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Jan 11, 2023·edited Jan 11, 2023

End result = all the most genuinely intelligent personnel have left the DoD. Many of those remaining are ticking time bombs. All have had every ounce of morale sucked out of them.

A foreign enemy could only hope to inflict such damage. Damage inflicted without the enemy losing a single combatant. Astounding!

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Exactly. Ever hear Bret Weinstein talk about this?

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It’s too late an 21 yr old Air Force Academy football player died today going to class. He wasn’t lucky like the NFL player.

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so sad :-(

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It was really Congress that ended the mandate, not Lloyd Austin.

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Took them long enough! Too little. Too late.

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Jan 11, 2023·edited Jan 11, 2023

Over 96% of our military is vaccinated? That’s pretty scary to contemplate. Definitely does not scream “increased readiness” to me, especially given the high percentage of young adult males in the military.

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Now the prosecutions can begin. Those in the Pentagon who supported this atrocity are the first who should be charged with crimes against humanity.

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These jackasses reserve the right to continue to discriminate against our soldiers in connection with deployment, only promising not to separate people. Totally obscene. “Military intelligence” remains a euphemism.

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Victory. Now it’s time to start sending people to prison!!!!!

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A Pyrrhic victory. The battle raged between the DoD and US military personnel. The USA loses in every scenario.

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While this is not bad, I'll only give them 3 out of 5 stars. He left a gaping loophole effwctively neutralizing the required recission by shifting enforcement to the discretion of commanders, which is a deplorable ploy.

Also, he clearly has no concern for restitution for the irreparable harm perpetrated against those he willfully and maliciously violated, yet he acknowledged that he broke the law by violating their foundational and fundamental constitutional rights. He effectively thumbed his nose at the constitution and flipped off American servicemen & servicewomen.

But I know I should be jumping for joy.

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So begins the march to the 2024 presidential election.

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Lloyd Austin is the biggest piece of crap to ever serve as a cabinet member, which is saying a lot.

In addition to being a total tool for destoyers of our country far smarter than he is, he's a malicious, hateful doofus that could legitimately be charged with manslaughter at the very least, if we lived in a just world.

He clearly states he's only recinding the orders under duress, because he wouldn't want anyone to credit him with wisdom or compassion. He is right, though, that the vax program will leave a legacy.

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Jan 11, 2023·edited Jan 11, 2023

Happy for uniformed service members. However - it doesn't stop COVID shot mandates for DoD civilians ... unfortunately, we're still under the gun for this until they rescind EO 14043.

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Really? Are you reserve? Or what is a DoD civilian, and how can they require you take the shot?

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Jan 11, 2023·edited Jan 11, 2023

DoD civilians are federal civil servants, aka federal employees who work for one of the military services or one of the Dept of Defense offices or agencies. Biden’s Executive Order 14043 “mandates” all federal employees to get COVID shot, this includes all of us DoD civilians who work alongside our uniformed military counterparts, whether active duty, reserve or National Guard.

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Ok. So, somehow you guys have to get the shot still?

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Hoorah! They’re all vaxed now anyway, pyhrric victory

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I feel an ease in my breath, I fought.....and stayed despite the harassment.

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A proofreader would be a good idea.

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I do proofreading.

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Too bad Lloyd Austin doesn't. Or apparently doesn't ask you to proof his work. 😉

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Proof isn't what it used to be...

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Already accomplished the purge of Constitutionally loyal troops through out the ranks, finishing the job that Obama started with the ideological purge of flag / general officers. Mission accomplished.

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