Same thing they did when beating up and shooting BLM.
Edit: It’a really hard to find any report on the events during the BLM protests. I distinctly remember many mentions of the LEOs involved in shooting “rubber bullets” at protesters and beating them not having any identifying information on them. No names, no agency tags, nothing.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/politics/law-enforcement-badges-protests/index.html
Wasn’t it like that for several days, nobody even knew who is abducting people from the street?
So like a secret police force? Hmmm where have I heard that term before…
No names, no unit numbers, no way to definitively recognize any given individual at a glance?
So… hypothetically… someone who’s not part of one of the active units, but who has the uniform, the ability to act the part, and the information required to make it happen, might be able to blend in with the oppressors during a military operation? Hmm.
o but pfft don’t listen to me. I’m just a wild-talking stoner with ADHD
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As a person from a military family, they’d clock you instantly. Once you live among military people, you begin to be able to spot who is or isn’t military instantly. Even not being in the military myself, I can almost always at least guess their branch and get within a rank or 2. I’ve never seen my dad not get branch and exact rank within a couple seconds of talking to someone
This comment is a delight.
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I mean - yes.
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I am not sure leaving now and letting people who may not have scruples about illegal orders remain is a good idea. If anything, it may be the opposite.
Hopefully, if the information gets out and enough people walk away, it would severely limit the ability of those who remain to do awful things.
Unless you’re talking about 90%+ of the force resigning, they won’t struggle to backfill with poorly train and radicalized militia LARPers. Probably a much worse situation
Good people with guns limit the ability of awful people to do awful things. Good people who give up their guns, not as much.
Next you’ll tell me they’re wearing pointy white “balaclavas”.
ICE is already wearing non-pointy ones to hide their faces while they illegally detain people.
Makes sense, they don’t want to be pointed out from a lineup for just following orders.
The reenactment would be more convincing if they arranged the aircraft to look like train cattle cars and packed the deportees more tightly inside.
Hey gang, I’m very closely related to this field and wanted to share some insight into this!
This is VERY COMMON practice for these situations. The idea is not to cover up inhumane tactics, but protect our personnel. While I’m sure a majority of these individuals are simple illegal immigrants who have no ill intentions, there are criminal gangs being caught up in this. Not the entire gang is being picked up, just the illegal immigrants. So the policy of removing identification from the uniforms is to protect the military member and their family.
These commands come from the highest level, meaning each individual service member is not making the decision for themselves, but they are being commanded as a whole. Much as some might not like the connotations associated with this, it is a common practice and relevant due to the stated purpose of these missions.
They’re just rounding up the dangerous Jews, I mean illegal immigrants. Everybody relax.
Thank you for sharing your perspective and informing us that cowardly evasion of accountability in the execution of inhumane operations is a common practice in the service. Some folks out there might not have suspected this already.
This is VERY COMMON practice for these situations.
Maybe it shouldn’t be. You know, what with accountability being a thing that people should be held to…
Not wearing nametapes has been a thing for decades, long before Trump was president.
Maybe it shouldn’t be. You know, what with accountability being a thing that people should be held to…
I think the main problem people are having is that they are being used to enforce domestic policy within the United States, which is not normal at all and is arguably illegal.
Ok so you obviously don’t know what you’re talking about. There are a lot of people in OPs image but only 4 are Air Force personnel, see if you can spot them.
That would probably be a lot easier if they didn’t remove all of their patches. Huh…
Not really considering they’re wearing multicams.
Oh right, I forgot that if you are in the Air Force, that is the only possible way you can dress at all times. Never does anyone in the Air Force ever wear anything other than that.
There are a lot of people in OPs image but only 4 are Air Force personnel, see if you can spot them.
What does the percent of people in the picture being in the service have to do with anything…? We’re talking about federal military members being ordered by the executive to enforce domestic policy, which is illegal.
Are you purposely being obtuse, or are you really this dumb?
And yes, I can spot the Air Force personnel… I’ve spent 18 years living on AFB all over the country and abroad, my dad was a SMSgt.
We’re talking about federal military members being ordered by the executive to enforce domestic policy, which is illegal.
The Air Force is not enforcing domestic policy here. If you see Airman out on the streets arresting people then you’d have a point. That’s why I mentioned the 6 agents. The USAF is providing logistical support (yes they bring their own security too, the 4 in multicams).
If you disagree please look it up yourself.
The Air Force is not enforcing domestic policy here. If you see Airman out on the streets arresting people then you’d have a point.
I don’t think you have any kind of authority to really substantiate that particular semantic dispute.
I’m sure we’ll probably see it brought before a court at some point, but I would argue that if the policy isn’t possible to execute without the logistical support of the military then the military is crucial to the enforcement of the policy.
This is VERY COMMON practice for these situations.
No, no it’s not. Maybe when operating in dangerous missions while deployed overseas… While working on American soil? No.
None of the other branches being ordered to do similarly sketchy quasi unconstitutional work have removed their identifiers, none of the other branches have opted to classify the work they are doing.
The Air Force has a pretty well known history of racism, rape, and Christian nationalist in their command structure. 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.
No, no it’s not.
Yes it is, those are Fly Away Security Teams (FAST) or Ravens. Go look it up, 95% of the official Air Force photos of FAST/Raven show people without nametapes, example taken from here.
