I am in tears reading this post....I commend you on this article Brad. It is the same in Canada, and probably other European countries. We are seeing 100%b subterfuge. I pray every day, sometimes several times daily for positive change and for many to stand up together otherwise we are doomed. United we stand, divided we fall. I have shared this Substack on a few platforms and I hope the military will step up and speak out. God help us and bless us!
The good leaders got fired. The ones that stood up to unethical, immoral, and illegal orders were silenced one way or another. I was one of those senior leaders that questioned the legality of the vaccine order and was immediately removed from my position. The military is changing in a negative way over several years. Many leaders are worried about their careers and not doing the hard right.
Leaders are now appointed by status instead of ability.
I'm sorry to hear what happened to you but thank you for standing strong. Let's raise our voices to demand accountability for the guilty and encourage others to embrace the truth.
According to the Army Times, soldiers doing the right things have nothing to lose if challenging orders that are unconstitutional. Our readiness numbers are of concern for everyone, because we cannot have a strong and safe economy without a strong national defense. I believe our younger generation of potential service members want to be led in an organization where they can truly share their values of God, Family, Country. It's not too late for military and political leaders to make the hard moral choices necessary to defend our nation.
Excellent post! This is a must read for all who now serve.
I'm just a civilian, but I worked in the defense industry for years. I now coauthor books with MG Paul Vallely and my roots (2 ancestors) go back to the Revolutionary War. For an easy "heads up" on what's been happening, please check out our books and spread the word. Thank you.
Here is a link to an excellent review of Mindless War Two, the most recent book by General Vallely and myself, and the book itself. It is an easy, fast read.
Excellent post. I hardly recognize my friends and family in and out of the military. God prepared us for this time and I pray that those still in the darkness would turn their hearts toward Him and would have eyes to see and ears to hear. Some saw Christ heal the leper and raise Lazarus and still did not believe.
John 12:37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:
“Lord, who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[h]
39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
2 MEF, USMC, recently ordered all its service members who had not received the 2022 flu shot to receive one in May. Otherwise, administrative consequences would follow (career—enders). No Wal Mart, CVS, or Walgreen’s carries the flu shot this late in the season. Interesting that the commander of 2 MEF was the manpower branch head who denied all the USMC RARs for Covid. The one whose actions Judge Merryday declared unlawful. The shadow mandate is in full effect. This is further evidence of what Brad highlights so well.
Absolutely. The shadow policies will remain in effect for a long time. They have ways to subtly impact the careers of those that didn't go along and resisted.
My dad was shown the door, was retired early, in retaliation for hindering the adoption of an expensive weapons system that he thought was failing and killing too many people in testing. The system was adopted anyway; life (and death) in the military-industrial complex. But my dad did the right thing; he can answer to God that he said "no". I'm very encouraged by his example and I hope that your readers are likewise encouraged to say "no" and refuse to enable these harms. Turn from evil and do good.
I believe America and the world are under the just judgment of God. If you read Isaiah 3 you will see why God judged Judah & Jerusalem & how that judgment was carried out. He took away food, water, wise leaders, military men, men of honor, counselors, and skilled workers. He gave children to be the princes. He raised up oppressors against the honorable. He took away the Judge & the Prophet. Why? "The look on their faces testifies against them. They declare their sin as Sodom. They do not hide it. Woe to their souls, for they have brought evil upon themselves. Say to the righteous that it will be well with them (eventually - after the judgment ends) for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with them. For the reward of their hands shall be given them." And "Oh My people, women rule over you. Your leaders cause you to err and destroy the way of your paths." Read it. The entire book is pretty enlightening. If we want things to change, the RIGHTEOUS must lay hold of the Eternal God in repentance & beg for Him to "remember mercy in His wrath" as Habakkuk prayed.
You are spot on, Debbie. The stage is being set for the reign of the antichrist. That means the stage is also being set for the Commander of Heaven's Armies to clean up the mess. What a time to be alive.
I'm old. I used to referee college basketball. We officials would always get together during a timeout late in the game and remind ourselves to "finish strong". We are late in the game.
