Posted on 05/17/2013 6:15:36 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
FULL TITLE President Obama makes U.S. Marine break military rules by holding an umbrella while in uniform... and the serviceman does not look happy about it
The President unwittingly forced a U.S Marine to break protocol and regulations as he ordered him to use an umbrella to protect him from the rain today Came as he was assailed by questions over three scandals engulfing White House during Rose Garden press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Offered 'no apologies' for DoJ secretly seizing phone records of Associated Press reporters over intelligence leak
Even though he is the commander in chief, there are some orders that even President Obama cannot give - as he found out today, much to the chagrin of a put-upon U.S. Marine.
Hosting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Rose Garden today, the president requested a standing Marine to open an umbrella and protect his head from the light rain that was falling.
However, according to Marine Corps regulations, not even the President of the United States can request a Marine to carry an umbrella without the express permission of the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Your president’s actions were unsat, since you seem ignorant in your attempts to back him up, I thought it would be polite to point it out.
P.J. wondered, if getting sent to live in a tent on a tropical rock, in the summer, and spending the night climbing a mountain composed of sharp and abrasive volcanic stones, in the dark, in stifling heat, and 100% humidity, was a reward for outstanding service, just what the Marine Corps did to junior enlisted men it was not pleased with...
The island itself is hot, there are only hot water spigots when I was there, because there was no cold water. You got a great shave. The invasion beaches are like church for those who understand what happened on them. Never got the time to climb Suribachi, but wandered and contemplated the beaches. It was epic.
The President unwittingly forced a U.S Marine to break protocol and regulations as he ordered him to use an umbrella to protect him from the rain today
When someone often does things “unwittingly,” would it be appropriate to call them “witless?”
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