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Author: TriSec
Date: 02/25/2025 10:16:12
Good Morning.
Just a quick drive-by this morning. I had my annual physical yesterday, which produced a clean bill of health. However - I needed a tetanus booster, which I got. We've all had that one, so it was a rather restless and sleepless night.
Not nearly as restless and sleepless as some in our military, however. The Felon continues to destroy longstanding institutions, but this one is very alarming. Most of the legal representation in the military has just been stripped away.
That last sentence should alarm us all. When the military no longer bears an oath to "Preserve, Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States" and are instead loyal to one man....well, the government of the United States has already fallen. We just don't realize it yet.
Just a quick drive-by this morning. I had my annual physical yesterday, which produced a clean bill of health. However - I needed a tetanus booster, which I got. We've all had that one, so it was a rather restless and sleepless night.
Not nearly as restless and sleepless as some in our military, however. The Felon continues to destroy longstanding institutions, but this one is very alarming. Most of the legal representation in the military has just been stripped away.
Current military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as President Donald Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox and potentially illegal ways.
Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced late Friday evening the firings of the top legal officers for the military services -- those responsible for ensuring the Uniform Code of Military Justice is followed by commanders -- as well as the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's top officer and Air Force vice chief.
As part of the judge advocates general purge, Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer and Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Berger were fired. Navy Rear Adm. Lia Reynolds remains in the position because she was already performing the duties of the top lawyer for the sea service following the resignation of Vice Adm. Christopher French late last year. French had been in the job as the Navy's top lawyer for just a few months.
Hegseth told reporters Monday that the removals were necessary because he didn't want them to pose any "roadblocks to orders that are given by a commander in chief."
That last sentence should alarm us all. When the military no longer bears an oath to "Preserve, Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States" and are instead loyal to one man....well, the government of the United States has already fallen. We just don't realize it yet.