I just attended a Hail and Farewell lunch at WP- I was so amazed to hear the Firsties give advice about God and Faith to the incoming Plebe class. It gives me hope to see that many of these young hearts and minds, ignore and turn away from the evil preachings and actions of many of their Leaders. It is demoralizing for our young leaders to be, to witness the Commander in Chief, Secretary of Defense and commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff make great efforts to destroy our great Republic.
WOW! Really well written. I agree with this. The officer corps of all the services have different leanings than the Constitutional Republic that because of them no longer exists.
I just heard your interview with James Lyons-Weller. Thank you for your true service to God and our country. I wish there were a good way to connect all the soldiers who stood for truth. My son stood at West Point. He was the only cadet separated for not taking the vaccine (although others refused and out processed because they knew they could not keep their oath and stay.) They took him to a board. We had to hire an attorney to represent him. Dr. McCullough testified for him and Dr. Malone submitted written testimony, but none of it matters to people who do not regard the truth. The military is full of people who obey orders without thinking. My son still longs to serve his country. I pray God’s will be done for you both. I know the path has not been easy. I live with one who is walking it. God bless you.🙏🏻
As a West Pointer myself, I'm ashamed at what the current leadership of the Academy has done to the institution. I'm sorry your son had to go through such an ordeal. However, I'm impressed by your son's resolve. Please congratulate him on my behalf. Thanks for sharing.
With all respect and sincerity, Mr. Miller, I think you missed the problem and got lost in the specifics of the mRNA vaccine mandates.
This is a systems problem. You sort of hinted at this when you said "it" affected other areas of government. The parallel to the FDA and FBI comes to mind.
So what is the core issue? A: Corruption. Why is there corruption? A: 1) We allow both a revolving door of Industry-Government movement among leadership and 2) We allow financial conflicts of interest to occur.
The MIC runs the US Military and it overlaps with the Vaccine and Medical Industry. And the Vaccine Industry clearly has control over the CDC and FDA.
Asking people to rise above their financial interest for the love of country and honour is not going to create a solution. The solution has to come from Washington DC/Congress/Senate who need to write rules and create firewalls against corruption at both Capital Hill and in the Military and Bureaucracies that regulate industry. And that will not happen until we have GREAT SUFFERING.
I hope it will not be too late to save our nation after having to await the great pain to drives our leaders to do the necessary things.
Have you read anything else I've written? I've written other pieces which are much broader. You're stating that I got lost in the specifics of the vax mandate when that's exactly what this piece is about.
I completely agree that the problem is FAR bigger than just the vax mandate, but THIS piece is principally a call to courage for those who went along with this specific mandate because it's so clearly unlawful and strategically destructive.
There is a lot for a 'quote tweet' in order to garner more interest in this article but the one that should be a lede is "...On a more personal note, you may have ordered, coerced, cajoled, or incentivized subordinates to take an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) product that was misrepresented as a fully FDA-approved product. That means that you endorsed and supported the collusion between DoD and the FDA to perpetrate fraud on the service members and by extension, the country."
“By extension, the country”. That has been the truth from the get go. “They” knew that the only way firefighters, teachers, union workers and every day people would accept that the jab was necessary to earn a living was to make service members take it first. It had to be this way. It is very apparent that corrupt leaders used the good grace and honored profession of the military to jump start the “rules” for everyone else. They cannot get away with this.
I was not a BC, but I was faced with the same decision you were, made the same choice with no exemption request, I did not go through with resigning, I was not separated and I am still active army (18 years). It is a shame ldrs did not speak the truth during the vax rollout. If you believe this incident summed up your career, so be it. IMO, you were doing your job. “I am an American soldier, I serve the people of the United States and live the army values”…… “integrity, doing what’s right legally and morally”. It’s written in our values. You did your job! Nobody is gonna take that away from you and the others. I hope it helps you to know that.
I am in tears reading this post....I commend you on this article Brad. It is the same in Canada, and probably other European countries. We are seeing 100%b subterfuge. I pray every day, sometimes several times daily for positive change and for many to stand up together otherwise we are doomed. United we stand, divided we fall. I have shared this Substack on a few platforms and I hope the military will step up and speak out. God help us and bless us!
Thank you for your comment and for sharing.
