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West Point grad and infantry officer expresses support for Communism and Kaepernick while wearing Che t-shirt under uniform-Army finally booting him!!
October 06, 2017, 04:40 PM
SapperSteelWest Point grad and infantry officer expresses support for Communism and Kaepernick while wearing Che t-shirt under uniform-Army finally booting him!!
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Originally posted by rat2306:
I vote transfer to Combat Engineers, send to Afghanistan again, and let him clear mines and IEDs with only a bayonet...
No.
Don't want him.
Thanks,
Sap
October 06, 2017, 04:42 PM
Yanert98quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
You Army guys sure do have a sense of humor about these things!
Saying something like that in a Navy training command would have you gone so fast, you wouldn’t even get to say goodbye.
Ouch! I wish it wasn't true.
I hoped this story was just photoshopped trolling. But obviously there is a problem and the Army Command is definitely at fault. And the ribbing is deserved.
He may have got a pass from the top, but I guarantee you the rest of us aren't impressed or laughing,
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October 06, 2017, 04:55 PM
marksman41Rapone was former enlisted with a CIB. Does anybody know his MOS and unit in which he served in combat?
Also, is it possible Rapone acquired the authorization to wear his CIB without truly having met the requirements? I know there are a number of medals and ribbons given that ought not to have been, but is that possible with the CIB?
October 06, 2017, 04:55 PM
rat2306quote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
quote:
Originally posted by rat2306:
I vote transfer to Combat Engineers, send to Afghanistan again, and let him clear mines and IEDs with only a bayonet...
No.
Don't want him.
The boy's screwed (and did it himself); no one in Uncle Sam's Army wants him.
October 06, 2017, 05:04 PM
JALLENquote:
Originally posted by Yanert98:
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
You Army guys sure do have a sense of humor about these things!
Saying something like that in a Navy training command would have you gone so fast, you wouldn’t even get to say goodbye.
Ouch! I wish it wasn't true.
I hoped this story was just photoshopped trolling. But obviously there is a problem and the Army Command is definitely at fault. And the ribbing is deserved.
He may have got a pass from the top, but I guarantee you the rest of us aren't impressed or laughing,
Being a Communist is one of those things that can be excused as the antics of a silly college kid, but mouthing off like that is intolerable.
Some things have changed since I was commissioned, in the Johnson Administration (Lyndon, not Andrew). I would never have imagined a daughter in law would make CAPT (O6), for example, but the level of disrespect reflected in that report is corrosive in the extreme. That ought to have been a “do not pass go” event right then and there.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
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Balzé HalzéWow. How in God's name did this punk ever make it through West Point? Had anyone in my class at the Academy acted in any manner like that for so long, he or she would never have survived. I'm stunned to be perfectly frank.
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October 06, 2017, 05:07 PM
stickman428Who broke this story? I wonder who found the images and made them public?
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October 06, 2017, 05:12 PM
SgtGoldquote:
Originally posted by marksman41:
Rapone was former enlisted with a CIB. Does anybody know his MOS and unit in which he served in combat?
Also, is it possible Rapone acquired the authorization to wear his CIB without truly having met the requirements? I know there are a number of medals and ribbons given that ought not to have been, but is that possible with the CIB?
The only two career fields authorized to wear a combat infantry badge are infantry and special forces. As to not truly earning his CIB I doubt it, especially in a Ranger BN.
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October 06, 2017, 05:12 PM
Edmondquote:
Originally posted by marksman41:
Rapone was former enlisted with a CIB. Does anybody know his MOS and unit in which he served in combat?
Also, is it possible Rapone acquired the authorization to wear his CIB without truly having met the requirements? I know there are a number of medals and ribbons given that ought not to have been, but is that possible with the CIB?
Only way to earn CIB is to be Infantry MOS. Everyone else gets a CAB for contact with the enemy. As sacred as the CIB is, no way I see it being authorized for wear without earning it. Being shot at in of itself isn't automatic grounds to earning the CIB either.
