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In reply to the discussion: Lawmakers call for removal of Navy Secretary over USS Roosevelt debacle [View all]erronis
(15,241 posts)38. This is just part of appointing political commissars to oversea federal agencies and military
organizations.
This is the model from the USSR.
This is what Putin wants to resurrect and Delirious J Trumpkin will try to enact in the US.
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crickets
Apr 2020
OP
There is a process to discipline anyone who beaks the rules in the Navy, Captains included
Chainfire
Apr 2020
#8
Actually, I *do* have a partly analogous story, re: the brute force response of some top brass.
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#13
I'm not through. You might be moved when I am. I have to Post because sometimes the text disappears
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#17
Waiting with bated breath for the next part. What you have written so far has been an
erronis
Apr 2020
#36
Thanks, but guess what. A Vietnam vet of the Army persuasion, when I told him this story,
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#41
So the skipper sided with the crew? ZUMWALT was fairly popular, let beards be grown (all I can think
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#68
Yea, the personal lifestyle loosening of the rules, but I don't know what big systemic things he did
UTUSN
Apr 2020
#72
You can use any of the transcript comments or see the 250,000 signatures over at Change.Org
ffr
Apr 2020
#9
WTF. All these kiss ass enablers are there for 1 thing. To destroy the agency they are representing
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2020
#11
You're welcome! I had the page saved because I wanted to post it - I was glad you gave me
scarletwoman
Apr 2020
#26
I believe that audio file has been successfully disseminated quite widely already,
scarletwoman
Apr 2020
#67
"All Democrats, naturally." Well the Republicans take their marching orders from Russia these days
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#21
Because they do not have Putins approval yet to come out against this action but just as soon as
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#40
This is just part of appointing political commissars to oversea federal agencies and military
erronis
Apr 2020
#38
Other aspect of this I haven't seen mentioned: The combat readiness of the Roosevelt
sarge43
Apr 2020
#43
Blah, blah, blah. They can't even get people to adhere to a legally issued subpoena.
Firestorm49
Apr 2020
#63