The good leaders got fired. The ones that stood up to unethical, immoral, and illegal orders were silenced one way or another. I was one of those senior leaders that questioned the legality of the vaccine order and was immediately removed from my position. The military is changing in a negative way over several years. Many leaders are worried about their careers and not doing the hard right.
Leaders are now appointed by status instead of ability.
I'm sorry to hear what happened to you but thank you for standing strong. Let's raise our voices to demand accountability for the guilty and encourage others to embrace the truth.
I am working on that. I was never in favor of my superiors because I always tried to fight for the junior soldiers.
According to the Army Times, soldiers doing the right things have nothing to lose if challenging orders that are unconstitutional. Our readiness numbers are of concern for everyone, because we cannot have a strong and safe economy without a strong national defense. I believe our younger generation of potential service members want to be led in an organization where they can truly share their values of God, Family, Country. It's not too late for military and political leaders to make the hard moral choices necessary to defend our nation.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/05/12/soldiers-under-enormous-strain-warns-armys-top-enlisted-leader/
Excellent post! This is a must read for all who now serve.
I'm just a civilian, but I worked in the defense industry for years. I now coauthor books with MG Paul Vallely and my roots (2 ancestors) go back to the Revolutionary War. For an easy "heads up" on what's been happening, please check out our books and spread the word. Thank you.
Here is a link to an excellent review of Mindless War Two, the most recent book by General Vallely and myself, and the book itself. It is an easy, fast read.
https://www.amazon.com/Mindless-War-Prism-Truths-Notes-ebook/dp/B0B57P5749
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews-1/Mindless-War-Two-by-John-D-Trudel-and-General-Paul-E-Vallely.html#.ZDbpZfbMLIU
Thanks for these links. I'll check it out!
Excellent post. I hardly recognize my friends and family in and out of the military. God prepared us for this time and I pray that those still in the darkness would turn their hearts toward Him and would have eyes to see and ears to hear. Some saw Christ heal the leper and raise Lazarus and still did not believe.
John 12:37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:
“Lord, who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[h]
39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
nor understand with their hearts,
nor turn—and I would heal them.”[i]
Great piece, thank you Brad. Just discovered your Substack.
You might appreciate this that I wrote today on Obedience.
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/obedience
Just read it. Thanks for linking it. I liked that you included the piece about the "strategic obedience."
2 MEF, USMC, recently ordered all its service members who had not received the 2022 flu shot to receive one in May. Otherwise, administrative consequences would follow (career—enders). No Wal Mart, CVS, or Walgreen’s carries the flu shot this late in the season. Interesting that the commander of 2 MEF was the manpower branch head who denied all the USMC RARs for Covid. The one whose actions Judge Merryday declared unlawful. The shadow mandate is in full effect. This is further evidence of what Brad highlights so well.
Absolutely. The shadow policies will remain in effect for a long time. They have ways to subtly impact the careers of those that didn't go along and resisted.
It’s time to stand up and be heard. What is the paradigm that we replace these crumbling institutions with?
My dad was shown the door, was retired early, in retaliation for hindering the adoption of an expensive weapons system that he thought was failing and killing too many people in testing. The system was adopted anyway; life (and death) in the military-industrial complex. But my dad did the right thing; he can answer to God that he said "no". I'm very encouraged by his example and I hope that your readers are likewise encouraged to say "no" and refuse to enable these harms. Turn from evil and do good.
I believe America and the world are under the just judgment of God. If you read Isaiah 3 you will see why God judged Judah & Jerusalem & how that judgment was carried out. He took away food, water, wise leaders, military men, men of honor, counselors, and skilled workers. He gave children to be the princes. He raised up oppressors against the honorable. He took away the Judge & the Prophet. Why? "The look on their faces testifies against them. They declare their sin as Sodom. They do not hide it. Woe to their souls, for they have brought evil upon themselves. Say to the righteous that it will be well with them (eventually - after the judgment ends) for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with them. For the reward of their hands shall be given them." And "Oh My people, women rule over you. Your leaders cause you to err and destroy the way of your paths." Read it. The entire book is pretty enlightening. If we want things to change, the RIGHTEOUS must lay hold of the Eternal God in repentance & beg for Him to "remember mercy in His wrath" as Habakkuk prayed.
I certainly believe that we've turned away from God. These days, the world (to include the U.S.) is entirely controlled by evil.
