Posted on 06/09/2015 12:51:26 PM PDT by Red Badger
A married Army general on Tuesday introduced his spouse at a Pentagon event that featured lots of top brass, including Defense Secretary Ashton Carter as the keynote speaker.
What made this seemingly routine introduction noteworthy is that Brig. Gen. Randy S. Taylor introduced his husband, Lucas.
“My husband Lucas is sitting up front here,” Gen. Taylor said of the man in the same row as Mr. Carter, Army Secretary John McHugh and other senior officials. He said Lucas has subjugated his own career to support the general’s frequent moves over an 18-year relationship.
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that is an interesting picture...I may get something similar for my office.
My thoughts exactly; I was commissioned in 1983 and we were asked directly if we were homosexual.
I’ve seen very few NCO’s transfer into an infantry, armor or field artillery unit, it just does not happen.
It would mean a better quality military. Instead of under 10% of Norwich University going on to military service, well over fifty percent would. The same with VMI, the Citadel, etc. The military as a whole would get better personnel.
Very well phrased!
Like stuff like that matters anymore.
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You should have found another unit you liked. Every unit is important.
I went on active duty in 1965, and was NOT asked.
There was no thought then that any officer would be. It was a medical out back then, even from the draft.
It was on the SF 86 you had to fill out, however, to get a TS. The questions were asked multiple ways; any act, desire to have act, witnessing act, meeting with group or groups involved with, subscription to periodicals about, possession or viewing of photographs or moving pictures of, in your family, in your circle of friends, among your roommates, etc.
Maybe I should have admitted having once purchased a box of Wheaties with Bruce Jenner’s picture on it?
Graduated OSUT for 12B at Ft. Leonard Wood at the age of 31. I should have gone regular to begin with instead of reserve component. Should have left the stinkin’ homo-feminazi university in that Mafia town behind, too.
But then is not now. Things have changed.
Young men and women, I’m advising you to study and practice technologies of all kinds on your own or in vocational technical schools. Be frugal. Save, and try to get some cheap land in the middle of nowhere. Continue study toward being more self-sufficient in food, energy and all. Find and keep an eye on open source equipment and open source machine design efforts (which efforts do exist, so search for them). Learn to manufacture something necessary or at least something very useful as a hobby for now.
Learn to build a small house. Get in excellent, rock-hard physical condition and maintain that physical condition. Learn to defend yourselves while remembering all of those technologies and how they can be applied to self-defense and defense of family. Learn about both ballistics and historical tools of self-defense (including ancient). Develop sophisticated defense strategies of your own for yourselves, your families and your young neighbors.
Find the North Star. Learn to use the stars and other ancient methods for land navigation. Learn to do it without a compass (see recent movements of magnetic field, declination changes, etc.). Learn about what you can use from the earth, the water and the sky, and you’ll someday have everything.
The remainder of the default process is ahead, and things are probably going to be austere and rough.
Good advice. Thank you.
You are most welcome. Can you watch a YouTube video? Look past the words of political correctness (concealment) at what’s being done and where it’s likely to go.
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Oct 31, 2012
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Open Source Blueprints for Civilization. Build Yourself.
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http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page
A separate effort: The MultiMachine.
Other efforts.
Rocket Stove Mass Heater
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...and many more. Gobs of DIY projects discussed in the following.
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Jeff Yago (PhD.) designed and built a mobile PV solar power plant in a utility trailer (can be updated with newer, better components). Many of his how-to articles at the following site.
There are also many tutorials for DIY projects at YouTube.
“Precious bodily fluids...” (Gen Jack Ripper)
My thoughts exactly; I was commissioned in 1983 and we were asked directly if we were homosexual.
I remember the classic scene from “Stripes”. The recruiter asked Bill Murray if he was a homosexual. Murray replied, “No, but I’m willing to learn”...
That is how I feel it should be, however, it may not be possible without purging the command structure of useful idiots.
I served during the 60’s. You were in when the military social changes were really on the march. I understand what you experienced.
This is a great post and certainly a viable blueprint for restructure. Local political influence has been involved in our military since the days of the revolution. Good luck with that one, but, your assessment is very well thought out. IMHO.
So, when he moved, Lucas was right behind him.
Right...
A major concern of mine is that since I have been out of the military (1970), we now have a whole generation of young men with no conception of national service. We need to bring back a national service mandate.
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