I'd like to hear this guy's congressional testimony.

[berg80]

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say​

The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs said on Thursday that he was stepping down.

The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission.

It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/southern-command-head-stepping-down.html

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon too.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.​

Eight months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer, the judge advocate general tasked with those duties has stepped down. No one has yet been nominated to permanently fill either of the service’s top legal jobs.

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon, who had served as deputy Air Force JAG since 2022, became acting JAG after Hegseth’s Feb. 21 announcement that he was firing Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer. Vernon’s last day on the job was Sunday and her retirement date is set for January 1, 2026, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.

It’s been eight months since the service had a Senate-confirmed leader in the role.

www.defenseone.com

Not to mention this guy.

After Decades in Combat, a SEAL Suddenly Comes Under Scrutiny​

Adm. Frank M. Bradley will soon face questions from lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/admiral-bradley-boat-strikes.html

Pete denies having seen the survivors of the boat strike while watching a video of the attack in real time. In legal parlance that's called plausible deniability. In layman's terms it's called BS.

 

[Mac1958]

In layman's terms it's called BS.

This is brutal. It's a brain drain, in favor of blind loyalty and ideology.

Like all authoritarian regimes.

 

[berg80]

This is brutal. It's a brain drain, in favor of blind loyalty and ideology.

Like all authoritarian regimes.

In this context it may also be the removal of anyone with objections to the illegal targeting of people in boats floating around the Caribbean.

 

[Anathema]

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say​

The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs said on Thursday that he was stepping down.

The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission.

It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/southern-command-head-stepping-down.html

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon too.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.​

Eight months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer, the judge advocate general tasked with those duties has stepped down. No one has yet been nominated to permanently fill either of the service’s top legal jobs.

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon, who had served as deputy Air Force JAG since 2022, became acting JAG after Hegseth’s Feb. 21 announcement that he was firing Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer. Vernon’s last day on the job was Sunday and her retirement date is set for January 1, 2026, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.

It’s been eight months since the service had a Senate-confirmed leader in the role.

www.defenseone.com

Not to mention this guy.

After Decades in Combat, a SEAL Suddenly Comes Under Scrutiny​

Adm. Frank M. Bradley will soon face questions from lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/admiral-bradley-boat-strikes.html

Pete denies having seen the survivors of the boat strike while watching a video of the attack in real time. In legal parlance that's called plausible deniability. In layman's terms it's called BS.

All of this can be summed up in one sentence…

“Do what the CINC tells you to do, and don’t question it.”

 

[ColonelAngus]

Why?

Lying to Congress is not a crime.

Clapper told Congress the US government does not spy on citizens. Did he suffer any consequences?

 

[Nostra]

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say​

The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs said on Thursday that he was stepping down.

The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission.

It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/southern-command-head-stepping-down.html

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon too.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.​

Eight months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer, the judge advocate general tasked with those duties has stepped down. No one has yet been nominated to permanently fill either of the service’s top legal jobs.

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon, who had served as deputy Air Force JAG since 2022, became acting JAG after Hegseth’s Feb. 21 announcement that he was firing Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer. Vernon’s last day on the job was Sunday and her retirement date is set for January 1, 2026, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.

It’s been eight months since the service had a Senate-confirmed leader in the role.

www.defenseone.com

Not to mention this guy.

After Decades in Combat, a SEAL Suddenly Comes Under Scrutiny​

Adm. Frank M. Bradley will soon face questions from lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/admiral-bradley-boat-strikes.html

Pete denies having seen the survivors of the boat strike while watching a video of the attack in real time. In legal parlance that's called plausible deniability. In layman's terms it's called BS.

Ah, another New York Slimes story with no sources.




















…

 

[Seymour Flops]

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say​

The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs said on Thursday that he was stepping down.

The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission.

It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/southern-command-head-stepping-down.html

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon too.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.​

Eight months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer, the judge advocate general tasked with those duties has stepped down. No one has yet been nominated to permanently fill either of the service’s top legal jobs.

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon, who had served as deputy Air Force JAG since 2022, became acting JAG after Hegseth’s Feb. 21 announcement that he was firing Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer. Vernon’s last day on the job was Sunday and her retirement date is set for January 1, 2026, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.

It’s been eight months since the service had a Senate-confirmed leader in the role.

www.defenseone.com

Not to mention this guy.

After Decades in Combat, a SEAL Suddenly Comes Under Scrutiny​

Adm. Frank M. Bradley will soon face questions from lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/admiral-bradley-boat-strikes.html

Pete denies having seen the survivors of the boat strike while watching a video of the attack in real time. In legal parlance that's called plausible deniability. In layman's terms it's called BS.

My guess is that Admiral Holsey was just tired of introducing himself and having people say, "Admiral Halsey?"

He should have picked a different service.

 

[berg80]

My guess is that Admiral Holsey was just tired of introducing himself and having people say, "Admiral Halsey?"

He should have picked a different service.

Your insipid nature never disappoints.

 

[berg80]

My guess is that Admiral Holsey was just tired of introducing himself and having people say, "Admiral Halsey?"

He should have picked a different service.

Nor did Admiral Holsey publicly voice any policy objections, urging his command’s 1,200 military service members and civilians in a statement, “Keep Charging!!”

But other officials at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill said the praise masked real policy tensions concerning Venezuela that the admiral and his civilian boss were seeking to paper over.

