Major General Ryan Gonsalves called her “sweetheart”
In November, we read that Major General Ryan Gonsalves’ promotion was being held up because he had mistreated a Congressional aide. Bobo sends us a link to Stars & Stripes which reports that the general had called the aide “sweetheart” according to an Inspector General’s report on the incident.
The complaint cited accusations that Gonsalves took issue with the female congressional staffer’s youth, and that the general said she should take detailed notes on why the military needed funding “since she was a Democrat and did not believe in funding the military,” the IG report stated.
Multiple members of the congressional delegation described Gonsalves’ remarks during the meeting as “sarcastic and unprofessional,” the report states. Another male staffer described the remarks as “sexist, inappropriate and unprofessional,” according to the report.
At one point during the meeting, the female staffer passed a note to a colleague that read: “Did this guy really just call me sweetheart?,” the report states.
Accounts of the meeting differed, however. Some people in attendance defended Gonsalves, saying he acted professionally, though their names and positions were redacted from the report.
The IG report cites another allegation that Gonsalves asked the staffer her age. When she responded, Gonsalves spoke about his time as a young Army officer serving along the Fulda Gap during the Cold War. Gonsalves is then accused of telling the staffer to take notes so her “Democratic boss” would understand the military’s needs, according to the report.
The general denies the allegations, but the IG report doesn’t believe him. Either way, it doesn’t constitute “mistreatment” like the initial reportage charged. Again, I have to say “So f’n what?” Who cares about a 20-something congressional staffer’s feelings? Also, I have to think that the staffer was poking the bear and antagonized the general, the article doesn’t explain what prompted the general to ask her age.
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Much ado about nothing.
He probably asked her age because she was acting like a tiny bopper BIMBO! Sounds to me like a dumocrap talked to some other dumocraps and trying to put a bum rap on the General!!
New OpOrd: Refer to all Congressional staffers as “Dumbass.” Eye rolls are still authorized, but no winking.
“Snowflake” works, too.
Yeah. “Suck it up, Snowflake” does have a nice ring to it.
New OPORD. Video all meetings with Congressional Staffers.
That should be SOP at all times with Congressional Staffers, Congress critters, reporters, et al…
Yeah, I don’t give a fuck about congressional aides, especially Democrat ones.
Having had to deal with staffers a lot, it is easy to understand. Most are young straight out of school and get on a power trip that is hard to deal with especially depending on who they work for and in many cases worse to deal with than the representative. More than once I had to bit my tongue. I had one who was working national security and acting like they knew all and even accusatory on issues when inquiring what their background was I was told just graduated and had served coffee during the election campaign. Yep perfectly qualified and especially to tell DoD people how things should be. Like in all places there are exceptions and I dealt with a few that were prior service and great to work with.
Hey! I work on the Island of Misfit Toys!!!
Sounds to me like the ‘lil sweetheart needs to buckle up her man pants extra tight next time she attends a grown up meeting.
And the male staffer who says he was unprofessional and sexist should take an extra dose of Pamperin next time he is invited to the big boy table.
But what do I know …
I really hope we aren’t ignoring what’s best for the troops and our overall lethality because some egomaniacal snowflake who spends most of her time making coffee for a no-name Congresscritter had her feelings hurt. That’s some shit I thought Mattis was there to stop.
1. She isn’t a coffeemaker, she’s on his staff.
2. He’s a member of the HASC- arguably the most important committee for the military
3. I haven’t seen the report where she says her feelings were hurt. I did see the report an IG findings that said the general acted inappropriately and counter to Army policy.
Let’s see who they nominate to take his place. If we have run out of qualified two stars, then maybe we did sacrifice readiness here. My guess is that out of the 100 or so 2stars not already nominated for 3star billets there is at least one other guy that can take USAEUR.
The IG report insinuated that he made some less than adroit comments on her boss’s political party. I expect more from a GO. He won’t be missed and there are multiple guys and gals who do the right thing every day.
Agreed. #timesup Referring to a male or female in the workplace as “Sweetheart”, asking someone’s age, voicing sarcasm when one is doing his/her job are all professional and have no place in ANY workplace, anytime, anywhere. And yes, I am sure there are many, many other officers that have treated others with respect that deserve that promotion.
Gee, if only I’d known that the General needed some advice on how to approach and address butthurt, self-centered little snots….
Memo to all Senior O-gangers:
1 – Address ALL women as Miss or Mrs, period.
2 – Next time you have one of these meetings, invite me so that I can straighten these bimbos out.
