Lawmakers remind Rumsfeld of Defense dress policy

Lawmakers remind Rumsfeld of Defense dress policy

By Megan Scully, CongressDaily
Two lawmakers who bore the brunt of an intense lobbying campaign to boost the National Guard's influence at the Pentagon are complaining to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his apparent failure to dress down several Guard generals who dressed up.

In a June 29 letter to Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner, R-Va., and ranking member Carl Levin, D-Mich., reminded him that a department rule adopted last October prohibits the wearing of military uniforms at political events.

"The committee is concerned that departmental policies regarding the wearing of military uniforms during personal or public activities may be poorly understood and inadequately enforced," Warner and Levin wrote.

They cited a May 10 event outside the Russell Senate Office Building during which, the senators said, "about 25 general officers of the Army and Air National Guard" rallied in support of legislation that would elevate the National Guard Bureau chief to four-star rank and make him a member of the elite Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"Most of the officers present wore their military uniforms during the event," Warner and Levin wrote. "Some press accounts referred to this event as a 'rally' in support of the legislation."

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just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
sorcerers of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
as the war machine keeps turning.
Death and hatred to mankind,
poisoning their brainwashed minds.
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away.
They only started the war.
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah.

Time will tell on their power minds,
making war just for fun.
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
wait till their judgement day comes, yeah.

Now in darkness world stops turning,
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, God is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling.
Begging mercies for their sins,
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
Oh lord, yeah!
--Black Sabbath, War Pigs

I went to enlisted boot camp, and I went to officer training.

In both venues, this shit was DRILLED INTO MY HEAD. Incessantly. Repeatedly. And you'd get it, again and again and again, in yer base newspapers, Plan of the Day, AFRTS broadcasts, and so forth.

You kept your politics PRIVATE, you reserved your uniform for official military business and representation, and when in doubt, you CHECKED with a JAG first.

Christ, it's like the whole outfit is falling to shit...no standards, anymore.