Opinion
“We must move at the speed of relevance” ~ U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson.
Big talk, but scant change!
Our new Secretary of War is aggressively emphasizing “The Warrior Ethos,” and inspiring all our troops to embrace his way of thinking:
Everyone who serves must be individually ready to defend themselves and our nation, instantly and enthusiastically, with lethal force when necessary.
It’s about time!
Indeed, isn’t that what armies are for?
I love the rhetoric.
Yet, the most recent fatal armed attack on two of our uniformed National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., by a lone Islamic terrorist, unfortunately, reveals that little has changed at the base level.
Pray tell, why aren’t all US military commissioned officers and S/NCOs now required to carry pistols (in an appropriate state of readiness for instant personal defense), concealed or openly as the situation warrants, all the time, but particularly when deployed in uniform in high-crime, metro sewers, like Washington DC, Chicago, etc?
Why did a major in our Army National Guard, while on active duty in Washington DC, have to resort to using a pocket knife to defend himself and his troopers against an armed, AA-shouting, Islamic terrorist?
Why aren’t all our officers and S/NCOs taught how to, and expected to, continually carry issue pistols, round chambered, instantly ready to fire? [and Donald Trump promised to, “mandate that soldiers remain armed and on alert …”]
Isn’t that what all these pistols the Pentagon ordered are for?
Americans deserve to hear honest answers to these questions.
It appears that the very notion of loaded firearms and ammunition, in a continuous high state of readiness and in the hands of our military personnel, still frightens the snot out of our senior brass.
Obviously, our Army is still afraid of guns!
With all due respect, our Honorable Secretary of War needs to put up or shut up!
/John
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“Americans deserve to hear honest answers to these questions.”
You & I both know that won’t happen. Not now, not in the future, not ever.
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When I first heard about the NG shooting, I KNEW what had happened. Two NG’s were shot, THEN the perp was shot by a third NG. Before even hearing the story a week later, I KNEW that the 3rd NG had to DUCK for cover, DIG for his ammo/mag, LOAD his weapon, and THEN return fire.
God forbid that our NG, while in harms way, while peace keeping or crime fighting, have a loaded weapon to defend themselves! <sarc
A shot troop is a hero.
A person shot unintentional or accidentally or wrongly is a real PITA to management.
You can thank Bill and Hillary Rodman for this. They got this ball rolling. And they better check the fleet in Pearl Harbor real close. Ms. Rodman and Honolulu liberals stripped them down years ago.
Since they are operating in an urban scenario and the hanky stompers don’t want them armed with loaded M-16s, arm the troops with loaded shotguns and sidearms. Set them up with a mix of buckshot and slugs for the shotguns. They are out there confronting armed criminals, so if they are not properly armed your putting them out there to die as the young soldier did last week. Enough, if the local thugs or terrorists want to throwdown make sure our soldiers and law officers are properly equipped for the situation.
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Why? Because everyone except maybe five people in our entire government are either anti-2A, do not understand the oath they took, or both. All of them.
Paper Tigers.