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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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

One of the companies just had their “Range Week” and they decided to stay out at the range for two days rather than hike out and back each day. The equipment they had to pack out there weighed 120lbs. Not a good time.


121 posted on 11/17/2016 2:44:16 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Manly Warrior

because his best friend joined the Army the same time my son joined the Marines, and he said they have stress cards which they produce when feeling stressed once a week, and can have a time out to de-stress.. It is also widely known if you talk to the younger crowd.


122 posted on 11/17/2016 2:46:30 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Kenton
Adak is nice, compared to Eilsen AFB:


123 posted on 11/17/2016 2:47:24 PM PST by antidisestablishment ( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: OldMissileer

When we were up in the Arctic doing Mountain and Arctic warfare we had to carry that much weight all the time for days while out on patrol , living in snow holes every night while skiing.

Maybe why my back is out of whack today and my knees are shot.


124 posted on 11/17/2016 2:48:11 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: ColdOne

I call bullshit.


125 posted on 11/17/2016 3:14:10 PM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: kaehurowing

I wonder if it’s possible to entice those who were purged to return to the service?


126 posted on 11/17/2016 3:23:40 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: Maverick68

How do the duties of the Secretary of State require a trip to Antarctica? To whom was John Kerry pitching proposals, in neutral territory?


127 posted on 11/17/2016 3:35:13 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: manc
We had a homo in my platoon at Fort Ord when the Vietnam war was in full operation. Most of the guys in my platoon were white and he was not. In our gang showers, he would go wacko and start grab-assing everyone near him and guys would have to start punching the bastard to keep him away...not good...

I would not want to serve in combat with anybody like him because I would never be able to trust him in a gun fight
128 posted on 11/17/2016 3:43:56 PM PST by Stayfree (FlushHillary.com says "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY")
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To: Kenton

A great place for all the faggots and trannies...sort the out and ship them out immediately


129 posted on 11/17/2016 3:45:48 PM PST by Stayfree (FlushHillary.com says "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY")
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To: kaehurowing

Bring the best ones back in with a bonus


130 posted on 11/17/2016 3:46:28 PM PST by Stayfree (FlushHillary.com says "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY")
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To: Gamecock

And for those that are deviant in one aspect of their lives, are typicall deviant in others. Additionally, the UCMJ makes it easy to separate anyone deemed to be less than desirable.


131 posted on 11/17/2016 3:47:48 PM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: SJSAMPLE

This ass bandit is gonna tell us what to do?


You need to update your vocabulary. Out here in Oklahoma, we call them “Rump Rustlers”.


132 posted on 11/17/2016 3:53:05 PM PST by AFret.
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To: PhiloBedo

Sort through them all and find the best and offer them bonuses to return...we need them. Send the queens and trannies to the most remote installation available.


133 posted on 11/17/2016 3:53:48 PM PST by Stayfree (FlushHillary.com says "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY")
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

All those purged officers may provide a heads-up concerning junior officers available for promotion; and, unofficial background concerning their replacements. Who knows? They might want back into the game.


134 posted on 11/17/2016 3:53:53 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: ColdOne
US Army AA director of Eric Fanning at the Defense One Summit in Washington:

"Society is changing very quickly."

Yes Missy, and while you're mentioning "history," so too did Sodom and Gomorrah's "society." *POOF!*

ONLY when Lefties change the culture to a PC cluster**** via judicial edict are those changes inviolable and etched in stone; But somehow 5,000 years of common sense, tradition and history are completely fluid and flushable.

135 posted on 11/17/2016 3:56:15 PM PST by HangUpNow
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To: manc

I live very near to the Air Force Academy...one of my neighbors is a Major who teaches chemistry there. I see guys and gals in camo from the Army Ft. Carson. I did see what I think was an Air Force officer wearing what appeared to be dress blues...not close enough to tell


136 posted on 11/17/2016 3:59:07 PM PST by Stayfree (FlushHillary.com says "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY", "NEVER HILLARY")
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To: ColdOne


137 posted on 11/17/2016 4:12:46 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: MrEdd

That works for me!


138 posted on 11/17/2016 4:25:14 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: Ozark Tom

I’m really talking about purging the civillian side, the civil service bureaucrats. Within the military, I think when President Trump changes out Obama’s brass for his own, the rest of the military will fall in line, especially because 90% of non-coms and non-commissioned officers are pro Trump and lean conservative.


139 posted on 11/17/2016 4:26:45 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: Stayfree

Are you near Camp Pendleton?


140 posted on 11/17/2016 4:45:32 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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