Friday, June 5, 2020
Message to NFL: The appropriate time to take a knee
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Retired Military Leaders Speak Out Against Using Troops
Here are all the current and former military leaders blasting Trump’s response to nationwide protests
Task and PurposeSince the earliest days of his presidency, President Donald Trump has showered "his generals" with an absurd amount of adoration, transforming America's military brass from mere advisors to symbols of legitimacy and trust within his administration.
But in the protests that have followed the death of unarmed African-American man George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer — and Trump's subsequent threats to deploy the military to quell protests nationwide — the president's implicit reliance on generals appears weakened as military leaders speak out and contradict the president's message of force.
In recent days, several generals from past administrations have spoken out strongly against both Trump personally and the approach his administration has taken to the violence that has rocked in recent days, from current Defense Secretary Mark Esper referring to American cities as "battle space" to Trump's demand that governors use the National Guard to "dominate" protestors in their states.
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen
VA acknowledges it’s ‘not there yet’ with coronavirus testing for employees
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Military children should not have problem joining after seeking help
Military children shouldn’t be penalized for seeking mental health care, senators say
The proposal would require the service surgeons general to give “liberal consideration” to children raised in a military family, because of the potential challenges of military family life, when deciding whether to grant a waiver allowing them to join the military despite prior mental health conditions. It the waiver is denied, a mental health provider would have to review the request.
Army Lt. Col. Rudy De La Rosa with his daughter Samantha, who graduated from Air Force basic military training in May, 2019. She successfully fought to overcome notations in her dependent medical record that initially kept her out of the military. (Photo courtesy of De La Rosa family)