As a former military kid, this is a big deal. Their actions can directly affect the military parent’s career. - ThreadSky

gennhutchison.bsky.social • 41 days ago

As a former military kid, this is a big deal. Their actions can directly affect the military parent’s career.

"Walkouts have happened at Defense Department schools in Japan, South Korea and Germany."

Kids of troops are braver than the troops

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jimmeisnerjr.bsky.social•41 days ago

This will make recruiting more difficult, necessitating millions more spent on top of the hundreds of millions spent on military advertising and public relations.

skippythekangaroo.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yeah. There’s “You’re going to get yourself in trouble. “. And then there’s “You’re going to get your dad in trouble.” You don’t want to go there.

joekalicki.bsky.social•41 days ago

If it's a good cause you do. Get their attention.

gennhutchison.bsky.social•41 days ago

Or mom

skippythekangaroo.bsky.social•41 days ago

Or mom. 🙂 My dad was the one at the time.

adrienneleigh.bsky.social•41 days ago

As the OP said: the kids are braver than their parents. And good for them.

haunted-jackal.bsky.social•40 days ago

by no means defending anybody in the military but there is a bit of a difference between walking out of school and going AWOL in a foreign country with your spouse and children

murielmcknight.bsky.social•41 days ago

When I was a teen, I referred to it as "wearing my dad's chickens on my underwear".

karrotkate.bsky.social•41 days ago

Didn't the Trump admin just warn service members that they'll be strictly enforcing Article 88 of the UCMJ which addresses "contempt toward officials"? So if a Offr uses "contemptuous words" against certain individuals they could be punished. This would most likely apply also to family members too.

nemo1934.bsky.social•41 days ago

It does not as family members are considered civilians.

keegsmpls.bsky.social•41 days ago

📌

manitobaexpat.bsky.social•41 days ago

As a Cdn listening to Trump talk about Canada like Putin speaks of Ukraine, I so appreciate U.S. military family and leadership speaking out about Trump. It's been horrifying to wonder if American soldiers who fought with Cdn military could ever be in a situation where they kill Canadian civilians.

le-freak-kashyyyk.bsky.social•41 days ago

Horrifying is exactly what it is. I can’t even get my head around the fact we’re becoming everything we’ve always fought against, and are now openly threatening to invade our closest allies. The propaganda ads that T is running paint him as an uber patriot, and it’s absolutely infuriating.

manitobaexpat.bsky.social•41 days ago

Your population is so big that it challenges my small country mindset. You have millions of MAGA, but millions of great people. My hope is in the good folk ...

le-freak-kashyyyk.bsky.social•41 days ago

You and me both. There won’t be support for it outside of hardcore maga, so they’re going after our civil rights and education, social safety net, destroying humanitarian aid (and empathy for others along with it), and painting our allies as enemies. But they’re coming for us first, so we’ll see.

sabr24.bsky.social•41 days ago

If the military parent is female or non white, their careers are in jeopardy anyway.

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