I’m a retired army officer (2018) and I’m shocked at how many flag officers have gone along with this globalist BS. I don’t recall one resignation from anyone higher than O-5. Now I’m sure there were but how was that not on a massive scale? Some of these guys are legendary warriors. McCrystal, Mcraven, Mattie, even Miley was a respected SF officer. WTF happened?
I was prior enlisted 11B. 101st and 82nd. I shed a few tears taking to oath after OCS. I guess guys like us are a minority. It really meant something to me. How sad that some really great men forgot. And what does that lack of moral conviction say for our military? How will that play out on the battlefield? Sad sir. Very sad.
Brad, I was commissioned into the Army in 1976. I always believed integrity was the most important characteristic of an officer and thought the vast majority of other officers believed the same. Once I became a senior captain, I had more interactions with field grade and flag officers. That was the beginning of my having serious doubts. I am not surprised that over 40 years later it has turned into this massive collapse of integrity and loss of what was an honorable institution.
When Trump was president, he did something no one since Carter had done. He started no new wars and, furthermore, worked to pull America out of longstanding existing conflicts. Once Biden was declared president, I became very worried he would do the exact opposite and I watched with bated breath to see who Biden nominated for Secretary of Defense.
Once Biden nominated Lloyd Austin on December 8th, I looked into his background and felt a profound degree of sadness that is difficult to put into words. Briefly:
•Austin has proven himself to be one of the worst Secretaries of Defense in history (e.g., consider our recent unprecedented recruitment crisis and Austin’s illegal vaccine mandate upon the military). Yet, there has been no criticism of him for any of his conduct by the press. Was he approved strictly based on fulfilling diversity rather than ability?
•Austin left the military in 2016 to be a board member for one of our largest defense contractors, Raytheon (along with a few other companies). Predatory corporations "bribe" officials to support the industry's interests by promising lucrative board positions (e.g., the FDA commissioner who helped get Pfizer's vaccine to market is now on Pfizer's board).
This means Austin was almost certainly abusing his command (he was a four-star general) to give Raytheon defense contracts and that Biden appointing him to run the entire military was something that was at least in part due to the defense contractors pushing for a “business friendly” Secretary of Defense.
Note: Since the military-industrial complex has a strong influence over the national media (e.g., as a well established pipeline exists for it to sell their wars), this may also explain why the media has not aired any critical coverage of Austin.
All of this meant that once Austin became Secretary of Defense, Raytheon was going to sell a lot of arms, which meant reasons were going to need to be found to kill a lot of people and make up for the business that was lost during Trump’s presidency.....
SAD state of affairs in the US, and I would say treasonous...but what do I know....just a little old CDN girl
Hey Brad, I'm a LCDR booted in April of 2022 for refusal of the jab on the grounds that the order itself was unlawful, and refusing to sign any waiver, since any "waiver" or "exemption" required the signer to agree that the order was lawful.
I have an ongoing BCNR case with the Navy showing my removal was based solely on refusal of the unlawful order, thus putting the onus on the leadership that wrongfully persecuted and unlawfully removed me and any other officers who refused the order AND refused to sign exemptions from military service.
The DoD is gonna drag their feet forever on it because it's a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation. If they say they were wrong, every officer involved in my case, all the way up to JCS and POTUS, is now liable for this egregious violation of their oath and felonious behavior. If they say I was wrong and the order was indeed lawful, I take their laughably flawed documented statement to any lawyer with a pair of balls and blow this thing even bigger.
Glad to see that letter you sent has service members similarly taking steps to correct this widespread dereliction of duty in the DoD. Please contact me if you have any future updates on your legal battles with the DoD, I'm sure I will have exciting updates on my end as well.
Hi Brad...I hear you. That story was very interesting. I think you definitely did the right thing. Do you agree that whether we are in the military or are civilians it seems the whole issue today in lots of areas seems to be about bodily autonomy ? Do we or do we not have a right to say what does or does not go into our own body, either through the mouth or through any other point of entry....even into our minds? In my case, for over 60 years , I have refused surgery if it involves blood transfusions as there are many alternatives However, I’ve lost count of the number of surgeons, doctors and others , right down to the junior nurse rigging up my IV who , after the inevitable battles and accusations , privately confess that they agree with my stance, and that transfusing another human being’s lifeblood into a patient is inevitably not the wisest course.
These medics too are cowards because the love of money and job security overrides their love of truth and real “duty of care”.
Happily, today, there are many enlightened medics who have bucked the system and not only respect our reasons for insisting on bloodless surgery but even advocate it for others and want it to be an integral part of everyday surgical practice!. So my particular long-fought battle is easing off!
In your case you should have not had to get approval from ANYONE once you decided no vax. End of. It’s your body, given as a gift from the Creator for you to use in a way that harmonises with his wisdom. Of course, we have to search for this wisdom. Only the humble will be given it.
Ps. I never have vaccines also, but that’s my own choice ..a medical one. The first choice is a religious one.
I pray you never have doubts and regrets of what you did Brad....it takes real courage to stand up for our beliefs in anything whether religious or otherwise.
I’m a retired army officer (2018) and I’m shocked at how many flag officers have gone along with this globalist BS. I don’t recall one resignation from anyone higher than O-5. Now I’m sure there were but how was that not on a massive scale? Some of these guys are legendary warriors. McCrystal, Mcraven, Mattie, even Miley was a respected SF officer. WTF happened?
