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Title: U.S. Army FORCES Cadets to Wear High Heels to Promote Feminist Campaign
Source: Prison Planet
URL Source: http://www.prisonplanet.com/u-s-arm ... promote-feminist-campaign.html
Published: Apr 21, 2015
Author: Paul Joseph Watson
Post Date: 2015-04-23 13:17:42 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 20165
Comments: 95

Cadets at Temple University were threatened that their careers would be finished if they refused to participate in a feminist campaign to promote the completely debunked college rape culture myth by wearing red spray painted high heels.

Imagine what ISIS or the Russian military is thinking when they see these images. Third wave feminism has poisoned EVERYTHING, even the U.S. Military.

UPDATE: Infowars was contacted by a former US Army servicemember who told us that his unit – Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade – was also FORCED to participate in the ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ event in 2011.

“I was deployed in Afghanistan during this time, but my comrades in the rear told me this event was a MANDATORY,” he writes. “As a former medic, I know that the only way out of this was to lie about injuries or pull some form of guard duty at this time.”

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#20. To: Gatlin (#19)

Don't believe things you read from Infowars.

This year, ROTC candidates at the school say participation is mandatory, the Washington Times reported.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
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Deckard  posted on  2015-04-24   9:37:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: Gatlin (#19)

Don't believe things you read from Infowars.

IJ Review reported one cadet wrote on an Imgr message board: “Attendance is mandatory and if we miss it we get a negative counseling and a ‘does not support the battalion sharp/EO mission’ on our CDT OER for getting the branch we want. So I just spent $16 on a pair of high heels that I have to spray paint red later on only to throw them in the trash after about 300 of us embarrass the U.S. Army.”

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-24   9:38:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Deckard, CZ82, liberator (#12)

Male cadets with the ROTC at Arizona State University say they were pressed to wear high heels and participate in a staged event in order to draw attention to sexual violence against women.

I wonder what that commander was thinking...I mean a good number of university athletes take ROTC with the intent of going Reserve or Guard and some Active duty.

I mean what if a U of Arizona Offensive Guard shows up, all 330lbs of him and he has a 16EEEE shoe size. I mean how are they going to fit that guy in high heels?:) I guess he would have to rifle through Bruce Jenner's new wardrobe:)

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   9:39:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: Gatlin (#19)

Don't believe things you read from Infowars.

PJ Media: Army Cadets on Campus Forced to Wear Red High Heels and Raise Awareness of Debunked ‘Rape Culture’

Patriotic young cadets — America’s future warrior — pressured to walk around in bright red high heels on campus — against their will  – or face retribution.

I don’t even know what to say…

Via the Washington Times:

Army ROTC cadets are complaining on message boards that they were pressured to walk in high heels on Monday for an Arizona State University campus event designed to raise awareness of sexual violence against women.

The Army openly encouraged participating in April’s “Walk A Mile in Her Shoes” events in 2014, but now it appears as though ROTC candidates at ASU were faced with a volunteer event that became mandatory.

“Attendance is mandatory and if we miss it we get a negative counseling and a ‘does not support the battalion sharp/EO mission’ on our CDT OER for getting the branch we want. So I just spent $16 on a pair of high heels that I have to spray paint red later on only to throw them in the trash after about 300 of us embarrass the U.S. Army tomorrow,” one anonymous cadet wrote on the social media sharing website Imgr, IJReview reported Monday.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-24   9:41:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Deckard (#13)

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   9:42:30 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: Gatlin (#19)

It was mandatory for the U of Arizona.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   9:44:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: Gatlin (#19)

Don't believe things you read from Infowars.

WXTX Radio: Army Forces Cadets To Wear Red High Heels In Sexual Assault Awareness Event

Army cadets in the ROTC program at Arizona State University were forced to parade around campus wearing red high heels or face punishment. The 'Walk A Mile in Her Shoes' events are meant to raise awareness about sexual assault. 

A photo of the recruits wearing the red heels was posted to Facebook where many mocked the program and were upset that the Army was forcing cadets to participate. One recruit had his rant posted on Reddit, where many slammed the event. 

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-24   9:46:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Gatlin (#19)

No "order" was given.

