While the US military celebrates the 250th anniversary on Saturday, a long -planned military procession in Washington is heading to increasing concerns about President Donald Trump’s use of military power.
In the country’s capital, about 6,700 American soldiers are compiled in the federal offices now luxury, as the White House coincides with the White House with the birthday of Mr. Trump 79. It happened The army is expected to cost the taxpayers to reach $ 45 million – approximately 7,000 soldiers, 50 aircraft and 28 tanks.
These major hats per week in which the Supreme Commander took a controversial step in deploying active forces on homeland-against the desires of state officials-officially to protect federal agents and buildings from protests against immigration policies.
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With the celebration of the US military 250 years since its foundation, a big offer supervised by President Trump is amid signs of stress on the army. The latest source of turmoil: his efforts to deploy forces on homelands.
At the end of this week, President Trump’s convergence is expected to collide with the programs of the authority and the competition with a wave of the country from the public protests. About 1,800 “No Kings” marches were planned throughout America to express the opposition of the policies of Mr. Trump, especially about the enforcement of immigration and the abuse of the perceived forces.
For the American army, all of this comes in what is already a period of great turmoil. From geopolitical tensions to transformations in military technology and employment, the challenges facing the US armed forces rise.
Now, the US military has been summoned to work again – this time to help maintain peace on domestic soil, and the charge of critics, its forces were placed in the position of political service.
Kylien Hunter, CEO of old warriors in America and Afghanistan, the former naval infantry, says it sees among the members of the service “great concerns about how that young women and conditions who raised their hands to work in an unfortunate and uncomfortable position now on the political tool instead of doing their basic position.”
Experts say that the mixing forces mixing the battle with unexpected demonstrators risk both sides.
President Trump has developed his decision to deploy forces in Los Angeles as part of a greater necessity to preserve “law and order”. He insisted that by quickly moving to rid the violence, Los Angeles saved much worse. California Democratic leaders claim that the protests were under control with the help of local law enforcement until Mr. Trump was involved.
In a sign of how the recent events carried out political bombings, Democratic lawmakers in Capitol Hill erupted in anger on Thursday after Senator Alex Padilla pushed into the ground and registered his hands after screaming a question during a press conference for national security in Los Angeles.
The deployment of American forces at home
He now plays questions about the role of the army – and its correct use on American soil – actual time.
Under normal circumstances, state rulers activate the National Guard units in their states to help natural disasters or widespread events that require additional safety. So President Trump’s decision to cancel the California governor and send the National Guard and active naval forces to Los Angeles without a ruler’s request was an extraordinary step.
The Lieutenant Colonel Jay Morsi, a former army lawyer, says that you have a task “that contradicts what the state ruler requires, and this is very unusual.”
The president can participate in choosing the National Guard forces under the rebellion law and against the will of the state authorities when he threatens violence in federal law, and retired Lieutenant Daniel Morrir, another army lawyer.
Mr. Trump seems to be demanding the “inherent” power, which means that he does not have to call the rebellion law to deploy the National Guard forces when he sees it necessary. But on Thursday, a federal judge was prevented from being deployed to the guard forces. Soon the administration appealed, and a few hours later, the Court of Appeal ruled that the president’s deployment of the National Guard forces could continue while reviewing the case.
Colonel Morrier says that President Trump is in a stronger legal status when it comes to the task of the actual naval corps he also published, because President Trump has the right and his duty to protect federal assets, federal officials, federal property, and judges.
Colonel Morrier says that “the very limited task,” as California is now standing, does not violate Posse Comitatus ActWhich prevents the military forces from engaging in the application of the law. However, there are continuous questions, as he adds, about “exactly a degree of Marines allowed to defend federal assets.”
Border testing between politics and army
Besides publishing operations, some raises concerns about other methods who say the Trump administration is politicizing the army.
At Fort Prague, North Carolina on Tuesday, President Trump alternated chants and sowing as he was raising his political opponents, turning the separation line between official military duties, which are supposed to be non -political and a party campaign. Trump’s goods were for sale in this event, a possible violation of the Pentagon’s policies against political activity by those who wear military uniforms. The US Army’s official field guide emphasizes that lack of load between soldiers enhances general confidence.
