Posted on 02/07/2018 6:34:25 AM PST by reaganaut1
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Defense is planning a military parade at the request of President Donald Trump, White House and Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
After observing the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris last year, Mr. Trump said he wanted to hold a similar parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, perhaps to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The French parade last July, which also marked the centennial of the U.S. entry into World War I, featured more than 6,000 service members, tanks and planes overhead in an elaborate display of military might. French President Emmanuel Macron invited Mr. Trump to watch the parade beside him.
“It was one of the greatest parades I’ve ever seen,” Mr. Trump said in September at the Lotte New York Palace hotel. “And to a large extent, because of what I witnessed, we may do something like that on July Fourth in Washington, down Pennsylvania Avenue. I don’t know. We’re going to have to try and top it.”
The Washington Post first reported the Mr. Trump had asked the Pentagon to arrange an event in the Bastille Day style. Pentagon officials said late Tuesday that plans were in their infancy.
On Wednesday, the chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joe Dunford, acknowledged the parade plans while traveling in Asia. “I’m aware of the president’s request and we are in the initial planning stages to meet the president’s direction,” he said during a stop in Bangkok.
The White House said the decision demonstrated Mr. Trump’s support for the military.
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I remember someone mentioning “Psst,... those are OUR jets” when an apparatchik complained about the flyover during Clintooon’s inaugural.
You're vaulting up the zot list IMO. lol
Trump does this and it will assure his re-election but these snow flakes are melting.
I like the idea.
I am in favor of a US Military parade and chastise those timid people that would cower in a corner and would have us miss an opportunity to stick it to the left. That is zot stuff? Really?
Should be an annual affair every 4th of July.
Trump's verbal support this past year, of active-duty military and veterans, has been superb, as have his actions backing up those words. He should keep up with that course of action (as I'm sure he will) and focus on rebuilding from Obama's damage to the military.
My bona fides? Navy veteran (was in service during the final years of the Cold War), son of a 17-year Air Force veteran.
LOL You sir, are an idiot. Have a nice day.
“I love it, Majesty. ‘Sort of a mixture of the Bible and Hollywood.”
Very bad idea. For a very bad reason: To top the French? (Having put in many, many parades in my 20 years of service in the Army. I’m fine with parades, but not this one.)
I served. And I think its a dumb idea.
I served and I think it is the best idea ever. Don’t watch it if you don’t want to.
its FAINT, not feint. A feint is a boxing move. But since you’re apparently just an armchair warrior, you wouldn’t know that.
He’s TROLLING the left. They will go CRAZY due to their hatred of the military - and the ENTIRE COUNTRY will finally get to see it.
This move is INGENIOUS!
Yes, It was the late Ron Silver who, after 9-11 became a neo-conservative.................
Nobody will ever mistake you for a patriot. Good day.
Display of arms is immensely opposed in this forum by defeatist types. Afraid to be bold and proud of something good. What an absolute shame.
God bless you, sir, and your son. Those of us with military service have learned what a PITA and waste of time/money are parades, formations, marching, etc., except for boot training and movement of dismounted troops from point A to point B. Time & budget taken from training, operations, maintenance, and from families and liberty/leave.
I am forever grateful that my four years in Germany were at a battalion whose mission was airbase defense. I never had to worry about extraneous BS. My first battery was over 40 miles from battalion HQ. When the base had an alert or tac eval, we were for all intents and purposes detached to the Air Force.
Unlike our brethren in Hawk and Nike-Herc units, we didn't have to worry about women being assigned to our unit. I saw the havoc that created.
My last two years, I was at Battalion HQ, mostly as the S-4. I was a real PITA by that time, and Group HQ pretty much left us alone. It was a job (Battalion Supply Officer) I was uniquely qualified for, as my degree was in Public Accounting, and very few knew our area of operations better than I.
I think I did my job well, at least as far as my Battalion Commander was concerned. We arrived back at Fort Bliss within a few months of each other, and I worked for him in another role for a year and a half.
He hated parades, too...lol.
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