You are spot on, Debbie. The stage is being set for the reign of the antichrist. That means the stage is also being set for the Commander of Heaven's Armies to clean up the mess. What a time to be alive.
I'm old. I used to referee college basketball. We officials would always get together during a timeout late in the game and remind ourselves to "finish strong". We are late in the game.
I just attended a Hail and Farewell lunch at WP- I was so amazed to hear the Firsties give advice about God and Faith to the incoming Plebe class. It gives me hope to see that many of these young hearts and minds, ignore and turn away from the evil preachings and actions of many of their Leaders. It is demoralizing for our young leaders to be, to witness the Commander in Chief, Secretary of Defense and commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff make great efforts to destroy our great Republic.
WOW! Really well written. I agree with this. The officer corps of all the services have different leanings than the Constitutional Republic that because of them no longer exists.
I just heard your interview with James Lyons-Weller. Thank you for your true service to God and our country. I wish there were a good way to connect all the soldiers who stood for truth. My son stood at West Point. He was the only cadet separated for not taking the vaccine (although others refused and out processed because they knew they could not keep their oath and stay.) They took him to a board. We had to hire an attorney to represent him. Dr. McCullough testified for him and Dr. Malone submitted written testimony, but none of it matters to people who do not regard the truth. The military is full of people who obey orders without thinking. My son still longs to serve his country. I pray God’s will be done for you both. I know the path has not been easy. I live with one who is walking it. God bless you.🙏🏻
As a West Pointer myself, I'm ashamed at what the current leadership of the Academy has done to the institution. I'm sorry your son had to go through such an ordeal. However, I'm impressed by your son's resolve. Please congratulate him on my behalf. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. I will tell him.
With all respect and sincerity, Mr. Miller, I think you missed the problem and got lost in the specifics of the mRNA vaccine mandates.
This is a systems problem. You sort of hinted at this when you said "it" affected other areas of government. The parallel to the FDA and FBI comes to mind.
So what is the core issue? A: Corruption. Why is there corruption? A: 1) We allow both a revolving door of Industry-Government movement among leadership and 2) We allow financial conflicts of interest to occur.
The MIC runs the US Military and it overlaps with the Vaccine and Medical Industry. And the Vaccine Industry clearly has control over the CDC and FDA.
Asking people to rise above their financial interest for the love of country and honour is not going to create a solution. The solution has to come from Washington DC/Congress/Senate who need to write rules and create firewalls against corruption at both Capital Hill and in the Military and Bureaucracies that regulate industry. And that will not happen until we have GREAT SUFFERING.
I hope it will not be too late to save our nation after having to await the great pain to drives our leaders to do the necessary things.
Thanks for your comment.
Have you read anything else I've written? I've written other pieces which are much broader. You're stating that I got lost in the specifics of the vax mandate when that's exactly what this piece is about.
I completely agree that the problem is FAR bigger than just the vax mandate, but THIS piece is principally a call to courage for those who went along with this specific mandate because it's so clearly unlawful and strategically destructive.
There is a lot for a 'quote tweet' in order to garner more interest in this article but the one that should be a lede is "...On a more personal note, you may have ordered, coerced, cajoled, or incentivized subordinates to take an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) product that was misrepresented as a fully FDA-approved product. That means that you endorsed and supported the collusion between DoD and the FDA to perpetrate fraud on the service members and by extension, the country."
“By extension, the country”. That has been the truth from the get go. “They” knew that the only way firefighters, teachers, union workers and every day people would accept that the jab was necessary to earn a living was to make service members take it first. It had to be this way. It is very apparent that corrupt leaders used the good grace and honored profession of the military to jump start the “rules” for everyone else. They cannot get away with this.
Exactly.
I was not a BC, but I was faced with the same decision you were, made the same choice with no exemption request, I did not go through with resigning, I was not separated and I am still active army (18 years). It is a shame ldrs did not speak the truth during the vax rollout. If you believe this incident summed up your career, so be it. IMO, you were doing your job. “I am an American soldier, I serve the people of the United States and live the army values”…… “integrity, doing what’s right legally and morally”. It’s written in our values. You did your job! Nobody is gonna take that away from you and the others. I hope it helps you to know that.
Thank you.