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To: Captain Walker

[Van Riper (one “p”) resigned; he wasn’t fired.
His point was that the results of the exercise had already been determined.]


He was asked to resign or be fired for cause, which would have tanked his pension.


17 posted on 10/17/2025 7:49:45 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Zhang Fei

Think Taiwan Strait. Should the Chicoms do a massive amphibious assault a trap could be set for them. The assault would only happen after a major air assault when all bets are off. The troop carrying ships would/could be sitting ducks.


19 posted on 10/17/2025 7:58:17 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Zhang Fei
He was asked to resign or be fired for cause, which would have tanked his pension.

I think you're making this up.

He was retired when he took on the role of the commander of the aggressor forces; his pension was already carved in stone.

31 posted on 10/17/2025 8:58:40 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("Justice exalteth a nation: but sin maketh nations miserable." – Proverbs 14:34)
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