Nik Bruce

[Dakota Meyer @Dakota_Meyer]

If you’re one of the people zooming in on Lance Corporal Jordan Houston’s uniform looking for everything wrong after he received the Bronze Star with Valor:

FUCK YOU.

You don’t get to preach about veteran suicide, mental health, brotherhood, and taking care of our own while publicly tearing one of our own apart.

I know what that feels like.

I’m not looking at his uniform. I’m looking at the Marine wearing it.

To me, Houston is a brother and a hero. I’m proud to wear the same uniform as him. If he needs help climbing this mountain, I’ll stand next to him the entire way.

Reach a hand out instead of kicking a man while he’s down.

Be the example.

[hots&cots @hotscots_app]

By the way we’re now two weeks into no ac at @USArmy_FtCarson. No relocation assistance to the Soldiers or temporary units put in place.

My proposal is have the leaders move into the barracks until the AC is fixed.

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Sentiment shared by retired Marine Sgt. Maj. Brad Kasal, a Navy Cross recipient, regarding the critics nitpicking uniform display at the recent Bronze Star/Abbey Gate ceremony. Spot on

[Joseph Warren Founding Martyr @MartyrJose1776]

🚨🚨@SecWar , @PeteHegseth My THIRD notice on ABCMR case AR20250003642 was delivered to your office 26 AUG 2026. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

NGB now acknowledges I can receive reinstatement relief — just not through the Maine Army National Guard. NGB says I can go to the Army Reserve, where my ABCMR becomes directive, or transfer to another State's National Guard.

Yet NGB says reinstatement in Maine remains at the Maine TAG's discretion.

How can the Maine TAG effectively deny implementation of POTUS EO 14184, while NGB acknowledges the relief can be implemented everywhere except Maine?

Who has the final authority?
@JMPhelpsLC

[Josh Brooks @F530Josh]

@OrwellDay He's going to have to surrender some of his privacy for our safety.

[hots&cots @hotscots_app]

Lies these guys were helping me with design and coding for Hots&Cots

[Nik Bruce @NikBruce2]

@RealChapAmerica Maybe just maybe if we stopped keeping gems like this as conventional wisdom, we could have a military that was efficient and effective instead of bloated and full of red tape

[Nik Bruce @NikBruce2]

@RealChapAmerica Do what your boss want turns the boss into someone who doesn’t know how to be corrected. Compounded by time we get a culture that allows the mass poisioning of the troops because “that’s what the boss said”

[Nik Bruce @NikBruce2]

@thsottiaux At least be intellectually honest about why you’re doing this: it’s more profitable. The 5 hour limits throttles work and reduces the amount of times the user uses their entire weekly limit. Don’t give us nonsense about users being confused

[Nik Bruce @NikBruce2]

@DOWResponse @SecWar The bureaucracy seems to be winning in regards to the Covid reconciliation. Evidence being the members of my correction board felt empowered to rule my active duty service didn’t qualify me as a service member covered by the COVID guidance and deny my reconciliation case

[Joseph Warren Founding Martyr @MartyrJose1776]

@DOWResponse @SecWar I'm at WAR with the bureaucracy too, its called the National Guard Bureau and the Maine Army National Guard they refuse to reinstate me per EO 14184 and ABCMR case # AR20250003642 https://t.co/XYxvDuybXL

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

Two Points:
1. Countries will just funnel the money through PACs, they likely already are.
2. The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act lifted the ban on domestic dissemination in 2013. That is the crux of the issue. Start there.

[hots&cots @hotscots_app]

I’m tracking 3 buildings now with Soldiers left in the dark on what’s going on with the HVAC situation at @USArmy_FtCarson.

[Joseph Warren Founding Martyr @MartyrJose1776]

🚨🚨@SecWar @PeteHegseth — Three appeals. Each time, NGB concedes a little more. One question remains unanswered.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

27 JAN 2025: President Trump issues EO 14184 to restore Service Members harmed by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

13 JUN 2025: ABCMR case AR20250003642 finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an injustice occurred and grants corrective relief. https://t.co/zQZeYcfeLb

29 JUL 2025: ARBA transmits the approved Record of Proceedings for corrective action.

6 AUG 2025: ARBA describes my favorable ABCMR decision as correcting my records to show my:

“contingent reassession into full time status with the Maine Army National Guard in accordance with provisions under Executive Order 14184.”

Then began my appeals directly to Secretary Hegseth.

FIRST APPEAL — 25 NOV 2025

I asked Secretary Hegseth to intervene because NGB and MEARNG still had not implemented my ABCMR restoration.

NGB's 6 JAN 2026 response took a categorical position:

“The ABCMR decision is not directive in nature but a recommendation to the Adjutant General of the Maine National Guard.”

SECOND APPEAL — 20 JUL 2026

I again asked Secretary Hegseth to examine my case—this time specifically identifying AR20250003642 as a ground-zero example of the “Roadblocks and Impediments to Reinstatement.”

