Personally , I am VERY disappointed by the soft-peddle deployment of our troops I am seeing being reported . JAGs , no Infantry ? Personal sidearms only , to avoid ‘Posse Commitatus’ violations ? Give me a break ! Pos Com is pointed at deployment against U.S. citizens ONLY , not foreign , non-U.S. invaders and border stormers . P.C. does NOT apply .
IF President Trump shows weakness , softness , or ambivalence, those that are perpetrating this invasion will drive a truck thru him and his soft policies .
PLAY HARDBALL !
Send aircraft to paper the columns of invaders for information fliers that make it crystal clear what they are approaching : Fully armed troops with permission to fire at will . Air strikes . It’s an invasion , treat it as one .
All this lil brown babies and their mommies is pure BS .
Just like the VC used to hide behind the civilian villagers in Vietnam , and Saddam’s use of civilian human shields in Iraq .
No quarter . Hardball . Zero softness . Draw and line in the sand and fully enforce it . Stand up an armed civilian militia to back up our front line force .
The primary restriction on military participation in civilian law enforcement activities is:
....’The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA).21’..
The PCA prohibits the use of the Army and Air Force to execute the domestic laws of the United States except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or Congress. The PCA has been further applied to the Navy and Marine Corps by legislative and administrative supplements. For example, 10 U.S.C. Section 375 directs the Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations forbidding the direct participation “by a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines in a search, seizure, arrest, or other similar activity” during support activities to civilian law enforcement agencies. DOD issued Directive 5525.5, which outlines its policies and procedures for supporting federal, state, and local LEAs. DOD Directive 5525.5 prohibits the following forms of direct assistance: (1) interdiction of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other similar activity; (2) a search or seizure; (3) an arrest, apprehension, stop and frisk, or similar activity; and (4) use of military personnel in the pursuit of individuals, or as undercover agents, informants, investigators, or interrogators. It is generally accepted that the PCA does not apply to the actions of the National Guard when not in federal service.22 As a matter of policy, however National Guard regulations stipulate that its personnel are not, except for exigent circumstances or as otherwise authorized, to participate directly in the arrest or search of suspects or the general public.
So the military can be deployed for ‘support’ services, which mostly would mean various kinds of surveillance or possibly building things. But if soldiers see people trying to get across the border they have to report that to Border Patrol because only Border Patrol can try to stop them.