R.C. Oberlender

Ret. Infantry combat vet. Former Foreign Military Curricula Developer, Anti-Terrorism Analyst. Military Training Consultant. Former Medina County TX GOP Chair.

[Mike H @clhscoach]

I don’t have a blue check, and I don’t pay to speak my mind. Therefore, I don’t expect this post to go past the tip of my nose, but here it is…

I love my country. I always have. Not because of who the President is, not because it’s 250, but because it’s my country, that’s it😎

[Robert James @rob_whiteboy]

Does Anyone Even Know?🤔🤔😏😏

[Dr. Adam A. @medman2525]

@FoxNews

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

@sands175881 I agree. If he was losing his mind there might be a different outcome. In that case, I might feel some sympathy.

Otherwise, no.

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

He will get what he deserves. Those UCMJ violations will be a complete showstopper for him.

He showed commitment, not necessarily courage. Well, he's committed now. Incarcerated, I hope.

I served under Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. I despised both of them. But I followed orders to the best of my ability. THAT is what I committed to. That was the DUTY. The RESPONSIBILITY.

This slimeball should be stripped of his awards, his uniform and yes, even his dignity. He should wear prison coveralls and be sent to the federal prison just outside of Fort Leavenworth.

Duty. Honor. Country.

He failed.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

An active-duty member of the United States military stood on the steps of the Capitol, in uniform, and called for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of Donald Trump. He was arrested.
He didn’t stumble into this. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Under Department of Defense rules and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, active-duty service members are heavily restricted from engaging in partisan political activity, especially in uniform. Depending on how this is charged, he could be facing violations like Article 92 (failure to obey orders or regulations), and for officers, even Article 88 (contempt toward officials). That’s not a slap on the wrist, that’s career-ending territory. Court-martial, loss of rank, forfeited pay, even prison time are all on the table.
He risked everything: his career, his pension, his freedom, and the future he built inside the military.
And he did it anyway.
You don’t have to agree with what he said to recognize what it took to say it. Real courage isn’t reserved for safe opinions or popular moments. It shows up when the cost is clear, and you move forward anyway.
The military demands discipline and neutrality for a reason. But history is full of moments where individuals inside institutions decided that staying silent was the greater violation.
That tension, between duty to the system and duty to conscience, is where this story lives.
Maybe you think he crossed a line. Maybe you think he drew one.
But let’s not pretend this was casual. This was deliberate. This was informed. This was someone fully aware of the consequences choosing to act anyway.
Time will decide how this moment is remembered. It always does.
But one thing is undeniable: he knew the price, and he spoke anyway. VIA!~~~ Melinda Fulton

[SaltyGoat @SaltyGoat17]

Who else?

[🦅 Eagle Wings 🦅 @CRRJA5]

🚨 39 prior arrests. 25 felonies. And career criminal Alexander Dickie was STILL on the streets.
He broke into the home where 22-year-old aspiring teacher Logan Federico was staying, dragged her naked from her bed, forced her to kneel execution-style, and shot her while she begged for her life.
How the hell was this monster free to terrorize?
Judges and the soft-on-crime system repeatedly let him walk. Enough is enough.
These judges who keep releasing violent repeat offenders with rap sheets spanning over a decade — they have blood on their hands.
Should judges be held personally accountable for the crimes committed by the criminals they release? Yes or No?
Rest in Peace Logan Federico.
Think of your kids’ safety next time you vote. We need leaders who put law-abiding Americans first — not criminals

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

SCOTUS got the Birthright Citizenship adjudication right. Although the 14th Amendment was designed to ensure the citizenship of former slaves and their children, it did not exempt anyone else. The words and intent were clear.

I do not support Birthright Citizenship. It has been abused in so many, many ways. It should be changed, but that will require another amendment or legislation.

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

Yeah, It pains me too. But the Supreme Court got it right. So it is up to us.
https://t.co/8j4z6ZG8VW

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

This is the foundation of our republic. It gives us the power to resist tyranny. All else rests in this foundation. Without it, the socialists will eventually defeat us.

This is the last resort. I pray we never have to use it.

But it is there . . . Unless you allow them to take our foundation away from us. They continue to try and erode it.

Never give up.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

American Exceptionalism XI: The Second Amendment

The World Before:

Rulers have always preferred the subject unarmed. A people that cannot resist can only petition, obey, or wait for mercy. Power sleeps better when the citizen has no final argument left.

The American Answer:

The Second Amendment codified a dangerous truth: the republic does not fear an armed citizen because the citizen is not beneath the republic. He is its source. The same people who had just defeated an empire refused to build a government that held a monopoly on force over free men.

America did not make liberty a slogan. It gave it teeth.

The Legacy:

The Second Amendment made sovereignty physical. It reminded every officeholder that rights are not abstractions floating above a courtroom. They belong to a people expected to defend themselves, their homes, and, if history ever demands it, the republic itself.

The Threat:

The enemies of this country hate the Second Amendment because it breaks the fantasy of helpless citizenship. Every ideology of control wants dependence first and obedience second.

An armed free people ruins both.

[MR T’s Haircut @MRTs_Haircut]

America. We are exceptional. Pass it on.

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

@mrmikeMTL Can we go for six months?

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

Oh my Lord! Beautiful!

I'm not a soccer fan, but this is wonderful!!!

Thank you, @BuzzPatterson !!!

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

World Cup 2026 has been exactly what the US needed, a patriotic infusion heading into our 250th Celebration!

“It was going to flop. Nobody would come. They’ll be giving tickets away. Everybody hates Trump.”