The event was not mandatory for Temple cadets.... no command pressure had been applied to convince members to participate.... 105 of the brigade's 120 members ignored it.

You're a liar.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-24   9:48:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: Gatlin (#10) (Edited)

The event was not mandatory for Temple cadets….no command pressure had been applied to convince members to participate...

You're a liar.

The Army openly encouraged participating in April’s “Walk A Mile in Her Shoes” events in 2014, but now it appears as though ROTC candidates at ASU were faced with a volunteer event that became mandatory.

“Attendance is mandatory and if we miss it we get a negative counseling and a ‘does not support the battalion sharp/EO mission’ on our CDT OER for getting the branch we want. So I just spent $16 on a pair of high heels that I have to spray paint red later on only to throw them in the trash after about 300 of us embarrass the U.S. Army tomorrow,” one anonymous cadet wrote on the social media sharing website Imgr, IJReview reported Monday.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-24   9:48:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: Deckard, CZ82, liberator, GarySpFc (#23)

Army ROTC cadets are complaining on message boards that they were pressured to walk in high heels on Monday for an Arizona State University campus event designed to raise awareness of sexual violence against women.

The Army openly encouraged participating in April’s “Walk A Mile in Her Shoes” events in 2014, but now it appears as though ROTC candidates at ASU were faced with a volunteer event that became mandatory.

The Army brass are very sensitive to young cadets being subjected to such 'mandatory events.' IF there is something in writing making the event mandatory OR enough sworn written witness statements show the commander verbally made it mandatory...Then that commander will be relieved.

The flipside is even if there is absence of the above, the commander will still be investigated for potentially using his/her command authority to promote a private event as a military event. Sponsoring an event is not the same as say a military formation, physical training, or military training events.

Finally, the commander is an idiot. He/she should have known better that not even a local commander can change or modify the US Army uniform outside of AR 670-1 regulations. Commanders can make calls on mixing duty and PT uniforms for road march or sporting events.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   9:54:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: redleghunter (#25) (Edited)

It was mandatory for the U of Arizona.

Thanks....I did not see that.
I will go back and dig further.

Edit:

from your post:

... but now it appears as though ROTC candidates at ASU were faced with a volunteer event that became mandatory.

The whole thing is STUPID for whatever reason given. What is this modern day military coming to?

Gatlin  posted on  2015-04-24   10:46:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: Gatlin (#30)

Regardless the ROTC commanders who even 'strongly suggested' such 'mandatory fun' will be in deep doo doo.

Especially violating every uniform policy ever known.

Making such modifications to the US Army uniform would at least require a regional ROTC commander (1 star General) approval. If that WAS approved by a regional commander, then he or she is in deep doo doo. Chief of Staff of the Army GEN (4 star) Ray Odierno would never put up with garbage like this.

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   10:50:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: redleghunter (#31)

Regardless the ROTC commanders who even 'strongly suggested' such 'mandatory fun' will be in deep doo doo.

Especially violating every uniform policy ever known.

Making such modifications to the US Army uniform would at least require a regional ROTC commander (1 star General) approval. If that WAS approved by a regional commander, then he or she is in deep doo doo. Chief of Staff of the Army GEN (4 star) Ray Odierno would never put up with garbage like this.

I agree....I would not have participated.

Gatlin  posted on  2015-04-24   10:51:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: redleghunter (#15)

Heads should roll in this instance. Let's hope it will happen.

Don  posted on  2015-04-24   17:43:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: Gatlin, redleghunter, nolu chan and whoever was a Marine (#30)

What is this modern day military coming to?

This has been coming in the AF since the 70s when they changed the testing system (for E5-E7) and added the (PME) Professional Military Education test. When they did this they made the PME test count as much as your career field test (100 points for each). This allowed some people to be promoted even though they weren't that knowledgeable in their career field.

For the SRNCO promotion process they did away with the career field test, kept the PME test and would send you records before a review board. This board would look at your records and if you had the appropriate "brown noser" blocks filled (I.E. Base Commanders and Wing Commanders endorsement on your annual performance reports) you would get a higher board score than someone who knew/did their job better than you but didn't have the time to fill the "brown noser" blocks. So as you can see this lead to unqualified people being put in places of authority they shouldn't have been in. Reminds me of a lot of your typical run of the mill civilian government employee/politician.

