Military Politics
By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, May 20,
2021
This past week I watch an interview conducted by Ann Vandersteel with Lieutenant Colonel
Matthew Lohmeier on her evening
internet news shows, www.steeltruth.com.
(I would like to add that if you haven’t watched Steel Truth, you really ought
to. You can watch it live at 8:00 central
time or you can view any of the previous shows by going to the web site.)
Before the interview was completed, I sent Vandersteel an email stating that if
LTCOL Lohmeier didn’t already know it, his military career was over. What did he talk about? How the atmosphere of Marxism has crept into
military organizations. Surprise!!! I have known this for decades, not that I am
bragging. I tell you this more out of my
personal disgust that it would take the courageous actions by one active duty
member of the U. S. Space Force to stand up and be counted. I don’t know the LTCOL but I am guessing he knew
exactly what was about to happen to him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-force-officer-matthew-lohmeier-removed-podcast-comments/ He was relieved of his command!
He was relieved not because of the Vandersteel interview but
rather an interview he conducted with Sean Hannity during the Sean Hannity Show on FOX News. I don’t think the interviews had anything to
do with his removal from his command, the publishing of his self-published
book, Irresistible
Revolution; Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American
Military, did!
I
write this Nugget having served for twenty years in the U. S. Coast Guard and
yes, the U. S. Coast Guard IS a branch of the U. S. Military Uniformed
Services. The military is the military
and while we wore different uniforms and performed different missions when
comparing one branch to another, the military remained the military. By this I mean there were certain things you
simply could not do. Speaking out (or in
this case writing out) against the military or going on a news program without
specific permission to do so and speaking out just was NOT something you
did, at least while still serving on active duty. In fact, it was my understanding that if you desired
to write a book, the book had to be pre-screened by the Department of
Defense. I could be wrong about this but
I don’t think so. It is my understanding
that Lohmeier self-published his book. I
have not as yet read the book but I have ordered it and will post a review once
I read it.
Back
to the military. There is a pecking
order within the military. There is also
at least one law passed by Congress called the Hatch Act that put it in very
simple terms, preventing active duty members from publicly engaging in
political matters. Personally, I was
afraid to even put a political sign in my yard for two reasons, first I worked
for the U. S. Coast Guard, second and even more importantly, my wife worked for
the Internal Revenue Service which to some degree had even stricter rules and
regulations regarding political activity and comments than the military did.
During
my 20 years in the service, I was
fortunate to serve as an enlisted person through the rank of Chief Petty Officer,
then was I promoted to the officer corps when promoted to Chief Warrant Officer
and eventually was promoted to what was referred to as a Limited Duty Officer
(LDO) Lieutenant. Therefore, I feel like
I have experience at most levels or at least have seen enough to experience the
inner politics of a military career from all angles and thus feel comfortable
commenting on it. For the record, POLITICS
DOES EXIST WITHIN THE MILTIARY and to suggest otherwise is simply moronic. A person can no longer be apolitical than he
or she can be a space alien unless of course they actually are one. People hold political beliefs but within the
military confines, you are not permitted to espouse those beliefs to anyone,
ever! Anyone who believes that actually
happens is a fool. I can assure you that
as you sit sharing a beer after work, you talk politics! PERIOD! Everyone does it and everyone
knows it, you just don’t go on national or even local news shows to do it nor
do you write books.