In reality, America, this is the US.💪🇺🇸🔥

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

@BradRTorgersen Thank you. It was an honor to continue to serve during those difficult times. I only wish we could have done better.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

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[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

.@PressSec: "This is not your granddaddy's Democrat Party. This is not the Democrat Party of JFK. This is a full-blown Communist revolution that is taking over Capitol Hill right here in Washington, D.C. ... the inmates are running the asylum."

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

Thank you, CP. Making it simple may help those education-deficient clowns who have never had the blessed opportunity to serve.Z

They have no clue what the Warrior Ethos means to us.
"I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade."

And that means training. Training to standard. And the standard is victory.

But the previous administrations have demonstrated that they cannot define victory.

And that I believe is the crux of the matter.

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

Good ideas. Can't wait for these to be implemented and watch the court challenges.

We have a fault in our system. A new Constitutional Amendment could fix it, but won't happen in today's fractured America.

What a shame.

[Roger Severino @RogerSeverino_]

Dear @VP @JDVance, I was honored to see you endorse my idea of prohibiting birth tourism citizenship in U.S. Territories (which China has exploited to the hilt), and I'd like to offer you some even bolder ideas to save our national sovereignty.

So far, solutions to the Anchor Baby problem have focused on the "anchors," but the SCOTUS decision requires renewing focus on the "boats" they tether and ending their incentives to give birth here. Here’s how.

Take all the conditions in the original Trump EO and direct all the consequences onto foreigners who exploit "loophole citizenship" by declaring them PERSONA NON GRATA.

Specifically, if an alien without legal permanent residency chooses to have a child on U.S. soil, the foreigner parents must either renounce the child’s American citizenship or lose the ability to ever again legally step foot in the U.S., their choice.

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1182(f)), the President has broad power to suspend or restrict entry of any class of foreign nationals the President determines would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.” The President should use this authority to deem such foreigners:

1) permanently ineligible for U.S. entry under any visa type (whether visitor, student, work, or otherwise)

2) permanently ineligible to petition for asylum, refugee, or temporary protected status

3) permanently ineligible for lottery or family based entry

4) permanently ineligible to petition for any legal residency or U.S. citizenship whatsover, including by future marriage to an American citizen.

Foreigners cynically use their children as tools to get lawful access to the U.S., its resources, and its opportunities that were paid for in blood and treasure by generations of Americans that came before. Forever shut the door to that access and birth tourism would plummet overnight.

But what about the people who would defy any ban or are already here illegally? That’s a tougher problem, but still addressable. The lawbreakers would have know that if they exploit “loophole citizenship” and choose not to renounce their child’s U.S. citizenship, they will have automatically moved themselves up on the deportation tracking and priority list.

The president can also exercise his discretion under the INA to strip away common procedural tools immigration lawyers use to delay or withhold removal and can require expedited deportation once they are caught as we currently do with repeat offenders and criminals.

Congress, for its part, should codify these changes to prevent any potential future open borders President from unilaterally undoing them. It may also need to create mechanisms for a parent covered by the EO to be able to renounce their child's American citizenship as an exercise of their parental rights, especially in cases of truly accidental births on U.S. soil.

States too have a role to play in limiting perverse incentives. For example, they can require parents who are here illegally to pay for the public schooling of their children, whether U.S. citizen or not (and thereby prompt the court to revisit the wrongly decided Plyler v. Doe decision of 1982).

People are furious because the biggest court rewrite of the Constitution since Obergefell has placed our national identity at the mercy of foreigners making decisions according to THEIR interests, on THEIR timing, and on THEIR terms.

In the American system of government, for every egregious SCOTUS decision, there should be an equal and opposite reaction from the other federal branches, the states, and the People. It’s how our system is designed, and we should exercise that power to make sure it is Americans, and only Americans, who decide who can join our great nation.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

American Exceptionalism III: George Washington

The World Before:

Revolutions usually end with a strongman. The old ruler falls, the liberator takes his place, and the people learn too late that they only traded one master for another. History was crowded with men who claimed to free nations and then crowned themselves.

The American Answer:

George Washington had every ingredient required for power: an army that worshiped him, a nation that trusted him, and enemies too weak to stop him. He could have become king in everything but name.

Instead, he resigned his commission and went home. That decision did more than end a war. It taught the republic what power was for.

The Legacy:

Washington made restraint heroic. He proved that the greatest man in a republic is not the one who seizes power, but the one strong enough to lay it down. Every peaceful transfer of power in America lives in the shadow of that choice.

The Threat:

The enemies of this nation hate Washington because he exposes their hunger. Every ideology built on control eventually requires men who cannot release the machinery of power once they possess it.

Washington did.

That is why he remains dangerous.

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

Censorship Sucks@censorship_suks"Just following orders" didn't work at Nuremberg. You're supposed to learn about illegal orders and your obligation to refuse them in basic training. Views10:52 AM · Jul 2, 2026·45

📷📷R.C. Oberlender@OberlenderC·1s
Not only did I learn that requirement, I taught it to a cohort within the generation of soldiers I served with. I never obeyed illegal orders. I did obey the legal orders that I disagreed with.
And it turns out that my disagreement was justified. See Kabul and what led up to

[R.C. Oberlender @OberlenderC]

Not only did I learn that requirement, I taught it to a cohort within the generation of soldiers I served with.

I never obeyed illegal orders. I did obey the legal orders that I disagreed with. And it turns out that my disagreement was justified.

See Kabul and what led up to it for instance. Tell me what you know about FOB Keating. Why was it there. Who decided to put that outpost in a location where it could not be supported. That person was taught to be an officer under the Affirmative Action, DEI, and LGBTQ+ clowns who were promoted into command positions. See what they reaped.

Don't talk about things you know nothing about.