NGB responded again on 17 AUG 2026.

But its position moved.

NGB now acknowledges that if I transfer to the U.S. Army Reserve:

“the Board's determination shifts from a recommendation to a directive, ensuring you receive all relief the Board granted.”

That is a significant concession.

NGB has now acknowledged that my ABCMR determination can be directive and can ensure that I receive the relief granted by the Board.

Yet NGB simultaneously maintains that implementation through the Maine Army National Guard:

“remains at the discretion of the TAG and the Governor of Maine.”

So we have arrived at the central question:

Does NGB really believe a State TAG has discretion to prevent implementation of restorative relief arising from President Trump's EO 14184, while the exact same ABCMR determination becomes directive if implemented through another Army Reserve Component?

THIRD APPEAL — dated 22 AUG 2026 / sent 24 AUG 2026

I have now placed that precise question before Secretary Hegseth.

The Department's 1 APR 2025 policy applies to the Active and Reserve Components and identifies the Service Member's acceptance of reinstatement as the contingency.

I accepted reinstatement on 31 AUG 2025.

NGB has instead substituted the Maine TAG's acceptance for mine.

Mr. Secretary, after three appeals, the issue has become remarkably simple:

Who has the final word over implementation of EO 14184 corrective relief—the President and his Secretary of War, or the Maine TAG?

If NGB believes Title 32 gives the Maine TAG that veto, it should identify the statute, regulation, or Department policy that says so.

Three appeals. Three progressively narrower NGB positions. Still no citation to that authority.

AR20250003642.

[MR. OBVIOUS @ObviousRises]

The Hacker Known as 4chan makes a terrifying prediction.

[Stink Eye @thestinkeye]

Based.

[Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain]

Gather around, it’s story time. Today’s lesson: on the spot corrections in uniform.

When I was in basic training at Fort Benning, GA, we received a day pass to go to the store on base. You have to understand, this was a big deal. We had to wear a uniform and everyone there would know we were in basic based off of haircuts and lack of patches (back then you didn’t get any unit patch, not even the generic “Army” one).

So, big and tall, I walked into The Exchange and was IMMEDIATELY swarmed by NCO‘s yelling at me. They kept screaming at me to correct myself (they used a different term) but here is the thing…I had no idea what was wrong.

Finally a senior NCO walked up to me calmly, and asked me if I had any idea what was going on.

I did not.

He looked at me, and told me to take my sunglasses off the top of my head. Then he simply walked away.

You don’t wear sunglasses in basic. I had no idea it was a rule. Once he realized I had no idea why I was wrong, he quickly made a correction and went about his day.

I think about that story a lot when I decide how I want to make a correction.

[Nik Bruce @NikBruce2]

Honestly we dont have a good idea of what’s going on, and likely won’t. There is an obvious argument to be made that this is part of the job. There is also an argument to be made that what’s happening here COULD be unnecessary. The command visit, however, went exactly as below

[Mrgunsngear @Mrgunsngear]

Everyone who's been in, or is currently in, the military knows exactly how this went down.

Someone, or someone's spouse(s), complained about the conditions onboard the USS Lincoln. It then got media attention.

Adm. Brad Cooper then felt he had to go to the ship to inspect the actual conditions and assess morale of the Sailors.

The aircraft carrier commander was notified by Adm. Cooper's aide de camp ahead of the visit. Said aircraft carrier commander then freaked out a little and ordered the men and women on the ship to deep clean the ship and make everything look good for 24-48 hours before Adm. Cooper arrived.

Adm. Cooper arrived and everything looked great. Adm. Cooper then reported to SECWAR & POTUS that everything looks great onboard and the crew had high morale.

That's how these high profile "command visits" go in the military.

Conduct command visits accordingly...

#navy #war #iran #USNavy #USSLincoln #drones #missiles #hormuz #Sailors

[Under Secretary of War Anthony J. Tata @USW_PR_HONTata]

Another talented Airman is back in uniform! 🇺🇸

Unjustly discharged under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate 4 years ago, Master Sergeant Jessica Meinert has returned to service. Even better: She will be supporting the @usairforce COVID Reinstatement Task Force, using her experience & expertise to help other Airmen & Guardians rejoin the ranks.

Reinstatement remains open until April 1, 2027. @SecWar @SecAFOfficial

https://t.co/BbiTByppIB

[John Frankman @JohnFrankmanFL]

I early voted today at the Destin Community Center-and it was surreal. Walking in and seeing my own name on the ballot stopped me in my tracks. I’ve voted at that same location for years, right by my house, and never imagined I’d one day be the candidate on the other side of the page.

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has helped get us to this point. Early voting was quick and easy—no line, and I was in and out in less than five minutes.

If you haven’t voted yet, please vote early (through Saturday) or on Election Day Tuesday August 18. Then tell 10 friends and ask each of them to vote too. This is a true grassroots campaign, and we simply cannot do it without you.

Finally, please join me in praying for God’s blessings on our country and for His will to be done in this campaign.