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2022-02-25 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Senior enlisted Marine Corps leader of 47,000-strong force at Camp Pendleton in California with nearly 30 years of service has been FIRED due to 'loss of trust' in his abilities

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 He refused to put on a dress?

Posted by Slolurong Lumplump1803 2022-02-25 01:13|| 2022-02-25 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Used the wrong pronoun in public?

Posted by magpie 2022-02-25 02:24|| 2022-02-25 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Caught CNN Fever? The Zucker and Cuomo variant, hopefully.

Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-25 04:58|| 2022-02-25 04:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone had to take the fall for failure up line.

Posted by Dale 2022-02-25 05:34|| 2022-02-25 05:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe the Dude wanted to go to Ukraine.
Now he can.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-25 08:57|| 2022-02-25 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 I can't figure out what a Meritorious Service Medal is - a very prestigious participation trophy?

Posted by Glenmore 2022-02-25 09:10|| 2022-02-25 09:10|| Front Page Top

#7 ...one of the 'completed tours' award. There are a couple of awards used to show that you may have actually did something or just were a warm body for the assignment with the specific award titles determined by the rank of the individual.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-25 09:34|| 2022-02-25 09:34|| Front Page Top

#8 It is unclear what Whitcomb's duties included or what he did to create mistrust.

Perhaps we could get a couple reporters (as opposed to 'journalists') looking into those questions. You know, the old WhoWhatWhenWhereAndWhy thingie.

I do like how the DM tosses a dead body into the story at the end for extra seasoning.

Posted by SteveS 2022-02-25 09:56|| 2022-02-25 09:56|| Front Page Top

#9 His top award was the MSM with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, lots or campaign medals but no Combat Action Ribbon. The article seems to say his career was as an 0151 admin poge and chair-borne for much of it suggesting his career rise might have had a melanin component, and for combat Marines he might had not engendered a lot of affection. The dead body story seems totally unconnected, and yet was several lines in length hinting at a link. Is there a connection yet to come out and he clearly being dumped before it does?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-02-25 11:53|| 2022-02-25 11:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Ref #9: "Chair-borne promotions."

Fobbits speak out! Must we personalize everything?

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-25 12:13|| 2022-02-25 12:13|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm too old - REMF was the relative term in my times.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-25 12:21|| 2022-02-25 12:21|| Front Page Top

#12 you are correct

Posted by bman 2022-02-25 15:48|| 2022-02-25 15:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Zipper failure.

Posted by badanov 2022-02-25 22:44|| 2022-02-25 22:44|| Front Page Top

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