• FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Out of all the branches it doesn’t surprise me at all that the Air Force is the branch falling over itself to follow trump’s orders.

    I’m not sure how you can imply that you’re familiar with how the military operates and then say something as ignorant as this.

    All branches of the military “fall over themselves” to follow the orders of the President. That’s literally how the chain of command works.

    Be upset at Trump for assigning shit missions, but it’s incredibly ignorant to attack any specific branch of the military for following lawful orders.

    What do you picture the alternative to be? That some Airman should get himself court marshalled for refusing the order to remove his name and unit patch?

    Could you explain how transporting people to their country of origin is an illegal order?

    Or, maybe explain how you would handle the order as an enlisted soldier?

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      17 hours ago

      Be upset at Trump for assigning shit missions, but it’s incredibly ignorant to attack any specific branch of the military for following lawful orders.

      They are going above and beyond the assignment of the mission. As I said, the other branches have received similar orders but have made what they are doing public, and have not decided to operate anonymously.

      That some Airman should get himself court marshalled for refusing the order to remove his name and unit patch?

      Did I criticize the airman? No, I specifically criticized their command.

      Could you explain how transporting people to their country of origin is an illegal order?

      The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.