Posted on 11/21/2023 5:40:19 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
In a poignant and critical statement, “Brock Michael,” a former soldier of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, has expressed his profound disappointment and frustration with the Biden regime.
Michael, who recently concluded his four-year active duty, shared his grievances in a now-deleted video during his gear turn-in day, a standard procedure for departing military personnel.
Michael’s primary contention revolves around being charged an exorbitant amount for military equipment he was ordered to abandon during the tumultuous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The charges, totaling $3,561, come as a shock to the soldier, especially considering the circumstances under which the gear was left behind.
During the chaotic last moments of the Afghanistan withdrawal, Michael and his fellow soldiers were instructed to leave behind their equipment. This directive, given amidst the pandemonium of the withdrawal, now seems to have financial repercussions for the soldiers involved
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Gaffer nailed it!
So what should Biden's punishment be for leaving behind $80 billions of equipment?
Just reviewed my December donations to charity. This young man was on my list.
I’ll bet the CO who approved this crap is woke.
Could be a Soldier issue, Unit Supply SGT issue, Command issue or a combination of all three.
There is definitely more to this story.
Biden ordered the abandonment of billions in equipment and then the Army has the temerity to demand $3000 from this soldier who was ordered to leave his equipment behind. That’s the Army way, waste billions and then harass the enlisted for peanuts (relatively).
Col. John Mosby, CSA, of Mosby’s Rangers, related in his autobiography how, after the Civil War, he was approached by a Union Officer, robbed of a payroll when Mosby’s men held up a train. The U.S. Army was trying to hold him personally responsible for the loss, and Mosby provided the Union Officer with an affidavit affirming that his men had indeed taken the payroll.
I’ve read of German Soldiers on the Russian Front in WW2, who had escaped encirclement, and made it back to German lines, being charged for the loss of their Mauser rifles. Their defense — they ran out of ammo, and abandoned the Mausers for Soviet weapons, for which they could use captured Soviet ammo — was rejected. The German Army pointed that their Mausers had been voluntarily discarded, not lost due to enemy action, and the men could have carried their empty Mausers with them, in addition to their captured Soviet weapons, as they snuck for tens of kilometers towards German lines.
I can hardly believe this! Absolute insanity!
I can hardly believe this! Absolute insanity!
“If you lose equipment that you were issued, you are supposed to file a report.”
Indeed, there’s additional context to this situation. I’ve been involved in incidents where issued equipment was lost during deployments. In such cases, the Non-Commissioned Officer overseeing the deployment submitted a report for the Unit Commander’s approval. Notably, no one faced penalties for the equipment that went missing during deployment. I must wonder what type of discharge this guy is getting to be make a gas lighting video like that.
This is the Left. Insanity is their “go-to” strategy.
NUEJTOFTU
As the Animal House saying goes, “You effed up, you trusted us”. This is the fault of leadership in the 82nd ABN to not straighten this out rather than spending their time on ensuring diversity.
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