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What's happening in the Military? [vanity]
12/28/2016 | Total Vanity

Posted on 12/28/2016 5:15:55 AM PST by Fhios

Why the sudden turn-around on the Navy's new rating names? What triggered that retreat? Sudden reversal after much celebrations and congratulations?

Things like that - sudden reversal - just don't happen in the military without something happening to the military. Is there a reason why the Democrats are griping about the retired military personnel in Trumps incoming administration?

History is full of military commanders retiring into politics. It's not anything new.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: bhodod; military; trump

1 posted on 12/28/2016 5:15:55 AM PST by Fhios
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To: Fhios

Trump effect.


2 posted on 12/28/2016 5:26:11 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: Fhios

The cardinal tactic of progressive action is that nothing is settled until it is settled the way they want it settled, and then it is supposed to be settled in perpetuity.

Trump is turning that around, unsettling everything that progressives thought they had “settled.” As my daughter occasionally asks my wife, “Can I have the keys to the karma?”


3 posted on 12/28/2016 5:27:33 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Fhios
Recent Democrat presidential history gives you the answer.


4 posted on 12/28/2016 5:28:13 AM PST by drpix
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To: Fhios

Seems pretty simple to me:

Obama got rid of serious military minds through scandal and/or forced retirement.
Obama promoted military people who would push a progressive (homosexual) agenda.
Obama forced people to accept stupid PC policies (like removing “man” from naval ranks).

Then Hillary lost the election.

Trump is coming in, and the Navy is heaving a sigh of relief and reversing course on rank re-naming.
Serious military minds are coming back into government and will be setting policy.
The Democrats are seeing their work of emasculating the US Military all fade away.


5 posted on 12/28/2016 5:28:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: Fhios

Reverting back to the original Navy ratings is the least of the changes that have to be made. Women out of combat arms jobs, an end to the cross dresser policy, even a return to Don’t Ask, Don’t tell. Treating traitors like traitors in the cases of Nidal Hassan, Beau Berghdal, pardoning and commuting the sentences of heroes thrown into prison for doing their jobs in combat, ending the county club atmosphere at Gitmo, riding the ranks of destructive political correctness, there are many, many things that need to change to return our military to its war fighting zenith. Let’s get started. Retired Army Officer.


6 posted on 12/28/2016 5:30:20 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: Fhios
Liberal snowflake politicians have been pussifying the military for decades to please their social engineering puppet masters.

Time for some push back.


7 posted on 12/28/2016 5:31:03 AM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Changing the names back may seem trivial but its still a very good sign. It gives me hope that Trump understands what has been done to the Military. Restoring the Military is near the top of what Trump needs to do. What that Marxist prick has done to the Military over the 8 years is nothing short of treason.


8 posted on 12/28/2016 5:46:50 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Its not trivial at all but a very good sign. But it can’t be the only change.


9 posted on 12/28/2016 5:48:42 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Totally agree. Having General Mattis named to become SecDef set the tone for things to come. The Adults are back in charge!

Our troops deserve so much better than what they have been subjected to for the past several years!


10 posted on 12/28/2016 5:52:02 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: Fhios

Like the MSN, the current appointed official in the military just knew that Clinton was going to become the next President. So even though the rank and file sailors hated the new system they pushed it through knowing it would be backed by Clinton. She lost. Trump won. Those same top appointed officials now knew they were screwed and made the sudden reversal!


11 posted on 12/28/2016 6:04:03 AM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Obama got rid of serious military minds through scandal and/or forced retirement.”

I’m curious and don’t know the answer to this. Can the Trump admin reinstate some of the military leaders and their previous status/rank that Obummer got rid of?


12 posted on 12/28/2016 6:48:28 AM PST by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and Protect our Troops)
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To: Uncle Sam 911
Its not trivial at all but a very good sign. But it can’t be the only change.

Agree, it can't. But it's a quick win--a low-hanging fruit that may serve as a sign that a new sheriff is in town, and that tradition will be restored.

13 posted on 12/28/2016 6:48:52 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: drpix

I still favor the 1st one, that 5 star general that gave us the happy days. His picture still adorns a wall in my house.


14 posted on 12/28/2016 7:02:20 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (???? My tag line dissappeared. ???)
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To: Seattle Conservative

No


15 posted on 12/28/2016 8:43:46 AM PST by Shimmer1 (Do not merely live the length of your life but the depth of it as well.)
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To: Uncle Sam 911

The Trump DOJ should take a look back at the “workplace violence” incidents and reclassify them as terrorism.


16 posted on 12/28/2016 8:47:09 AM PST by WMarshal ( Schadenfreude, it feels so good!)
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To: Uncle Sam 911

No more pink heels


17 posted on 12/28/2016 8:50:09 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Shimmer1; Seattle Conservative

The Service may assign any retired Regular officer, with his or her consent, to duties he or she is able to perform (14 U.S.C. 332(a))


18 posted on 12/28/2016 8:55:59 AM PST by antidisestablishment ( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: Fhios

The writing is on the wall- the adults will be back in charge.


19 posted on 12/28/2016 11:38:30 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: antidisestablishment

Thanks!


20 posted on 12/29/2016 3:00:56 AM PST by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and Protect our Troops)
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