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October 06, 2017, 05:23 PM
BamaJeepsterquote:
Originally posted by stickman428:
Who broke this story? I wonder who found the images and made them public?
He made the images public when he tweeted support for Kaepernick on 9/24 and 9/25 - it blew up on Twitter and I posted this thread after a couple of organizations verified that it was legit. It blew up on the news later in the day and over the next week.
From the first story posted on this:
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Under the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick, he tweeted an image of himself raising the left clenched-fist of solidarity, support and resistance as well as the message, “Communism Will Win” taped inside of his West Point uniform cap. Also visible in the photograph is Rapone’s Combat Infantryman Badge–meaning he has fought in active ground combat.
Rapone followed up his initial post with retweeted images of other #VeteransForKaepernick in their combat uniforms.
As others stated - he served with the 2nd Ranger Battalion in combat. He completed RASP (Ranger Assessment and Selection Program), he has not completed Ranger School (which would allow him to wear the Ranger tab). He was authorized to wear the Ranger 2nd Battalion scroll patch on his right sleeve, since he served in that unit in combat. He also graduated Airborne and Air Assault schools.
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
- John Adams October 06, 2017, 05:45 PM
SIGguy229quote:
Originally posted by icom706:
How the hell could a newly minted 2nd Lt. from West Point pledge Allegiance, and carry it out, to the U.S. Constitution when his Lenin-Marxism Bolshevistic views are in direct contradiction to said Constitution?
Easy. He's a subversive plant for the GDCs. They need to court-martial him, convict him and kill any future political career.
October 06, 2017, 05:46 PM
46and2Wasn't he just pulled out of / quit a school after this story blew up? Which one?
October 06, 2017, 05:51 PM
BamaJeepsterquote:
Originally posted by 46and2:
Wasn't he just pulled out of / quit a school after this story blew up? Which one?
According to the stories I've seen, he was in Ranger school and in the Mountain phase when this broke. According to this report, he was dropped and was told he would be a Day 1 recycle displaying the same disrespect noted in the statement published by the LTC at West Point. He then quit and was dropped from the course.
https://sofrep.com/90622/sofre...cal-beliefs-command/
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
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46and2Thanks.
October 06, 2017, 06:10 PM
Herknavquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Wow. How in God's name did this punk ever make it through West Point? Had anyone in my class at the Academy acted in any manner like that for so long, he or she would never have survived. I'm stunned to be perfectly frank.
He made it through the same way a full-up "Death to America" guy from Pakistan made it through USAFA pre-9/11.
October 06, 2017, 06:20 PM
parabellumquote:
Once at Fort Benning, Lt. Rapone reportedly refused to restart Ranger School, rendering him a self-selected drop from the course, and what is referred to as “Lack of Motivation” (LOM) drop. An LOM is a mark of shame for an infantry officer. It is a career death sentence within the infantry community, especially with graduates of West Point. It does not force the officer out of the military, but an LOM will follow you, and every future commander will know that you quit Ranger School: an unofficial guarantee to not be selected for key assignments and your career will be over before it starts.
Fork/Done
October 06, 2017, 06:27 PM
2012BOSS302quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Fork/Done
Fork him is right!
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arfmelI hope the mouthy SOB ends up sitting at the entrance to a Walmart parking lot with a cardboard sign that says "anything will help".
October 06, 2017, 06:43 PM
Some ShotI can only imagine how differently his "coming out" might have gone if we hadn't elected President Trump.
Shiver...
October 06, 2017, 07:03 PM
kimber1911Would be interesting to know what transpired after LTC Heffington wrote his Sworn Statement.
(shown on page 12 of this thread)
Reading through the Sworn Statement, I did not envision LTC Heffington as a strong leader.
Why in the world would he have continued his discussion with CDT Rapone for so long with the disrespect which was been shown?
Seems to me that LTC Heffington failed in his duties, as CDT Rapone was allowed to continue, and Graduate from West Point.
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