Now I'm not that familiar with the Army, Navy and Marine promotion processes so not sure if they are the same or slightly different.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-04-24   18:08:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: redleghunter (#14)

Second a commander cannot force a Soldier to wear clothing attire of the opposite sex.

I'm thinking there were some nutless SGM's associated with that,or it would have been stopped dead in it's tracks with a phone call or two to the Pentagram.

There was an idiot General commanding Bragg around mid-68 that came up with the brilliant idea of building morale by having junior enlisted salute senior enlisted,and say "Good Morning Sergeant!".

IIRC,that lasted about a week because everybody was harassing the hell out of the SGM's,who were used to walkking around at leisure everywhere they went,with nobody bugging them. It was a lot of fun to salute one and wait for him to return the salute,and then run to get ahead of him and salute him again.

SMG's really need anger management classes.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   18:14:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: redleghunter (#14)

Now I can see most of the Navy doing this voluntarily:)

The Navy,where "hotbunking" with your ship mates is a way of life.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   18:16:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: redleghunter (#29)

The Army brass are very sensitive to young cadets being subjected to such 'mandatory events.' IF there is something in writing making the event mandatory OR enough sworn written witness statements show the commander verbally made it mandatory...Then that commander will be relieved.

You would hope the Commander would be relieved but I don't know if I would count on that happening. They way the political process is being instituted into everyday military business I wouldn't be surprised if he/she kept their job.

I'm curious as to what advice the Commander got from his/her SRNCOs??

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-04-24   18:22:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: sneakypete (#35)

SMG's really need anger management classes.

More than likely they need their Officers to "get a clue"... :)

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-04-24   18:30:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: redleghunter (#31)

Chief of Staff of the Army GEN (4 star) Ray Odierno would never put up with garbage like this.

The only COS of the US Army that I ever met was Schoomaker. I met him while I was working Robin Sage out of Bragg,and we talked for a little while. One thing I know from that meeting is how VERY heavily scheduled the life of a COS is,and that he is virtually a slave to the job with every waking instant scheduled,and a crew of bodyguards and assistants running all around him like moons around a planet to make sure he is where he needs to be when he needs to be there.

One thing I am very sure of is that none of these people are even mildly amused about crap like this when it gets to the level it demands their attention and they have to fit a counseling session with some errant senior officer into their schedule between the other meetings they have to attend.

I'm betting those are ass-chewings of an epic level. Schoomaker did not appear to me to be a man that would be amused about some idiot General needing counseling because he was abusing his troops and embarrassing the army at the same time. I doubt the guy in charge today is very different.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   18:34:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Don (#33)

Heads should roll in this instance. Let's hope it will happen.

You can count on it. The guy that is responsible for the clusterBush,and his immediate superior are both toast. Him for coming up with this brain fart,and his superior for not nipping it in the bud.

The guy with the idea (?) will be out of uniform against his will shortly,and his superior will be putting in his retirement papers when his current assignment ends because he knows he will never get promoted again.

There won't be any press releases or publicity about it,but that's what's going to happen.

A junior NCO or officer might get away with embarrassing the Army with just a slap on the wrist,but no senior NCO or Officer can do that and hope to survive. Think and say what you want about the senior commanders,but they love the Army as much as their love their families,and they just ain't going to stand for any idiot embarrassing either in public.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   18:41:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: CZ82 (#34)

Now I'm not that familiar with the Army, Navy and Marine promotion processes so not sure if they are the same or slightly different.

We had a problem too in the Army until we went back to war as an Army.

NCO (and officer)reports were highlighted with combat tour time AND how many Soldiers a leader actually leads. Before this change, you had supply NCOs and Corps Staff NCOs with no Soldiers under them rehearsing for every NCO of the month/quarter/year board and SGT Audie Murphy board that came up. As long as they looked good in uniform and had a bunch of education points and enrolled in college they did well.

That tapered off after 9/11 when boards starting looking at 'fruit salad' of the combat variant and the number of Soldiers an NCO actually led and how that unit did in combat and training center rotations.

