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Thread #166932 Message #4020468
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Nov-19 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Question about military rank
Subject: RE: BS: Question about military rank
I found it interesting that Republican Congressman Devin Nunes addressed a Lieutenant Colonel as "Mr. Vindman" in the impeachment hearings today.
Even Fox News didn't support Nunes on this.
Some even questioned whether LTC Vindman should be wearing a uniform at a Congressional hearing. ABC News has a good explanation of that:"A soldier performing duties in an official capacity will normally be in uniform," Col. Kathy Turner, an Army spokeswoman, said in a written statement. "In cases where a soldier is detailed to an agency outside of DOD, the individual would follow the policies of that agency."
-(former) Specialist 5 Joe Offer, whose uniform no longer fits-