End Times
12th November 2018, 05:43 AM
Mattis ordered the name "Operation Faithful Patriot" be shitcanned for "border support operations":
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-dropping-use-of-faithful-patriot-as-name-for-border-deployment-1541605581
Pentagon Dropping Use of ‘Faithful Patriot’ as Name for Border Deployment:
Mattis’s office issues new instructions on name for Pentagon mission
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon no longer will publicly refer to its border mission by the name “Operation Faithful Patriot,” officials said Wednesday, dropping a moniker some saw as having political overtones tied to the midterm elections.
Troops instead are expected to call the deployment of nearly 8,000 active-duty troops along three border states by phrases such as “in support of Customs Border Protection,” the officials said.
A determination about the name change, decided by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s office, was issued on Election Day, the officials said. The Pentagon confirmed the name change Wednesday, without explaining reasons behind it.
The Pentagon previously has rebuffed suggestions that the border troop mission, mentioned repeatedly by President Trump in campaign speeches about migrants and asylum seekers, is politically motivated. The name was drafted by the U.S. Northern Command, which is responsible for the continental U.S.
The officials, citing a possible reason for the name change, said the deployment isn’t an “operation,” like military missions involving combat, but is being undertaken in support of another government agency.
The name change was already in effect on the Defense Department media page, which began using the new phrase Tuesday afternoon in photos captions and videos.
The troops are moving toward ports of entry in Texas, Arizona and California in anticipation of caravans of migrants and would-be asylum seekers, largely from Central America, walking toward the U.S. through Mexico.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-dropping-use-of-faithful-patriot-as-name-for-border-deployment-1541605581
Pentagon Dropping Use of ‘Faithful Patriot’ as Name for Border Deployment:
Mattis’s office issues new instructions on name for Pentagon mission
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon no longer will publicly refer to its border mission by the name “Operation Faithful Patriot,” officials said Wednesday, dropping a moniker some saw as having political overtones tied to the midterm elections.
Troops instead are expected to call the deployment of nearly 8,000 active-duty troops along three border states by phrases such as “in support of Customs Border Protection,” the officials said.
A determination about the name change, decided by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s office, was issued on Election Day, the officials said. The Pentagon confirmed the name change Wednesday, without explaining reasons behind it.
The Pentagon previously has rebuffed suggestions that the border troop mission, mentioned repeatedly by President Trump in campaign speeches about migrants and asylum seekers, is politically motivated. The name was drafted by the U.S. Northern Command, which is responsible for the continental U.S.
The officials, citing a possible reason for the name change, said the deployment isn’t an “operation,” like military missions involving combat, but is being undertaken in support of another government agency.
The name change was already in effect on the Defense Department media page, which began using the new phrase Tuesday afternoon in photos captions and videos.
The troops are moving toward ports of entry in Texas, Arizona and California in anticipation of caravans of migrants and would-be asylum seekers, largely from Central America, walking toward the U.S. through Mexico.