{"id":132005,"date":"2022-10-11T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=132005"},"modified":"2022-10-11T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:58:32","slug":"short-takes-tulsi-m2-missing-rr-deal-86ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=132005","title":{"rendered":"Short takes: Tulsi, M2 missing, RR deal 86ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As 5JC mentioned yesterday, Tulsi Gabbard has quit the Democrat Party – her reasons are BLISTERING.<\/p>\n

“I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are hostile to people of faith & spirituality, demonize the police & protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, believe in open borders, weaponize the national security<\/a> state to go after political opponents, and above all, dragging us ever closer to nuclear war,” Gabbard said on Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ABC News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yowzas. Can you say “burned bridges?” I knew that you could. Iraq War vet, that’s “LTC Gabbard: to you. Cute too.<\/p>\n

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At Joint Base Lewis McChord, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, or “Ghost” Brigade, had signed an M2 over to the staff duty officer so soldiers preparing for EIB\/ESB testing could familiarize themselves (firing an M2 is part of the tests per MT) when the receiver was found to be missing. Me, I’m not an M2 guy but in most guns the receiver is the essential chunk everything else hangs on so this at least potentially could allow someone to build their very own. Serious stuff.<\/p>\n

A search for the receiver ensued, and soldiers from 2-3 Infantry were called in to look for it. Later in the day, when it still hadn’t been found, the rest of “Ghost” Brigade was recalled to look too.<\/p>\n

A culprit was identified that afternoon, according to a soldier involved in the search. By evening, the soldier had allegedly confessed to tossing the receiver into a dumpster. At some point, the trash bin had been emptied and its contents — including the machine gun part — had been hauled away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Apparently one idiot wanted to cause trouble – the troops in 2-3 Infantry, along with sister battalions in 1-2 SBCT, probably have different words for it as all were recalled to search. Even though the probable culprit has been found, the receiver itself has not – makes you think a whole bunch of troops are going to get intimately familiar with the dump, very soon.<\/p>\n

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The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, reportedly the third largest RR union in the country, has rejected the Biden Administration’s recently negotiated deal. While the 24% pay increase and annual bonuses are nice, one sick day per year with sick or personal absences counting against pay rankled the voters who rejected the deal 56 to 43%. Normal negotiations may continue till November 19th, after which a strike is possible. That would make for an interesting holidy season. See more at WaPo.<\/a><\/p>\n

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