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   18:46:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: sneakypete (#35)

There was an idiot General commanding Bragg around mid-68 that came up with the brilliant idea of building morale by having junior enlisted salute senior enlisted,and say "Good Morning Sergeant!".

IIRC,that lasted about a week because everybody was harassing the hell out of the SGM's,who were used to walkking around at leisure everywhere they went,with nobody bugging them. It was a lot of fun to salute one and wait for him to return the salute,and then run to get ahead of him and salute him again.

SMG's really need anger management classes.

OH LOL! That's a great one. I am sure the grass cutting SGM mafia loved that one.

Just imagine CSM Plumley getting a salute...

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   19:00:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: sneakypete (#40)

When I retired from the military, I attended a college in the deep south. A woman president of the college decided to hold a beauty contest for men dressing like women. No guys came out for the "beauty pageant." The idea quietly died. Unfortunately, the president wasn't fired.

Normally, the military doesn't go in for such silliness, but things have changed a lot both in civilian life and the military life. That was one of the reasons I retired with nearly 25 years in the service.

Don  posted on  2015-04-24   19:06:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: CZ82 (#37)

I'm curious as to what advice the Commander got from his/her SRNCOs??

Yep. Maybe they are females or homosexuals...

Back in the day Army ROTC had one SF (green beret) SGM at each 'hub' school. Fordham back then had a large program and was a hub command with an 06.

I don't see any SF SRNCO allowing that garbage to happen.

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   19:10:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: sneakypete (#39)

The only COS of the US Army that I ever met was Schoomaker. I met him while I was working Robin Sage out of Bragg,and we talked for a little while. One thing I know from that meeting is how VERY heavily scheduled the life of a COS is,and that he is virtually a slave to the job with every waking instant scheduled,and a crew of bodyguards and assistants running all around him like moons around a planet to make sure he is where he needs to be when he needs to be there.

Yes every minute is tracked and a minute more even on the treadmill for PT in the morning is calculated for these 4 star Generals. Schoomaker? Would that be Peter Schoomaker? That was about ten years ago...was it that one? If so, great General and what a strategic thinker.

One thing I am very sure of is that none of these people are even mildly amused about crap like this when it gets to the level it demands their attention and they have to fit a counseling session with some errant senior officer into their schedule between the other meetings they have to attend.

I'm betting those are ass-chewings of an epic level. Schoomaker did not appear to me to be a man that would be amused about some idiot General needing counseling because he was abusing his troops and embarrassing the army at the same time. I doubt the guy in charge today is very different.

Indeed you are correct.

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   19:18:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: sneakypete, CZ82, GarySpFc (#39)

I doubt the guy in charge today is very different.

Odierno looks like Marlon Brando in Apocalyse Now. He has a 'soft' voice like the godfather (also Brando). He is a tall and big man (not fat) and former USMA (West Point) football player. Quite an imposing figure.

I spent quite a few late evenings (2100-2300 hrs) outside his office in line to get target packets signed for bomb drops or artillery missions the next day while in Iraq in 2006-2007. That 'soft' voice sometimes turned into a fury and boomed through the marble walls of the palace HQs. Then you see red faced COLs and LTCs scurring out and guess what....I'm next:0

I always had my stuff together most of the time had one of his 'boys' and my boss come in with me to discuss other things. It would be hey boss need to talk to you but LTC RLH needs to talk first. One time when I went up he was on the balcony with a large cigar with a big blue smoke cloud around him unwinding after a day riding and flying around visiting units. I went over he asked if the intel was good, I said yes and gave him the reasons why. He put the cigar in his mouth signed the packet. Like a scene from the Godfather movie:)

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   19:31:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: redleghunter (#42)

Just imagine CSM Plumley getting a salute...

We probably had more than our fair share of SGM Plumley types,but in SF everybody pretty much knows all the SGM's personally,and know which ones you needed a really good head start on before saluting them.

The good news is they weren't the type to try to bring you up on any formal charges. They were the type that liked to settle things on a "personal" level. Which meant I had to be careful walking around for a couple of days and pay attention to who was getting close to me. None really seemed to hold a grudge about it. Give them a couple of days to cool off some,and things were fine.

