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Duncanpup

(14,265 posts)
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 05:16 AM Saturday

General Haugh fired on advice from a conspiracy theorist.

Just read Trump fires the head of cyber command General Haugh relived of command because Loomer said he was not loyal. And yet the incompetent people who are to insure the safety of our military members are still in charge.
A lot of you know I’m dyslexic it comes through in my bad punctuation rants yet i am also a vet 11 series army.
And i do not take or look at myself as anything special like all peace time vets i chose my M.O.S. My recruiter was like son you did really well on ASVAB especially math.
And I’m telling you from experience my one recruiter told me stay away from any 11- series he was grunt Vietnam.

No i want infantry and jump school i was a real bonehead a Will Stockdale Andy Griffith character from movie no time for sergeants.
I’m joking people to give you a picture of my mindset at age seventeen and i didn’t listen to that fine NCO in riding to MEPS in the government dodge K -car that morning in 1983.
Yet for thirty six months i was fortunate that i never found myself in the shit never had to fight in war. And yes Reagan was commander in chief and we’re still suffering from trickledown economics today yet then we did have competent leadership.

Competent leadership in that we never even thought if Weinberger was sober as secretary of defense that question wasn’t even on our radar. Or that William Casey then intel director was a Kremlin sympathizer like we have today.
It is real simple kill the Warsaw Pact if they came west and thank goodness the Kremlin didn’t try to. Yet today the troops gotta worry about our adversaries trying to dust them and those in this maga administration getting them killed because of their stupidity.

To quote my one platoon sergeant.
Men there are those who can and do and that is us. And then you have those who think they can do and they can’t and you’ll find those are the stupidest fuckers that are in charge.
And that S.F.C. Sergeant first class had a resume two tours Vietnam not one scratch first tour riflemen 101st second tour L.R.R.P. A lot of our NCO were fine warriors who survived Vietnam and we listened to them.
I used joke with that platoon sergeant as young grunt I had to carry his radio. I’d say if we ever hit the shit especially at night sergeant. I’m gonna have to put chem lights on your fatigues cuz you’re so black in order for me to stay on you or in i don’t accidentally shoot you in confusion of contact.

My point is I’m pissed a four star gets relived and yet we still have stupidity in chain of command substandard people.

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General Haugh fired on advice from a conspiracy theorist. (Original Post) Duncanpup Saturday OP
Sort of like a Board of Education firing its superintendent of schools no_hypocrisy Saturday #1

no_hypocrisy

(51,065 posts)
1. Sort of like a Board of Education firing its superintendent of schools
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 06:52 AM
Saturday

based on the recommendation of a Seventh Grade Mean Girl.

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