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LTC Psychological Operations Officer
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Never once in my career did I have to say "that's an order". In the officer corps when I was in, you were discouraged from doing so. Rather, you would say things like "I'd like you to... or yes, "you should..." as in "you should have your unit ready to deploy at 0600 tomorrow." LMFAO at anyone who would think that was a "suggestion" and not an order or has a different meaning than "Have your unit ready to deploy at 0600 tomorrow".

Back in the old "rock painting" days for VIP visits, do you think if the POTUS visited a post, and as they were walking around, the POTUS said to the post commander, "you should paint your rocks red instead of green" that if the POTUS returned to that post a month later, every f'n rock on that post wouldn't be painted red?
(and yes, that's an analogy not an actual example, though there were days when rocks were definitely painted)
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SGT Ej P.
SGT Ej P.
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Haha rocks still get painted
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SSgt Gary Andrews
SSgt Gary Andrews
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Orders are better received when they are couched in words like "should" or "could you".....but they are still meant as, and perceived as, orders. Anyone that ignores a "suggestion" from their boss, will learn that lesson the hard way. Love the painted rocks analogy.......the painting of rocks is a real thing for sure!
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SSgt Ray Stone
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Typical Trump supporter, no matter what he says you all agree? In order words obstruction of justice , this is an order to obstruct justice
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SFC Joseph Weber
SFC Joseph Weber
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MAJ Bryan Zeski - SFC (Join to see) I guess Watergate was a witch hunt too. That took over two years.
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SFC J Fullerton
SFC J Fullerton
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SFC (Join to see) - If Mueller had nothing, it would be over already.
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SSgt Ray Stone
SSgt Ray Stone
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SFC (Join to see) - How long did Water Gate take?
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SSG(P) Casualty Operations Ncoic
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SFC J Fullerton - I love going back to old posts to see how wrong people were!
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MSgt Michael Bischoff
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