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Making the military great again!

Oh we're also cutting veterans benefits!

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[–] givesomefucks 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

The last eight people who have held the title since 2009 had served either in the Navy, Marine Corps, Army or Coast Guard, according to their Naval History and Heritage Command biographies.

Considering the one from 2009 to 2017 didn't serve in the military that's some weird phrasing...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mabus

What's crazy is (including "acting" like the article does) we've had 8 Sec Of Navy's in 7 years...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy

Just an insane amount of turnover under both Biden and trump.

I hated when Obama did this, at least this time the rest of the Dem party will be pissed too.

Edit:

Mabus sucked, but obviously this guy is gonna suck more. The Navy is ripe for corruption with overseas refueling, I think the Fat Leonard case still has some officers in trial, but it might be finished by now.

[–] actually 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Having a civilian as secretary is not bad, at that level, healthy even. But that requires a type of person who almost certainly would not be in the good graces of Trump. And anyone accepting the position now must fight uphill to prove they are not a mindless, greedy thug filled with evil

[–] LePoisson 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was skimming more and the actual law is that the secretary has to not have served in the military in the past 7 years. It specifically calls out they're a civilian.

Most of them have had military experience though, it's probably helpful.

[–] actually 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think it’s kind of random in USA history, wikpedia has a list of them and some do

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