If
you did to go on a national news program to discuss your beliefs or if you did
publish a book such as Lohmeier’s book, you AND Lohmeier had to KNOW
with certainty that the persons for whom you worked for within the chain of
command were NOT going to let it stand without punishing you in one form
or another. What could they do? Let me count the ways:
- Write poor performance evaluations thus ending
your chance for promotion
- If you were a reserve officer, you could have
your reserve status on active duty ended, abrutly
- Relieve you of your duties and assign you to
something you detest
- Transfer you to a deadend position in a deadend
portion of the world (I’ve seen this)
- In the case of Lohmeier, relieve him of his command
thus ending his military career not to mention the embarrassment of such
action for both him and his family
- Bring the member up on charges within the Military
Justice System (this may still happen for Lohmeier)
- Discharge the member with an Honorable Discharge
or possibly a General Discharge. It
is doubtful any of the other types of discharges would apply
- If the member had served twenty years, he or she
could voluntarily retire (my guess is that this is the most likely result
for Lohmeier)
- If brought up on charges, it is possible, not
probable, but possible that jail time might even be an option
Lohmeier
has already become a lightening rod within the miltiary, no one will want to be
near him. A lot of people will silently
support him but few if any who remain on active duty will back him. That is just the way it is. No one wants to put their military career in
harm’s way so they remain outwardly silent.
Lohmeier is alone on an island at this point. I’ll say it again, he had to know this was
going to happen. I have heard some of
the “talking heads” on televison suggest that he did what he did to sell his
book. That may be true. Even though I do not know LTCOL Lohmeier, I
think I know what he is doing. He is
blowing the whistle on the military and the military structure.
He
is right about the infiltration of Marxism within the U. S. Military, in fact,
it was inevitable. Where do our military
leaders come from? They initially are
products of our nation-wide educational system. “Well I’ll be!” Gomer said when hit with the obvious. If we have been teaching our young children
the ways of Karl Marx either covertly or overtly, it should be obvious that
when our young children advance through our educational system, some will
eventually filter into the U. S. Military.
Some will enlist as I did. Others
will go on to college and enter the military through collegiate Reserve Officer
Training Corps and become commissioned officers upon graduation. Still others will go from high school into
one of the several Military Academies. But
all will do so with considerable Marxist indoctrination already included in
their education in grades K-12.
Whether
they attend college or an academy, their education continues. I cannot address what someone is taught
within the miltiary academies since I have not attended one. I did attend college and I can personnally
attest that even back in the 60s, some of my professers, even then, had obvious
left leaning teachings. That was one of
the many reasons as to why I felt like I never fit into the college environment. In 1965 I made two great life changing
decisions. First I dropped out of
college or as I like to think, I STOPPED college, I was going nowhere. Second, I joined the Coast Guard and that was
a very good decision on my part. Luck
had a lot to do with me even being able to join the Coast Guard in 1965 during the
height of the Vietnam War, but I’ll take whatever I can get.
My
education took a turn when I read the book, The
Naked Communist; Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom written in 1958
by W. Cleon Skousen. I read it in the late 1990s. From the moment I read this book, I began to
sound the alarm to whomever would listen.
The Communist Party USA had established 45 very specific goals
(objectives) that if accomplished WOULD result in a PEACEFUL
conversion of a Capitalist America to a Socialist (Marxist) (Communist) America
WITHOUT a shot being fired. If
you want to read about the 45 goals and I hope you do, you can read them all by
going to: http://www.rense.com/general32/americ.htm
I wrote about them, I repeatedly posted them
on all of the social media pages. I made
graphics and posted them such as this one regarding the takeover of our
educational system:
They have gained control over our schools and more
importantly our teacher’s unions. Why
would our military academies be exempt from this takeover? They probably haven’t been. Again, I did not attend so I do not have
first hand knowledge regarding what is and what is not being taught in our
academies. But, by extension, most of
the teachers in our military academies progressed through the same educational system
that their students have and on that count I can rest assured that they all
have been indoctrinated in Marxist teachings in our schools, ALL OF THEM!
Therefore, using simply logic, I belive LTCOL Lohmeier
is probably correct in his assessment and I can’t wait to read his book. Unlike the people who have releived him of
his command, and without actually knowing Lohmeier, he has become my hero. It is not easy to speak out when no one really
wants to hear what you have to say even when what you have to say is right; especially
when you are right! Being right makes
everyone else who thinks contrary to you, wrong! No one wants to be shown or proven to be
wrong including Lohmeier’s officers who relieved him.
This is NOT the last time you will hear
the name, LTCOL MATTHEW LOHMEIER! Mark
my words! He is a man on a mission!
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