Oh, You Thought They Were On Your Side?

Back during the Obama years, we in uniform often asked in private conversation ‘what would happen if a civil war actually broke out?’ It was no secret that there was a large amount of unrest, more than in the 1990s before, recognizing that those of us in the Combat Arms branches of the Army at least were staunchly Right, opposed to the changes to the nation we held dear. Its an all volunteer force, after all. It takes a Man completely committed to his nation to volunteer for running to the sound of gunfire. We endured the endless sexual harassment briefings, the Equal Opportunity commissar, normally always an E-6 literally unqualified for any job in uniform of any use, so they put her there to spread a reign of terror based on political wrongthink. A job they so happily endured. And in those backroom conversations we acknowledged that most of us would leave- taking what we could with us but most importantly, walking out with our experience. It is the NCO that wins wars.

The past few weeks have been intense on this end. Back to back classes packed over capacity, long hours on the road, mountains of emails and somewhere in between, a glass or two to maintain sanity. Amid all that is a pattern of thought- a lamentation- that ‘there’s no unity, no coordination’ on the Right. That there is no plan forward, no answer for what’s next, no push back to Make It Stop!

Its not going to stop. The normalcy period is over. And this is a period of transition as well.

I’ve heard the reactionary answer from many traditional voices suggesting military use to put down the insurgency that is the Left today. That’s not going to work. Back in the era of McCarthy the Left learned serious lessons which set them up for long term success-

  1. Do not attack American patriotism until it is politically favorable to do so. Even when doing so, appeal to American patriotism to muddy the Communist International talking points.
  2. The US Military (a volunteer one) is made of the most patriotic young Men. It is the nation’s strength. Corrupt that to control it.

For those suggesting the use of military force, I contend that not only are the movers and shakers not on the side of loyal Americans, but are not to be trusted in the coming era. This is not to denigrate the great service of the young Men in uniform, especially those young Men in the NCO corps. To those young troops, you, by and large, remain among this nation’s best. But also recognize that you are replaceable. They’re working on that.

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On the other hand, the US military of today also finds itself a testing bed for social experiments that have no purpose other than to degrade and destroy our national ability to exert power. This has led to overt insertion of leftist sympathizers and even in some cases like the one above, active leftist insurgents.

But that’s just one guy. So what?

The whole is represented by the sum of its parts. Take the case of LT Spencer Rapone. The now-infamous West Point grad was unceremoniously booted from the Army Officer Corps- that much you know. But Rapone had been an enlisted Infantryman prior to that, serving in Afghanistan with 1st Ranger Battalion. And while he may have had leftist leanings prior to his attendance at West Point, it was there that he went from a guy maybe questioning the status quo to a committed Marxist. He wasn’t alone. And while West Point paid lip service by quietly dismissing the professor pictured here with Rapone and his fellow cell member, keep in mind someone hired him. And someone hired that person who in turn hired him. And it was likely well known what his leanings and teaching philosophy were long before this incident. But what’s more troubling is that unless Rapone had made a spectacle of himself, you would have never known.

Take this Defense One open letter to General Mark Milley just nine days ago. In it the authors John Nagl and Paul Yingling suggest the very same military coup that they in turn gaslight to the contrary.

Under the first, U.S. military forces escort the former president from the White House grounds. Trump’s little green men, so intimidating to lightly armed federal law enforcement agents, step aside and fade away, realizing they would not constitute a good morning’s work for a brigade of the 82nd Airborne…

Should you remain silent, you will be complicit in a coup d’état.

The 82nd. Quite specific. Which Brigade? Methinks there’s something rotten on Ardennes.

I’ll remind you that the very fact such a seditious thing could be seen as fit to print in an outlet marketed towards senior military officers and defense contractors is indicative of very real conversations happening in those circles. And while my estimation of them is more out of self preservation than ideology- big changes have happened in the drawdown from the GWOT and a restructuring of the force leading to many of these guys’ gravy trains coming to an end– the end goal is the same.

The military is not ‘on your side’ and are not to be trusted in their official capacity. It is not the conservative bastion it once was, and certainly not the one its public perception is believed to be. Only through an unlikely purge of the ranks could such a return to American values be made, not without a massive level of internal disruption. Those of us who knew the deal got out, taking our experience with us.

