General Mark Milley held "tank" meeting with joint chiefs around the world after Esper firing.

[fleur-de-lisa]

Barbara Starr @barbarastarrcnn (CNN)

General Mark Milley, JCS chrm, held "tank" meeting with joint chiefs and combatant commanders around the world in the wake of Esper being fired, a senior US military official said. Mil officials will now call counterparts to assure them the US military maintains its stability.

3:12 PM · Nov 9, 2020

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[Thekaspervote]

1. Good! Miley will absolutely do the right thing

[BusyBeingBest]

2. Empty assurances and everyone knows it.

The civilians at the top are in disarray, to put it mildly.

[Freethinker65]

3. Milley gone in 5...4...3...2...

[Sherman A1]

4. Probably

This has a great potential to get very ugly.

[marybourg]

5. What's a " tank meeting "?

[nycbos]

8. I'm guessing it's a meeting held at a very secure room in the Pentagon but I'm not sure.

[marybourg]

10. Ahh. Makes sense. Thanx

[DeminPennswoods]

6. SecDefs come and SecDefs go, nothing changes

for the several million peons who work at DoD and the services.

[kurtcagle]

7. More than likely reiterating that

no order coming from Trump through any channel should be obeyed WITHOUT it being cleared by the JCS first. At this stage, the chain of command has become VERY muddy, so it seems like a more than reasonable precaution.

[SheltieLover]

9. Ty!

[2naSalit]

11. That's what I hope it was about. ...nt