Flynn is the younger brother of Michael Flynn, who served as national security adviser under former President Donald Trump and was known for his embrace of conspiracy theories.
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A photo of Spc. Joseph Breining smiling and giving a thumbs-up has spurred the creation of memes. (Twitter)
A photo of Spc. Joseph Breining smiling and giving a thumbs-up during a road march in Kosovo last month garnered the attention of hundreds on Twitter and spurred the creation of memes.
The photo drew comparisons of Breining to the Smilinâ Bob character from Enzyte ânatural male enhancementâ tablet commercials of the early 2000s or to Kenneth Ellen Parcell, the bumpkin-like NBC page in the sitcom â30 Rock.â
At least one commenter saw a modern reincarnation of the smiling soldier raising a canteen cup, originally from a 1943 World War II propaganda poster about rationing, but more familiar to social media users as the âhow about a nice cup of shut the [expletive] upâ meme.
Gen. Charles Flynn the younger brother of Michael Flynn, who briefly served as national security adviser under former President Donald Trump took the reins from Gen. Paul LaCamera, who will move on to command U.S. Forces Korea.
PETA brings protest of militaryâs cobra blood drinking to Thai embassy, Austinâs house
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Buy PhotoPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Thursday, June 3, 2021, protested the practice of killing king cobras during the U.S.-Thai military exercise Cobra Gold. The protest took place outside the embassy of Thailand in Washington, D.C. (Caitlin Doornbos/Stars and Stripes)
WASHINGTON â An animal rights group on Thursday launched its third protest of the snake blood-drinking tradition associated with the multinational Cobra Gold military exercise in Thailand, this time taking its cause to the front steps of the Thai embassy and the U.S. defense secretaryâs home.