thx, it just struck me odd as i didn't think you could wear the beret till you were qualified either, kinda like the blousing yer boots episode in Band of Brothers but in today's 0bamma military i never know what to expect, even a non-qual
Posted on 06/07/2014 9:04:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
This Bergdahl swap is emitting a growing stench that is more apparent to those who are serving and those who have served. A huge question is why those who served in Bergdahl’s squad, platoon and company may have been intimidated into silence by being required to sign Non-Disclosure-Agreements by their superiors. My take on that is that the Army and the Obama administration were embarrassed by the desertion and probable defection of an American G.I. in Afghanistan. Knowing what I have learned in the past five years about this “most transparent” administration, they were eager to avoid the negative publicity such an event might generate.
Bergdahl’s squad members have ignored the looming threat of those non-disclosure agreements to appear on the FOX News Channel and openly express their views that Bergdahl is clearly a disaffected young soldier who deserted his post. They are right to speak their minds because those Non-Disclosure-Agreements were worthless from the get-go. NDA’s are used to insure that people who are about to enter into proprietary or classified environments will not reveal anything regarding the information to which they are about to be given access. They are not sworn to reveal that which they already know to be fact and may be called on to testify about. That would be an ex-post-facto NDA.
Further, an NDA is a contract binding the signatories. Basic contract law will tell you that no contract is valid if one of the contracting parties is doing so under duress. The very fact that these enlisted men in Bergdahl’s squad were asked by their superiors to sign such a document implies duress because of the reality that the signatory’s continued successful service and promotion, within his unit and beyond, is totally dependent upon the approval and recommendation of those requesting his acquiescence....
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(and the 501st is certainly one of those)
Wasn’t the 501st the unit concerned in the D-Day series currently playing on H channel? Man, those guys jumped into some deep shit!
thx, it just struck me odd as i didn't think you could wear the beret till you were qualified either, kinda like the blousing yer boots episode in Band of Brothers but in today's 0bamma military i never know what to expect, even a non-qual
Nothing to make of that image, per se. Also, it is optional to wear (subdued metal) skill badges on the ACU, although I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t want to for a hero photo and you are already wearing a maroon beret...
Who killed Michael Hastings
watch this Lou Dobbs report regarding reporter Michael Hastings who did a story in 2012 about Bergdahl. What happened to Hastings in 2013. Watch this report
http://youtu.be/uRetpla_hIc
modesty...
LOL! There’s nothing modest about a freshly pinned cherry jumper...which means he wasn’t airborne qualified when that hero image was taken. Of course, this is Bergdahl we’re talking about, so maybe he was distracted dreaming of ballet and the finer points of jihad.
iirc blood wings are now strictly verboten also... here it is getting ready for it's dancing with the starz audition 
LMAO. Yeah, blood wings are officially off limits, but get done anyway on the down low, I suspect.
i was taught to jump by by all ex-military guys i used to work with, since there were no wings to be pinned, i got a swift kick in the azz by all four of them... not to mention i didn't have to worry about all kinds of sh!t like helmets, rifles, radios, you name it falling down on the DZ like rain
first five times i jumped were from a helicopter, i'm tooo damn old for that now days
Good point. And they could not just walk away like Bergdahl, unless of course they wanted to be dancing boys.
the 501st has a great history and officers have a high chance for promotion...Obama has screwed up the army—sadly BUSH the Bumbrain and his band of dummies set this in motion to allow a muslim communist to undermine all we stand for....the officers fear for their careers...but we note the prisoner wont talk on phone with his parents..someone in the military has warned him his phone will be tapped
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