Security force assistance brigade wants a third of its members in Indo-Pacific at all times March 1 Advisers from 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade train alongside Indian soldiers during the Yudh Abhyas exercise in Rajasthan, India, Feb. 9. (Staff Sgt. Joseph Tolliver/Army) The 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade plans to keep one-third of the unit’s roughly 820 soldiers spread across the Indo-Pacific region at all times, while the rest of the brigade prepares for missions at their home station of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Right now, the “first one-third is in their ‘mission window,’ and they’re in the process of deploying,” said Brig. Gen. Curt Taylor, 5th SFAB commander, during a recent telephone call with reporters.
Leaders at the Joint Readiness Training Center are addressing concerns anonymous Fort Bragg paratroopers have raised about a COVID-19 “outbreak” at the center.
Last week, The Fayetteville Observer was sent an anonymous letter purportedly written by a paratrooper on behalf of other paratroopers. The letter was also shared on social media, where online users commented with similar concerns.
An estimated 4,000 paratroopers are at the center for training, less than 1% of which, a spokesman previously estimated, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Among the concerns raised in the letter are questions about leadership within the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division; whether proper precautions are being taken during training during the COVID-19 pandemic; and claims that paratroopers who have since tested positive for the virus infected others during the bus ride to Louisiana.
A U.S. Army chaplain based in Texas is facing an investigation after he made a social media post suggesting that transgender individuals are “mentally unfit” to serve in the military.
02-01-2021
The cancel culture is in full swing and now appears to have infected the United States military. The most recent example? Officials at Ford Hood, Texas are investigating an Army chaplain for expressing his opinion on a social media post about President Joe Biden s executive order changing the rules on transgender people serving openly in the military.
NBC News reports Maj. Andrew Calvert, a chaplain with the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade at the Texas fort, wrote his comments on the Army Times Facebook page. How is rejecting reality (biology) not evidence that a person is mentally unfit (ill), and thus making that person unqualified to serve? There is little difference in this than over those who believe and argue for a flat earth, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Calvert wrote, according to screenshots.
Potentially.
As noted by The Daily Wire, a religious cleric serving in the United States Army is getting probed for something he recently posted to Facebook.
According to NBC News, Maj. Andrew Calvert went onto a military newspaper’s social media page to ask a question.
His query:
“How is rejecting reality (biology) not evidence that a person is mentally unfit (ill), and thus making that person unqualified to serve?”
The 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade member wasn’t done.
He drew a parallel to a certain group of global deniers:
“There is little difference [in] this than over those who believe and argue for a ‘flat earth’ despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.”