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  • mickeyrat
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    EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon considering proposal to cut thousands of troops from Europe, officials say

    Experts warn that the timing of the potential drawdown could alarm NATO allies and embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-considering-proposal-cut-thousands-troops-europe-officials-sa-rcna199603
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  • mickeyrat
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    edited April 9
    feels like a bit of dick swinging..

    Mexico rejects unilateral US military action after report US is weighing strikes reut.rs/4jmTDmp

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  • mickeyrat
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    mickeyrat said:
    feels like a bit of dick swinging..

    Mexico rejects unilateral US military action after report US is weighing strikes reut.rs/4jmTDmp


    A top Pentagon official said Tuesday that special operations forces do not have the authority to launch drone attacks at drug cartels in Mexico, even though President Donald Trump has designated them foreign terrorist organizations.
    https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-08/us-military-drones-mexico-17413325.html
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  • mickeyrat
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    The Air Force Academy, West Point & Annapolis are being forced to fire 60% of their civilian employees, to include their PhD professors. They may lose their accreditation as a University. Low ranking officers & enlisted will take over instruction.

    What is the point of this move? Trying to wipe out higher education?
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    mickeyrat said:


    The Air Force Academy, West Point & Annapolis are being forced to fire 60% of their civilian employees, to include their PhD professors. They may lose their accreditation as a University. Low ranking officers & enlisted will take over instruction.

    What is the point of this move? Trying to wipe out higher education?
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  • mickeyrat
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    am sure he'll be fired before the month is out....


    I turned it to CSPAN and they are talking about Indo-Pacific security.

    This guy, just reminded Congress that we have the ability to use DIPLOMACY also. ☑️

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  • mickeyrat
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    Navy fires commanding officer, command master chief of expeditionary security squadron
    Navy Cmdr. Brett Robblee and Command Master Chief Felix Phillips were both fired on Friday.

    Jeff Schogol

    Published Apr 11, 2025 5:33 PM EDT
    Navy firings 4.11.2025
    Navy Cmdr. Brett Robblee (left) and Command Master Chief Felix Phillips (right) were relieved as Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 4’s commanding officer and senior enlisted leader respectively. Navy photos.

    Both the commanding officer and command master chief of Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 4, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, were fired on Friday, the Navy announced.

    Cmdr. Brett Robblee and Command Master Chief Felix Phillips were relieved “due to a loss of confidence in their ability to perform leadership duties,” a brief Navy news release says.

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  • mickeyrat
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    Command Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green was fired as the top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command for a "loss in confidence."
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  • mickeyrat
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    Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry 'baseless attacks'
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    Sat, April 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM EDT
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    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's Minister of National Defense Rene Merino Monroy at the Pentagon, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decried on Saturday what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.

    Dan Caldwell, a Hegseth aide; Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg; and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff were among four officials in Hegseth’s inner circle who were ousted this past week.

    While the three initially had been placed on leave pending the investigation, a joint statement shared by Caldwell on X said the three were “incredibly disappointed by the manner in which our service at the Department of Defense ended. Unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door.”
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    “At this time, we still have not been told what exactly we were investigated for, if there is still an active investigation, or if there was even a real investigation of ‘leaks’ to begin with,” the post said.

    Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot also announced he was resigning this week. The Pentagon said, however, that Ullyot was asked to resign.

    The upheaval comes less than 100 days into the Trump administration where the Pentagon has found itself frequently in the epicenter of controversial moves — from firings of senior military and civilian staff to broad edicts to purge content that promoted diversity, equity or inclusion. That led to images or other online content of heroes like the Tuskegee Airmen and Jackie Robinson being temporarily removed from the military's websites, causing public uproar.

    Last month, Hegseth announced that the Pentagon’s intelligence and law enforcement arms were investigating what it says are leaks of national security information following reports that Elon Musk was set to receive a classified briefing on potential war plans with China.
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    In the announcement by Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, the office warned that Defense Department personnel could face polygraphs in the probe.

    The departures also follow the firings of senior military officers, including Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown; Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti; National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command director Gen. Tim Haugh; and Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee.

       
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  • curmudgeoness
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    The New York Times is reporting another Signal chat about military plans included Hegseth's wife, brother, and personal lawyer.

    At this point I think we (and Russia, Iran, China, etc.) can assume that most if not all high-level conversations in this administration are happening on Signal.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,177
    Hegseth is done...they're trying to figure out how to do it right now
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  • gotthebottle
    gotthebottle San Diego Posts: 3,743
    Gern Blansten said:
    Hegseth is done...they're trying to figure out how to do it right now
    Oh but wait... he's gotta blame "disgruntled ex employees" first
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    Trump will do whatever he can not to take the L on this by having to can Hegseth. Until they can spin this to some positive, he's not getting the axe. None of this is surprising though. Hegseth and RFK are both circling the drain to see which of them can burn it all down the fastest and are drawing the most public outcry by words and actions.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • brianlux
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    Unfuckinghinged.  This is some seriously bad shit.
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  • mickeyrat
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    Trump stands behind Hegseth after attack plans shared in second Signal chat - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-stands-behind-hegseth-after-attack-plans-shared-second-signal-chat-white-2025-04-21/
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    mickeyrat said:
    Trump stands behind Hegseth after attack plans shared in second Signal chat - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-stands-behind-hegseth-after-attack-plans-shared-second-signal-chat-white-2025-04-21/
    But behind closed doors they're looking for a replacement and the spin to not embarass Hegseth or Trump...

    He'll leave under his own terms citing some personal commitment or party specific role that needs his undivided attention.

    https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,177
    tbergs said:
    mickeyrat said:
    Trump stands behind Hegseth after attack plans shared in second Signal chat - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-stands-behind-hegseth-after-attack-plans-shared-second-signal-chat-white-2025-04-21/
    But behind closed doors they're looking for a replacement and the spin to not embarass Hegseth or Trump...

    He'll leave under his own terms citing some personal commitment or party specific role that needs his undivided attention.

    https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department
    That's what I'm thinking...they will find a different role for him that is better, much better, than SecDef. He's done so well they need him elsewhere.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,177
    Resignation rumors circling....must be something even worse surfacing on Hegseth
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  • Spurs14
    Spurs14 Buffalo Grove, IL Posts: 330
    Gern Blansten said:
    Resignation rumors circling....must be something even worse surfacing on Hegseth
    “I need / want to spend more time with my family.”
    That’s the template for Fortune 500 companies to can execs. 
  • DE4173
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    I'd go with:

    "It's no secret that I am resigning effective immediately."
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