So for those lamenting the seemingly insurmountable lack of large scale organization- fear not. The answer lay in exactly what’s happening now; the grassroots Right, locally organized, which previously remained silent out of convenience, no longer has the incentive to do so. It will be those local groups, bottom up, not top-down, that are key to effective action. This is not the 1990s. And those of us with the experience over the past two decades of counterinsurgency know full well how to fight, and more importantly, how to win.

Viva la Contra-revolution.

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About the Author: NC Scout

NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at brushbeater@tutanota.com or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .

40 Comments

  1. Gray Man August 20, 2020 at 11:22

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  2. Gray Man August 20, 2020 at 11:31

    Many right wingers in the Formerly United States are going to be very surprised to find that when the proverbial balloon goes up, almost everyone who wears a uniform is going to continue to follow the orders of the people who gave them that uniform. Conservatives in America have this fantasy of a “civil war” where the military and police sweep in to defeat the enemies of political conservatism.

    95% or more of the people in our country, both democrat voters and republican voters, are in favor of massive, bloated, powerful, centralized government backed by heavily armed, well equipped, deeply funded, legally immune armed agents from the military and police. The only political “difference” now is which letter is going to follow the names of the people who run it, will it be the letter R or the letter D?

    • johnyMac August 20, 2020 at 11:55

      I have mentioned this before TGM…It is the laws of thirds.

      1/3 will quit outright,
      1/3 will hang to see what happens and to a degree drink the cool-aide, and
      1/3 will 100% embrace the new regime.

      I have helped to acquire a lot of companies over my years in business and it happens every time. The military, local LEO’s, etc are no different.

      73 Brother.

    • J J August 20, 2020 at 11:59

      Exactly! It’s which faction (D or R) of the UniParty is going to be the ones in charge of the enforcers with their boot on your neck.
      There’s going to be a millions of dead patriots, communists and non-combatants, with the outcome of who will win uncertain.

      • Max M Wiley August 21, 2020 at 10:09

        I constantly keep trying to get people to understand this concept: when there is a boot on your neck, whether it is a right foot or a left foot is of no consequence.
        The enemy of my enemy might be my ally, but he is not always my friend. Just saying.

    • Mountainredneck August 20, 2020 at 21:40

      Very serious times .my one weak spot is night vision with a $1,5000 .00 budget . Any suggestions ? God bless . Thanks

      • NC Scout August 20, 2020 at 21:46

        Look into getting a PVS-7D. Its a little bit more, but you’re getting a Gen 3 unit.

      • Johnny Paratrooper August 21, 2020 at 10:30

        Scout is correct. The PVS-7D’s are excellent Nightvision. Get the Gen 3. They usually cost around $2,000. Which is a great deal you won’t be disappointed. I have a Pair of Mono-tube, and the Binoculars. It’s hard to say which one is “better” as they both have their pros and cons. Rumor has it that it’s easier to spot camoflage using the binocular Night Vision. I tested this, I couldn’t say if it was true or not.
        If you are an older gentleman and both of your eyes require corrective lenses. You can adjust each eye focus individually. You get a crystal clear picture. And for the older crowd, you won’t go cross-eyed wearing them.
        The mono-tube, single sided Nightvision can give you a little bit of a headache if you aren’t in the mood to wear them.

    • Curious Passerby August 21, 2020 at 00:29

      The Hollywood version.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7B-nlmdX0g
      Evgraf Zhivago on his military service. “My task was to organize defeat.”
      I was always struck by his narration, “When the time came, I was able to take 3 battalions with me out of the front line, the best day’s work I ever did.”

  3. Anonymous August 20, 2020 at 11:51

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  4. DVM August 20, 2020 at 13:05

    Great article, wow. A New Army has mustered and is mustering across this nation having been trained by generous and qualified personnel like yourself who took their skills with them. Current regular military and LEOs will have to decide whether/when to enlist in the New Army. Should they not join or take too long to join they will find themselves the recipient of fire from equally skilled but more motivated soldiers. I repeat, if they stay in their positions too long they will be likened to the Loyalists (to the Crown) in the Revolutionary War and treated as such.

  5. Johnny Paratrooper August 20, 2020 at 13:17

    My bet would have been on my old unit 3rd BCT. But they just served in the opening volleys of WW3 against Iran, and the POTUS backed them up. Also, my Old Boss, BG Marcus Evans, is currently the Deputy Director of Counter Terrorism. He is Trump’s right hand man.

    The whole 82nd watched this unfold just a few months ago. Get some Airborne.

