In the news:
Trump removes Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. CQ Brown in purge of military leaders
By Tom Vanden Brook, Zac Anderson and Davis Winkie, USA TODAY Feb 21, 2025
“Among those targeted in the purge of military brass was Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s most senior military officer. ”
“Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said Friday that the military shakeup is troubling.”
“This appears to be part of a broader, premediated campaign by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to purge talented officers for politically charged reasons, which would undermine the professionalism of our military and send a chilling message through the ranks,” Reed said in a statement.
A large number of comments are posted with the article above. People love to comment on stories involving personalities.
General Brown was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2023 to February 21, 2025.
General Brown was promoted to four-star general on July 26, 2018.
General Brown became Chief of Staff of the US Air Force on Aug 4, 2020. At this time he became a member of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Some of what went on during this period:
A US Armed Forces recruiting crisis
Thousands of American families have now had a loved one who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Will they support new enlistments?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Understandable why young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
If DOD was an NFL team, sports talk radio would feature comments like:
The Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over for what DOD has done with the US Armed Forces during the fake GWOT era.
Flag officers and high level DOD civilians built careers made of undeclared/unwon wars. Now they must mastermind ways to recruit a new generation.
Some will say obese teens and young adults are to blame for the big recruiting crisis. Thousands of young, intelligent and athletic Americans participate in college athletics each year. Certainly, they would qualify to enlist- no rehab/prep program required.
Why are these people not showing up at the recruiting office?
US press plays along by not asking questions and shutting down or suppressing comment sections.
Crash of TRICARE
Military Barracks Blasted Over Horrid Living Conditions, Lack of Accountability
MOAA SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Did General Brown fix this?
Operation of dining halls on base
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers’ Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
Feb 14, 2025
Working To Kill Base Commissaries
I’ve never been one to say that military benefits are inadequate. Just stick with whatever was offered when people signed up to stay on for multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and we’re good.
Turn the clock back 40 years. It’s 1984. The base commissary is well thought of and is a solid benefit to those who did 20 years in uniform. Go there to shop and you will see WWII veterans. Korean War veterans, Vietnam War veterans and anyone else who stayed for 20 years.
This benefit is an incentive for active duty people to show up for 20 years of unrestricted worldwide service.
It’s the early 80s.
People do time in uniform. No controversy. No thanks for your service (a good thing). This was a period of Cold War era peacetime stability.
The US Armed Forces were on the back burner, right where they are meant to be.
No US Armed Forces recruiting crisis. Things will change.
More here: Working To Kill Commissaries 2024
Some may say there are issues here that belong to elected officials and high level civilians.
Was General Brown known for working to fix any of the above issues? Was he known for speaking out on these issues?
Where has the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff been on any of the above?
Previous Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Operation Macho Swagger:
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger created any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
WWII costume reminds us of a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Possibly of interest:
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.