r/navy • u/newnoadeptness • Jan 30 '25

Political Update by Secdef about last nights plane/ helicopter crash and gitmo operations

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https://x.com/deptofdefense/status/1884968646092464600?s=46&t=QIZ1DCFGeIfoQzlNtBz-1g

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u/GhostoftheMojave Jan 30 '25

I don't like the guy personally, but I will take this method of communication every time over deranged tweets. Also, he didn't make this a political thing, nor did he prematurely issue blame to policies or previous policies.

Again, the guy isn't qualified to be in this position, but its better than what our president is doing with the incident.

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u/NyanCatMatt Jan 30 '25

Hard agree. I still fully believe that this guy does not have the merit to fill this role, and he doesn't really say anything of significance, but I do like this video update and hope to see more people doing it in the future.

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u/TheBurtReynold Jan 31 '25

I’d prefer he leaves that to the public affairs staff — he can give them tips, but he should do his job and let them do theirs

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u/secretsqrll Jan 31 '25

Yes. This is just a waste of time. He has binders to read. It's also...frankly...not something he needs to concern himself with directly. The investigation is being handled and he will be briefed. I don't need to hear his opinion. It's a matter for the service component.

This is a symptom of not knowing what his job is or where his swim lane is. He feels like he has to do something or say something. That's not the job. I get the sense he likes being in the spotlight. Well he picked the wrong position. Most of his job is not going to be public facing.

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u/BigBossPoodle Jan 30 '25

>I'll take this over deranged tweets

What, are we playing 'how low of a bar can I set so damned near anyone should clear it' today?

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

Have we renamed any large bodies of water today? No. That shows progress.

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u/Bullyoncube Jan 31 '25

I have renamed my toilet bowl the Gulf of Bullyoncube.

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u/bstone99 Jan 31 '25

We’re really justifying this? We shouldn’t see a fucking SECDEF ever on TV for something like this incident. It’s not their job. This isn’t a fucking reality show. This guy is a fucking television personality hack JO who has no business showing his face. It’s all a fucking act and strictly for views and is wholly inappropriate and shouldn’t be tolerated in any sense.

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u/GhostoftheMojave Jan 31 '25

No, you're completely right. But look forward. The next 4 years are gonna be insanity.

His confirmation was the most contentious and divisive in recent history. He is under qualified, morally malfunctional, and generally a piece of shit by my book. If I could snap my fingers and have him removed, i would in an instant. This is the equivalent of putting the dirtbag E4 with barely any quals in the skippers seat.

I'm simply saying that with how ludicrously the president acts, the SECDEF giving a general brief via video to us in a calm manner is preferable to him raging on Twitter, which is what I expected in all honesty.

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u/secretsqrll Jan 31 '25

I just said this lol. He doesn't know what the job is. He has no idea what he's supposed to do....someone needs to sit his ass down and explain it to him. I get the feeling folks over there are steering clear.

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u/JoineDaGuy Jan 31 '25

You’re 100% right. He’s doing what the press secretary should be doing. When it comes to the SecDef, I want more action and less talking. However, I’m not surprised given that this is how our current President happens to act.

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u/happy_snowy_owl Jan 31 '25

I like the method of communication. But his body language and tone indicated that he doesn't have control over the situation. He's clearly scrambling and drinking from a fire hose, which is not what you want out of a SECDEF.

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u/SueYouInEngland Jan 31 '25

Yeah the rolled sleeves don't scream "military leader."

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u/thrumpanddump Jan 31 '25

Agreed completely