'That's Incredibly Disturbing': Michael Waltz Stunned By Army Official's Answer
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- At today's House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) grilled Army officials about the consequences of extremism policies.
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Absolutely disgraceful 🇦🇺
Why do all of these people in important positions not know what they are doing? Disturbing.
Beyond disturbing, it actually demonstrates a possibly 'holier than thou' attitude commonly present in the administration of many organizations. Where Administrators view 'the workers' as a nuisance, instead of the reason for the administrator's existence. CEO's should look out for this.
They are either extremely incompetent or, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Either way its DISTURBING, DANGEROUS and UNACCEPTABLE.
They know.
So thankful I served under President Reagan.
I did too
I thought serving under Obama was bad.... this is on another level.
I saw a Lance Corporal get NJP'd and busted down because he broke his NVGs on accident (it was a freak accident, not due to carelessness). Keep in mind, he didn't lose them, they didn't end up in enemy hands, he wasn't negligent... but he still got paperwork.
Meanwhile, flag officers and politicians can get 19 year-olds killed because they trusted the Taliban to guard them (hurts to type), failed to plan for the most-probable contingency, then kill an innocent civilian family for 'optics' (weird strategy, cotton), then leave BILLIONS of dollars of high-tech weapons/vehicles/technology to our adversaries (TO INCLUDE THE SAME NVGs MY BUDDY BROKE AND GOT NJP'D FOR), lied about what happened, then call the troops on the ground liars despite video evidence now and what happens? They get promotions and 7-figure jobs at cooperations and think-tanks.
I used to encourage young Americans to join because it was the best decision I've ever made - I ended up a better man and going to medical school because of it. But now, I don't think I could look a young man in the eye and tell him it's a good idea. Why fight for a government that despises you?
@@Tyler-vw9bh I agree with you.
When Reagan got in we received huge pay raises
I joined under President Reagan, got out under Clinton and not soon enough
I served 82-92. There is NO WAY I would join today.
Absolutely. Plus we are too old 😂
I wouldn't join in the first place. Grandpa served as a gunner in the Navy, WW2. He passed at 54 before I was born. He had shrapnel in his feet and was approved for disability 2 weeks after he passed.
I don't blame you. We do not have a Comm. n Chief right now. If Harris elected, still no Comm. n Chief. I do trust Trump as Commander.
@@fuuuuuwahhhh5276"oh I was gonna join but grandpa"
@@brandonsullivan8153 mock me if you want but give me one good reason why I should join when our veterans struggle to get assistance after putting themselves in danger. Tell me. Make it make sense. Im waiting.
*_FLAGGED SOME GET BLACK LISTED ALL THERE LIFE WITH FBI ASSISTANCE!!!!_*
86 years in the military, my family, NO MORE!!!!!
Over 200 years. No more.
Dad USAF
Uncle Marines
Uncle Army
Uncle Navy
All during Nam, I was in HS during Desert Storm.... never once thought about joining up.
Barred from reenlistment might be the biggest gift these soldiers could get. The modern military can pound sand
True. Blessing in disguise.
As a VN Vet I no longer encourage young folks to experience the military. I started encouraging young folks after LBJ was out of office. Now I no longer encourage anyone after Biden became POTUS.
Indeed.
Consider exactly what you are saying. That is true from the individual recruit's perspective, but what is ALSO true is that all this is part of why recruitment is down and has a very direct effect on military readiness.. which is a VERY important consideration for the effectiveness of our ability to defend the country.
Military readiness is THE statistic that MUST be met to have an effective military that can defend the USA.
@rbarnes4076 WW3 is fought with nukes. It's not fought in the WW2 trenches.
The WW2 lie is what they use to get people to sign up. Today's warfare is very high tech. US marines, US army and alike should know this intimately.
Has nothing to do with the military or the military personel. It's government deception to secure a meat shield. They know perfectly well ground troops are less effective on a nuclear bomb battlefield. But it helps with the PR. "Our boys".
The world has tested about 2100 nukes since 1945. +2. WW3 is about nukes.
I did my service in the airforce. Spyplanes.