“Prior to Trump, I can’t think of a combatant commander who left his or her post early, ever,” said Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

 

[Nostra]

Nor did Admiral Holsey publicly voice any policy objections, urging his command’s 1,200 military service members and civilians in a statement, “Keep Charging!!”

But other officials at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill said the praise masked real policy tensions concerning Venezuela that the admiral and his civilian boss were seeking to paper over.

“Prior to Trump, I can’t think of a combatant commander who left his or her post early, ever,” said Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

More unsourced accusations.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Congressional testimony is about as reliable as RACHEL MADDOW CLAIMING YOU WILL NOT GET COVID IF YOU GET THE EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY SHOT.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Nor did Admiral Holsey publicly voice any policy objections, urging his command’s 1,200 military service members and civilians in a statement, “Keep Charging!!”

But other officials at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill said the praise masked real policy tensions concerning Venezuela that the admiral and his civilian boss were seeking to paper over.

“Prior to Trump, I can’t think of a combatant commander who left his or her post early, ever,” said Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

Wait, Holsey or Halsey?

 

[berg80]

Wait, Holsey or Halsey?

How Pete Hegseth’s Cull of Military Lawyers Could Hurt US Soldiers​

The alarm bells went off when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has rebranded himself the Secretary of War, came for the military lawyers months ago.

But they are still ringing now, and getting louder to the ears of those listening. Concern is growing that the sidelining of proper legal checks on the Pentagon—and the White House—is pushing the U.S. military into making legally dubious, or illegal, decisions in operations.

This could then put U.S. soldiers of all levels at risk, as well as civilians and the reputation of the American military across the world, former and current officials and lawmakers warn.

How Pete Hegseth's cull of military lawyers could hurt US soldiers

"JAGs don't hinder us; they ensure that the actions we are taking are right," Nebraska Representative Don Bacon told Newsweek.

www.newsweek.com

GFY.

 

[Lesh]

Nor did Admiral Holsey publicly voice any policy objections, urging his command’s 1,200 military service members and civilians in a statement, “Keep Charging!!”

But other officials at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill said the praise masked real policy tensions concerning Venezuela that the admiral and his civilian boss were seeking to paper over.

“Prior to Trump, I can’t think of a combatant commander who left his or her post early, ever,” said Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

Hard to figure whether he was forced out due to his opposition to these illegal attacks or if he just wanted no part of them

 

[0311]

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say​

The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs said on Thursday that he was stepping down.

The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission.

It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/southern-command-head-stepping-down.html

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon too.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.​

Eight months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer, the judge advocate general tasked with those duties has stepped down. No one has yet been nominated to permanently fill either of the service’s top legal jobs.

Maj. Gen. Rebecca Vernon, who had served as deputy Air Force JAG since 2022, became acting JAG after Hegseth’s Feb. 21 announcement that he was firing Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer. Vernon’s last day on the job was Sunday and her retirement date is set for January 1, 2026, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said.

Hegseth fired the Air Force’s top lawyer. The JAG who took on the job is stepping away.

It’s been eight months since the service had a Senate-confirmed leader in the role.

www.defenseone.com

Not to mention this guy.

After Decades in Combat, a SEAL Suddenly Comes Under Scrutiny​

Adm. Frank M. Bradley will soon face questions from lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/admiral-bradley-boat-strikes.html

Pete denies having seen the survivors of the boat strike while watching a video of the attack in real time. In legal parlance that's called plausible deniability. In layman's terms it's called BS.

Ein Reich.....Ein Volk.....Ein Groppenfuhrer!

Groppenfuhrer Seig Heil!

 

[g5000]

Our honey-glazed SecDef wasted no time throwing an Admiral under the bus for the war crime they committed.

"I wasn't in the room! I swear! IANAL, but what he did (again, while I was not there) was good and legal IMHO LOL."

.

 

[berg80]

Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord​

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shocked official Washington in mid-October when he announced that the four-star head of U.S. military operations in the Caribbean was retiring less than a year into his tenure.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-asked-top-admiral-to-resign-after-months-of-discord-9e7b357f?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqe9U1VDwD4StpJCbHs4rgMZdylNPiWCN-t9OG5a57ej7p9Y7IPocCdrHzVQdqc%3D&gaa_ts=69319b2f&gaa_sig=bb9RiiJsV-72rrIniBXkzcAc5sKmNHooTvAflxM-a224roVpU8afPgulm4zw--6zWYlYI2Llu4ttXHtV7g0ktg%3D%3D

It seems Adm. Holsey was uncomfortable with the illegal murder of folks floating around the Caribbean so Pete got rid of him.

 

[berg80]

Our honey-glazed SecDef wasted no time throwing an Admiral under the bus for the war crime they committed.

"I wasn't in the room! I swear! IANAL, but what he did (again, while I was not there) was good and legal IMHO LOL."

.

Info continues to seep out.

U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance​

Before the Trump administration began attacking people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors, according to multiple U.S. officials.

The military would attempt to rescue survivors who appeared to be helpless, shipwrecked and out of what the administration considered a fight. But it would try again to kill them if they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members, the officials said.

After the smoke cleared from a first strike on Sept. 2, there were two survivors, and one of them radioed for help, the U.S. officials said. Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who commanded the operation, ordered a follow-up strike and both were killed.

The military’s contingency plans have taken on new significance as Admiral Bradley and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are set to go to Capitol Hill on Thursday to answer questions about the attack amid an uproar over the killing of the survivors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html

Sounds like Pete and Bradley have a get out of jail free card.