3 – Keep a hidden mike and voice recorder on your person, or one of those cameras that cops have to wear now.
4 – Make sure you record all meetings on video, period.
5 – Read all of the above, especially number 2.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
OK, I will refer to her as “period”.
Ha!!!
Awwww, poor baby got her feelings hurt. Awww, sorry Sweetheart, maybe you should go to graduate school and find a job in academia!
I love the line about the Fulda Gap, she probably didn’t know where/or what that was.
Probably thought that was sexist, too.
Thought he was talking about her thigh gap. How sexist of him.
So the feelings of some fresh-out-of-college snowflake are more important than military business, sounds like leftover ka-ka from the previous administration.
Young little bimbette given the opportunity to break it off in the butt of a senior member of the military who also probably a conservative. Now she gets to impress her friends.
Not yet mentioned but probably thought: She should be careful about crying wolf. If she gets a reputation as a snowflake, she might find life more difficult than if she rolls with the punches. Neither side will want her in their employment.
The left is more than happy to align with the Pink Pussy Hat Brigade, this snowflake is their kind of people. She’ll be a member of Congress one of these days.
Humphrey Bogart could not be reached for comment.
I’m sure everyone will jump on me for this, but here goes:
On the Weinstein-Franken Scale, calling a woman sweetheart and implying that she is too young to understand what the grownups are talking about rates about a .1 on a 100 point scale.
However, on the McChrystal-Scaramucci Scale of not saying stupid shit in front of the wrong people, this rates about an 85.
Think of it this way: How would you treat the CGs Chief of Staff if they showed up asking questions- do you have to kiss their ass? No, but you better make sure you answer their questions, and insulting them would be a bad idea because they will definitely report back to their boss. Remember the old stories about the CG sending their driver through CIF to see how they are treated? Same basic idea, but instead of a Secret Shopper kind of thing this one don’t take no GED to figure out because you know who you are dealing with.
Langevin is a member of the House Armed Services Committee. He has a major say in how and where the defense budget is spent. If one of his staff shows up you treat them right, answer their questions, and make sure they leave happy. Doing otherwise is stupid, and invites all sorts of scrutiny.
The jump from 2 to 3 stars is huge in many ways. Most 1 stars make it to 2, but only about a third of 2 stars become 3 stars. That’s because a 3 Star becomes a senior executive for their Service and DoD, which is also why the total number is governed by law and why Congress confirms all appointments individually. There are literally dozens of highly qualified 2 stars standing by to take this job.
In other words, this was a rookie mistake from a guy who should be playing at an all pro level. He’ll probably retire, start a consulting firm, and appear on Fox News as a guest on “Outnumbered” or Tucker’s new show.
That’s a lot of words for, “Old guy calls an idiot kid something demeaning.” and rates up there with calling someone, “Sparky” or “Spud” in terms of actually being offensive.
She needs to grow up. He needs to be more creative when trying to belittle someone. Everyone needs to stop wasting time on this.
“Old guy”. Now you’re just being age-ist.
She is grown up, and you have no idea if she was being an idiot. She was there representing a Member of Congress. The general shouldn’t have been trying to belittle anyone.
This was an easy win for the general, and he blew it. His life isn’t over; he just isn’t gonna be one of less than 50 3 Stars in the Army.
Maybe you missed this, but there seems to be two sides of this story.
If he did it in a negative way, hammer him. But do not make him political fodder for an internal power struggle of red versus blue.
An oh, he did command the 4th ID. I do not imagine he attained that position through correspondence courses.
Right. The IG seems to be on the “hammer him”side.
Also, the guys he competed with for 3 Stars also commanded divisions. Now the next guy on the list gets a chance
So the “100 other 2 stars” he competed with all commanded divisions? There aren’t 100 divisions in the Army. There are 10 on active duty. It is a 2 year command tour, so no. He was in the top of his peer group.
That, or you’re just making shit up.
No, not making shit up. Gonsalves was in the top tier of his year group, no doubt.
But, there are about 120 active duty two stars. Only 40 or so make 3 Star. Of those, a bunch are not really USAEUR CG material. You have aviators, MI, Signal, etc.etc., etc., that aren’t really in the running.
Also, not all of them are the same year group. Some are fast tracked, some are not. Few go from division command straight to a 3star billet. Gonsalves himself hung out as a Corps DCG for a while, then got to be a special assistant to the Corps commander while the IG sorted this mess out.
Regardless, they will have to fill the job with someone highly qualified. They may do it quickly, or they may wait for the next round of promotions. Most likely, that general will be an Armor or Infnantry guy with division or equivalent command.