Let me explain the flagging process from my experience in the Army. A soldier can fail a PT Test he will be flagged IMMEDIATELY! A flag means he cannot receive any positive actions, can’t flake leave, no promotions, no schools, nothing. The speed and efficiency that the army moves to flag a soldier is incredible. It is probably the most streamlined and proficient thing that they do. I have seen soldiers allegedly fail, a PT test, but not really fail because the test was incorrectly administered and scored before the soldier came back to work from the PT test. That soldier was already flagged. Once the error was found it took months for that flag to be lifted, in the meantime, the soldier wasn’t eligible for any military schools, the promotions that would’ve taken place in that timeframe and was not able to leave an administrative made by a clerk, and then a failure of the chain of command to exercise with the same diligence they had in placing the flag to ensure the flag was properly removed The army uses flags as punitive punishment because all soldiers how slow and effective they are and removing the flag. The flag is simply meant to be an administrative process, but it is used in a punitive manner to subvert the uniform code of military Justice.
Thank you for your comment it shines light on the process. I appreciate it
Not a soldier, a bureaucrat.
This General comes across like a Milk Toast. He doesn’t deserve Stars.
That's for sure. He seems not to know basic military laws.
Who would join the military nowadays... what a joke the fed is 😂😂😂😂😂
Or a police officer
People who want free Trans surgery
Some fools after seeing top gun: Maverick
@@steelionx9255 I actually joined the airforce after the movie. I got my wings in 4 weeks time since they were low on pilots. I buzzed the control tower like Maverick except I got to close and ended slicing my wing thru the glass. Now they are in need of air traffic controllers
@@CuttySX455 you have to be totally mentally ill to become a cop in a blue city and state
I don’t know if people quite understand this, but Americans aren’t only the ones watching these hearings and investigating what’s happening in the current US military, including the disaster that was Abbey Gate, all of the DEI and gender ideology creating policy within the military, etc. Foreign adversaries are have a FIELD DAY, and laughing at what has become of the military, they know the numbers are abysmally low, and they know the military isn’t the super force it once used to be. They also know the current administration is largely responsible for this, so they are sure hoping the chaos continues during the election.
Exactly correct.
My hard earned tax dollars are paying for these incompetent people to sit there and say “I don’t know”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
disgrace for the Army
Why are these people in these positions? They know nothing and do nothing and that includes this general who is ignorant of military justice.
His unwillingness to answer questions should have him removed from his rank and relieved of his duty.
This is my reaction exactly. The army answers to Congress, full stop. Unwillingness to answer basic questions put by Congress should be considered grounds for being relieved of duty, full stop.
*_This goes on in every single branch in the military!!! They tell you before you get out if you can reenlist!!!!_*
Duh
When I was clearing for discharge, one of the offices you had to clear was reenlistment (1970).
I don’t know who these people think they are that they don’t answer to anybody. This country is gone rogue
He is an officer who can be FIRED. Fire him and get someone who will do the job instead of trying to hide his actions and cover his Ace.
WHST THE HELL IS THIS WOMAN DOING HERE!!
I don't understand, what is stopping them from making him answer?
rinos r cowards is y....
2 star and above are political appointees!
@@ronaldjohnson1474Lt. Col and above are politicians
"I'm in charge because I don't know what I'm doing."...sad commentary regarding those sitting at the top of the chain of command...God bless this nation and those who bravely serve under these horrendous circumstances ... God bless everybody.
Entirely incompetent public servants there in the Department of the Army.
Hold them in contempt.
I did 10 year in the infantry and used to recommend military service to every kid …. I’d NEVER DO THAT NOW…. THESE PEOPLE CLOWNS ARE A DISGRACE TO THE UNIFORM
Not specific events, but a general characteristic of behaviors is what being asked.
Mike Waltz is the smartest military man in Congress. I always admire his questioning of incompetent witnesses at hearings.
“YOU WANT THE TRUTH?! YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!”
I think that military guy was lieing.
As a retired senior NCO (MSG), how could these officers, who never listened to their NCO advisors ever be promoted beyond 2LT?
Who knows who they listen to, but they got to be general officers. Great pay and retirement money. Were they influenced, at some time in their career, by NCOs and enlisted personnel? Probably so, especially in their early years, but neither of us know that for sure. Your comment goes well beyond the bounds of your military service. Thank you for that service. But, I hope you are recalled to active service and dealt with appropriately. Seems not only the senior officer Corps has probIem's, but promotions to senior NCO should be questioned as well.