    He has an excellent record.
    https://www.army.mil/article/151281/Evans_assumes_command_of_75th_Ranger_Regiment/

    https://officerassignments.com/general-officer-assignments-2020/. His Current Post…

    Here he is pictured after the assassination of Abu Bakr Al Baghdad in the White House ready room.
    https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/10/27/situation-room-2-photos-capture-vastly-different-presidents

    He also ran the op that smoked Solomani and his entire PSD. Adios…

    Evans doesn’t play games. He believes in three things.

    1) PT
    2) Rangers Lead The Way, Airborne All The Way
    3) Killing the Enemies of The United States Of America

    BG Evans isn’t gonna let anyone order the 82nd to do anything… He is second in command of Counter Terrorism.

    You think it’s an accident that the guy who killed Troopers in Iraq is dead? Evans has wanted to vaporize this guy since forever.
    You think it’s an accident that the guy in charge of Iranian Sleeper cells in the west is dead this year?

    I would follow any order BG Evans gives me, any day, for any reason. Without question. Evans commanded my unit during the Libyan and Egyptian revolutions. He was SO PISSED OFF when we didn’t jump in and help prevent the events that later turned into Benghazi. I was on that team. We trained for months and got nixed on the tarmac. We were on the birds, their props were spinning. Then we unloaded and downloaded. The next day was a total shitshow. They wrote a book and a movie called “13 Hours”.

    N.C. Scout should write a piece on BG Evans. And why we are gonna be ok. Believe me. Tremendous patriot. Scout has more experience in this side of Bragg than I do. If I wrote a piece on this, it would certainly be incomplete. I put a nice outline above.

    Trust. Your. Rangers. We know what is going on and are decapitating leaders RIGHT NOW. Also, they U.S. military is full of pro-trump lower enlisted. 4 years ago it wasn’t, but the average enlistment is 4 years. Today is a very different story than yesterday.

    • LKS August 20, 2020 at 15:02

      We seem to run in different circles. I sure hope you’re right about pro-Trump junior enlisted in the combat arms areas. That’s not what I’ve seen in the support MOS’s that I am involved with. That also extends to the mid-grade E’s and O’s.

      And many senior (non-GO) leaders in those fields are just plain anti-America, IMHO. I’ve had too many conversations with them to believe otherwise.

      • NC Scout August 20, 2020 at 15:22

        POGs in the Army are generally trash. There’s a few exceptions but it’s rare. You can always tell what type of unit it is by looking in the parking lot.

        Payday loans, rent to own, and leased cars. And they love to make excuses for incompetence, quickly letting you know “that’s not my job.”

        • GK August 20, 2020 at 17:29

          That is so true! 20 years ago I was the Shop Lead at a Caterpillar Dealership. As such, when the applicants showed for interviews in the Service Managers office, he would notify me to come to the office. First, I would walk out to the parking lot and see what they drove. I assure you, you will know a real mechanic, by what they drive.

          Because my Service Manager told me that was crazy, I backed off one time. This is no joke: the guy drove a 3 or 4 year old 4×4 that had about $4,000 in wheels alone. When hired we all signed on to work any and all overtime if asked. The very first weekend (after dragging his feet on one simple excavator upgrade) I asked him to work that Saturday to finish it up. He started crying…should have fired him right there, he was a pain in the arse every single day!

        • LKS August 20, 2020 at 20:41

          I hate to admit it (as a, you know, POG), but that’s very true.

          Here’s the thing though – the shooters can’t shoot very long without them. POGs supply the bullets, beans, medical supplies, etc. that allow the actual fighters to do their thing. And having seditious assholes in the ranks puts the whole enterprise at risk.

          The other day I was talking with a Warrant in a very technical field – one that is critical to just about everyone. He was going on and on about “income inequality, muh healthcare, the damn rich” and so on. What an ass.

          • NC Scout August 20, 2020 at 20:46

            We cherry picked the ones worth a damn and took them.

      • Johnny Paratrooper August 21, 2020 at 11:03

        The difference between Combat Arms and POGs is staggering.
        POGs are just there for the paycheck. Most will freely admit they aren’t patriots and are cowards.
        Literally the last person you want to bring to a fight.
        Units like the 82nd Airborne, 10th Mountain, and 101st Airborne do most of the heavy lifting in the Army.
        If one of those units has about 3,000 Infantry out of 25,000 soldiers, it is important to remember that there are another 3,000 Calvary Scouts, and about 3,000 Military Police in some units. The rest are literally out of shape paper pushers who hide in there barracks all day. They aren’t gonna be kicking in your door. In Baghdad the CAV units, MPs, and Infantry were supporting each other. I didn’t see any of those POGs doing anything other than playing video games and going to the gym. 88Mikes, AKA truck drivers, can be really brave people. They are basically the most brave POGs you’ll ever meet. Many of those men and women were maimed and killed in GWOT. They do deserve accolades for their bravery.

