In case you missed it, a 24-year-old female Marine is now leading an infantry platoon:
For the first time in Marine Corps history, a woman is in charge of an infantry platoon https://t.co/5BCZyOGPoH pic.twitter.com/XpAFOYhzsh
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 13, 2018
More from CNN:
First Lt. Marina Hierl is making Marine history… again.
Last year, Lt. Hierl became the first woman to pass the Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course, a physically and mentally demanding 13-week program in Quantico, Virginia.
Now, Hierl is the first and only woman to lead an infantry platoon in the Marines.
Marine veteran Jesse Kelly, for one, isn’t greeting this news as a good thing:
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1029138763887374336
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You may agree with Kelly, you may not. But if you question his military acumen, you’re looking for trouble. Apparently, New York Daily News columnist Brandon Friedman is looking for trouble:
Guy is clueless about what it takes to win in combat. Absolutely clueless. https://t.co/Nu0XXZQDTU
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) August 14, 2018
The unfortunate thing about guys like @JesseKellyDC (guys who were never really in charge) is that they are what non-veteran Trump supporters *think* a military leader should sound like
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) August 14, 2018
As much as everyone hates it, the responses to this demonstrate, once again, why it's necessary for veterans to always begin a comment about military issues with, "as a veteran…."
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) August 14, 2018
Example of what happens when you criticize a veteran and don't lead with your own military bio. It really is stunning how sensitive many veterans are (and how protective of them their civilian supporters are). pic.twitter.com/Z1y7QwpbEk
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) August 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1029465006436364288
Friedman is indeed a veteran, having served in the Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan. And we thank him for his service. But just as he feels Jesse Kelly’s not immune to criticism, he needs to understand that neither is he. Which is why fellow Army vet — and Wounded Warrior — J.R. Salzman has absolutely no problem calling Friedman out:
Hey, remember when you tried starting the narrative that everyone in Bowe Bergdahl’s squad was a psychopath, and Bergdahl was the sane one for going AWOL to find the Taliban? https://t.co/y1KJVg5tAz https://t.co/1fbFWqurUP
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) August 14, 2018
I remember. Not only did you have to apologize, but you went completely silent on Twitter for quite a while. https://t.co/w6DD0vwZCy
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) August 14, 2018
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) August 14, 2018
Ouch.
Drag that dumbass.https://t.co/zRXnRje9vr
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 14, 2018
Salzman had a lot more to say:
Then of course there was this gem of a tweet you sent me literally weeks before the VA scandal broke. pic.twitter.com/e85IRCD9O5
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) August 14, 2018
I don’t like you. It’s not because of your politics. I have friends who are veterans all across the political spectrum. I don’t like you because you’re intellectually dishonest. You would throw your own mother under the bus to further your political ambitions. You’re a hack.
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) August 14, 2018
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