Military related links 010919

Retired Gen. Allen criticizes Trump for turning troop visit into 'political rally'

https://news.yahoo.com/retired-gen-allen-criticizes-trump-turning-troop-visit-political-rally-141320082.html

Coast Guard says final paychecks of year will come despite shutdown

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/423157-shutdown-delaying-coast-guards-final-paycheck-of-year?fbclid=IwAR169pqrkZFSgJJoCIEW2G4MlervaRWhI0rlOwmsadwNl1_lZs8_OOTmyBs

42,000 Coast Guardsmen Are Getting Screwed On Pay Because Of The Government Shutdown

https://taskandpurpose.com/coast-guard-pay-shutdown?fbclid=IwAR3pWrMSXQNkmFOkZRfTtKZstLMe7geu2OjpD9ei_u1V_YIOMF3ro3U1dQA

Trump personally intervened to pay Coast Guard in shutdown

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-personally-intervened-to-pay-coast-guard-in-shutdown?fbclid=IwAR1JUC6xfUPhz1bWmmGiFpzQhRvBlKUXuOmonWe6_SVlntLDDBphG3I_EEc

Navy Corpsman: Carrying the Legacy

https://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?issue=3&id=108150

Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed.  How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.

https://www.thenation.com/article/pentagon-audit-budget-fraud/

Jim Mattis Implores Defense Department To Defend The Constitution In Farewell Memo

Mattis was forced out of his job early after his resignation letter angered President Donald Trump.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-mattis-implores-defense-department-to-defend-the-constitution-in-farewell-memo_us_5c2a2a95e4b0407e9084c73d?fbclid=IwAR2_v4zN1V818p6UvhU91f2pKIjuK7H-I26S2F4AE4Spt73PIYEMDXxue7M

Why ‘Overmatch’ Is Overkill: The Pentagon’s strategy for global supremacy could bankrupt the country and spark a world war.

https://www.thenation.com/article/overmatch-pentagon-military-budget-strategy/

The Lethal Crescent: Where the Cold War was hot.

https://www.thenation.com/article/cold-war-killing-fields-paul-chamberlin/

Don’t Hold Coast Guard, NOAA Corps Hostage During Shutdown

https://www.moaa.org/Content/Publications-and-Media/News-Articles/2019-News-Articles/Advocacy/Don-t-Hold-Coast-Guard,-NOAA-Corps-Hostage-During-Shutdown.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TMNsend&utm_content=NC+AFHR+1+ERet+L+NC

PRIVACY AND SECURITY: U.S. Strategic Command Helpfully Reminds World It Could Still Annihilate Everyone Before Midnight

https://gizmodo.com/u-s-strategic-command-helpfully-reminds-world-it-could-1831406501?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=gizmodo_email&utm_campaign=bottom

Liz Cheney Ignores Bush Wars And Demands Dems 'Rebuild' Military After 'The Devastation Of The Obama Years': Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the third-ranking House Republican, on Sunday cautioned Democrats not to cut military spending, and she suggested that President Barack Obama's administration had devastated the armed forces.

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/01/liz-cheney-ignores-bush-wars-and-demands?fbclid=IwAR3m14QulqphY55lDz8pR7FsaiCBOkLwNiBFPvIou2r95hnEmUldFHgqziE

Appeals court sides with Trump on transgender military ban

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/423862-appeals-court-sides-with-trump-on-transgender-military-ban?fbclid=IwAR1n78XCpveVbZgiKmOpAGM8c9y94YFXO6Hc5shqj2hqsz3GKFfN0_W8DWo&mc_cid=7c090fb2d4&mc_eid=8fdcfb07ce