Posted on 01/13/2017 9:30:14 AM PST by RoosterRedux
The head of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, said Friday that he has been ordered removed from his command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
Schwartz’s forced departure will come in the midst of the presidential inauguration that he has spent months helping plan alongside D.C. police, the U.S. Secret Service and other top District officials. He will turn over command to an interim as power transfers from one president to the next, and just before the inaugural parade marches down Pennsylvania Avenue.
“The timing is extremely unusual,” Schwartz said in an interview Friday morning, confirming a memo announcing his ouster that was obtained by The Washington Post. During the inauguration, Schwartz would command not only the members of the D.C. guard but also an additional 5,000 troops sent in from across the country to help. He also would oversee military air support protecting the nation’s capital during the inauguration.
“My troops will be on the street,” Schwartz, 65, said. “I’ll see them off but I won’t be able to welcome them back to the armory.” He said that he would “never plan to leave a mission in the middle of a battle.”
Schwartz said he would oversee duties in a command center and then depart at 12:01 p.m., retiring from the Army.
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Now I'm worried.
Then I guess we’re good to go :)
5,000 men on top of FBI, police etc.!!
Wow. They’re not fooling around. Hazmat teams, radiation teams, bomb squads, they got everything covered.
My hunch is there is much more to this than being reported.
Odd.
The Old Guard is not a bunch of REMF weenies either. The first prerequisite to be a Guard is to be an active-duty infantryman. And this isn't just a few dozen men, it's 2 battalions of a few hundred men each plus the HHC.
When I was still in the infantry, a memo had went out looking for volunteers to join the Old Guard. The list of requirements was impressive. I was 6'0" at the time, and I think I wasn't tall enough...lol.
“all of Obama’s appointees have been told that they were out as of noon on January 20th.”
Including Preet? I don’t think so.
Not to mention about 250 hungry K9s I heard who’ll be working crowd control.
The draining begins.
Not to be argumentative, but I think the simple answer us provided here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3513627/posts?page=137#137
Posts end at a president’s term end.
Note how Obama had to reappoint him in 2009.
This is an automatic event.
That’s my take on it at this point.
This may be a completely non-event in reality.
I don't know anything about this guy, but his career has been mostly spent in Washington DC postings. I assume one has to be a good politician to make it to General, but I wonder if this guy made his political preferences too obvious.
Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz
pic http://www.udc.edu/images/bot/schwartz.jpg
http://www.udc.edu/board-of-trustees/major-gen-errol-schwartz/
"Normally, American federal law specifically charges the U.S. National Guard with dual federal and state missions. As the U.S. federal government abolished the jurisdiction of the state of Maryland and states rights in Washington, D.C. to establish a federal district, there is no elected governor to command this guard unit. This is the only national guard unit that reports only to the U.S. president.
The U.S. National Guard is the only United States military force empowered to function in a state or, in this case, a district status. Those functions range from limited actions during non-emergency situations to full scale law enforcement of martial law when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President or Congress."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_National_Guard
Who gave this order?
So is Barry still president between the oath and the completion of the swearing-in ?
You got it. Our government, at ALL levels, have been infiltrated by leftist, the inept, the corrupt and those with bad intent.
That’s the way I read it.
“This may be a completely non-event in reality.”
To take that a step further...
It may be WashPo’s first volley in their upcoming series entitled, “Trump cruelty exposed! Fires esteemed Natl Guard officer during major chaos and unrest in DC.”
If the guy is black as someone above mentioned, then replace my “It may be” with “This is definitely.”
Only possible credible explanation:
Trump & Mattis informed top of Military that effective inaugural, there is a new commander protecting Trump and the Congress in DC.
I don’t blame them one bit.
God Bless the “United States”
Let’s cut out this crazy BS that Obozo and the Media have created.
Make it work. PC BS can go to hell.
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