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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(124,172 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 08:42 PM Sunday

The Marine Corps unit placed on prepare-to-deploy orders is 2nd Battalion

Source: Washington Post

The Marine Corps unit placed on prepare-to-deploy orders is 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, an infantry unit based at Twentynine Palms, California, according to a defense official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/07/la-ice-arrests-protests-national-gaurd/#link-H3XQ3CZFPVHZNEZNEVHPZLI7QI

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Miguelito Loveless

(4,990 posts)
17. Soldiers obey orders
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:05 AM
15 hrs ago

History has shown us that over and over again.

They will follow orders without a second thought. They will arrest, maim, and kill on command.

BOSSHOG

(42,665 posts)
2. When has "sensitivity of the issue"
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 08:46 PM
Sunday

Stopped lil Pete from blabbing? Isn’t that trumps point? To blab about awesome leadership acumen? Which does not exist.

Marthe48

(20,773 posts)
5. The marines against unarmed Americans?
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 09:10 PM
Sunday

Kent State and Jackson State won't compare

Please make this stop

BidenRocks

(1,595 posts)
8. As a Marine Corp veteran and a Sgt,
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 09:22 PM
Sunday

I say, "Do not demean my Marine Corps!
The enemy is chump, not the citizens.
I remember how we were treated during Vietnam.
Do you want to be the hated Americans again?
STAND DOWN!

DENVERPOPS

(12,524 posts)
10. Trump has already
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 09:42 PM
Sunday

corruptly sent 3,000 to 6,000 active military to the southern border.........part of the buildup in using the Military and directly violating the Posse Comatatus ACT, and enabling him to "TRUMP UP" corrupt reasons to activate the entire Military against U.S. Citizens who disagree with his self idolized tyranny.

slightlv

(5,719 posts)
11. Yeah... moblized to where? Within the U.S., as in LA or either the North or South Border?
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:00 PM
Sunday

Or overseas to the middle east as payola for the Qatari jet?

electricmonk

(1,914 posts)
14. Yep
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:45 PM
Sunday

I've seen rowdier crowds after a sportsball championship or a spring break get together.

AverageOldGuy

(2,628 posts)
13. Now we know why . . .
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:44 PM
Sunday

. . . one of SECDEF Hogsbreath's first actions was to fire all the service Judge Advocate Generals - - - now there is no one to tell him what he is doing is illegal. It was all planned long before Nov 2024.

artemisia1

(1,067 posts)
15. Yes, all we need is a bunch of heavily armed and indoctrinated 19-25 year old kids entering into the situation. The idea
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 04:08 AM
20 hrs ago

of a National Guard is to have LOCAL citizen soldiers to respond. Men -- and women -- from the community, or, at least, same state. This WILL NOT END WELL. Unfortunately, that's the plan...

ancianita

(40,584 posts)
16. Vets need to be visible at the front of these protests, and explain how & why the orders are illegal, that
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:55 AM
16 hrs ago

the civilian "national security crisis" is manufactured to turn the military after civilians who the military should be protecting and then joining against this lawless commander and secdef. Otherwise troops become mercenaries in a mercenary military.

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