Red dog..err devil, were you there? Why are you standing up for what most likely was a know it all freaking bimbo socialist leftist dumocrap out to make a name for herself…!
Agree, sounds like he wasn’t playing the game of politics. Most of your good field commanders probably wouldn’t be good at it either.
Someone should play Patton for her though, so she can see what a general could do in the not too distant past. What’d five fingers say to the face? A lot less subtle than being called sweetheart.
I’ll second your points; and add that an incredible amount can be accomplished with staffers. Have a case, support it with facts and treat Hill staff professionally and it’s (sometimes) surprising to see the end result. The Post GI Bill was created by a Dem…
Surprised the General acted unprofessionally, at least according to the IG report.
we have boats running into other larger boats, and they want to focus on the word sweetheart?
Served under MG Gonsves twice while in 4ID, once when he was the ADC-S, and again when he was the DIV CDR. A great officer. It will be the Army’s loss if he burns out at 2-stars over a butt-hurt snowflake staffer.
Wow. When I was her age I was dragging hose up a steep-ass hill in 111-degree weather chasing a fire while my captain called me a pussy and a fucking faggot moron every five seconds. There’s plenty of people around who, at that same age, were engaged in mortal combat with fanatics who wanted to violently kill them in order to get to her, many of whom had to take one or more lives in that situation. There’s too many people who, at that same age, regained consciousness on some shitty Iraqi street to find their arm or leg no longer attached, thanks to those same fanatics. And there’s far too many whose lives were violently ended at or before that age as they strove to keep those fanatics from reaching her.
This little twat says she was mistreated? I’m willing to bet money that a video recording of the meeting, if one were to exist, would reveal her being a condescending know-it-all bitch to the General and others prior to whatever comments he might have made. Yeah, I wasn’t there, and it’s possible that he’s just a dick and she was being a pleasant little schoolgirl the whole time, but somehow I rather doubt it.
You have no idea who the staffer is or what she’s done in her life, but it doesn’t really matter. Since we don’t have a video, all we have to go on is the IG report, which says he called her sweetheart. And, unlike the scenarios you describe, he wasn’t training her or leading her in combat, he was briefing her as part of a Staffdel. I’ve sat in on a few Staffdels and Codels. The term ‘dog and pony show’ comes to mind. In a Staffdel, you are told weeks in advance who is coming and what they want to talk about. You have plenty of time to research the people and the issues, and it is an awesome opportunity to get your issues in front of Congress. Need upgrades to the MPRC? Take them to the range and show them the problem. Having trouble with getting the latest gear? Bring in your force mod guy and lay out your case. In other words, this was a great opportunity to do good things for the Army and the 4th Infantry Division, and Gonsalves blew it. I doubt seriously that a staffer acted like a ‘condescending know it all bitch’, but if she was, keep in mind that she was there at the direction of a member of Congress and the House Armed Services Committee- the guys with the authority and responsibility to oversee the Armed Services. She was no doubt prepared by the HASC professional staff, and was sent there with an agenda from the minority membership. In other words, she gets to be a condescending know it all bitch if she wants to. Finally, If she is a snowflake for complaining about a 2 Star division commander violating Army policy, what does that make the 2 Star combat vet that can’t deal with a mouthy staffer without losing his composure? It’s not about her crying herself to sleep that night with the word ‘sweetheart’ echoing in her mind. It’s about the fact that MG G was so tone deaf that he couldn’t maintain his composure in a public… Read more »
I can agree to some extent that the General’s actions may not have been the best. However, are you really suggesting that a staffer has the right or the ability to tell a general what to do? That somehow a staffer – not a Representative – is in the General’s chain of command? If Langevin wanted to direct the general, meet with the General. I doubt seriously that a staffer acted like a ‘condescending know it all bitch’, but if she was, keep in mind that she was there at the direction of a member of Congress and the House Armed Services Committee- the guys with the authority and responsibility to oversee the Armed Services. She was not there as a member of Congress. Don’t equate staff with the Congressional member. You think she wasn’t acting in a “condescending manner.” While I respect your opinion, do you think it is appropriate for a staffer to tell a General – or any member of the armed services – what they should do? Do you think the staffer is at an informational meeting to give directions rather than to, oh, I don’t know,….gather information? I don’t know if you read part or all of the article, but the staffer returned to the office and didn’t say anything. After the Stars and Stripes reported on Gonsalves’ possible nomination to command USAREUR, the “professional staffer” took to FACEBOOK to complain about Gonsalves. Let me repeat that. She went on FACEBOOK. If that is the type of professionalism the staffer has, and her being on a staff of a member of Congress is indicative of the judgement of the member of Congress, we are in deep trouble. No one – and I mean no one – should have to suffer fools lightly. If the staffer was offended by the General’s actions, then she should be a professional and say something at the time. Instead, she acted like she was in junior high and passed a note about it and then posted on Facebook. If you object to the way you are being treated, say something… Read more »
No one is suggesting that she has the authority to give orders to a general,and I’m not equating staff with member of Congress.