Furthermore:
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I can just take my top off if it’s not too hot. My t-shirt does not have a nametape
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I can just buy a nametape that says “Smith” or something common and you wouldn’t know the difference.
And how often are they operating on American soil…?
24/7
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.
Possie Comitatus has nothing to do with aircraft security.
Who said anything about aircraft security…?
They are being ordered to enforce domestic policy on us soil, which is exactly what the law is made to prevent.
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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?
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.
What’s your favorite film? Starship Troopers? Go back to reddit.stormfront.
I get what you mean but Starship Troopers is a critique of war and militarized states.
My sibling in Kristallnacht, a militarized/police state is exactly what this is. This is war turned inward. This is what fascism looks like. This is fascism.
They’re starting with (mostly non-European) immigrants and trans people, and so on.
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First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a CommunistThen they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a SocialistThen they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a JewThen they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for meWe might be talking about different things. I’m just saying that Starship Troopers is an anti-war film and most of the people who like it are fairly liberal.
Yes. My point was that the type of people who think it’s reasonable for troops to hide their identities are the same people for whom Verhoeven’s satirical fascism goes over their heads.
Ah. Now I understand. I think those people prefer more naked propaganda like “American Sniper” though.
Doesn’t seem like it, but OK. It’s not a big deal.
Hell or High Water. Fantastic utilization of visuals combined with smooth and enjoyable music. Love the whole trilogy, but this is my favorite of them.
Being in America without paperwork isn’t a criminal charge, it is civil, so they aren’t even here illegally, by the definition of the law. They are undocumented immigrants, not illegal.
The Nazis are trying to change the narrative to make it sound like there’s an evil scary cabal of people trying to destroy out country, to move the arrow away from pointing at the Nazis in power.
We’re just trying to hide our identity while committing crimes acting on orders from the Criminal in Chief because all of our white robes and hoods turned pink due to a MAGA cap that somehow ended up in the wash.
Got it.
Fly Away Security Teams/Ravens haven’t been wearing nametapes for decades, this is nothing new.
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What is brownshirt?
Courtmarshall is probably not what you want in this. That’s specific to the UCMJ, which would discipline them for NOT removing identifiers. You probably want them to go through civilian courts if that’s your goal. Which probably means you’re thankful for Trump’s push for increased executions.
What is brownshirt?
Wow, shocker.
What is brownshirt?
People like you are why we’re repeating history
Brown shirts are essentially what ICE and the USAF is right now. Hitler’s thugs that will hurt whoever he wants because they want to hurt people and they get a free pass to hurt “the right” people. They also his their identity “to protect the troops” from people who would do the right thing and confront serial murderers and abusers.
So congrats on ICE and the arguably most far reaching branch of the US military being drumpler’s boot-deepthroating lackey henchmen.
In Germany there was a word for people “that were good people just following orders”. Nazis & war criminals
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They always have another option: walk away.
That is literally not an option for a very large majority of these service members. That’ll be an Article 15 for sure, maybe a courtmartial.
Taking an Article 15 or court-martial instead of participating in massive civil rights violations not only absolutely is an option, but it’s the only ethical one!
Yes, the people made to assist the Nazis in the 1930s/40s had to make some tough decisions too.
They executed Nazis who were “just following orders.”
Rightfully so.
No, they executed Nazis for operating death camps.
They did not execute for “just following orders”, aka Nuremberg Defense.
As it turns out, soldiers in all militaries follow orders every day without being executed.
Unless you’re going to explain how removing a unit patch and name tag, or transporting people to their country of origin is worthy of execution, I’m not sure that you have an argument.
Resigning ones commission is exactly the type of meaningful protest that is needed. Nazis soldiers got pay and retirement benefits as well but tough things are tough to do. It sorta cracks me up because you say literally not an option and then present the very literal options they have.
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Seriously, what is a brownshirt?
The paramilitary arm of the Nazis, also known as SA, doing all the protection of events and members, harassment and killings of persecuted minorities and concurrent parties while it was not in power yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
But the situation is different now because you’re part of the official organization with the official power :/
That explains it, thank you!
Wouldn’t it not be so different, since I’m not part of the official organization? Just tangential?
Yeah, you’re actually closer to that initial situation, so the comparison is even more apt
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It boggles my mind you are military adjacent and do not know this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
I’m not very good with history. I know the broad strokes, but I’ve forgotten a lot of this kind of history. It hasn’t been relevant in my line of work, so doesn’t get easily remembered.
That link does explain the reference, though, thank you!
It’s time to brush up, because clearly you’re falling for the same shit
It could not possibly be more relevant in your line of work than it is right now.
Do you know what their line of work is, or are you saying it applies to everyone?
I’d say it is important to everyone, especially if you are American.
See the top comment.
Gross.
I’m far more concerned with the safety of people trying to survive than the bullies holding guns
Every individual has the power to make a decision even if that decision would exit them from the situation. Maybe more people should stand up to authoritarians
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Air-Force-Senior-Leaders/
Pick one. Assign blame.
Gary Ashworth was the first name i saw and he has a very punchable face
I agree, but James Slife looks more like the fall guy.
Fuck’s sake
