely and encourage him to practice his trade. I’m sure that he hopes to become a full blown member of the coup d’etat cabal.
He should be stripped of his rank and hanged. I find such traitors repulsive.
A little good news at last!
This whole article is a lying waste.
“The President of the United States attempted to force LTC Vindman to choose: Between adhering to the law or pleasing a President. Between honoring his oath or protecting his career. Between protecting his promotion or the promotion of his fellow soldiers,” Pressman told CNN. “These are choices that no one in the United States should confront, especially one who has dedicated his life to serving it.”
There is so much crap in this it would take an idiot to buy into it.
First - there was nothing to make a choice about. Trump didn’t ask him to do anything unlawful. That was proven by the disgraced impeachment work in the house and ultimately his BS being so ridiculous it was tossed in the Senate. Vindman didn’t have anything to say that was worthy of anything.
He violated articles under the UCMJ for stepping out of his chain of command, and released sensitive information to the outside world, COMSEC & OPSEC violations. If I read the article right, he was a light colonel that hadn’t even attended war college yet. He was a field grade officer at O-5 with the rank of a commander in the field but hadn’t received the training for it which he should have at 0-3/0-4. So much for the promotion but he had already been promoted twice without that training to field grade. He was a pencil pusher.
Commissioned in 1999 as an infantry officer, Vindman received a Purple Heart medal for wounds he received from an IED attack in the Iraq War in 2004. In other words, wrong place wrong time...accident, not earned by just being there.
I have no idea what he said had to do with the promotion of his fellow soldiers. That is a grandstand play full of it.
“These are choices that no one in the United States should confront....
These are choices military members make every day. They chose by the oath to follow the commands of their superiors and stay within the lawful needs of the military based upon mission requirements and their protection. He never should have gone that far. He was a threat to the mission of the country with these actions.
rwood
GOOD!!!!
Give him a dishonorable discharge.
That's *Lieutenant Colonel* Vindman....
Book to follow.......lol
The pension was earned. If he had acted wisely he could have been promoted. A big loss of income, not just in retirement pay, but also in employment after retirement.
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