Thursday, December 03, 2015

SECDEF's Staff's Shameful Message

I'll let you figure it out. Did he approve this wording?
FM SECDEF WASHINGTON DC 
TO ALDODACT 
INFO ZEN/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC 
BT 
UNCLAS 
SUBJ/HALF-STAFFING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG  
ALDODACT 14/15  
ADDRESSEES PASS TO ALL SUBORDINATE COMANDS
1.  AS A MARK OF RESPECT FOR THE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE PERPETRATED ON DECEMBER 2, 2015, IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION OF DECEMBER 2, 2015, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF UNTIL SUNSET, MONDAY,DECEMBER 7, 2015. 
2.  THE FLAG SHALL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF ON ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND NAVAL VESSELS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. 
RELEASED BY:  MICHAEL L. BRUHN, DOD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 
BT 

UPDATE: Can we call the attacks on 911 simply an aviation mishap? Sure would make everything easier, wouldn't it?

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