Army officer who says he's resigning rather than get the covid vaccine admits to Hannity...

[tenderfoot]

Army officer who says he's resigning rather than get the covid vaccine admits to Hannity he's taken all the other Army vaccines, such as smallpox and anthrax, but is refusing the covid vax because "this is really about the freedom of the American people."

Link to tweet

to pwn libs...

[StarfishSaver]

1. Is it actually possible to "resign" from the military?

[Maeve]

3. Resigning his commission

Usually possible only after at least 8 years of service.

[StarfishSaver]

4. Gotcha. Thanks.

Good riddance.

[soldierant]

28. And he can submit his resignation, but he

ain't out unless it is accepted.

But I hope it is. We don't need him there.

[certainot]

40. we don't need him here either

[GoodRaisin]

44. Pretty sure he would be discharged for the convenience of the government

after resigning his commission. He could still be punished first for disobeying an order though. Resigning his commission doesn’t mean he can disobey orders. It really only means he will no longer be an officer.

[TheBlackAdder]

60. He could be reassigned to head the potato peeling regiment.

[soldierant]

62. I don't think I'd want him doing that if he's not vaccinated. Coughing onto other people's food?

[Karadeniz]

2. Moron. We can live without him.

[napi21]

5. After a life of both TAKING ORDERS & now giving them suddenly wants to ignore THIS order?

I think this JA decided he's more of a DT Repug than a Military Officer! Likely also hates his DEMOCRATIC Commander in Chief!

[Deuxcents]

6. See ya

And I don’t wanna hear your sob story ..

[Blue Owl]

7. Softly and tenderly, Herman is calling...

[malaise]

9. I giggle every time I see that GIF

Am I bad?

[Blue Owl]

10. One of my all time favorite Colbert bits was his parody of that commercial

[malaise]

11. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[Blue Owl]

18. Just when you thought it couldn't get any goofier!

[Grokenstein]

20. How does it compare to Funny or Die's Mike Tyson parody?

[Blue Owl]

26. Another Bwahahahaha!

Hadn’t seen that before — THANKS for posting it!!!

[spooky3]

43. ROFL!!!!!!

It's so wrong to laugh at the late Mr. Cain, but I can't help it.

[malaise]

49. You too?

[roody]

17. No, but you might be Baptist.

I sing it and laugh.

[Maeve]

51. Methodists got it, too

But then, that always was the church for singing....

[GP6971]

8. No loss except his own.

19 years and he forfeits his retirement. Jerk

[underpants]

24. I think they have partial retirements now

That’s what I understand anyway.

[GP6971]

27. I'm not sure anymore.

They did offer it about 10 or so years ago, but I'm pretty sure that program has been discontinued.

[spanone]

12. just one more magat full of shit

[DURHAM D]

13. Is he wearing a sign that says - "I am stupid" nt

[Hekate]

14. As Bugs Bunny used to say: What a maroon!

[rpannier]

15. What an Ultra Maroon"

What a tararagoon-dee-ayy.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. FFS how is this different from that machine gun full of other vaccines every

member of the military is required to take?

Even as young civilian, I had a fairly good list of required vaccines to take before I could travel to Germany. If I had been travelling just as a normal tourist I would have been required to take fewer but since I was travelling to visit my uncle in the military I had to meet their requirements

So I had to have a 2 shot series of typhus along with other things. My MD kept us on track for every required vax for school anyway so this was the only one I had never had before.

Man that made me sick.

Typhoid vax was already old hat to me because our dr gave it to everyone who had a well.
When you live downstream from a cave entrance or a variety of sinkholes and your well comes from that water precautions are needed whether or not your water is tested regularly

Interestingly when he started giving the Typhoid as a SubQ injection instead of intramuscular, the shot reactions were insignificant. We got them every 2 years.

[Mariana]

53. I guess those required vaccines didn't threaten the freedom of the American people.

Imagine how demoralizing it must be to have someone this stupid in your chain of command.

[Mr.Bill]

19. I think this is all about

he's about to be kicked out for something else anyway.

[keithbvadu2]

45. Passed over for promotion?

[sheshe2]

21. He is on Faux Snooze.

Enough said.

[AllaN01Bear]

22. does he loose his bennies ?

[NoMoreRepugs]

23. Have to admit, if he catches Covid I will smile.

Croaks, I will laugh out loud.

[bringthePaine]

25. wow, so stupid he's a bad gambler too🧐same shit as "states' rights" horseshit of the 1800s

[aggiesal]

29. Another person who is Irony Deficient! n/t

[BlueIdaho]

30. This is really about him trying to serve two masters.

He’s no more honorable that that traitor Mike Flynn. In the end he decided to side up to a known liar, cheat, and rapist was more important than defending his country. Good riddance to bad rubbish is all I have to say.

[Progressive Jones]

31. The Army will be better off without him. Clearly, he's not very sharp. nt

[Ziggysmom]

32. Good riddance dickwad!

[Bluethroughu]

33. Dishonorable discharge?

Because freedumb from this vax, I hope Covid doesn't hit him on the way out.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

34. One thing about rights is that there are also responsibilities.

Those people think that they have no duties towards other people.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

35. Tell him that only 6% of scientists are Republican...

... so he'll be even more resistant to getting vaccinated.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/
"Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans."

Assuming that the Army officer is a stubborn Republican, that is, the chances of which I'd estimate at near-certainty.

In their minds, they can't possibly be the problem. So there must be yet another conspiracy theory that explains anyone or any group butting heads with them.

[Equomba]

36. He had no problem taking the anthrax vaccine...

A rare disease, human anthrax is most common in Africa and central and southern Asia. It also occurs more regularly in Southern Europe than elsewhere on the continent, and is uncommon in Northern Europe and North America. Globally, at least 2,000 cases occur a year with about two cases a year in the United States.

Two cases per year in the U.S. vs. over 650,000 deaths. I seemed to have missed the part where Insanity asked him about this.

[Hulk]

37. One less douchebag tRumpf cult stooge in the ranks.

Wish we could flush them ALL out of our military....and police departments as well.
Scumbag.

[Jon King]

38. Him being overweight won't help if he gets it.

Might be hearing about him being hospitalized one day. Not sure why these unfit guys think they should take a stand on something that overwhelmingly affects them.

[Jakes Progress]

39. Thank God he's no longer a part of our military.

Would you want someone who is that bereft of thinking and rational decision making in charge of our defense?

I can't imagine that his commanders are crying about it.

It is so sad that someone who wants to volunteer to serve is that gullible and easily led. A shame.

[Orrex]

41. Golly, it would be terrible if that miserable, useless fucker got covid and died

Totally terrible.

[Cryptoad]

42. Freedumb,,,,,,,!

The crazy runs deep!,,,,,

[Grumpy Old Guy]

46. Hard to believe...

That he made it to the rank of Lt. Colonel without ever developing critical thinking skills.

[appleannie1]

47. Someone should ask him what is free about killing people

If he wants to die, he is free to put a bullet in his head. He should not be free to kill other people. That is exactly what is happening right now because of people that are "free" not to get vaccinated. They are the reason people that have heart attacks, people that need dialysis, people in bad accidents, people that have appendicitis, etc. cannot get the care they need is because all the hospital beds are being taken up with unvaccinated covid patients. Hell, even Children's Hospitals in this country now have triage tents in the parking garages.

[uponit7771]

48. Yeah, Court Martial him no doubt now

[UCmeNdc]

50. He is a damn fool.

He has only two years to go then he could retire.

Makes me wonder if there is some other reason? Bad OER?

[BSdetect]

52. The American people want to be free of people like you.

[Hortensis]

54. Good riddance to the wrong stuff. nt

[halfulglas]

55. He may see the handwriting on the wall about further promotions, etc, so getting out.

Now that troops are home from Afghanistan with not as many deployments we won't be needing as many bodies and thus the Army will not put up with as much crap from the ranks to maintain readiness. He knows he won't have as much "freedom" any longer.

[Marthe48]

56. 25 people died at the our local hospital last week

from Covid. I looked at the obits to see if I knew any of the victims. I didn't. It might be stereotypical, but the if the victims didn't look like this guy, they looked like his crazy uncles.

[maxrandb]

57. There is NO WAY this Asspickle has met PT standards for years

Fuckstick had the option of being kicked out for being a fat, out of shape dipshit, or find a way to "grift" off of his inability to meet basic physical fitness standards.

He obviously chose the grift.

If he wasn't going to get kicked out for violating a lawful order, he was surely going to get kicked out because he had reached the size limit for uniforms, unless they approved maternity uniforms for him.

And no, this is not fat shaming. I served 30 years in the Navy and meeting the minimum standards was a challenge for me during the last few years of my service.

I guarantee you that this guy does not meet those standards.

Would love to see his past couple of FITREPS. Bet they would show that his career was already about to be over.

He needs to be Court Martialed. That way, he will have the FreeDumb that comes from not being tied to Government VA benefits.

You want your freedom? Don't just nibble on the barrel...pull the fucking trigger!

[TomSlick]

58. I'm unclear from the video whether this officer meets the body fat standard.

The still shots of him in uniform are OK but there is no telling the age of these.

Lieutenant Colonel is frequently a terminal rank. The promotion to Colonel is a big deal. It's the first promotion that requires Senate approval and is a big pay raise. This clown was OK for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel but it is unknown whether he would have made Colonel. At a minimum, we have good evidence that he is an idiot, so I'm betting promotion was not in the cards.

At this point, thus endeth another brilliant military career.

[Treefrog]

59. Is this the same ahole whose wife posted his resignation letter?

[DashOneBravo]

61. Something isn't right here

You don’t get that far in time/rank and piss it away.

And I don’t buy he’s doing on principle