[Allegra]

Two active military friends of mine are telling me they didn’t get a text.

[Pollard]

Sounds like BS. There’s no way they could jab them all that fast.

[OldGoatCPO]

Yes, I believe this is a BS story. I say this because I know from experience how nearly impossible it was for a Regiment to track the personal phone numbers of it's members, let alone the entire Marine Corps. The only time I ever received an official text was on my issued BlackBerry. Furthermore, POS Austin's office would contact Service leaders, who would then contact major commands and so on. They may forward statement from the SecDef, but POS Austin would not contact people directly. Would Austin have done and said this, I would not be surprised, but need to hear how it was actually communicated down the chain before I find this story credible.