Fort Hood Army chaplain under investigation for comments on transgender people
Chaplain Maj. Andrew Calvert suggested a transgender person who rejects reality is evidence they are mentally unfit to serve. Author: Jim Hice Updated: 4:13 PM CST January 27, 2021
FORT HOOD, Texas An Army chaplain with Fort Hood s 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade is under investigation for a Facebook post that criticized the decision to allow transgender people to serve in the military.
Maj. Andrew Calvert suggested that someone who is transgender is mentally unfit in a post to the Army Times Facebook page. The post was in response to an article about President Joe Biden s executive order to drop the ban on transgender people in the military.
Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn slated to command US Army Pacific, and 14 other promotions January 26 Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, assistant deputy chief of staff for G-3/5/7, has been tapped to lead U.S. Army Pacific. (Staff Sgt. Scott Longstreet/Army) Fifteen general officer assignments were announced by the Army chief of staff Monday, including the ascension of Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn to command U.S. Army Pacific out of Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Flynn, who currently serves as deputy chief of staff for Army operations, plans and training at the Pentagon, was key in crafting a new Army force generation model that was introduced this fall.
Once Part of the Invasion Force, Christopher Miller Returns to Afghanistan to Close Down the War
Acting defense secretary Christopher Miller meets with U.S. Forces Afghanistan Commander Gen. Scott Miller in Kabul Dec. 22. Military.com/Hope Seck
Acting defense secretary Christopher Miller enters a bilateral meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at Ghani’s palace in Kabul Dec. 22. Military.com/Hope Seck
23 Dec 2020
KABUL, Afghanistan Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller jokes that he was the very last of the first 200 U.S. special operations soldiers to invade Afghanistan in December 2001 something like landing on Omaha Beach a second before the stroke of midnight on D-Day.
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Pfc. Jamie Martinez, with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Calvary Regiment, 2nd ABCT, acquires a target with an AT4 while participating in the Expert Infantryman Badge/Expert Soldier Badge Qualification Course, Nov. 25 at Fort Hood. Badges were awarded during a ceremony held Friday.
Photo by Sgt. Broderick Hennington 2nd ABCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
Photo by Sgt. Broderick Hennington 2nd ABCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
Photo by Sgt. Broderick Hennington 2nd ABCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
13 VICENZA, Italy – Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander, visited U.S. Soldiers at Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa on Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. Rohling also met with representatives of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD).
During the meeting, Rohling commended the FAD leadership for hosting U.S. Soldiers at Camp Lemonnier, and discussed future training that would strengthen relationships between FAD and SETAF-AF personnel.
Rohling also discussed the FAD’s Rapid Intervention Battalion’s progress. A team from the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade is collaborating with the RIB leadership to develop the capability to rapidly respond to humanitarian and security crises in Djibouti and increase readiness. He received a brief on the RIB’s training progress, and witnessed a small unit exercise, demonstrating the RIB’s readiness.