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Hahaha damn. The USCG guys who were there definitely got jipped, even after they tried to remind him of it. I still don't agree with making the President the commander-in-chief...I mean yeah, I'm all for civilian control of the military too but lately, that part of the constitution doesn't seem to have much meaning anymore.
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Meh, not a big deal. This is a mountain out of a molehill. Personally, I think it's rude to call out the President of the United States - regardless of perceived slight. It was obviously done to attempt to embarrass. I hope he was reprimanded.
BTW - Plenty Navy are in Afghanistan. Many are in a program called IA (Individual Augmentation) some volunteer and some not. Navy medical personnel are also in Afghanistan, including Corpsmen who accompany Marines on missions since the Marines do not have their own Corpsmen.
Are they assigned as a unit or are they individual augmentees? I am just curious about the mission as it clearly is an atypical Coast Guard mission.
As far as how many Navy - I don't know the numbers but above and beyond the Seals, there are a fair number of Navy guys who were essentially pulled from their primary specialties and and retrained into shortage areas. I know that there are submariners who are or were assigned to and even commanding Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) (which must have been quite a shock to his system when he got that command) and I know Navy Intel and targeting analysts who have spent a tour at Bagram . It's a long way from the water to Afghanistan anyway you look at it.
Meh, not a big deal. This is a mountain out of a molehill. Personally, I think it's rude to call out the President of the United States - regardless of perceived slight. It was obviously done to attempt to embarrass. I hope he was reprimanded.
BTW - Plenty Navy are in Afghanistan. Many are in a program called IA (Individual Augmentation) some volunteer and some not. Navy medical personnel are also in Afghanistan, including Corpsmen who accompany Marines on missions since the Marines do not have their own Corpsmen.
As far as how many Navy - I don't know the numbers but above and beyond the Seals, there are a fair number of Navy guys who were essentially pulled from their primary specialties and and retrained into shortage areas. I know that there are submariners who are or were assigned to and even commanding Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs)