The Purple Heart began as something called the Badge of Military Merit, an honor created by General George Washington in 1782. The honor was only presented to enlisted Soldiers who had performed a “singularly meritorious action.” Only a handful of these were awarded, and following the American Revolution, the Badge of Military Merit didn’t become a permanent fixture among the various other awards and decorations given to those who served. However, the spirit of the Badge of Military Merit would be honored again in 1932, when the Purple Heart award was created to honor the bicentennial of George Washington’s birthday. #WWI saw the first Purple Hearts awarded to Soldiers, presented on the site of the final encampment of the Continental Army in Windsor, New York. The Purple Heart took many years to evolve into what it is known today. When General Douglas MacArthur signed General Order #3 establishing the modern Purple Heart, it was not authorized to be awarded to anyone except those serving in the Army or the Army Air Corps. A presidential order signed in 1942 opened the Purple Heart to all branches of the military including the U.S. Coast Guard. So, on this day, August 7, please join us as we express our eternal gratitude to all who were awarded the #PurpleHeart. #StrongerTogether #MakingaDifference
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12 JULY 1862 – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR : On 12 July 1862, while the nation was engaged in the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the measure that called for a U.S. Army Medal of Honor, to be awarded in the name of Congress, “to such noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection.” Lincoln had approved a similar provision that created a U.S. Navy Medal of Valor, which provided the basis of the Army Medal of Honor created by Congress in July 1862. As noted, the Medal of Honor was originally intended to be an award to enlisted members, but in 1863, when the Medal of Honor became a permanent military decoration, it also became available to all members of the Armed Forces, including commissioned officers. The medal is reserved for recognizing those military personnel who have distinguished themselves by "conspicuous gallantry" in actual combat at the risk of life beyond the call of duty. Since its creation in 1862, more than 3,400 men and one woman of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard have received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions. The official name of the award is the Medal of Honor and is awarded by the president in the name of Congress. It is not "The Congressional Medal of Honor." The first U.S. Army recipients of the Medal of Honor were six members of a raiding party who penetrated deep into Confederate territory during the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.
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Maj Gen Roberson visited 7th Special Forces Group September 2022. During a town hall meeting, I pointed out the CDC recently stated there is no distinction between how vaxxed & unvaxxed individuals should be treated & that my religious exemption had been pending for a year. I then asked if there is any talk of removing the mandate. He responded, “have you heard of Novavax?,” to which I said, “yes sir, it uses aborted fetal cells too.” He seemed flustered at my retort. This led to a long answer on how if the US Army asks you to do something you should do it. That he doesn’t want to kick anyone out but will. That the Army is trying to find a middle ground with Novavax so the unvaxxed should take it. After that conversation I decided to leave the Army rather than wait for my exemption to get denied & risk receiving a less than honorable discharge. Even though MG Roberson probably had an amazing career for which I’m grateful, his response is indicative of careerism & moral weakness at the flag officer level. Generals facilitated in discharging & forcing out tens of thousands of service members & pushed an experimental drug after it had been shown to cause negative side effects. (See Karolina Stancik & Drew Outstanding) I ask that House Armer Services Committee Republicans hold a series of hearings to point out & fix problems from the VAX mandate & ensure it never happens again. DoD leaders should also take a hard look in the mirror to assess their part in this debacle that continues to weaken the force. Finally, please sign the DMA petition if you believe these leaders must be held accountable. Militaryaccountability.com
We join #ARSOF in bidding farewell to Maj. Gen. Patrick B. Roberson, deputy commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, who dedicated 37 years to the US Army - spending two decades of his esteemed career in the special operations community. His leadership and commitment to #service will be greatly missed. #SpecialForces #People #GreenBerets #DOL
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LTG Jensen, director of the Army National Guard and U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) #amsp alum, shares his thoughts on command and the role of the National Guard in today's Army. Kudos to a couple of our resident National Guardsmen Jesse Valles and Russ McKelvey for hosting a great #oparch show! A few thoughts that stuck with me: (1) Solve problems at your echelon. This means enabling the headquarters below you and understanding the mission of your higher headquarters to be at the right place, time and with the right capability to help them win. (2) Every component has a role (Active, Guard, Reserve). Be clear on expectations and invest the resources to ensure you get the right capabilities in the time you need them. (3) Mobilization - it's hard on paper, harder to imagine what it will be like in "real life". We won't know unless we rehearse. The Army University | U.S. Army Combined Arms Center | US Army TRADOC | Marshall Scholars at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies | Harding Project https://lnkd.in/gk58Hwau
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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞.” - Retired Gen. Colin Powell, former, Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Best Wishes to the U.S. Corps of Cadets today as they embark on their first day of classes for the spring semester! U.S. Army photo by Cadet Conor Faherty, Class of 2026
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I think this is an important paper that anyone who cares about our military and our nation should read. Some of my thoughts: 1. I completely agree with the Culture Shift of Mission Command and "disciplined disobedience." Easy to say - tough to do but we have to embrace it. 2. Agree on all points of technology and the need to operate routinely dispersed, disconnected, and in multi-domain including commercial. 3. The idea of a move towards partial conscription is interesting but I think unworkable. It is not the American Way of War to have a large standing Army and even when we had conscription it was short. Even FDR on the eve of Pearl Harbor would not have been able to get support for the draft and today there is no support. So what do we do? I would have liked to see an embracing of Coalition/Allies. America's super power is that we have friends and our threat does not.
🌟 Honoring excellence in military thought leadership [📰] Spotlight Article: "A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force" by Col. Katie Crombe and Dr. John Nagl. This insightful piece, recently published in the The United States Army War College has garnered special recognition from Gen. Randy George, Chief of Staff of the Army. 🔗 Read the Article: https://lnkd.in/e_MCM-EZ 👏 The article by Col. Crombe and Dr. Nagle stands out as a testament to the power of strategic thinking and its pivotal role in shaping our military's future. This recognition is part of Gen. George's initiative to highlight three exceptional military professional articles each month. #ArmyLeadership #MilitaryThoughtLeadership #StrategicThinking #ProfessionalDevelopment
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Only the U.S Army and the U.S. Navy can take my military discharge code of RE-3 and the future is uncertain so an age waiver for military service might be needed. You also got people in politics, the lawyers, and the Army general that got to Miami, FL in 2021. According to U.S. Navy in theory, I might not need to repeat bootcamp and maybe with the Army. The Air Force don’t usually take prior service first because new applicants comes first. I know that Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard doesn’t take RE-3. The Air Force always works with the Army. Regular people that fail bootcamp in the Army have to repeat bootcamp in the Air Force too.
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On April 23, 1908, Congress created the Medial Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. Following World War I, under the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress reorganized the United States land forces by authorizing a Regular Army, a National Guard, and an Organized Reserve (Officer Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corps) of thirty-five divisions, which later became the Army Reserve. This provided a peacetime pool of trained Reserve officers and enlisted men for use in war. The Army Reserve Corps of Medical Officers was created with 160 physicians; 116 years later, there are more than 200,000 Reservists in more than 148 fields that may be called to action when their country requires their service. #Happybirthday #armyreserves #NICoE #DefenseIntrepidNetwork #DIN
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Service member issues and social media. PART 1 I’ve been putting this reply off to gather some intellectual arguments that mitigate my personal bias due to my experience. However, I think it’s worthy of tossing that in at the end as well. I’m not here to debate for or against the use of social media with respects to our service members voicing their complaints. Let’s face reality, the newer generations are social media influenced and the domain isn’t going away. Therefore, we must navigate ways to handle or throttle the use of platforms and especially exploit them. I don’t think we, the older generation are experts in the exploitation phase of social media compared to those who are in our charge. Secondly, I think any organizational leader should listen to ALL complaints where you agree or disagree them. A good command climate (work environment) must also exist where employees have a mechanism to voice compliants, propose ideas, and be incorporated in to the information/feedback loop. If a mechanism doesn’t exist, your employees will find an outlet of expression (social media). Let’s address some complaints here; your feedback is welcomed and encouraged. 1. The military doesn’t pay well. a. With the national wage index in 2022 of ~$63, it’s hard to counter this argument…if you don’t have the additional factors. I will say that it is a positive fact that the younger generation is conducting a comparative analysis between different job markets. As service members/veterans , let’s further the education piece to better inform them! The 2024 military pay chart ONLY includes base pay (https://lnkd.in/e-Gz-u-6). b. I’ll use my personal case as an example. According to the pay chart, my rough annual income is $96k. However, the hidden part that the younger generation and civilian sector don’t see are the other pays and allowances (housing, food, travel, proficiency pay, various other deployment and hardship pays). Factoring in the other pays and allowances my income jumps upwards to $130k. Realizing that this is not Officer pay which is strikingly higher and took me over 25 years to obtain, still not a bad salary. Let’s also toss in free health care. What are your monthly health care premiums? c. Let’s also examine the performance to pay relationship. If you are highly qualified to exceptional in your career field, you can expect a steady rise in pay over time. If you reside in the normal realm of performance and only do what is required without taking initiative, then you can expect your pay raise to be behind your peers. Lets be honest, those who fall behind, or only do what’s expected will most likely separate from the service anyways. Mike Robinson
US Army US Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps in the last 10 years things have drastically changed but now it comes to find out that we have the smallest military force in United States within the last 80 years and listen to what these guys have to say about how they feel about being in the military leaving this right here for you guys to figure this outTikTok is a double edge sword it’s good for good things but it’s bad for things like this leaving these comments for you
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Service member issues and social media. PART 2 1. Performing your job and duties in inclement weather as a justification to exit the service. Below is a quote from a fellow Special Forces Soldier that sums the argument that we must be comfortable with being uncomfortable. "Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about how hard it is, he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home. He knows only The Cause." a. If you can’t handle the minor stress incoluations of conventional military training, you are opening up yourself, and others to high risk in the event that you are exposed to a kinetic environment. Let’s be honest with overseas, you are probably not going to handle daily (non-military) life stressers as well and are most likely in the wrong line of work. Does the extreme hot,cold, and wet environments suck, absolutely. But the pain and being uncomfortable doesn’t last forever. b. I’m gonna plagiarize from our SEAL brother Demo Dick, the less you bleedth in training, the less you bleedth in war. Meaning, train how fight, fight to win.
US Army US Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps in the last 10 years things have drastically changed but now it comes to find out that we have the smallest military force in United States within the last 80 years and listen to what these guys have to say about how they feel about being in the military leaving this right here for you guys to figure this outTikTok is a double edge sword it’s good for good things but it’s bad for things like this leaving these comments for you
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Serivce member issues and social media. PART 3 1. I have no freedom in the military (not my words). a. Let’s be transparent and honest, yes the military has its own set of laws, rules, regulations, and policies. Our operations, actions, and initiatives may be tactical(locally) executed, but most of strategic(transregional and global) affects. Therefore, the Services must maintain a higher standard of morales, values, and rules (laws) than our civilian counterparts. There CAN be a perception that this imposes more restraints on service members. However, let’s take another perspective. Using Jocko as a source, “discipline equals freedom”. What does that mean to me? It means that the more discipline, initiative and intestinal fortitude that someone displays, the less micro-management is placed upon them. Boundaries and rules still exist! This allows organizational leaders to trust in their subordinates while fostering critical thinking, which allows younger organizational members the flexibility to solve problems own their own while meeting objectives. b. Secondly, your level of maturity and performance will directly affect your freedom. Case in point; On the military’s dime (due to operational requirements) I’ve been to Dubai, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Spain, Bulgaria, Belgium, Panama and had the opportunity to interact with Senior members from partner nations, the USGOV, and developed long lasting friendships. My most memorable experiences have been visiting Dachau, Aushwitz (twice), the Nuremberg Trail courtroom, the Ardennes Forest and various other historical sights. Discipline Equals Freedom!
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