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I admire your optimism that there's any sort of even remotely rational reason.
Trump administration 2024-2028
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I was suspecting that myself. I could see the army CoS pushing back on SECDEF inappropriately trampling on the army maintaining its own internal discipline and conducting investigations where merited.
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“One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army.”
Sounds like he wants someone who will discard professionalism in favour of virtue signalling … only, the virtues are now defined by MAGA populism. Macho, partisan, spiteful of LOAC, Etc. Holding the apache pilots accountable definitely goes against this.
Sounds like he wants someone who will discard professionalism in favour of virtue signalling … only, the virtues are now defined by MAGA populism. Macho, partisan, spiteful of LOAC, Etc. Holding the apache pilots accountable definitely goes against this.
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This fellow makes 13 that Petey has let go.“One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army.”
Sounds like he wants someone who will discard professionalism in favour of virtue signalling … only, the virtues are now defined by MAGA populism. Macho, partisan, spiteful of LOAC, Etc. Holding the apache pilots accountable definitely goes against this.
Looks like he’s going g for Stalins record back in 1937.
HavokFour
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Probably not the best environment in the US right now for this.
Talk about lead balloons.
Interesting tidbit, if the numbers don't add up don't publish them.
Talk about lead balloons.
Trump Budget to Focus Midterms Messaging on Defense Boost
ArchiveInteresting tidbit, if the numbers don't add up don't publish them.
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General David Hodne commanded the United States Army Transformation and Training Command and Maj. General William Green Jr. was the Army's Chief of Chaplains.
Literally some on our domestic thread insisting on the same fiscal ideas.
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Social Security and Medicare are mandatory spending. All the president's budget request can do is report the projected numbers; the money goes out the door regardless what anyone (president, Congress, courts) does unless Congress changes legislation and the president signs it.
Congress passes the actual budget for discretionary spending, not necessarily with much attention to the presidential budget request. Regular order used to be a bunch of appropriations bills covering a dozen groupings; for a long time now, it's just been "last year's number (baseline) plus some percent" to fix the bottom line number for discretionary spending and then squabbling over what fits into that number, which leads to omnibus bills and delayed appropriations (and continuing resolutions).
Some Republicans keep trying to re-assert regular order (the old way of doing appropriations), but Democrats basically refuse because intransigence is rewarded with continuing resolution showdowns and a one-way spending ratchet. The showdowns are inevitably presented to the public as "Republicans' fault" no matter who controls the House and Senate. So "baseline-plus" omnibus budgeting just goes on and on, producing occasional fights over the continuing resolutions necessary when even the omnibus bill(s) aren't passed on time.
Some Republicans keep offering to negotiate a compromise on the options for dealing with the pending mandatory spending cliffs (when the receipts-minus-outlays deficit finally exhausts the special "IOU" trust fund bonds), but Democrats basically refuse (their way or no way). When the trust funds are exhausted, an automatic cut to outlays will result. The cut is currently projected to be somewhere around 18% or 19%.
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Further to chaplains …
www.ngaus.org
From the piece:
Am I the only one sensing potential “political officer” vibes here?
Military Chaplains to Stop Wearing Rank
Military chaplains will stop wearing rank in uniform, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced last Tuesday as part of two significant changes affecting the Chaplain Corps.
Am I the only one sensing potential “political officer” vibes here?
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I'm reminded of kings and queens of olde raising taxes to fund their crusades and wars. Maybe he'll send sheriffs (or ICE !?!) out upon the land to simply take money, crops or chickens from the peasants.
How long until it's just Christian chaplains?Further to chaplains …
From the piece:Military Chaplains to Stop Wearing Rank
Military chaplains will stop wearing rank in uniform, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced last Tuesday as part of two significant changes affecting the Chaplain Corps.
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Am I the only one sensing potential “political officer” vibes here?
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Or the tiering of chaplains based on symbol they’re wearing? All admittedly worst case scenarios, for sure, but a lot of stuff that’s already happened wasn’t on our bingo cards, either.
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A little over day after launch... 
www.reuters.com
White House seeks $5.6 billion cut to NASA budget in 2027
The White House on Friday proposed a $5.6 billion cut to NASA's budget for 2027, including a $3.4 billion cut to the space agency's science unit, a 23% cut as NASA's new chief plans an array of new missions under the flagship U.S. moon program.
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Any old Soviet rocketeers able to help them keep doing it on the cheap-cheap like in the good old USSR 1.0 days?A little over day after launch...
White House seeks $5.6 billion cut to NASA budget in 2027
The White House on Friday proposed a $5.6 billion cut to NASA's budget for 2027, including a $3.4 billion cut to the space agency's science unit, a 23% cut as NASA's new chief plans an array of new missions under the flagship U.S. moon program.
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Further to this, Big Army Catholic Inc. seems to be good with the change - with key caveats (highlights mine):
OldSolduer
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Maybe if they found a smart German …Any old Soviet rocketeers able to help them keep doing it on the cheap-cheap like in the good old USSR 1.0 days?
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Because there's obviously no way you could offer two services at the same time...
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