{"id":134760,"date":"2022-12-14T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134760"},"modified":"2022-12-13T23:47:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T04:47:36","slug":"hump-day-shorts-brinton-doggy-mask-relieved-commanders-fallujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134760","title":{"rendered":"Hump Day Shorts &#8211; Brinton, Doggy Mask, Relieved commanders, Fallujah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134762 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mil_tec_boxer_shorts_olive_001.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mil_tec_boxer_shorts_olive_001.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mil_tec_boxer_shorts_olive_001.jpg?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mil_tec_boxer_shorts_olive_001.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mil_tec_boxer_shorts_olive_001.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mil_tec_boxer_shorts_olive_001.jpg?w=1002&amp;ssl=1 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, short articles&#8230;OK, sorry.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134201 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brinton-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brinton-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brinton-1.jpg?resize=500%2C282&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brinton-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brinton-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember this sweetie? Sam Brinton of the nuclear waste and stolen luggage?\u00a0 The administration is trying to distance itself and says Brinton is not one of theirs. Funny thing, according to Wikipedia&#8217;s bio he started working for the nuke boys in January this year. Makes him one of yours, Joe.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They served as the deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the <a title=\"Office of Nuclear Energy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_of_Nuclear_Energy\">Office of Nuclear Energy<\/a> from January<sup id=\"cite_ref-:7_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Brinton#cite_note-:7-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-:1_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Brinton#cite_note-:1-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> to December 2022.<sup id=\"cite_ref-DailyBeast_Dec_12_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Brinton#cite_note-DailyBeast_Dec_12-5\"> \u00a0 Wiki<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8221;. Hmph.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/73w4x2-1670719503.3623.jpg?resize=300%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"73w4x2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/73w4x2-1670719503.3623.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/73w4x2-1670719503.3623.jpg?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Had this horrible thought: Remember when Biden referred to &#8220;dog-faced pony soldiers&#8221;? You\u00a0 don&#8217;t suppose&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Has been A WEEK for loss-of-command announcements. The Army Cyber Command relieved a one star.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Brig. Gen. Christopher Reid was serving as head of the J8 staff element at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2022\/11\/07\/advance-work-in-ukraine-blunted-russian-cyber-advantage-us-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Maryland-based unified combatant command<\/a>, where he oversaw planning for resource allocation, force structure and capability development.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They&#8217;re right on top of this, Reid was relieved in September and the article came out Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force is not to be outdone:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base has a new, temporary commander after Col. William H. Hunter was relieved of his duties Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In making her decision, Second Air Force Commander, Maj. Gen Michele Edmondson, cited a \u201closs of trust and confidence in his ability to effectively command the 81st Training Wing.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/keesler-s-81st-training-wing-commander-relieved-of-duties\/ar-AA15eHH6\">MSN<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Navy doesn&#8217;t seem to have relieved anyone lately &#8211; perhaps they are tired firing the\u00a0 commander of the USS\u00a0 Normandy while it was still under way* after a four-way in one week in June. Too, as we said earlier they just dumped the Academy football coach. Been a rough year.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/America.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Navy announced that LHA-64, the newest America-class amphibious assault ship, will be named &#8220;Fallujah&#8221; in honor of the Marine battle there. I stand second to none in praise of His Misguided Children, and even have a couple on the family &#8211; heck, I let one marry my daughter.\u00a0 But doesn&#8217;t it feel a bit odd to name an amphibious assault ship in honor of a battle fought in a landlocked desert city?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/13\/navys-next-america-class-amphibious-assault-ship-to-named-fallujah\/\">Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 I checked and apparently my original spelling, &#8216;under weigh&#8217; is now considered obsolete. Probably because no one remembers whether the e or i comes first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, short articles&#8230;OK, sorry. Remember this sweetie? Sam Brinton of the nuclear waste and stolen luggage?\u00a0 The administration is trying to distance itself and says Brinton is not one of theirs. Funny thing, according to Wikipedia&#8217;s bio he started working for the nuke boys in January this year. Makes him one of yours, Joe. 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