Under the Hood plots harassment of 3rd ACR command
This appeared on Facebook this weekend. The contention of Under the Hood is that by harassing the command structure of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, they can prevent the Regiment from deploying soldiers they think are “wounded”.
They go on to list a number of commanders – I won’t do that.
But, I figure if they think that calling Fort Hood will have any effect, we can prevent them from harassing Fort Hood soldiers (what commander answers his own phone?) by beginning a campaign to harass Under the Hood. Here’s their phone number; (254) 449-8811. Break out your cell phone and start dialing. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War
So I went to the page to check this out and all these people are posting that they will not be able to attend but will be there in spirit, and “solidarity”. Clearly not understanding this is a call to action that you don’t physically show up too.
Fucking idiots.
Idiots…Apparently the veterans there forget that they cannot stop the Commander from deploying his troops, only the Department can do that.
But if it blows their hair back and makes them *think* (not) that they are helping, we can just be here to make them look even more dumb than they are. It’s my pleasure.
I’m just curious as to their definition of “wounded” and determination of who can and cannot deploy. I’ve run into plenty of circumstances where a guy might have a broken bone or some such and couldn’t make a deployment (cost me an augment as well). A cold? Not so much.
I would like to caution everyone that plans on calling UTH, that they will then have your cell # and may try and harrass you as well. Just food for thought.
I know that it is a problem. I have, on both deployments, seen people getting on the plane with broken bones and others who mentally and physically should not have been going.
But their action is so silly. What do they expect this commander to do? Call the President and say: “Mr. President, I’m not deploying my troops until they go through a full battery of tests and evaluations. These phone calls I’ve been getting from Under The ISO and Pirate Bobby and his junior buccaneers really opened up my eyes and my heart. By the way, how’s that golf game?”
As far as calling goes, just block your number.
Vets Today reporter posted expressing support and asking for proof that 3ACR is deploying wounded troops. VT must be turning over a new leaf if they’re actually seeking evidence to support their articles now.
Been 27 hours; so far… crickets. Imagine that.
If you dial *67 on your cell first then immediately dial the number it will NOT show your number on their caller ID. It will show as “private”
Geeshhhh when wll they get it, after all the peace loving NAM prtest andtha got tem somewhere(LOL) they are attention seeking pope who have no real purpose andjust wanna feel like something.
Gee, I’ve been trying to get through and their line seems busy.
LOL
Me-
“This Ain’t Hell, but we’ll help you get there. FYI, Who can stop an Army unit from deployment? Not UTH lunatics and their whiny phone calls…oh and, THIS LINE IS SECURE.
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It’s just another silly idea from “radical revolutionaries”.
I called from my home fax line. I hope they enjoy piercing shrieks when they call back to harrass me.
Here is a random thought, if there is a real concern about sending people that have no business in a combat zone, why not volunteer to take their place?
Because if the concern is about the physical and mental health of these Soldiers then why not try doing something that actually might work.
It was one of the reasons why I joined in 2006.
Retards.
I would like to express my support in issuing heavily medicated combat arms soldiers weapons, letting them operate heavy machinery, and sending them to operate outside the wire in a country with escalating violence. Sounds like a recipe for success to me. Commanders don´t have any discretion in sending soldiers on permanent profiles or having mental health issues to Iraq! As long as their trigger finger works they are good to go.
Chris: You should definitely send all the evidence you have to support such allegations to Robert Hanafin of Veterans Today pronto, since apparently none of the attendees can take time out from their busy schedule to provide said evidence.
Done.
Let us know how that turns out, because if it is a real case no bull that this person should not go that it should be addressed.
But considering that people try anything to get out of not going. So unless the evidence is really strong it is going to be a hard long shot fight.
I had a experience with this in Iraq that a person should not have been sent over. Long story short I did manage to get him sent home, but not after a few months of trying different thing. But in that same deployment I think one person faked being crazy to be sent home early.
So while I have sympathy for those that are the real deal, I have none for those that would abuse that sympathy I have no time for. Considering that is the exactly the type of people that the Under of the Hood supports. That is why I am having trouble believing that extent of what injuries these people have and is this just another publicity stunt that is typical of the IVAW?
@16 “Commanders don´t have any discretion in sending soldiers on permanent profiles or having mental health issues to Iraq! As long as their trigger finger works they are good to go.”
I’ve been retired for a little while, but I’m pretty sure that’s not true. That’s why there are rear-detachment commanders, to look after the non-deployables. Permanent profiles and mental health issues are exactly the kind of things that MAKE you non-deployable.
Friends of mine still in are senior ranks now, and it seems the universal discussion is the number/types of non-deployables they have to replace BEFORE they deploy.
I arrived at Campbell while my brigade was in Afghanistan the first time around. We had a hodgepodge of Soldiers on Rear-D; the overweight and recently AWOL E-5, the couple of Privates waiting for their chapter due to misconduct, the grumpy E-6 Rear-D commander, and of course some of us new guys who got there and weren’t deployed for some reason (everyone I arrived with went, I was married and kept back).
Iraq seemed the same; the leadership kept back the ones pending discharge or too broke to be operational while they sent everyone capable of working overseas. The 11Bs that couldn’t hump with the rest of us either found themselves part of Support Platoon or sent to Aviation as door gunners.
Granted, both of those experiences were early in the current conflicts (April ’02 and Feb ’03) but no wounded or injured Soldiers were sent with us frontline guys back then. Even if the occasional injured Soldier gets deployed I am willing to bet he/she is not out there slowing their unit down. There is always a need for an armorer, training NCO, etc, and I am willing to bet there are more Soldiers wanting to go that can’t than there are those who don’t want to go but are forced to.
I wonder what they’ll be doing next month when the Patriot Guard has their annual Gathering of the Guard there!
That would be a very interesting site to see.