8 SECDEFs, 5 Joint Chief Chairs join together, decry ‘strained’ civilian-military relations in open

[Elderberry]

American Military News by Laura Widener  September 06, 2022

8 SECDEFs, 5 Joint Chief Chairs join together, decry ‘strained’ civilian-military relations in open letter

Eight former secretaries of defense and five former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff jointly signed an open letter released Tuesday declaring U.S. civilian-military relations under “extreme strain” and called for an urgent return to healthy civil-military principles.

The letter, first published by the national security publication War on the Rocks, began, “We are in an exceptionally challenging civil-military environment. Many of the factors that shape civil-military relations have undergone extreme strain in recent years.”

The letter was signed by former Defense Secretaries Ash Carter, William Cohen, Mark Esper, Robert Gates, Chuck Hagel, James Mattis, Leon Panetta, and William Perry. Retired Gens. Martin Dempsey, Joseph Dunford Jr., Richard Myers, Peter Pace, and Adm. Michael Mullen – who are former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – also signed the letter.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/09/8-secdefs-5-joint-chief-chairs-join-together-decry-strained-civilian-military-relations-in-open-letter/

[Smokin Joe]

Pandering to the delusions of wokeness and the whole alphabet soup of sexualities is going to cause some strain.

The only relevant color should be the color of your uniform.

Sexuality, we were told, made no difference, so why is it making any difference?

Enough chickenshit. The purpose of a Military force is to project power by breaking things and killing people. Let's get America back on track.

[mountaineer]

Mark Steyn:

... The United States military is utterly dead, at least in terms of being a force of influence in the world for anyone other than German supermarket managers dependent on the local base's patronage. Thoroughly Modern Milley goes with the flow because he's all ribbons and no chest. Pentagon press releases read like Teen Beat in the Seventies. Last Wednesday, as the chaos at the gates of Hamid Karzai International was beamed around the world, the United States Army stayed on message:

    V Corps Hosts 'Don't Date A Jerk' Workshop

    FORT KNOX, Kentucky -- V Corps Soldiers took the opportunity to enrich their personal lives during the chaplain-led single Soldiers Strong Bonds retreat in Mason, Ohio, Aug. 20-23.

    The retreat, themed "How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk," taught Soldiers relationship enhancement with a focus on the importance of picking a future partner that leads to a healthy, sustainable relationship.

The United States has picked the Taliban as its "future partner". Are you really going to take relationship lessons from Milley & Co?

The following day, as near two hundred poor souls were blown to smithereens, the Pentagon's irredeemably oblivious wankers were Tweeting up a storm about "Women's Equality Day", even as the women they abandoned are being fitted for their Sharia body-bags.   ...