I did push things too far once and ended up with a SGM "babysitter" named "Big Mac" McGuire for a couple of months,though. Everywhere he went,I went with him. I was doing some drinking back then,and can't remember now what it was I had done to draw so much attention,but I do know my drinking was drastically reduced after being tucked under his wing. We were hauling cases of C-Rats out to the Robin Sage teams once in his 56 Chevy pu and got a flat tire. He didn't have a jack,so he just took the lug nuts off and picked up the back of the truck by the bumper so I could change the tire.

Did I mention that he also liked to fight?

I had no fun at all the whole time I was working with him. The one time I did get him really steamed about something to the point where he threatened to kick my ass,I just got him confused by telling him that I didn't think a man as big as him could run fast enough to kick MY ass",and then got the hell out of Dodge while he was still confused.

Last time I saw him was the day I reported back into Bragg after VN,and as I was walking though the 7th SFG company headquarters buildings,somebody came crashing through the screen door and down the steps to the sidewalk where I was walking. Big Mac stepped through the door and said "Well,I guess we know who the company SGM is now,don't we?" Big Mac was reporting in that day,too.

Last I heard he was a fundie preacher in some small community,as mellow as could be,and a friend to all.

BTW,I used to be friends with a senior NCO that had served with Plumley in the 82nd when they were both platoon sgts,and he said that Sam Elliot absolutely nailed Plumley's personality.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   19:43:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: Don (#43)

things have changed a lot both in civilian life and the military life

That they have!

For one thing,I don't remember so many people being so damn mad all the time back then.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   19:44:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: sneakypete (#47)

Great Army 'war story' there Pete.

BTW,I used to be friends with a senior NCO that had served with Plumley in the 82nd when they were both platoon sgts,and he said that Sam Elliot absolutely nailed Plumley's personality.

Plumley passed away a few years ago my boss told me yesterday. My civilian boss was a former 1-7 Cav BN commander. Hal Moore and Plumley kept in touch with the unit as they were the honorary CDR/CSM regimental commander. My boss said Hal Moore used to come into his office on a Friday around noon and ask him where he stashed the booze:) Of course he had to explain the Army changed a bit:) He still said 'come on, I know you have some scotch around here somewhere."

Hal Moore is still alive and 93. Just checked his public FB page.

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   19:52:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#50. To: redleghunter (#45)

Schoomaker? Would that be Peter Schoomaker? That was about ten years ago...was it that one? If so, great General and what a strategic thinker.

Yup,and yup. I do think it was closer to 15 years ago than 10,though. Gen Bowra was still running SWC at the time,IIRC. I have a challenge coin he gave to me,and one that Gen Schoomaker gave to me sitting in a desk drawer. I'm fairly confident I won't be having to buy any drinks the next time I go to Bragg if there is a coin challenge.

He was a old SOG recon guy (so was MG Bowra),and when he heard there was another old SOG recon guy working as a G-band chief,he came by to visit for a few minutes. He was already at SWC for some sort of meeting or briefing,so it was no big deal. He was in civilian clothes to try to pass himself off as a local instead of a 4-star,but I suspect the helicopter full of MP bodyguards looking suspiciously at everyone carrying weapons (which was everyone) gave him away. Not to mention his photo was hanging on the messhall walls at McCall.

He definitely had a command presence about him that was unmistakeable,too. There was probably no crowd you could put him in where he didn't stand out as the Alpha male.

I know one thing for a fact,and that is that *I* sure as hell wouldn't want to be a senior officer trying to explain a brain fart and public embarrassment to the Army like that to him.

I have no idea where he is now or what he is doing,but I am certain that whatever it is,he is doing whatever it is as well as it can be done.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   20:00:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: redleghunter (#49)

Hal Moore is still alive and 93.

A truly great American.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   20:24:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: sneakypete (#50)

Schoomaker

If memory serves...Schoomaker was actually called out of retirment for the CoS gig after Shenseki (sp?).

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   20:46:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: sneakypete (#51)

He is. Saw the retired General Moore at my Command and General Staff college time at Leavenworth. His book was already required reading for several years...but who needs to be forced to read that book! He came to give us a lecture on leadership in a combat environment given it was just two months after 9/11. He was in his late 60s back then and looked great. Joey Galloway was there too. What an honor to listen to him just use what is usually just boring lector time just giving us and interesting story of his his combat experience.