However, staffers should be treated with the Knox that they are etrbehalf of their primal- and at the dry least according to protocol codes Congressional Staffers should be treated as 2 Star equivalents
(http://www.eprotocol.us/files/98006552.pdf)
What evidence do you have hat she was acting like a fool?
Are you really going to Martha use of social media when we have a president that uses Twitter to make policy Statements?
With the knowledge they are acting on behalf of their principal
Malign, not Martha.
No one is suggesting that she has the authority to give orders to a general, The staffer is and you seem to be defending her. and I’m not equating staff with member of Congress. Actually, you are. At least in the area that you think that a staffer is acting on behest of the Congressman, and has the same authority to tell a member of the armed forces (or even the public) what to do. Otherwise, her direction was inappropriate at the very least. However, staffers should be treated with the Knox that they are etrbehalf of their primal- and at the dry least according to protocol You do understand that protocol of events and meetings are two different things, right? What evidence do you have hat she was acting like a fool? Read the article. Rinse, Repeat. Are you really going to Martha use of social media when we have a president that uses Twitter to make policy Statements? Ah yes…. the ol’ second grade excuse of “but they did it too!” For the record, Trump seldom has the people he tweets about in front of him. People that have met with him say that he is as direct in person as he is his tweets. Secondly, are you trying to equate the childish rantings of a staffer with policy statements? If you think that a person who made no complaints about the activities or alleged actions of someone in a meeting and waited until a later time when they could make an accusation of Facebook shows any type of professionalism, then there is very little for us to discuss or agree on. She had Gonsalves sitting in front of her. If she objected to his conduct, she should have said so. That’s the professional thing to do. Instead, she passed a note and posted comments to social media AFTER it came out the general was being looked at for a promotion. (BTW – did you hear that Bobby likes Cindy but Cindy really likes Joey and that makes Mary mad because she wanted Timmy to take her to… Read more »
A member of the House Armed Services Committee sent a member of his staffto be briefed. Not a personal assistant, not an aide, not a page, but a staff member, who by protocol should be treated as a 2 Star equivalent.
This was no doubt preceded by a flurry of phone calls and emails from the OCLL, briefing the general and his staff on exactly who was coming, what they were interested in, and what Army equities are involved. There were probably staffers from both sides.
This carries the weight of a directive. The congressman is saying ‘explain your position to my staff’. ‘No’ is not one of the accepted responses. She isn’t giving the order, the House Armed Services zCommittee is. Did you ever blow off your CSM because he wasn’t the commander? I bet that’s a good story.
In fact, if the briefings don’t scratch the itch, they are often followed by GAO and CRS inquiries and directives to testify in front of committee.
Should the staffer have stopped the meeting and challenged the general? That would have been interesting and we would be having a different discussion. She did tell her boss, however, and he filed it away for future use.
If Gonsalves did call her sweetheart and mock her age (and the Army IG says he did),then he is not really savvy enough to serve as a three star in USAEUR.
….who by protocol should be treated as a 2 Star equivalent.
And there is no evidence that she was not treated appropriately as part of protocol.
Should the staffer have stopped the meeting and challenged the general?
Yep. But she was more interested in passing notes.
She did tell her boss, however, and he filed it away for future use.
So now the Representative was acting like a child.
Doesn’t that make you feel great that so called adults can’t act that way?
If Gonsalves did call her sweetheart and mock her age (and the Army IG says he did),
No, the IG says the preponderance of the evidence says he did. That is a very low threshold and basically one has to wonder whether the IG is playing politics as well as other people in the meeting disagreed.
then he is not really savvy enough to serve as a three star in USAEUR.
Right. Because we want generals in the Army to be politically savvy as opposed to being leaders of those under them.
BTW – Jimmy now says that he really doesn’t like Mary anymore and wants to know what Suzie thinks about him. Can you write a note or post on Facebook to help him out?
BTW – I am not defending the General. What I am saying, and what most people seem to be saying is that the staffer acted inappropriately.
