{"id":156413,"date":"2024-05-06T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=156413"},"modified":"2024-05-05T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T18:20:32","slug":"monday-miscellany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=156413","title":{"rendered":"Monday miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rep. Nacy Mace, SC-R. gets the quote of the month:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I would like to see, if these terrorist-loving kids and students hate our country so much, they should take their terrorist flags, they should go to Gaza in their crop tops and nose rings and see how long they would last, because Hamas would chop off their heads, throw them off the roof of a building before they ever had the chance to tell them their pronouns.\u201d\u00a0 Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gonna have to pay more attention to her…<\/p>\n

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Sergeant Johnny Clem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Army can’t decide how to promote NCOs. Ya gotta have school – no you don’t – yes you do – no you don’t but it will be temporary – yes you do – if we did a column every time they changed we’d run outta storage bytes. Well. in THIS week’s version:<\/p>\n

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The Army announced today that it will suspend its use of temporary promotions for noncommissioned officers whose new rank was held up for unfinished education requirements.<\/p>\n

NCOs currently on temporary promotions will see those promotions become permanent, beginning in June, according to the release.\u00a0 Army Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here’s an idea: make up a decent correspondence course so motivated soldiers can do it in absentia even if school slots aren’t available. Critical tasks can be rated at the unit level (after all, their NCO raters are supposed to know it, too, right?) Quit jerking deserving E-4s off, especially in the year before they probably have to decide whether to reenlist.<\/p>\n

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Anyone aware that civilian interrogation contractors from Reston, VA-based CACI are on trial for Abu Ghraib?<\/p>\n

During the\u00a0trial that began April 15, lawyers for the three plaintiffs argued that CACI was liable for their mistreatment even if they couldn\u2019t prove that CACI\u2019s interrogators were the ones who directly inflicted the abuse. It said that its employees had little to any interaction with the three plaintiffs in the case and that any liability for their mistreatment belonged to the government, not CACI.\u00a0\u00a0 Military Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Allegations included that CACI blokes incited soldiers to “soften up” captives, that one was photographed with a crouching captive in an “unauthorized stress position” and more. The jury deadlocked so it is a mistrial. H\/T to Jeff LPH!<\/p>\n

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Last but not least, 4th ID commander MG David Doyle\u00a0 has now barred superiors from contacting subordinates after 6PM and before 5AM:<\/p>\n

with some caveats, including communications for health or safety reasons, or personal communications.<\/p>\n

In his memo to the division, Doyle noted that after-hours communications keep soldiers on edge and, in many cases, aren’t necessary. The new policy is also punitive, meaning leaders who do not abide by it could face legal or other disciplinary ramifications. Military Times II<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have mixed feelings on this – some things DO deserve an earlier heads-up, but I have also worked with inconsiderate jerks (especially folks clueless that their time zone is ‘way off of yours) who call at silly hours whenever it occurs to them to discuss really unimportant things.\u00a0 Not sure a little common sense wouldn’t have been called for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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