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-24   20:50:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: sneakypete (#48)

There is bad mojo in the air now. The world is going dark and people can sense bad things around them.

Don  posted on  2015-04-24   21:08:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#55. To: redleghunter (#52)

If memory serves...Schoomaker was actually called out of retirment for the CoS gig after Shenseki (sp?).

Yup,he had already retired,but by the Army (probably the other branches,also) was so polluted with PC brass in senior positions they had to call Schoomaker out of retirement to save the Army and put it back on it's feet. The Clintons had a policy of promoting and being rabbi's for "quota officers". They were especially hot to trot to get females promoted to General,and put in command of line combat units.

IIRC,the corruption ran so deep that nobody in uniform could agree on who was responsible enough to take over the position and be accepted as non-political,so they went to the retired list for help. Schoomaker was known to be a very bright and very competent officer who was loyal only to the country and the Army,so he was picked to clean up the mess.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   21:11:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#56. To: redleghunter (#53)

Joey Galloway was there too.

He had a reputation for loving to go out to visit remote SF camps that were under attack,and had the reputation of being the only reporter that went around armed (with a Swedish K,IIRC),and who could be counted on to man a position on the wall when the camps were attacked.

I heard he also liked to sit on the berms and some some weed at sunset.

Never heard anybody say anything negative about him. He had stones and could be counted on in a pinch. Nothing else really mattered.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   21:16:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#57. To: Don (#54)

There is bad mojo in the air now. The world is going dark and people can sense bad things around them.

I agree. That might be why some people are so tense. They just have a vague sense of what is coming,but can't identify what it is that disturbs them. That's enough to make anyone cranky.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-24   21:20:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#58. To: redleghunter (#15)

I worked for the current CoS of the Army in two previous assignments. Once he gets all the facts of this some heads are going to roll. Big conservative football player Italian don looking voluntarily bald Generals don't put male Soldiers or cadets in women's shoes.


Please keep me informed of his actions, I, while certainty bowing to your knowledge of the Army, doubt that any heads will roll.

Generals are to interested in their retirement incomes and not interested in the well being of the junior, O-5 and below, officer corps or troops.

BobCeleste  posted on  2015-04-25   7:16:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#59. To: BobCeleste, CZ82, sneakypete, GarySpFc (#58)

Generals are to interested in their retirement incomes and not interested in the well being of the junior, O-5 and below, officer corps or troops.

Some Generals are Army 'puritans.' Meaning they know the PC garbage hurts the Army. Yet, the wiley ones, they also know when to pick and choose their 'battles.' If they 'fell on the sword' for every stupid thing the civilian political leaders did or implemented there would be no good generals left. Sometimes they just wait it out for calmer seas. Your USMC Generals do a good job of this to preserve the Corps.

For example, the Marine Corps was 'forced' to accept women in their advanced infantry training for officers. They obliged of course...but none of the female officers passed the rigorous standards. They did not lower the bar so females could 'pass' and allow good Marines to be in harms way. The Army gets their 'test' this month as three women go off to Ranger school. I know plenty of athletic men with strong mental abilities not pass Ranger school. The question will be if the Army lowers their standards for the women to look PC or they do what the Marines did and say 'sure ladies come on in, now do this or you are out like the men.'

We shall see.

As I mentioned a few weeks back I am now a civilian Army trainer. The Soldiers we are getting in now are the same. Some are eager, aggressive, smart and fit and some are not. It has been like that for generations. Most don't get involved in the daily PC garbage and just do their job. It is the job of the officers and senior NCOs to shield the Soldiers from all that garbage coming from DC and the Pentagram.

The only negative comments from my observations of Army units from civilian 'eyes' is the lost art of actually fighting battles. All the young leaders 'grew up' in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are very good at fighting insurgents but barely competent on fighting other armies, navies and air forces. It is because of this deficiency retired Army guys and gals work where we work.

"The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.” (Psalm 121:7)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-04-25   10:41:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#60. To: redleghunter (#59)

For example, the Marine Corps was 'forced' to accept women in their advanced infantry training for officers. They obliged of course...but none of the female officers passed the rigorous standards. They did not lower the bar so females could 'pass' and allow good Marines to be in harms way.

