Odd because:
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He’s a 3-star (not 4)
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He’s retired from the military (a civilian that will need to be brought back in to the military)
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His appointment comes on the heels of firings of CQ Brown (outgoing chairman) and Franchetti (CNO). While not unprecedented, this doesn’t happen often.
Sure. I’m an active duty officer currently (that’s more than I’ve shared in the past) and the flag ranks (admirals and generals) denote what echelon of command that individual has. Caine coming out of retirement as a 3-star to take a job reserved for a 4-star is probably unprecedented.
Most of us believe Q is a military op decades in the making. That high ranked officers have held the reins for years steering us towards this moment. But only a select few, vetted and vetted again over the career.
So now we have Trump doing exactly what we hoped he would do, gutting DC and draining the swamp. I see tapping Caine for the position as him bringing out the “behind the scenes” not-for-television generals and admirals.
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Little z is in that orchestra. Does that mean he was brought on board or has been on board.
Just out of curiosity, would this be a situation where Trump, as C-in-C, upon restoring Caine to active status, might confer on him a brevet promotion to 4 stars for his duty at the Joint Chiefs? I was thinking this might outmaneuver any requirement to have him be confirmed by Congress. (On this point, I concede that a little bit of knowledge may be worthless.)
Excellent. Thank you!