HUFFPOST - Hegseth Blocks Promotions Of Black, Female Navy Officers
Of the 22 nominees up for promotion, just two non-white officers made the list, and none were women.
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Of the 22 nominees up for promotion, just two non-white officers made the list, and none were women.
Judge Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee, said that Kelly appears to advise troops they have no obligation to obey unlawful orders, as opposed to telling them to ignore orders that are illegal.
Parlatore accused Crow of purposely distorting his career in the military, where he currently serves as a Commander in the Navy Reserve, and his staff of failing to prepare him with accurate information.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that he lifted the suspension for Army pilots who flew two AH‑64 Apache helicopters near singer Kid Rock’s Nashville, Tenn., house over the weekend. The crew was suspended earlier on Tuesday and the Army opened an investigation into the service members after they flew the two helicopters near the home of Robert James Ritchie, known as Kid Rock. Read more: https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/5810407-hegseth-ends-suspension-for-army-pilots-who-flew-by-kid-rocks-estate/ #kidrock #hegseth #usarmy #army
"No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, patriots," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was persecuted last year by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for reminding U.S. troops that they can defy unlawful orders.
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The Defense Secretary is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is demanding confirmation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that its investigation into her participation in the “illegal orders” video is over after a grand jury failed to indict her and several other lawmakers earlier this month.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled Pentagon officials threatened the rights of military retirees in attempting to censure Sen. Mark Kelly.
A federal judge blocked the Pentagon’s efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders.