The Trump Presidency 2.0

[Cookie_]

Didn't see that one coming. I thought we'd be one-and-done with Bragg.

I could have seen something like Forts Gregg-Adams or Johnson being renamed under the umbrella of "removing DEI", but not Moore.

Both of them had an outstanding impact on the Army.

I would love to see the priority list related to this stuff. Is this prescient, needed, and worthy of our time right now?

Liberty was such a shit name that it was well recieved to go back to Bragg, but how many of the other posts are people wanting to see changed back? I don't remember nearly as much grumbling about Benning, Hood, Gordon, etc.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Honduras cracked down on gangs a few years ago, so maybe it's better now.

The cartel made its way back into Rotan during Covid. Nobody had any money, so they came in and saved the day. You can definitely see their presence in some of the ridiculously nice places in the middle of complete poorness, especially in some of the vehicles with blacked out tinted windows.

 

[RackMaster]

So the Dems are playing with WW3 to make Trump fail, for mid term votes...

Disaster in the Oval Office: Dems lead Zelensky, Ukraine off a cliff with pressure to reject mineral deal

 

[AWP]

I would love to see the priority list related to this stuff. Is this prescient, needed, and worthy of our time right now?

Trolling through records you own to find anyone with the same last name isn't a high level task. Besides, the poor bastard doing the work is most likely a probbie who will be fired anyway.

 

[RackMaster]

So the tariffs go into effect on Canada and Mexico tomorrow. Here's a great clip I found that explains the problem at our border. I might have to find and watch the whole podcast.

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[amlove21]

Trolling through records you own to find anyone with the same last name isn't a high level task. Besides, the poor bastard doing the work is most likely a probbie who will be fired anyway.

Feels like an E5 PAO task to me... they're not people.

 

[ThunderHorse]

The whole Benning/Moore/Benning thing is a bit of a debacle. Father of the US Army Infantry is Baron von Steuben. Father of the US Army Airborne forces is William C Lee. Like if we're going to go through the BS a second time, can we at least make sense instead of wasting money? Because the amount of signs is at least going to cost the Army 1M if not more to change to Bragg and Benning.

 

[Kraut783]

While I agree, lack of domestic semiconductors really screwed over the whole North America supply chain during the pandemic. I don't think this means you won't buy from them but you need a domestic supply.

Here's the announcement.

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Texas Instruments are building a chip plant in in North Texas (Sherman area), Taiwan is also building a chip plant in the same area, both are going to be huge!

 

[Topkick]

how many of the other posts are people wanting to see changed back?

I don't think anyone gives a fuck what they call FT Hood. We just try to not go there.

 

[Cookie_]

The whole Benning/Moore/Benning thing is a bit of a debacle. Father of the US Army Infantry is Baron von Steuben. Father of the US Army Airborne forces is William C Lee. Like if we're going to go through the BS a second time, can we at least make sense instead of wasting money?

100% this. They got Bragg back as a "own the libs" thing because it's easy to argue Liberty is a shitty name.

This just feels like the SECDEF wants it back to Benning because that's what it was when he was there, but he doesn't understand the historical context for why Moore was chosen.

There aren't any other reasons that make sense to me for this one.

 

[GOTWA]

I don't think anyone gives a fuck what they call FT Hood. We just try to not go there.

I typed "Army Pvt Ghetto" into google and the first 3 results came up with Ft Hood. lulz.

 

[Topkick]

They got Bragg back as a "own the libs" thing because it's easy to argue Liberty is a shitty name.

I don't see changing it back about owning the libs. Changing it was just stupid and changing the names back is just common sense.

 

[Topkick]

I would love to see the priority list related to this stuff. Is this prescient, needed, and worthy of our time right now?

Was it worthy of our time to change it in the first place?

 

[amlove21]

Was it worthy of our time to change it in the first place?

I don't think it was. I understand the argument from the "rename everything and tear down the statues" side of that particular argument, but I don't agree with the renaming thing.

 

[amlove21]

FBI NY lead guy steps down.

Head of FBI in New York forcibly resigns in latest shakeup at the bureau under Trump administration

 

[Cookie_]

Seems to me changing it in the first place was about "owning racist MAGA"

I think it was more the broader cultural shift occurring with things named for Civil War figures.

That said, regardless of the reason, there was at least some effort put into ensuring the new names were thought out*.

Nothing against Privates Bragg and Benning, but they weren't chosen to be the new namesake of these Forts because of their Valor or contributions to the Army.

*Except Liberty. Fuck that name in paticular.

 

[Topkick]

think it was more the broader cultural shift occurring with things named for Civil War figures.

You're right, but it was the left going hard in the paint to push that cultural shift (Wokeness), while accusing the right of being racist and this is a part of that.

 

[Topkick]

This just feels like the SECDEF wants it back to Benning because that's what it was when he was there,

I'll be happy my son is no longer at FT Moore and is stationed at FT Benning. Now he has that in common with other members of his family who've served there.

 

[BloodStripe]

Ketamine email sent. I have FA now I wait to FO.

 

[Salt USMC]

Ketamine email sent. I have FA now I wait to FO.

Same. I’m currently on the lower left quadrant of the FAFO chart