{"id":67870,"date":"2016-09-09T09:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67870"},"modified":"2016-09-09T10:27:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:27:51","slug":"sailor-wont-stand-for-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67870","title":{"rendered":"Sailor won&#8217;t stand for anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=67871\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dumbass-bitch.jpg\" alt=\"Dumbass bitch\" width=\"261\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67871\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I hate giving these little cretins the attention that they crave, but you guys are relentless in my inbox. From <a href=\"http:\/\/weartv.com\/news\/local\/sailor-stationed-at-nas-pensacola-proud-of-herself-for-protesting-national-anthem\">WEARTV<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The woman, who has not been identified, shared a live video on her Facebook page of her appearing to protest by sitting down during the National Anthem while on the base.<\/p>\n<p>In the Facebook video, the woman shows viewers her sitting on a bench as the National Anthem is played reportedly on base. She then holds up her left fist in protest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usampwtfm\/\">&#8220;The U.S. Military Police WTF Moments&#8221;<\/a> Facebook page referred to the U.S. sailors actions as a &#8220;disrespect at flag call&#8221;. The video had been seen more than 44,000 times as of Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Commander Kate Meadows said the Navy became aware of the video last week and disciplinary action is pending.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Her little protest begins at about 3:20;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fusampwtfm%2Fvideos%2F655342157948963%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2016\/09\/07\/sailor-faces-discipline-after-viral-flag-protest.html?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Military%20EBB%209-8-16&#038;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief\">Military.com<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lt. Cmdr. Kate Meadows, a spokeswoman for Naval Education and Training Command, said actions were ongoing regarding the sailor, but declined to specify what they were.<\/p>\n<p>The sailor, who has not been publicly identified, is assigned to Naval Air Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Florida, Meadows confirmed, and is expected to be allowed to continue training.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>ADDED:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t what she&#8217;s mumbling about the lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner, unless she&#8217;s illiterate;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>O say can you see, by the dawn&#8217;s early light, <\/p>\n<p>What so proudly we hail&#8217;d at the twilight&#8217;s last gleaming, <\/p>\n<p>Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;er the ramparts we watch&#8217;d were so gallantly streaming? <\/p>\n<p>And the rocket&#8217;s red glare, the bomb bursting in air, <\/p>\n<p>Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, <\/p>\n<p>O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave? <\/p>\n<p>On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep <\/p>\n<p>Where the foe&#8217;s haughty host in dread silence reposes, <\/p>\n<p>What is that which the breeze, o&#8217;er the towering steep, <\/p>\n<p>As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? <\/p>\n<p>Now it catches the gleam of the morning&#8217;s first beam, I<\/p>\n<p>n full glory reflected now shines in the stream, <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tis the star-spangled banner &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>O long may it wave <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave! <\/p>\n<p>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, <\/p>\n<p>That the havoc of war and the battle&#8217;s confusion <\/p>\n<p>A home and a Country should leave us no more? <\/p>\n<p>Their blood has wash&#8217;d out their foul footstep&#8217;s pollution. <\/p>\n<p>No refuge could save the hireling and slave <\/p>\n<p>From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, <\/p>\n<p>And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave. <\/p>\n<p>O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand <\/p>\n<p>Between their lov&#8217;d home and the war&#8217;s desolation! <\/p>\n<p>Blest with vict&#8217;ry and peace may the heav&#8217;n rescued land <\/p>\n<p>Praise the power that hath made and preserv&#8217;d us a nation! <\/p>\n<p>Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, <\/p>\n<p>And this be our motto &#8211; &#8220;In God is our trust,&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate giving these little cretins the attention that they crave, but you guys are relentless &hellip; <a title=\"Sailor won&#8217;t stand for anthem\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67870\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sailor won&#8217;t stand for anthem<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dumbass-bullshit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67870","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}