        The rest of them could work for China and Islam and you wouldn’t even feel it. With the exception of Combat Arms running their own resupply missions. This does’t matter because when things get spicy, they will quit. Just like they quit in Baghdad. Their leaders are Cowards who get away with saying “No” to the Brigade Commanders. They don’t matter. And never will.

        One effective attack on a POG unit and they fall apart for years. Killing themselves and having ridiculous suicide and substance abuse rates.
        POG Units, and some Bastard Infantry Units, Literally have a “Chapter Platoon”. A platoon oriented towards kicking losers out of the army. I served in a Chapter Platoon towards my ETS time, Every leader who was ETS’ing had too. I HATED those losers. They were so pathetic the words to describe them escapes me.

        If Trump is gonna worry about any unit; It will be the MP’s. The MPs at Bragg were full of purple haired lesbian Officers and Warrants. They were out of shape, and their units were basically trash. The Secret Service isn’t gonna let the MP’s “out cop” them. That is not how the mind of U.S.S.S. Agents works and the MP’s didn’t enlist to remove the president from office under orders from Bull-Dyke communists.

        Their plan is trash. I can’t stop laughing.

    • Karl Dahl August 21, 2020 at 14:59

      Johnny Paratrooper, perhaps *YOU* should write the piece and submit it, as you’re the SME. I’d read it and evangelize it.

      • Johnny Paratrooper August 21, 2020 at 19:11

        That’s basically it.
        There could be a purge in the Military of Pro-Communist sympathizers.
        It’s not hard to aggressively drug test these guys and kick them out.
        Give them extra 4 day weekends and approve all passes, that will really put a dent in the Marxists.
        It’s important to remember that Combat arms units are fairly immune to these problems. Thanks in large part to Trump’s politics, and the cooling effect of democrats joining the military.

        I wouldn’t call myself a subject matter expert. My only gift is that I somehow have been in a lot of rooms with interesting people.
        That is 100% due in part to my geographic location. And showing up for the job interview. Which I nailed.
        I never had a security clearance, or any credentials worth putting on a resumé.

        I was an 8 year specialist because I had a serious problem with my leadership being liars and cowards. Using the open door policy was a mistake, and a great many of my friends killed themselves during my service.
        I was never disciplined officially, I just never received any promotions that were mandatory. Including Corporal.
        The military during the Obama years was an absolute nightmare. We armed ISIS and they murdered the christians; it had a terrible effect on our moral.

  6. Shinmen Takezo August 20, 2020 at 16:46

    “Amid all that is a pattern of thought- a lamentation- that ‘there’s no unity, no coordination’ on the Right. That there is no plan forward, no answer for what’s next, no push back to Make It Stop!”

    This is because there are THUG-FOR operators within the conservative sphere. The more visible ones are the likes of John Kasich, Cindy McCain (Mc-Shame), Bill Kristol and many, many, many others who are not so visible. These are actors who are paid-off by the globalists. They are agents of influence. They spread dissension, doom and defeat among us.

    Should things get frosty in the fall–and there is an over attempt (or even semi-successful attempt) to take out President Trump after he is re-elected… you will see these so-called ‘Republican leaders’ line up like lemmings before CNN’s cameras splaining’ away the events and serving up shit-sandwiches.

    As for the military–right on assessment Scout!

    I will bet any amount of money right now that fat bags of cash, gold coin collections, promises of book/movie deals, promises of post-retirement jobs and so forth are being handed out now like Krispy Kreme doughnuts behind the scenes to these multi-star parasites sitting in the pentagon and the alphabet agencies. I have no doubt that they are scheming their schemes, making their plans and lining up all their conspirators for November for a take-down of Donald Trump. They are planing a “Seven Days in May” for real life.

    But why?

    Here’s the short splanation’: Donald Trump has upset the world trade gravy train to the tune of hundreds of trillions of dollars. Just the Trans Pacific Partnership was worth a hundred trillion dollars to the parties involved over the course of a single generation. And Trump shit-canned these agreements because it was hollowing out the core of America. He was and still is the only elected official who has stood up to the globalist agenda, and the big actors/players are behind all these attempts to take him down. They are financing all of these efforts you see unfolding on television now.