The Clinton's hand-picked a female candidate to be "the first Green Beret",and had Army regulations changed because the physical requirements to be accepted into SFTG were deemed to be "sexist",and the ones she did have to meet,like the minimum pushup number,were done using "Female" pushups.

She was ordained by the WH to be the "First female SF officer",and the "First SF Female General Officer". It was all about "shattering the glass ceiling" back then and getting females into combat command positions so they could become General Officers.

I understand there was a lot of indirect pressure put on the SWC command by DA and the Clinton WH to make sure she passed,but she flunked out because the senior officers refused to play the game. I heard all about this maybe 3rd hand from others who had heard rumors,but nobody that was directly involved in it ever wanted to talk. Even I wouldn't be mentioning it today if it weren't for the fact that everyone involved at the time is safety retired now.

IIRC,there were two 0-5's or O-6's (can't remember which at this point) that had their careers ended because they refused to follow DA and WH "suggestions",and held her to the same standards they held the male students.

AFAIK,there hasn't been any female SFTG students since them.

It is damn near impossible to flunk out a black or Hispanic student now,though. They just recycle them through the program and send them to a all-black cadre staff to work in a area that is predominately black.

I haven't heard very many white SF NCO's bitch about this,but I have heard a couple of black senior SF NCO's get so mad over it they looked like they were going to explode,and I can't say that I blame them. All the hard work THEY put towards being legitimate graduates of the Special Warfare School was nullified by the AA graduates. Now anybody that sees them wearing a beret will think THEY were AA graduates,too.

It should be mentioned that the AA graduate "program" didn't exist until after the two 0-5's were forced into early retirement over flunking out the woman candidate that was friends with Bubbette!,and the Clinton's made a lot of political officer promotions. I know of one LTC that was a radial anti-gun follower who broke into the house of one of his E-8's that had been arrested for drunk driving,and stole all his guns and ammo. Word was he had the guns and ammo dumped into Mott Lake. The E-8 threatened to have him and his Fan Boy SGM arrested for felony theft unless the LTC dropped the court-martial charges against him and let him retire with his rank,and that's how the LTC got out of it. He was also immediately re-assigned to a company in Thailand to allow the heat to die down around SWC over his actions,and damned if he wasn't back a year later with a promotion to O-6. SOB obviously had a Rabbi in the Pentagram or the DNC because he should have been forced into retirement instead of promoted. Once again,he was one of the graduates of the "Senior Officer SF Candidate Course",and didn't become SF until he was a 0-5,and he was totally incompetent. He is one of the reasons I quit working Robin Sage. He started to run his mouth at me one day during a area command meeting,and I told him to STFU because I wasn't in the army,didn't have to take his crap,and couldn't be court-martialed. He did STFU,but I was also hustled out of the tent by some senior NCO's standing at the back that knew me and were wanting to avoid trouble. The man was a total asshat,and had already lost the majority of the civilian assets that had been working with SFTG because of his arrogant attitude towards them,and some of them had been doing that stuff for 20+ years. The Army wasn't even allowed to use their farm property for training anymore,either. I spent almost 7 years on active duty with SF,and a few more years later on as a civilian contract employee,and I had NEVER seen or heard of any SF officer talking to or treating senior NCO's the way this man did. It was like he was royalty,and they were minimum wage employees that lived to serve him.

I am GUESSING it was crap like this that resulted in Schoomaker being brought back on AD to be the Army COS. It had to be somebody like him because a lot of the AD senior officers by then were Clinton and Boy Jorge political appointees. The Army needed someone without personal knowledge or prejudices to weed out the bad from the good. This is PURE speculation on MY part,though. No one has ever said this to me,and I have never discussed it with anyone on active duty or retired. If I am wrong,it is all on me.

The Army gets their 'test' this month as three women go off to Ranger school. Flat out,if any of them graduate,the standards were lowered. Even Olympic-grade female athletes would have a hard time graduating from Ranger School. It is without question the most physically demanding school in the entire US Army. Gym Rat young males flunk out on a regular basis because they just can't hack the physical requirements along with the mental requirements added to the lack of sleep and rest.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-04-25   14:03:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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