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Apache helicopter pilots become the first active-duty same-sex couple to marry at West Point
Daily Mail ^ | 01-21-2018 | Forrest Hanson

Posted on 01/21/2018 10:16:05 AM PST by ZagFan

Two army captains exchanged vows at West Point in what is believed to be the first active-duty, same-sex marriage at the esteemed United States Military Academy.

The couple, which will now go by the last name Franchino-Hall, enjoyed their first dance as married men to 'La Vie En Rose' by Edith Piaf.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: army; dod; fail; homosexualagenda; trumpdod; usma
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To: Ciaphas Cain

In the days at the zenith of the depravity that was Imperial Rome, debauchery and very unorthodox behavior was all the rage of the “smart people” who made up the upper classes of Roman society. No rationality, no governing authority whatsoever, just total hedonism and disregard of all existing standards of decorum and even simple courtesy.

Caligula made his horse Incitatus into a priest and proposed the horse to the Roman Senate as a consul (at last report, this nomination was never confirmed).

Caligula was also supposed to have eaten his sister’s infant child.

And all this was but a small part of his life of depravity and “unconventional” behavior.

Man, that cat was CRAZY. Not surprising he ended up murdered.


41 posted on 01/21/2018 10:50:09 AM PST by alloysteel (Sometimes I have to tell myself, it just isn't worth the jail time.)
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To: ZagFan

It’s aid and comfort to the enemy....


42 posted on 01/21/2018 10:52:44 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: ZagFan

Hooray?


43 posted on 01/21/2018 10:54:46 AM PST by servo1969
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To: Ciaphas Cain

+1


44 posted on 01/21/2018 10:57:38 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: ZagFan

UCMJ says penetration however slight is sufficient to complete the act right?


45 posted on 01/21/2018 11:01:28 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: All

glad to see my tax dollars go to waste.


46 posted on 01/21/2018 11:04:25 AM PST by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: ZagFan

Gee... how roMANtic...

Not.


47 posted on 01/21/2018 11:04:26 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: thefactor

Like Chelsea?


48 posted on 01/21/2018 11:05:18 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ZagFan
the title needs an industrial waste type puke alert
49 posted on 01/21/2018 11:05:35 AM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: ZagFan
"If this 'copter is a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'!"


50 posted on 01/21/2018 11:08:14 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: SVTCobra03

Well, they are there along with Klinger wannabes. Nothing we can do about it.


51 posted on 01/21/2018 11:08:37 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: SVTCobra03
That is the absolute truth, “Look at ME!!”
I once was supposed to get help from a gay guy to set up a meeting and he was a no-show until all the work was already done - his excuse? His family had shown up for an impromptu birthday celebration and he didn't even bother to call that he would be very late. Then he was like a child when he finally showed up, all he could say was, “They brought me a cake!!” This was a man in his 50’s.
52 posted on 01/21/2018 11:10:22 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: ilovesarah2012

Mash was produced by a bunch of liberals...but back in the 70s, even liberals knew how absurd this scenario would be. Now, not so much.


53 posted on 01/21/2018 11:13:08 AM PST by lacrew
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To: thefactor
As long as they show up for close air support if my soldiers need them...we won’t care...

Well, certainly that would be true. Perhaps the question at the micro level is whether you ought to wish for the sake of your soldiers that the ground support group available to you is composed of those pilots statistically proven to be most likely to show up.

Unfortunately, by the end of high school or college many have developed an opinion based on first-hand observation about those that may be less likely to show up.

Arguably, a large percentage of the population would love to fly helicopters. The question here is not whether these are competent pilots but rather as ground support aviators are they dedicated warriors of the mother bear sort.

One wonders what legitimate studies the military relies on for assurance in this regard.

54 posted on 01/21/2018 11:17:28 AM PST by frog in a pot (Islam advocates killing Christians but many of its followers pretend to ignore that. Should we?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
You are right, all this nonsense could have been avoided if we had only fully upheld the Constitution nine years ago. If just a few states had kept aka obama off their ballots then eight years of tyranny would have be prevented.

With his fake birth certificate, fraudulent draft registration and stolen SSN, aka obama clearly is an unindicted criminal identity fraud, but even if his transparently fraudulent nativity story were true (it's not), he still trashed the Constitution’s eligibility clause by becoming our putative president. Yes, he claims to have been born in the USA to a citizen mother, but his father of “record” was an alien when he was born.

The Constitution (which was written to be understood by ordinary citizens) requires that our country’s chief executive office holders be not just mere born citizens, but be natural born Citizens, a distinction with a clear difference since the founders obviously were not in the habit of inserting meaningless, superfluous words into key phrases of the Constitution.

At best, aka obama may be a statutory born citizen (since a law or statute was required to grant his supposed citizenship at birth). However, a true natural born Citizen is inherently a citizen by nature rather than by statute. When one is born in-country to two citizen parents, one is naturally a citizen without need of any law because no other citizenship outcome is possible.

Aka obama is a usurper and an unindicted criminal identity fraud, but the Constitution is just paper if We the People are not willing to enforce it. May the rule of law put him in prison (or, more likely, up against the wall) where he so righteously and justly belongs.

56 posted on 01/21/2018 11:21:58 AM PST by elengr (Benghazi betrayal: rescue denied - our guys DIED - treason's the reason obama s/b tried then fried!)
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To: mylife

I was hoping a real submariner would weigh in. I’m in several groups and do not see the attitude he described at all. I don’t know of any who are for women on the boats. It’s not sexist on their part, they feel it is just logical to avoid a potentially disruptive situation.


57 posted on 01/21/2018 11:24:35 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Honk If You've Been Sexually Assaulted By Harvey Weinstein.)
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To: ZagFan
Isn't that sweet? Am I the only one who sees a little symbolism in the crossing of the swords in this picture?


58 posted on 01/21/2018 11:26:17 AM PST by KevinB (When you drink the water, remember the men or women who dug the well.)
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To: CrazyIvan

Its hugely disruptive, I saw it when deployed with the Army.

We dealt with that crap on boats.


59 posted on 01/21/2018 11:29:03 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: lacrew

Klinger is a poor example. Klinger was straight. He was trying to cook up an excuse to be discharged from the Army, which everyone knew.


60 posted on 01/21/2018 11:32:09 AM PST by AndyJackson
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