    • NC Scout August 20, 2020 at 16:56

      Very well said Brother.

    • Curious Passerby August 21, 2020 at 00:20

      To Shinmen, “This is because there are THUG-FOR operators within the conservative sphere. The more visible ones are the likes of John Kasich, Cindy McCain (Mc-Shame), Bill Kristol and many, many, many others who are not so visible. These are actors who are paid-off by the globalists. They are agents of influence. They spread dissension, doom and defeat among us. ”

      Yeah, but you shouldn’t trust any voice on the Conservative Right, anyway. Ever notice how there are no lamestream thought leaders on the Right who haven’t literally commoditized themselves? I trust private citizen journalists and bloggers a lot more than what I get from the lamestream. Take Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Anne Coulter, Michael Savage, Limbaugh, Stephen Crowder, Ben Shapiro, etc. They all talk a good game, but it’s basically freemium content to get you to buy the next book, video, cruise package, lecture event, sponsor’s product etc. I enjoy listening to some of them, but you can’t place any reliance or hope in them. Years ago, Limbaugh used to get breathless callers who were ready to follow him, whether he wanted to lead a militia or make a run for the Whitehouse. Every time, he would quickly backpedal and remind everyone he was just an entertainer.

      Don’t expect anything form Big Conservatism. I assume all those talking heads on Fox News would denounce Patriots who actively fight Communist radicals to curry favor with their opponents on the left and secure their next deal. If it’s a dude with a Patreon account who writes his own content and makes his own videos, OK, but if it’s a lamestream terd, like Kristol, it’s about his agenda, not America.

      Also, look what happened to the Tea Party. If any actual Patriot group tries to organize, expect a rush of Big Conservative types to horn their way in and turn it into another neutered mainstream cause to siphon funds to themselves and exploit the members’ votes for Repube candidates.

      I expect no help from the Big Talkers and traditional politicos.

    • Johnny Paratrooper August 22, 2020 at 00:29

      I had not considered this.
      The Fed has been printing money like crazy.
      It stands to reason they printed off a few hundred billion for the collaborators.

      We have a few people on our team. One of them designed an analytics machine that is as powerful as google’s. So he says.

      I think we will be ok.The street thugs are the real problem. They don’t have have the same order and discipline as the benefactors of this coup. They are playing on both sides of their league.

      I need to research the “Seven Days Of May”

      I hope it’s not a references to a communist bloodbath/coup

  7. Max M Wiley August 20, 2020 at 17:34

    I thought it was pretty obvious the military was being purged of those considered “politically unreliable” during the Obama administration, along with a focus on recruiting “the right types”. I don’t think anybody should be surprised at the results.

    • Johnny Paratrooper August 21, 2020 at 10:47

      Those Officers didn’t just fade into oblivion.
      They are around.
      They know what’s going on.
      Matt Bracken is a good example.
      You don’t need duty, position, title, and rank to serve your country.
      Just some willpower and some firepower.

  8. GK August 20, 2020 at 18:36

    “Military solution won’t be a permanent fix.” Paraphrased it of course, but BOY HOWDY! We can’t have a permanent cultural solution unless cultural taboos are reinforced, period. The human condition demands it! Anything else leads from “Nothing’s OK, so everything’s OK” and ultimately cultural anarchy for everyone.

    In reference to the last paragraph, I’ve been thinking that the Conservation groups and land grabbers other, have been setting up the condition for forward operations, for some time now. Consider how taboo it is for you to walk off the designated trail of ABC forestry project USA. Consider the drone use by the corporate farmers giving forward observer intel. Could go on for a while, but will get to the point.

    Scout’s right, it’s the grassroots that will be key. In fact, the progressives are counting on certain actions/reactions for their brazen plans to meet reality. What I believe is about to happen, no matter who’s in charge, is a collapse of the welfare system. Hell, it’s collapsed already, and the makers are going to demand that the takers quit getting a share of their hard earned plunder. Then the the Pavlonians will need to be fed by the overlords such as Soros, via trucks at first. Which will move out into the countryside, because we can disturb that supply line much easier than a direct deposited check. It may even evolve into air drops for supplies. Point is, they are going to move the progressive assets out into rural operations.

