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| 2017-10-14 |
| Moved to Page 4 [Patriot Post] Two weeks ago, I wrote about a West Point 2016 graduate, now-2LT Spenser Rapone, who, despite his brash history displaying contempt for our nation, and his advocacy for communism, was allowed to graduate. As I noted, now-retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Heffington, an Academy history professor in 2015, had issued a sworn affidavit alerting senior USMA command about Rapone. LTC Heffington was an infantry officer before completing graduate work and accepting a post at the USMA. He was known by those under his command, and by his USMA students, to be a tough and uncompromising man of superior integrity. In his complaint he concluded, "I cannot reconcile the image of a first class cadet at West Point with the things he has posted online for the world to see. To me, these are red flags that cannot be ignored, and I fail to see how this individual can possibly graduate and become a commissioned officer in six months." But they did ignore it. More recently, Rapone, now assigned to the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, has boldly posted his hatred for his commander in chief, SecDef James Mattis, and other senior military leadership on public social media accounts. That constitutes a clear and overt UCMJ Article 88 violation: "Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense ... shall be punished as a court-martial may direct." West Point command responded to the exposure of Rapone’s insubordination and UCMJ violations with an official statement asserting, "Rapone’s actions in no way reflect the values of the U.S. Military Academy or the U.S. Army," and that "Rapone’s chain of command is aware of his actions and is looking into the matter." Sadly, the article continues. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 He's the sort of "intellectual" they are looking for. More likely to be promoted than drummed out. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-10-14 19:03 |
| #6 Did they push him thru because of his attachment to that congressidiot? None of this makes any sense. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-10-14 17:13 |
| #5 There must be crushing response. Shut down the USMA for 10 years or so, to get rid of the dead wood & to encourage les autres. Then re-found the academy under all new staffing. Rely on Army ROTC in the meantime. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-10-14 16:11 |
| #4 I blame Obama and his cronies for all this; Rapone, the sad state of the Navy, the Shaw AFB thing. It just goes on and on. Willful acts of subversion and infiltration. There must be a crushing response. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2017-10-14 12:55 |
| #3 #2 Apparently, they also need to clear out the contract instructors who peddle the left crap pushed on America's campuses. Then go to the Army retired files and find some instructors with the background to be new faculty. They're out there. Posted by Procopius2k Over the Obama years the unsupervised hiring of the contractor instructors allowed the liberals in the tent...time to throw their sandals outta the tent. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2017-10-14 10:49 |
| #2 Apparently, they also need to clear out the contract instructors who peddle the left crap pushed on America's campuses. Then go to the Army retired files and find some instructors with the background to be new faculty. They're out there. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-10-14 08:25 |
| #1 A frustrated 'email' commenter opines: We have seen this before. MAJ Nidal Hasan MD and his "Soldier of Allah" business cards and his Islamist lectures on Army time. There were plenty of people who knew about his Islamist radical leanings, but he was not only retained in the service, but was promoted. Apparently no one learned anything from the Ft. Hood "workplace violence" incident. Except for LTC Heffington. He paid attention to Rapone's social media crap and discovered a full blown Marxist in the ranks. When he brought it to the attention of senior members of the faculty and staff of the Academy, he was promptly ignored. When I was in the advanced course at the Ft. Benning School For Boys, we had one very outspoken instructor whose guidance generally consisted of the phrase "Bayonet Da Commie ****suckers In Da Troat!!!" He was a man of few words, but immense wisdom. So, in the case of 2LT Rapone, I suggest interrogating everyone close to him, room mates etc, and every instructor he had as well as the senior staff at the Academy and find out who knew about Rapone and who did nothing about it. And they should all be cashiered. Pour Encourager Les Autres. Then give LTC Heffington a promotion to Major General and his choice of Division to command. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-14 07:58 |