If you want to say this is a binary situation where one person is right and the other must be wrong, that’s on you and ridiculous.
C-R-A-P!
Remember when one of O’Bummer’s young female staffers was dismissed because she said (something to the effect)”Oh, what does he know? He is just a General”.
Although I am not a fan of O’Bummer, he stepped in and dismissed her on the spot.
The problem is that these young kids are recruited as staffers and pages’ and think they have arrived. No hard work and no thick skin.
No, I don’t remember that- who was it?
This was not a Congressional Page, it was a staff member. There is a world of difference.
Agreed.
Staff has more power. But in the end, there is little difference.
It was about a year or so after he took office.
And I am thinking that this woman is about to make a #metoo statement. “Hey! I took down a General!”.
Senate Pages (no more house pages) are high school kids that essentially act as runners on the Senate Floor.
Staffers are either professional or personal. Professional staffers work for the committees and are generally SMEs in that particular area. Personal staffers work for individual members and at SMEs in that members policy.
It sounds like this staffer was a personal staffer for a HASC member.
After after all, there was an anonymous complaint and Facebook posts.
Unfortunately, that is becoming the standard.
It should give you pause top stop and think.
I agree with the others. If she had a problem, she should called the general out then & there.
Note that while she said something to the congresscritter she works for, she didn’t file a complaint until after she saw a note about the possible promotion. Sounds like a cheap shot payback to me.
…Remember when a general got a stern lecture from Babs Boxer when he kept referring to her as “ma’am,” when she wanted to be addressed as Senator? Some of these people walk in the door with the expectation they’ll receive much groveling due to their exalted status.
I, for one, am not talking to females ever again.
Oh, baloney. You talk to me all the time, you yahoo.
There are aspects to this story that go beyond the simple matter of did the general disrespect the aide, or is the aide playing snowflake.
At a fundamental level, what we’ve got is a General in the Army being held up for public ridicule, and getting his career potentially trashed, without any identification of his accusers. It seems to me that if you’re a congressional aide, you’re acting as a proxy for the member of congress. What that means is you are granted certain powers by extension but should also have the responsibility, like the member of congress, that goes with becoming a more-or-less accountable public figure.
What’s also curious is that the congressman in question, Jim Langevin of Rhode Island, has apparently managed to pull a Mr. Teflon and avoid going on the record in defense, or otherwise, about the actions of his aide.
Both things amount to errors of omission on the part of Stars and Stripes. A better editor might have told the reporter to contact the Army IG and politely ask for the name of the congressional aide. If the Army IG refused, the next question would be to politely ask why the aide’s identity was redacted. The reporter should have also contacted the congressman for a comment, and either gotten one, or reported on the reason a comment was declined.
I’m pointing this out because we’ve apparently reached a point now in American journalism where entire complex critical narratives are routinely woven from innuendo, third-party hearsay, and multiple anonymous sources. It does not bode well for the republic.
Exactly, Perry. It’s almost as if they want us to forget the additional questions their lack of information evokes. What’s not there becomes a larger story than what they reported.
There’s no potential to trash his career, it is basically over. They won’t keep him around long as a 2 Star.
This was not all because of anonymous social media accusations. The Army IG conducted a formal investigation and found the General violates policy. Hard to justify promoting him and giving him more power
Not to split semantic hairs, but “potentially” means the General might, with some degree of certainty, be at the end of his career but it hasn’t happened yet.
I’m also having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that the Army IG’s condemnation of the General apparently hinges on the seriousness of his use of the word “sweetheart” without any supporting context. We don’t know, for example, if the congressional aide on a day-to-day basis is normally an arrogant sociopath who routinely doesn’t get along with anybody. And yet we’re somehow supposed to accept without question that the General was being “sarcastic and unprofessional” in dealing with her?
Or are Generals supposed to roll over for all congressional aides, particularly young female ones, in any and all situations? And never mind if the situation amounts to a poster child for a bad double standard.
Roll over? No. Treat with dignity and respect? Yes. I don’t think I have ever called a female colleague ‘sweetheart’ in my career, and thanks to the general’s example I don’t think I’ll start.
Without the report in front of us it’s impossible to say if she was being rude or abrasive, etc. let’s assume that she was, just for the sake of argument.
The whole argument against this woman is that she is thin skinned and immature. If she was being rude to the general, isn’t he a snowflake for getting his feelings hurt? Shouldn’t he have been able to maintain his composure?
