{"id":118650,"date":"2021-10-17T19:33:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T23:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118650"},"modified":"2021-10-17T19:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T23:45:27","slug":"ng-major-general-complains-on-twitter-about-army-nail-polish-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=118650","title":{"rendered":"NG Major General complains on Twitter about Army nail polish policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_118651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118651\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MG-Jo-Clyborne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-118651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MG-Jo-Clyborne-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MG-Jo-Clyborne-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MG-Jo-Clyborne-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MG-Jo-Clyborne-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MG-Jo-Clyborne.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Major General Jo Clyborne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a complaint ripped right out of a Duffel Blog satire article, a Minnesota Army National Guard Assistant Adjutant General posted on Twitter this week complaining about the Army&#8217;s policy against French manicures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why the Army thinks a French Manicure is an \u201cobnoxious\u201d color compared to the civilian world which views it as an understated yet professional look is beyond me. But I have to be in uniform tomorrow, so here we are. It looked nice while it lasted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GOxjDHbROR\">pic.twitter.com\/GOxjDHbROR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maj. Gen. Jo Clyborne (@joclyborne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joclyborne\/status\/1448821828164755463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Her post faced backlash on the Internet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/trending\/first-world-problems-us-army-general-trolled-for-complaining-about-french-manicure-421301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WION<\/a> noted some;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Her post was targeted by several Twitter users who believe her post and complaint was &#8216;unprofessional&#8217;. Several users lashed at Clyborne for sharing her &#8216;first world problems; while people are struggling for basic human rights in countries such as Afghanistan and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After what happened in Afghanistan, you&#8217;d think Generals would keep this nonsense off of their social media. Our military is in rough shape in terms of leadership,&#8221; a user said.<\/p>\n<p>A Malaysian journalist reported that &#8220;military suicides have doubled&#8221; in the US Army, while the US Army General is busy worrying about her manicure. The journalist made the claim in relation to a report that claims that more US troops have lost their lives to suicide in comparison to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter user &#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Jive Turkey!&#8221; @Woke_Chicken says;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is extremely unprofessional for a general grade officer to question uniform standards in front of the troops. It undermines disipline [sic] and erodes the authority needed by NCOs to maintain standards. You are setting up First Lines in your unit to fail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>General Clyborne responded about as you&#8217;d expect. In a four-part Twitter screed that starts with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joclyborne\/status\/1449080300294877185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;1. I&#8217;m a women. In the Army. Get over it.&#8221;<\/a> As if the backlash has anything to do with her being a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Clyborne&#8217;s past work includes this;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68639359_1357127417775255_4717505031824211968_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-118653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68639359_1357127417775255_4717505031824211968_n-500x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68639359_1357127417775255_4717505031824211968_n-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68639359_1357127417775255_4717505031824211968_n-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68639359_1357127417775255_4717505031824211968_n-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68639359_1357127417775255_4717505031824211968_n-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalguard.mil\/portals\/31\/Features\/ngbgomo\/bio\/2\/2965.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Her CV from the National Guard Bureau<\/a> shows some NDSM embellishment, though her photo(s) above seem to show she doesn&#8217;t wear the un-earned extra star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a complaint ripped right out of a Duffel Blog satire article, a Minnesota Army National &hellip; <a title=\"NG Major General complains on Twitter about Army nail polish policy\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=118650\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NG Major General complains on Twitter about Army nail polish policy<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,359,87,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teh-stoopid","category-army","category-general-whackos","category-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118652,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118650\/revisions\/118652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}