According to more than a dozen Guardsmen across four units who spoke to Military.com, none has received formal activation orders, the critical paperwork that not only authorizes their duty status, but also unlocks pay and Tricare health benefits.
    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      7 days ago

      American complacency

      It’s like watching an idiot take the wheel of a car, threaten everyone that he’s going to drive a car full of people off a cliff… and everyone just shrug their shoulders and say, ‘Well, we won’t do anything until we hit the bottom of the canyon, then you’ll be sorry’

      • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        Except the person riding shotgun has an actual shotgun (loaded with nonlethal bullets (for now)), loves the driver, and threatens anybody that questions the driver

        It’s a lot easier for everyone else to take control of the situation when ‘death for not blindly trusting the driver’ isn’t on the line.