Bottom line is that USAEUR is as much a political job dealing with allies as it is a tactical job. Gonsalves did not really highlight that skill set in this meeting
Sounds to me like someone jealous of the General and wanted to get him out of the way for another leftist “puppy”!
Ya think?
Well everybody in the military is screwed because of this guy. Now we’re going to have more death by PowerPoint.
And just wait until some GO misgenders a PFC…
I had to deal with a few drunken moronic snowflakes last night…
One proceeded to tell me how kapernutsack was aggrieved and was standing for the rights of blacks all over America when he did his Flag kneel bullshit…
I asked them if they had ever been to the Ft Hood GWOT Memorial or to a Veteran’s funeral…
Of course the answer was no and then I merely suggested that they do that or volunteer at a VA hospital and left it at that…
Snowflakes with their panties in a wad…
They will do everything they can think of to draw2 attention to themselves and then get butthurt when they get the attention that doesn’t turn out to be the kind they expected….
fuck them…
The old radio detective shows have Bogie calling all the dames Sweet heart along with all the other 1930-1940’s radio detective shows.
“the article doesn’t explain what prompted the general to ask her age. ”
Age of consent comes to mind
Life lesson that served me well from my first Battalion Commander: “Dont get in pissing contests with a skunk”.
That’s kinda like the old saying we have back home in Indiana.
“Talking to a Democrat is like wrestling with a hog. In the end all you get is tired out and covered in shit, but the hog seems to like it.”
Or ‘don’t wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig likes it.’
All I have to say about this is these demo-scrunts need to FOAD. On the other hand, he is wearing those puzzle palace guard badges, and I have not had good experiences with anyone sporting those.
The military is so screwed because of this SJW bullshit that it will be a miracle if we ever prevail in another armed conflict/war.
The military is so impaired because of this SJW sparkle pony horseshit that I doubt it will ever prevail in another war the way things are going.
Please tell me again why the Congressman couldn’t attend this important meeting? Was he ‘too busy’? Personally, I am displeasured that he sent an aide; he was very disrespectful. Furthermore, I’d be most interested in his service records?
Our military merits the undivided attention of Congress, not a blank aide, carrying her interpretations and hurt feelings notes back to the ‘boss’.
He was the politician elected to serve, not little Miss Cupcake.
Memo: Show Up For Meetings, dipstick!
I’m sure said Congresscritter was too busy taking bribes (*OOPS!*, Campaign Contributions) from Fatcats (*OOPS!*, Big Money PACs) for a vote in their “Donor’s” favor!
Roger that. Bet he’s too busy getting his off shore accounts and properties and campaign funds enriched. . Couldn’t waste HIS time attending the House Armed Services Committee meeting. Sent an inexperienced and untaught decorum courses and I’m sure the General was p.o.by this ‘change in team players’ If Mr congressman doesn’t get some time managem courses soon, he will be a real mess. Sending a little girl to quiz a general done set my teeth on edge and I don’t like thie way this was. handled at all! Do you hear me, mr,congressman. Go to the meeting that you are supposed to. You are on the committee, remember? Listen to our military officers, they know what they need to stop the slaughter and terror on our streets and around the world. Approve their requests and help them to resume their duties to counter terrorists ,the threats of biological and chemical warfare, won’t be much life left on if a certain leader in No. Ko. decides to aim a few misses this way , Mr Congressman, I wish to respectfully remind you that we in America expect our military to be supplied every single item they request that will offer them more protection and safety, including good, healthy food,.. And if they come back to us hurt, wounded, and missing limbs which they once heroically used defending their battle positions, protecting their comrades in arms, when these valiant men and women are shipped home to various V.A. Hospitals across the country their treatment must begin immediately Senator, exactly the same level of care given politicians at Bethesda. It’s time for you and General Gonsleves get together and come to an agreement to provide the best military in the world with the highest level of pay for their service, medical service second to none in the world, the equipment they have tested and selected, and you keep your tempers and hurt feelings out of the room! We expect that of you, sir. Americans want these warriors to receive immediate and the npmost up to date treatments and medicines .They have earned… Read more »
I am so sick of this sort of butthurt snowflake bullshit. If she didn’t say something when it happened, she certainly should not have then taken her grievance to Facebook.
My retirement (in 21 months and 29 days) cannot come fast enough. This touchy-feely-bullshit-driven Army is becoming more pussified by the day. And for clarification, the pussies I encounter at work are male and females.
Interestingly, at no time was a complaint filed until several months after the “incident” and after it was announced that he was up for a 3rd star. And the complaint was made anonymously.