Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   Praetorian Guard Date:   11/14/2018 2:37:52 PM

Yes… I have had MANY “Meals-Ready-to-Eat.”  And K-RATs… and even some (found in a back room) C-RATs. 

…and, I have had turkey in a far away land… and, felt privileged to have it. 

I wasn’t Obama’s “Praetorian Guard” any more than I was Johnson’s, or Nixon’s, or Clinton’s, or either of the Bushs’ (each was my “Commander-in-Chief” at the time).  The Secret Service is the President’s “Praetorian Guard.”

From your comments, I deduct that YOU don’t understand military service.  We do not (did not) serve at our own leisure. We served our country on the direction of our Commander-in-Chief.  We do not (did not) make the politics leading to our posting and obligations. 

If the President says, “Go to the border and support my Border Patrol”, I do that.  I don’t quibble… I am neither Democrat nor Republican.  My Nation needs me… my commander (and his commanders) tell me what to do.  I tell my subordinates what to do. (We) they DO IT!  We NEVER ask our commander if it is “busy work.”  I have NEVER been asked by my platoon leaders… 1SG… NCOs… if we were doing “busy work.”

The military is not a debate society.  We are not a committee.  We are the tip of the spear.  And YOU, dear Archie are the ass end of it.  In the long string of things, YOUR military is doing what millions of YOU Archies collectively desire.  You are the push… we are the bloody result of your push.

If Trump (re) called my tired ass to the border… I would not hesitate.

When it comes to military issues… unless you have walked the walk…

- LMF Curmudgeon (same as PV1 Tentpeg)