    Remember, they have declared all the farms, water, forest, and grasslands as theirs. They have instituted the latest technology to watch over said lands as evidenced by the USFWS planting trail cameras on people’s lands against their will, and with Supreme Court support from the 1920’s. It’s called the “Open Fields Decision” I believe. The globalist corporate farms are running straight up drones now. The Chinese are the largest backers of “Reverse Mortgages.” Again I could go on for a while, but the key indicator is th shuttering of welfare programs, no matter how it happens. While a great thing at this point, it will be played how the ball lays going forward. You will know it when you see it!

    • NC Scout August 20, 2020 at 18:58

      Could not agree more.

  9. Pineslayer August 20, 2020 at 21:48

    Is patience a virtue right now?
    Patriots are more than angry, but when to strike is always the question.
    I wish to believe that everyday the left opens it gaping pie hole, we grow stronger.
    The saying that TNVOWOOT is true.
    That first week of November will separate the wheat from the chaff.
    I really wish that sanity will prevail, but that has a slim chance.
    Fortify and let the left eat their young as long as possible.
    I hope to meet you all on the other side.
    May the Gods bless and protect this great country.

  10. Curious Passerby August 20, 2020 at 22:57

    This will look silly on the surface, but…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bx5GUautOo&list=TLPQMjEwODIwMjDUIndngdwRCw&index=2
    Even video games are getting it.

  11. Curious Passerby August 21, 2020 at 00:02

    On another note, a few years ago I found myself at the pentagram attending a course. I ended up sitting next to an old chaplain who told me the most fascinating story.

    In 1974, during the Watergate Crisis, he was a Corporal going on CQ at his base in VA (Not sure which post, he might not have said), when the Battalion Commander came in to talk to him. “Back then,” he said with a laugh, “LTCs did not talk to E-4s,” so it was a pretty big deal for him. He said the LTC told him, “If anyone calls you tonight and tells you to wake me and the Sergeant Major, don’t do it. If anyone calls you tonight and tells you to wake up the Company Commanders, don’t do it. In fact, if the phone even rings tonight, don’t answer it.” The good Chaplain told me he’s firmly convinced we came within an inch of having a coup that night and only cooler heads at the last minute prevented it from happening.

    It may be BS, I’ll never know, but I do know we avoided one in the early 1930s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pSOekHA8OQ) when some of the nation’s most powerful industrial titans attempted to get USMC General (RET) Smedley Butler to lead an army against the Whitehouse to install a co-president to help FDR with the burden of leadership.

    In the looming struggle, I don’t have any great hope the US military will do much of value for us. The govt that directs them is somewhat on the Communists’ side with Communists and anti-US llberals at all levels and in all agencies. Their own organization just emailed them last month to tell them everything white is racist. And borrowing from the article above, there are probably a lot more Spencer Rapones who didn’t out themselves. If they’re ever actually ordered to do anything, I assume they’ll do their best, but our leadership has so far lacked the will to use them for anything but civilian support, as we’ve already seen in the COVID-19 response and the limited NG deployments to support cops during the rioting this summer.

    If the situation destabilizes to the point where the military is deployed, short of a govt purge of Communists, anti-US liberals, and Anti-Trumpers, I assume there will be a significant silent internal struggle between Loyalists and Communists over military and govt resources. Some units might be directed against Patriots, while others are used against Communists, orders might be issued, then canceled, then re-issued, then creatively interpreted at various levels, creating chaos on the ground.

    Ultimately, I think we’ll see a lot of partisans of all persuasions at all levels aiding their sides and sabotaging others and a flow of weapons, supplies, intel, and personnel to both sides. It would be very hard for anyone to know who to trust and I assume there will be a lot of bureaucratic inertia slowing everything down. It might be impossible for DOD to figure out who has what, where they are, if they can be trusted, and where all their stuff is going. Can you imagine the daily nightmare of trying to figure out who is doing their job, who is pencil whipping it, who went AWOL, and how much stuff has walked out the door? (Ever heard of the problem with IRS workers who sabotage govt computers and databases before they’re terminated? Imagine that kind of chaos in this situation.)

    Take a look at the collapse of the USSR. The Soviet Army had no idea where anything was. A lot of their equipment, troops, and bases were stuck in new breakaway republics. A lot of it didn’t come back to Russia when they tried to bring it home. For instance, the Soviet 14th Guards Army, located in Moldova, essentially mutinied and refused to redeploy, with a lot of their troops and much of their equipment joining the breakaway pro-Russian TransDniester Republic as the nucleus of their armed forces. The still-loyal remains of the 14th were later renamed and folded into the Russian peace-keeping forces still stationed there. Similar events could happen in a US with a weak and schizophrenic central government at war with itself.