Colonel Morrir, who is now a associate professor at the Betit College at Betit University at the University of Betit, says that the appearance of Mr. Trump was preceded by very unusual events that raise questions about the regime and discipline between the American military forces.
There was, for example, Reports The forces that attend the Fort Bragg event were previously engraved for their physical appearance and political opinions, then they asked to get away if it seemed very liberal.
“This is interesting because now you have soldiers who define their political preferences” for their leaders. “It is not as if they are creating a black list of democratic members who tend to liberals in Section 82 mobile. I don’t think this happens. But his appearance is annoying. “
In a testimony to the Capitol Hill this week, Minister Beit Higseth said that the American forces appreciate the efforts of the administration to rid the army of “wake up” ideologies that he says weakened the morale. He pointed to the high employment rates, which Trump calls a stumbling block, although analysts notice that employment was Already in height Before Mr. Trump took office.
“We know that men are men and women from women, and the criteria will be high, and we get rid of deviations, ideologies and politicians that were in our ranks,” said Mr. Higseth. “This is all the people who want the service they want – this clarity.”
Trying to avoid a cultural war
However, in this effort to strengthen what Mr. Higseth calls “the ethics of the warrior”, many old warriors believe that the forces use Kepea in the same kind of cultural war that Mr. Trump has long been accused of launching.
Ms. Hunter said that Iraq and Afghanistan from America in a recent poll for its members, as Iraq has informed the old veterans in America to approximately 70 % of the respondents – nearly 3 out of 4 – they have concerns about the optics and the effects of President Trump’s actual naval in Los Angeles. last Poll, the AP-norc poll It was published on Thursday, found that 60 % of about 1,200 respondents said that the military parade in Washington “did not spend well.”
Mrs. Hunter says one of the main concerns is whether all this will contribute to the development of the civil civil gap. “Will it be difficult for civilians to understand the army and the army to understand civilians, and increase the division of the country?”
This, in turn, can affect employment just as the army is equally regained, says retired Major General Charles Denlab, a former military lawyer for the Air Force and CEO now of the Center for Law, Ethics and National Security at the Law College at Duke University.
“Excessive use of these types of home activities may undermine iron [recruiting] Success because some potential recruits – and perhaps a lot – may not be interested in putting them in situations they must confront from their American colleagues. “
Divides on whether the diversity is divisive
The long -awaited army at the forefront of racist equality and great humanity is now wrestling with what Trump officials criticized as diversity and insertion measures.
In the Pentagon, under orders by Minister Higseth, this included adhering to the websites to remove diversity signals, rename ships such as USns Harriet Tubman, and revive the names of the rules that were once honored the heroes of the Confederate War.
Amid the political turmoil for this week, the army announced that while some of its military positions were back to their old names, they are now using these names to honor other soldiers, who hold the same title, who served well.
Fort Lee, for example, was originally named after the Confederate General Robert E -Lee, it will be officially renamed for a soldier’s honor medal. Fitz Lee, Boufalo’s soldier, was the nickname for the army’s cavalry units in the black soldiers who were recruited after the Civil War.
This settlement seemed to either an example of the volatile movement of the army of the issue of attracting – naming military jobs and ships – or hunting.
Now, 250 years after its founding as an American colonial army, with Russian aggression and Chinese military power on the horizon, there will be more dangerous challenges in the future.
Defense Minister Beit Higseth recently warned that the army, in particular, may need to reduce the numbers of its forces to invest in emerging priorities such as the new naval ships and Space missile defenses.
“You have these huge operational necessities to update,” says Melissa Dalton, former Air Force Minister.
However, these pressures do not reduce the role that the army will play in the American defense to move forward, says Ms. Dalton, a prominent adviser now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “They are not out of the game.”
At the present time, the hope is that through these transformations, the army is still correct for its founding, as it adds, forged as a reflection of the American people themselves.