There is the answer why the Army is failing in recruiting. Who the hell was that 3 star General? He is the go along, to get along, perfume princess COL Hackworth truly despised. I have seen/dealt with this character flaw in my service days and I also hated dealing with them. This guy thought it be cute to turn the mike off, fumble to get it on so he wouldn't be grilled more than he could wither. What a friggin pos response he had to questions, didn't know basic Army regs/policies and God help the Army. we are lost. Oh, BTW, the other DOD Army official was even worse; she is going to look into things though, Good Grief.😡
AHHH.David Hackworth. A real Soldier
I did almost 14 years and never thought the military leaders were so incompetent.
We the people. That is for we the people.
A multitude of actions are taken against soldiers but no one seems to know who is doing it !!
How can these people, who have broken and not enforced the law, not be arrested for derelict of duty? Not answering questions is a derelict of duty! It's open tyranny. How is this allowed to continue w no consequences?
Really wish someone would simply say, you are outside your authority to deny answering these questions, we will see that your budget reflects this. I get the problems with holding up the militaries budget, but if they are flat out defying the people thatsre over them, yes the military is beholden to Congress, then they need to be straightened out.
Also, how does that lady have a job if ahe cannot answer the policy questions? I know what policies she makes, the ones that are destroying the Army.
This is absolute joke!
You forgot the word "an"!
My grandfathers stormed Normandy and my dad fought in Vietnam. I don't want my grandchildren signing up. America has spent the years after WWII circumventing the Constitutional process to get us into wars, all with no plan to win them. We have betrayed and abandoned soldiers, especially in Vietnam, where it's likely that hundreds were left behind. It's not patriotic to participate in this. It's patriotic to reject this in favor of following our Constitution and a code of honor.
Of course, there's no accountability. You can't get a straight answer from him and General Milly is still at his job after Afghanistan, and these are the best we have.
millie retired full benefits pension...
DUH I NO NUTTN CUZ I STPD DUH😮 CUZ I DEMOCRAT DUH😂
That may have happened before I took the position....... Doesn't matter, you are in charge now and you need to own it.
This General is a complete tool.
Unbelievable. 😮
Non judicial punishment? Like extras? That is not part of the public record... frig... the military would have hundreds of books a year. Lol
VOTE DJT 😂JDV ❤ 2024 ❤
No, it's better for people to vote freely AFTER doing heavy research on the candidates in this free country.
Wouldn't let my child join today's government military Gestapo. This country is cooked.
Glad i didn't stay in, what an absolute disgrace.
It all started back in the 70' s with Senator Pat Shoedr
This General was a test taker and not a leader.
The "general" seems to believe that refusing to give information is something he is solely entitled to do. He must have fantasies about being Mayorkas or the Director of the Justice department. He needs to be brought to a courts martial.
The abuse that our military family members that voluntarily join is horrific. I was told by my nephew in California was obligated to get on the ground and crawl on pig and chicken feces is horrific. Others are being abused by higher up as a punishment from complaining about the tax coming from sargents . Sexual abuse is the desert of the day. Now you tell me why should we hand government our kids to be mistreated like this, they sign in so proud and after 3 months they wish for the to fly so they can come back HOME ☹️😡😤😔
Not tax the treatment
In the military this General is known as a turd.
that was a half truth your bared from ever having gainful employment
ive had employers tell me they want to hire me but ive been flagged
The us army has become a laughing stock of the world. Back in my days , served in Desert Storm and Desert Shield, all military were Spot On, is this General real ???
Never trust a politician in uniform. Especially when they have stars on them.
This absolutely Horse Apples. As a former Navy Hospital Corpsman and retiree, I know I speak for the majority of those who have served and sacrificed so much because our love of country..I would never recommend decent young men and women who love this country to enlist and serve at this moment in time. Serve your families, churches, community, and what you can impact close to home.
Jail him are you going to let him do this
The pollution runs deep.
I can't believe this guy walks the halls of the Pentagon! Unbelievable!!!
Wow, I can’t even think of something to say. What in the hell happened to our military?
