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Why has Acting Secretary of Defense Miller just announced that, for the first time ever, Special Operations civilian leadership will now report directly to the Secretary of Defense?
@BeschlossDC ^ | Nov 18 2020 | Michael Beschloss

Posted on 11/18/2020 6:26:36 PM PST by rintintin

Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC Why has Acting Secretary of Defense Miller just announced that, for the first time ever, Special Operations civilian leadership will now report directly to the Secretary of Defense? 7:49 AM · Nov 18, 2020·TweetDeck

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1 posted on 11/18/2020 6:26:36 PM PST by rintintin
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To: rintintin

Maga happens, that’s why


2 posted on 11/18/2020 6:27:49 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: rintintin

To make sure that nobody authorizes a special ops action without his approval, would be the obvious answer.


3 posted on 11/18/2020 6:30:05 PM PST by DannyTN (<P><a href="https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3902132/posts">)
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To: Professional

To take SOC out from the individual Army, etc commands. SOC operations often are from Sec Def anyway


4 posted on 11/18/2020 6:30:39 PM PST by rstrahan
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To: rintintin

Stormtroopers!


5 posted on 11/18/2020 6:31:48 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: rintintin

Wonder if this is Kraken related


6 posted on 11/18/2020 6:33:47 PM PST by DEPcom
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precautionary move against insurrection against sitting president once the election tide begins to turn in his favor and insubordinate cia/military upper echelon staff types attempt something funny? (wag)


7 posted on 11/18/2020 6:34:27 PM PST by SteveH
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Agreed. Assisting in taking down BLM and Antifa?


8 posted on 11/18/2020 6:41:44 PM PST by mmanager (Lets Finish This!)
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To: Professional

Bump


9 posted on 11/18/2020 6:43:47 PM PST by Guenevere (No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you(Isaiah)
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To: mmanager

I read that Trump family staying at the WH for Thanksgiving. Many prayers for his safety in this evil society. It will be interesting when Trump leaves office in 2024 to know what went on during this time.


10 posted on 11/18/2020 6:44:56 PM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: rintintin

Wouldn’t it be a great way to troll all the gun grabbers, by making them think he will do something rash, and thereby searing in their brains the idea that they might just need gun rights after all, and should resist efforts to take them away no matter who wants to.


11 posted on 11/18/2020 6:44:57 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: SteveH

“precautionary move against insurrection against sitting president once the election tide begins to turn in his favor”

Maybe the reason for the non-scalable fence around the White House too.


12 posted on 11/18/2020 6:46:50 PM PST by DEPcom
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SPECOPS civilian leadership? What’s that?


13 posted on 11/18/2020 6:46:53 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: DEPcom
Wonder if this is Kraken related

That would be my guess. (Presidents EO on Election Interference)

14 posted on 11/18/2020 6:50:04 PM PST by teletech (you)
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To: rintintin

According to the Speeches, this is elevating Special Ops to be more on par with the rest of the forces. In addition, supposedly this was a vision first of JFK and has been gradually working toward this day for decades. That’s the official story — the rest—we’ll likely soon see proof of the real story sooner rather than later.


15 posted on 11/18/2020 6:54:41 PM PST by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: rintintin

The comments at the twatter feed are priceless. Frighten moonbats are funny.


16 posted on 11/18/2020 7:00:33 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Travis McGee

What’s your take on this?


17 posted on 11/18/2020 7:00:43 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction (President-Elect Conjunction Junction)
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To: rstrahan

To take SOC out from the individual Army, etc commands. SOC operations often are from Sec Def anyway


Those aren’t civilian leadership positions, so not applicable.


18 posted on 11/18/2020 7:02:34 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: mmanager

> Agreed. Assisting in taking down BLM and Antifa?

https://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/socom/sof-ref-2-1/SOFREF_Ch1.htm#:~:text=Special%20Operations%20(SO)%20encompass%20the,capabilities%20of%20conventional%20military%20forces.

“Special Operations (SO) encompass the use of small units in direct or indirect military actions focused on strategic or operational objectives. They require units with combinations of trained specialized personnel, equipment, and tactics that exceed the routine capabilities of conventional military forces.”

So, my wag answer to your question is negative.

the special ops would according to the above definition be usually called upon when the adversary is military in nature (and imho also very directed at highly specific and strategic military targets). to call upon special ops against civilian forces and in particular the unorganized and very lightly armed antifa and similar groups would imho be overkill ith extreme prejudice, like calling on james bond to arrest a jaywalker.

the only domestic military targets that i can think of at this time are within the USG, eg potentially rogue elements of the existing US military forces, or maybe rogue FBI, or maybe rogue CIA special ops who have been let loose inside the US in an upcoming soft-hard coup attempt. eg a rogue black ops assassination squad.


19 posted on 11/18/2020 7:02:48 PM PST by SteveH
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SPECOPS civilian leadership? What’s that?

ditto

20 posted on 11/18/2020 7:03:08 PM PST by ladyjane
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