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Army Knowlege Online (AKO) bans guns????
Fightin Kentuckian fertile mind ^ | 11/2/2016 | Fightin Kentuckian

Posted on 11/02/2016 11:20:07 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian

As a US Government contractor and retired US Army Soldier with 23 years of service I’m allowed an account on the US Army’s social portal, AKO, Army Knowledge Online. AKO is an employee portal for all Soldiers and Army Civilians to collaborate, exchange, and find information about their unit, the Army and the US Government.

Recently I attempted to load a picture on my AKO profile page. The picture shows a close up of me shooting an M1 Garand. Shortly after the upload AKO informed me via email that Response Via Email:

“(Janet C.) - 11/02/2016 07:53 AM Your recently uploaded AKO profile picture has been denied for the following reason: NO guns or sunglasses are allowed in picture. “

Are you kidding me? Is this some sort of sick joke? Janet C, saw fit to tell me that NO guns were allowed on a profile picture and she capitalized both letters of NO as if to smack my right wing wacko hand and tell me, “guns are dangerous, you silly man, and will not be tolerated in this Army”.

What makes it even more ironic is that the rifle in the picture is an Army Issued M1 Garand from the Korean War and purchased through the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP).

So not only can you have NO guns in pictures on an Army website but you can have NO Army Issue guns on an Army website. And to add insult to injury, after 23 years of active duty, a condescending, better than you, PC Liberal has the gall to berate me for having a gun in a picture on an Army website.

AKO runs pictures of Soldiers wielding guns and wearing eye-pro on their main login page. It seems that as an Army website, AKO at least puts on the facade of supporting the Second Amendment and Veterans however behind the scenes and in practice they are acting contrary to those values.

For what it’s worth I have written my Senator John McCain and Congresswoman Martha McSally and hope to see some push back on this. In the mean time if you feel like expressing your opinion to AKO here is their contact info: email: help@us.army.mil: 1-866-335-2796:


TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: amendment; anotherstupidvanity; army; guns; veterans
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1 posted on 11/02/2016 11:20:07 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: fightin kentuckian

NO guns or sunglasses are allowed in picture.


I understand forbidding sunglasses, but guns too?!


2 posted on 11/02/2016 11:22:05 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: fightin kentuckian

I don’t want any pictures of my guns anywhere either.

(besides that lake bottom is murky....)


3 posted on 11/02/2016 11:22:46 AM PDT by G Larry (Avoiding the Truth-Hillary's only expertise)
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To: fightin kentuckian

This was sent to the NRA as well.


4 posted on 11/02/2016 11:23:08 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: fightin kentuckian

Even worse no sunglasses. LOL!


5 posted on 11/02/2016 11:23:39 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: fightin kentuckian

I quit using AKO when I retired.


6 posted on 11/02/2016 11:29:04 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: fightin kentuckian; Jet Jaguar

Amazing but not surprising.


7 posted on 11/02/2016 11:32:29 AM PDT by PROCON ("LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP!")
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To: fightin kentuckian

Show a homo selfie shot. They’ll do it up as a poster shot on the main page.


8 posted on 11/02/2016 11:35:49 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
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To: rfreedom4u

AKO banned my going to gun-related sites for years, including one where they sold only 18th century uniforms and flintlocks!

So glad I’m retired. No PC scolds bothering me.


9 posted on 11/02/2016 11:35:51 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: rfreedom4u

I know, AKO what?


10 posted on 11/02/2016 11:38:03 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: fightin kentuckian

AKO doesn’t matter 90% of the time (when it is not functional). POS website is a thorn in my side.


11 posted on 11/02/2016 11:40:04 AM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: fightin kentuckian

FEBAR: Feminized Beyond All Recognition


12 posted on 11/02/2016 11:43:00 AM PDT by afsnco
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The US Army is just as chicken shit as the obama admin.....nothing but wimps in leadership positions now.....don't send your kids to die for cowards.....
13 posted on 11/02/2016 11:47:15 AM PDT by mastertex
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To: fightin kentuckian

Soon everyone will be required to sit to pee.


14 posted on 11/02/2016 11:55:06 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: fightin kentuckian

juan mclame? Srsly? He ain’t got your interests at heart. McSally, McMaybe.


15 posted on 11/02/2016 12:32:22 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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I told them that I found some files on them in the latest wikileaks dump. hahaha


16 posted on 11/02/2016 12:51:44 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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“There’s no fighting in the War Room!”


17 posted on 11/02/2016 1:11:55 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: fightin kentuckian

The individuals directly responsible for such policies should have “accidents” or just disappear. Enough, already!


18 posted on 11/02/2016 2:31:16 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: fightin kentuckian

McCain hasn’t replied because he still isn’t finished laughing his ass off. Or because he’s gone out to vote for Hillary...

Even if he does actually see your email, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for him to do something if I were you.


19 posted on 11/02/2016 3:54:32 PM PDT by Paleo Pete (Proud to be a redneck deplorable)
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To: fightin kentuckian; markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; ...

Active Duty ping.


20 posted on 11/02/2016 6:06:00 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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