Why is it that all of these bureaucrats seem to directly lie and obscure their action when reporting to elected officials, and none are ever punished for doing so? Who is really in charge here?
And so the bricks of our society fall....one at a time....
Just how much information are these Army officials allowed to claim ignorance of?
Would you prefer that they lie? That is an offense, they know, that can be pursued by Congress.
That short testimony alone, lack of competency, knowledge and out right refusal to answer questions by the "experts" should discourage
anyone from enlisting in the present-day clown corps. Literally subjecting oneself to the whims of the erratic, unable and morally deficit. NO THANK YOU.
VOTE STRAIGHT PARTY REPUBLICAN
leadership in this country is a joke
I server over 30years and recruited more young men and women than I can count. But no more. I can not in good conscience recommend military service in today's military. When our own Congressmen have no respect for the senior leadership, how can the average American? We can't!! We can't serve "leaders" we don't respect. We don't need to like them, agree with their decisions, but without respect they can not lead!
Military all the way back to Corneilius Ludlow, my daughter is in and planning to retire.
Calling pro-lifers terrorists in our own damn Army?!?! AND WON'T TELL US IF ANYONE WAS HELD ACCOUNTABLE?!? Y'ALL HAVE LOST YOUR MINDS AND THE WHOLE COMMAND SHOULD BE FIRED WITHOUT RETIREMENT!!!!
Michael 5000 Waltz
And she doesn't know her job. That's sad.
He wears a Rainbow 🌈 on his skinny chest! Doesn't He!
PULL THEIR FUKIN FUNDING!!
And clearances
As an old Soldier (I entered in ‘79) I can tell you I wouldn’t serve a single minute under any of the FuckSticks in today’s “Military”.
You will never get answers PERIOD !!!
Shameful
NEWMAN VINDMAN IS A T RAITOR
Nope, Home Defence, good luck alphabetz. Ride the Unicorn Air Cav to"victory?"....
These people are a stonewalling nightmare
Incompetence by design
This Lt. Gen fools no one.
This just blows my mind...they can secretly ruin people's careers with tags and they never know...fucking really
It is SO PATHETIC that congess, who is SUPPOSED to have "oversight" of the military, does not have the authority to demote and fire this pathetic "general" for not answering simple questions that he DOES have the authority and responsibilty to answer!!!
Extremism,for wanting the US to be kick ass, it's insane. You don't see the Russian govenment holding a conference about their people in how they want Russia to be kick ass or China in how they want China to be kickass. So what country are we supposed to want to be kickass since we live in the US and that's an extreme idea to want your country to be kickass, what country are we suppose to believe to be kickass if we can't claim that about the country we live in, or that makes us a domestic terrorist. How ignorant, how ignorant noone told us what country we're suppose to see as kickass, since its domestic terrorism to want the best for our country, which is the United States of America, what country are we suppose to believe that should be kickass?
I smell a cover up
3 Star General without a clue. Clearly, his career ascension is based on who he knows and not what he knows, which is typical of government and the military. Sad, embarrassing, and preventable!
DEI incompetence
Gives you confidence?
Yee gods. the yanks politicise and label their grunts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought only militaries with commissars did that. A western military actually has commissars, how crazy is that?
Oh cool we have secret police in the army. That's amazing and won't possibly hurt the public's view of it /s
do the now give out Purple hearts for paper cuts?
these generals need to lose stars. this guy is so annoying.
What a weasel
These two are useless.
No, we actually learned a great deal about them and the system they work so proudly for. We would not be so up in arms if we learned nothing.
@@WilliamMurphy-b6v 🧻
@kerrie-annepratt3723 Cute. Shows a lot of intelligence and class. Accomplishes so much in our MUTUAL distain of lying or witnesses trying to protect a flawed system from the light of day.
This officer sounds like he's searching for weasel words. Yes, he's a weasel.
The army!😂😂😂
Liar
"I'm aware" that's my job description, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do, other than do the bidding of whoever gave me the job.
This "administration" must go, as should most of the federal bureaucracy.
Harris Amy Lopez Jason Robinson Sarah
Perez Amy Johnson Angela Harris Shirley
How in the AF are women that never have seen combat in charge of any thing military related.