George Washington would have done the exact same thing and probably stripped any rank.
What’s not to love about the president!?
Winning!!! It makes a voter proud.
Butt-hurt lawyers — Winning!
In a related story, “The Code” about a bunch of Marine shyster lawyers portrayed by some Hollywood actors has also been cancelled. WINNING!
More winning.
That is really petty, no officer is going to sweat a missing NAM from their service record ...but damn does it ever send a message and it will make the right people howl and claim undue command influence or some equally ridiculous transgression.
You won’t have to talk to many servicemen before you find someone who was passed over or denied a medal because of politics, or given a lower precedence medal based purely on politics... or had to stand at attention while someone everyone knew was undeserving got an award for the same.
Ditto - I love this President !!!
He should not have done this publicly but privately. As a veteran myself enlisted and officer ranks are there to do a job. If he wanted this done call the CO of the lawyers. Completely uncalled for to attempt humiliation for enlisted people.
DJT did the right thing. He should have pulled their rank as well. Now, I wish he would completely pardon the two border guards, Compean and Ramos, re-instate them and give them full back pay.
It is well past time to begin to reverse the injustice the left has given us for far too long.
Navy Achievement Medal
Is that just above a participation ribbon?
“I love my President!’
Me, too!
I’m not sure why a military lawyer would ever get a metal for lawyering.
It’s not like they took enemy fire while prosecuting.
Maybe if they caused serious legal butthurt to the enemy.
The Navy hierarchy, prosecuting with numerous illegal tactics, decorating each other, congratulating each other, placing a good man in solitary, and making defiant statements that they were right to prosecute him DESPITE an aquitel etc...
Only the actual war fighter suffered.
I hope that rescinded medals become the least of their worries.
And likewise for all the chain of command who approved them.
The bottom line is that the JAG officers committed misconduct in their attempts to railroad the Navy SEAL.
If they had built their case ethically, they would have their medals.
Their desire to win the case at any cost is what cost them their medals.