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Army secretary: Obama's social changes are here to stay
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 11/17/16 | Jacqueline Klimas

Posted on 11/17/2016 11:36:25 AM PST by ColdOne

It'll be "very hard" for President-elect Trump to undo many of the social changes President Obama implemented in the military should he decide to do so, the Army secretary said on Thursday.

Eric Fanning acknowledged that the path to social change over the course of history "has never been purely linear."

"But I do think it's very hard to roll things back completely," Fanning said at the Defense One Summit in Washington. "Society is changing very quickly."

He also said the decisions the military has already made will make it more difficult to kick people out of the service who have already been accepted.

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KEYWORDS: bhodod; dontaskdonttell; homosexualagenda; militaryreadiness; obamalegacy; obamamilitary; trumpdod; trumptransition; usmilitary
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To: ColdOne

Well- for those who ARE or WANT TO BE losers!! :)


61 posted on 11/17/2016 12:02:27 PM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: manc

A time out card? You have to be kidding. Do they have a safe space for the little namby pamby jackwagons to go cry in too?


62 posted on 11/17/2016 12:03:16 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: ColdOne

Does Commander In Chief mean anything to you?


63 posted on 11/17/2016 12:03:21 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: ColdOne
It'll be "very hard" for President-elect Trump to undo many of the social changes

Liar but even if it was 'very hard' so what?

64 posted on 11/17/2016 12:05:46 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: areukiddingme1
And what exactly qualifies him to be the secretary of the Army other than being a homosexual...nothing, not a GD thing.

Nothing, except Satan's queer legion including Barrack Hussein Obama wanting him to be.

65 posted on 11/17/2016 12:06:46 PM PST by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: kaehurowing

We’re going to need a lot of them back. Or maybe we’ll just hire them as contractors so they can be paid properly.


66 posted on 11/17/2016 12:07:39 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: ColdOne; All

Heading out with your troops to get a stiff one means something totally different to your troops than it does Eric Fanning.


67 posted on 11/17/2016 12:10:23 PM PST by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: ColdOne

Too late for my kid... Fanning and Crew forced him out. He would have loved the incoming C-in-C.


68 posted on 11/17/2016 12:11:11 PM PST by niteowl77 (Don't need no Bushes. Don't need no Clintons. Don't need no fooling around.)
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To: ichabod1

I kid you not.
My oldest did boot camp at Parris Island and told me the drill instructors were making fun of the Army for having stress time out cards in the Army boot camp.
Once he graduated boot camp he got in touch with a friend of his what went to the Army.
His friend confirmed that the Army boot camp they are given time out stress cards, and when they feel stressed they can have a time out while in boot camp.

Also in the Army boot camp they get to talk on the phone once a week while the Marine Corps will not allow calls till they finish boot camp after over 3 months.

Another difference is that the Marine Corps will not allow Marines to ever wear their camo’s outside of base while other branches do, because the Corps believes once you leave camp in uniform you should look professional at all times and that is why they always wear their blues uniform .

Some of the things I have learned this year about how the Army has changed is stunning, and there needs to be an overall of what obama has done.


69 posted on 11/17/2016 12:12:59 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: ColdOne

Yeah, you and 0bama can go chew that one over at “Man’s Country.”


70 posted on 11/17/2016 12:13:29 PM PST by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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To: ichabod1

forgot to mention. Yes they have time out sterss cards which can be used once a week in the Army boot camp, and they can find their own space to de-stress as they call it.


71 posted on 11/17/2016 12:13:51 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: ColdOne

HAHAHA!...ya okay pal(snickering) whatever you say.


72 posted on 11/17/2016 12:14:16 PM PST by mythenjoseph (Separation of powers)
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To: niteowl77

sorry to hear.
My oldest is in the Marine Corps, and he said all Marines, not just most, but all are loving it when Trump takes over, and can;t wait for obama to leave.


73 posted on 11/17/2016 12:14:49 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: ichabod1

When I was in boot camp, our stress cards consisted of a hard smack on the side of the helmet from a grizzled old SFC who wasn’t on the same frequency as namby-pambies.


74 posted on 11/17/2016 12:15:04 PM PST by beelzepug (For English press #1; for Spanish, learn English and press #1)
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To: ichabod1

You think they were angry because they couldn’t keep up when he went out to dinner? Wait till this storm rolls over them. Rolling on the floor, stomping their feet, throwing their bottles and screaming and bawling like you have never witnessed in your life.


75 posted on 11/17/2016 12:18:25 PM PST by The Bishop (Forgive me Lord, for sometimes I do speak my mind.)
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To: rollo tomasi

As commander in chief he can easily state that it jeopardizes mission statements and or moral ....many avenues to stymie the poof rebellion. As Mel Brooks made famous “it’s good to be K___ (Commander in Chief.)


76 posted on 11/17/2016 12:18:48 PM PST by mythenjoseph (Separation of powers)
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To: ColdOne

You don’t need to kick people out.

You just need to go back to the old policy of don’t ask, don’t tell.

And maybe add “don’t flaunt”.


77 posted on 11/17/2016 12:18:58 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: ColdOne
Perhaps we can have a new interior design platoon to redo the foxholes.

Ok, that didn't come out the way I meant.

Neither did that. Forget I said anything.
78 posted on 11/17/2016 12:19:02 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: ColdOne

This guy definitely needs to be replaced.


79 posted on 11/17/2016 12:21:13 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: ColdOne

NO NO putz they are going going gone Sir General.


80 posted on 11/17/2016 12:21:20 PM PST by angcat (TRUMP!)
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