Each time a commissioned officer is promoted, they are required to reaffirm this oath (which I took a dozen or so times):
“I, (state name of enlistee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (So help me God).”
SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, which establishes civilian control of the military and names the President as Commander in Chief.
Obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Obey the President – follow the UCMJ
Their morals? Their choice to take the oath, and to resign and say any stupid thing they want. That they think their actions are acceptable shows how correct the administration is in firing them.
At FAA Headquarters, there is a wall in the lobby reserved for the official portraits of the President, Vice President, Secretary of Transportation, and FAA Administrator. Each Associate Administrator’s office has a similar wall. It was a couple of years before Trump’s, Pence’s and Chao’s portraits went up in the lobby, and many of the Associate Administrators never put them up in their own offices. Things are different this time around. A former colleague of mine simply noted: “They’re scared this time.”
Simply retire or otherwise separate all O6 and above. Vet all O5s and below for (literally) disobedience to the UCMJ and the Constitution.
likewise, retire all supergrade NCOs (E8/E9). Not all are hopeless, but sorting them out is near impossible.
And don’t fill the expunged slots with ‘appropriate’ rank until they have met normal time in grade requirements.
I have a suspicion I know who “Cynical Publius” is, but I’ll bite my tongue, because I greatly respect that particular individual/retiree.
Buy him a beer for me please or let him buy you one.
Wrong coast…
…I should add that although I wouldn’t mind buying him (yes a him) a beer, I don’t know him personally and certainly wouldn’t ask him to buy me one.
Each time a commissioned officer is promoted, they are required to reaffirm this oath (which I took a dozen or so times):
“I, (state name of enlistee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (So help me God).”
SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, which establishes civilian control of the military and names the President as Commander in Chief.
Obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Obey the President – follow the UCMJ
Their morals? Their choice to take the oath, and to resign and say any stupid thing they want. That they think their actions are acceptable shows how correct the administration is in firing them.
Make it a Federal capital crime and then wait.
At FAA Headquarters, there is a wall in the lobby reserved for the official portraits of the President, Vice President, Secretary of Transportation, and FAA Administrator. Each Associate Administrator’s office has a similar wall. It was a couple of years before Trump’s, Pence’s and Chao’s portraits went up in the lobby, and many of the Associate Administrators never put them up in their own offices. Things are different this time around. A former colleague of mine simply noted: “They’re scared this time.”
Reassign them to a post in Greenland?
Oh, wait . . .