    When you consider the absolute shit mountain of military equipment sitting around the US between the regular military and national guard and all the stuff handed over to police agencies , and the stuff federal agencies have, it’s going to be an absolute nightmare.

    • DAN III August 21, 2020 at 20:33

      Curious,

      Of all the equipment you outlined you haven’t even touched on expendables. Clothing and equipment, OCE and ICE.

      I can recall cruising through US Army maintenance warehouse areas looking for repair/replacement parts. Generally, unissued tracks, track pads and roadwheels. Often found them, brand new, sitting on pallets in the elements, rusting away. Hell, one time I needed a .50 cal pintle mount for one of my Humvees. My RTO and I found one sitting atop a engineer 5 ton in a unsecure motor pool. Relocated it. Too easy.

      I could tell about a lot of waste I myself witnessed over the years, in the US Army. Hell, even Recruiting Command gleefully wasted their budget at the end of the fiscal year. They had to burn through the excess budget monies they hadn’t spent. That or the budget bosses would cry “We will get less next year” and “We can’t give it back”.

      The waste and loss in DoD is astronomical. It is just the tip of the fiscal iceberg of fedgov waste.

  12. DAN III August 21, 2020 at 09:19

    ALCON,

    In response to the above posted essay I considered adding my .10 cents (inflation). Upon reading the comments and reading the essay for a second time, I realized there was nothing of value I could add. Along with the essay the bulk of the comments only enhanced one’s reading experience here.

    I truly appreciate the essays posted at American Partisan. However, I often times find reader’s comments as valuable and pertinent to any published essay. Thank you AP contributors both essay authors and commenters.

    At this point, verify your zero. Make peace with your God.

    • NC Scout August 21, 2020 at 13:47

      There’s ALWAYS something of value that you add bro. :)

      • DAN III August 21, 2020 at 16:44

        NC,

        You are absolutely too kind. Thank you.

    • Johnny Paratrooper August 21, 2020 at 19:47

      I learn something new every time I read an article or link here.
      My best friend, a former NSA Signals Intel instructor, lives on this website. You wouldn’t believe the intel we put together.
      The articles from past are also informative. I should have purchased more ammo years ago…

      When I read “Stealth War” by B.G. Robert Spalding, the author mentioned some components for our night vision, specifically the phosphorus filters, are made in China. Which would be a National Security threat if we had a real government. After N.C. Scout dropped his Radio Contra episode on Night vision and purpose built fighting rifles. I realized that I had a serious deficiency in my preparations. I ordered a pair of WP Gen3+ Monocular NODs and an AN/PEQ-15. Robert Griswald called me personally to confirm my order.

      I like it here. This is some good company.

      • NC Scout August 21, 2020 at 19:49

        I didn’t recruit BS artists. :)

      • Curious Passerby August 21, 2020 at 22:21

        General Spalding is awesome. I’ve watched several interviews with him and I’m very impressed. If anyone is interested, here is one of his interviews with Chris Chapel at China Uncensored: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ZcsymQ2fQ
        If you never saw it, China Uncensored is humorous, but they do give you the truth about Communist China. They dispel a lot of the myths around China and go deeper than the average lamestream media.

        • Johnny Paratrooper August 22, 2020 at 00:45

          Lamestream Misleadia*
          Curious why China Uncensored has better information than my college??? (I’m not)

          Spalding is great. I’d like to get into one of his speeches. And ask him a question or two.

          First would be if he accepts his position as General Officer in the New USA. And If Bracken can be his CT Foxtrot staff consultant.

          Second would be what the hell were those planes I saw 18 years ago. And, can I buy one; Does it come in Racer Red?

          The planes can cloak and looked like a storm cloud. There was six of them. And they were humongous. Like, parked in a Football stadium big.

          Don’t even get me started on the stealth Strykers.
          I need a few of those bad boys too.

          We are def living in 2020. “Fire and Destruction like you have never seen” -DJT To DPRK leadership.

          Anyway, ya’ll know China is Building Star Destroyers and Tie Fighters right? Look it up. I’ll find the source and post it in a separate comment. It was posted on The Warzone and Zerohedge last year. Airforce speech. Sometime around end of November Early December. Amazing.

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