Too hard to do the right thing when it puts you into a very small minority.
I was prior enlisted 11B. 101st and 82nd. I shed a few tears taking to oath after OCS. I guess guys like us are a minority. It really meant something to me. How sad that some really great men forgot. And what does that lack of moral conviction say for our military? How will that play out on the battlefield? Sad sir. Very sad.
Brad, I was commissioned into the Army in 1976. I always believed integrity was the most important characteristic of an officer and thought the vast majority of other officers believed the same. Once I became a senior captain, I had more interactions with field grade and flag officers. That was the beginning of my having serious doubts. I am not surprised that over 40 years later it has turned into this massive collapse of integrity and loss of what was an honorable institution.
Brad, your story is an important one with many others who also stood up. Some very interesting comments regarding Lloyd Austin in Dr. Mercola's newsletter today .... linked here: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/10/21/profits-over-human-life.aspx
Interesting Exerpt here:
Biden’s Secretary of Defense
When Trump was president, he did something no one since Carter had done. He started no new wars and, furthermore, worked to pull America out of longstanding existing conflicts. Once Biden was declared president, I became very worried he would do the exact opposite and I watched with bated breath to see who Biden nominated for Secretary of Defense.
Once Biden nominated Lloyd Austin on December 8th, I looked into his background and felt a profound degree of sadness that is difficult to put into words. Briefly:
•Austin has proven himself to be one of the worst Secretaries of Defense in history (e.g., consider our recent unprecedented recruitment crisis and Austin’s illegal vaccine mandate upon the military). Yet, there has been no criticism of him for any of his conduct by the press. Was he approved strictly based on fulfilling diversity rather than ability?
•Austin left the military in 2016 to be a board member for one of our largest defense contractors, Raytheon (along with a few other companies). Predatory corporations "bribe" officials to support the industry's interests by promising lucrative board positions (e.g., the FDA commissioner who helped get Pfizer's vaccine to market is now on Pfizer's board).
This means Austin was almost certainly abusing his command (he was a four-star general) to give Raytheon defense contracts and that Biden appointing him to run the entire military was something that was at least in part due to the defense contractors pushing for a “business friendly” Secretary of Defense.
Note: Since the military-industrial complex has a strong influence over the national media (e.g., as a well established pipeline exists for it to sell their wars), this may also explain why the media has not aired any critical coverage of Austin.
All of this meant that once Austin became Secretary of Defense, Raytheon was going to sell a lot of arms, which meant reasons were going to need to be found to kill a lot of people and make up for the business that was lost during Trump’s presidency.....
SAD state of affairs in the US, and I would say treasonous...but what do I know....just a little old CDN girl
Hey Brad, I'm a LCDR booted in April of 2022 for refusal of the jab on the grounds that the order itself was unlawful, and refusing to sign any waiver, since any "waiver" or "exemption" required the signer to agree that the order was lawful.
I have an ongoing BCNR case with the Navy showing my removal was based solely on refusal of the unlawful order, thus putting the onus on the leadership that wrongfully persecuted and unlawfully removed me and any other officers who refused the order AND refused to sign exemptions from military service.
The DoD is gonna drag their feet forever on it because it's a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation. If they say they were wrong, every officer involved in my case, all the way up to JCS and POTUS, is now liable for this egregious violation of their oath and felonious behavior. If they say I was wrong and the order was indeed lawful, I take their laughably flawed documented statement to any lawyer with a pair of balls and blow this thing even bigger.
Glad to see that letter you sent has service members similarly taking steps to correct this widespread dereliction of duty in the DoD. Please contact me if you have any future updates on your legal battles with the DoD, I'm sure I will have exciting updates on my end as well.
God bless you, Brad! You were smart and courageous to refuse to COVID-19 vaccine!
Hi Brad...I hear you. That story was very interesting. I think you definitely did the right thing. Do you agree that whether we are in the military or are civilians it seems the whole issue today in lots of areas seems to be about bodily autonomy ? Do we or do we not have a right to say what does or does not go into our own body, either through the mouth or through any other point of entry....even into our minds? In my case, for over 60 years , I have refused surgery if it involves blood transfusions as there are many alternatives However, I’ve lost count of the number of surgeons, doctors and others , right down to the junior nurse rigging up my IV who , after the inevitable battles and accusations , privately confess that they agree with my stance, and that transfusing another human being’s lifeblood into a patient is inevitably not the wisest course.
These medics too are cowards because the love of money and job security overrides their love of truth and real “duty of care”.
Happily, today, there are many enlightened medics who have bucked the system and not only respect our reasons for insisting on bloodless surgery but even advocate it for others and want it to be an integral part of everyday surgical practice!. So my particular long-fought battle is easing off!
In your case you should have not had to get approval from ANYONE once you decided no vax. End of. It’s your body, given as a gift from the Creator for you to use in a way that harmonises with his wisdom. Of course, we have to search for this wisdom. Only the humble will be given it.
Ps. I never have vaccines also, but that’s my own choice ..a medical one. The first choice is a religious one.
I pray you never have doubts and regrets of what you did Brad....it takes real courage to stand up for our beliefs in anything whether religious or otherwise.
... https://www.jw.org/en/Jehovahs-witnesses/faq/Jehovahs-witnesses-why-no-blood-transfusions