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Either military flying Trump flag or fascist militias gearing up
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/01/30/military-convoy-trump-flag-rolls-through/97255844/
Flying a large "Trump" flag, a mysterious convoy of military vehicles rolled down Interstate 65 through Louisville on Sunday morning. But nobody is claiming it.
A spokesman for Ft. Knox, Patrick Hodges, said it wasn't theirs.
Same for the Kentucky National Guard, said Maj. Stephen Martin, director of public affairs.
A Defense Department spokesman, Maj. Jamie Davis, who examined images of the four-truck procession for the Courier-Journal, said he doesn't think it belonged to any service branch and that the vehicles may have been military surplus.
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/01/30/military-convoy-trump-flag-rolls-through/97255844/
Flying a large "Trump" flag, a mysterious convoy of military vehicles rolled down Interstate 65 through Louisville on Sunday morning. But nobody is claiming it.
A spokesman for Ft. Knox, Patrick Hodges, said it wasn't theirs.
Same for the Kentucky National Guard, said Maj. Stephen Martin, director of public affairs.
A Defense Department spokesman, Maj. Jamie Davis, who examined images of the four-truck procession for the Courier-Journal, said he doesn't think it belonged to any service branch and that the vehicles may have been military surplus.
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/01/30/military-convoy-trump-flag-rolls-through/97255844/
Video of apparent military vehicle flying a Trump campaign flag in Louisville
An apparent military convoy in Louisville was seen Sunday morning flying a Trump campaign flag, which would be a violation of Defense Department regulations around political activity.
Two videos featuring a convoy of about eight tan colored Humvees with no license plates began circulating around Facebook and Reddit Sunday afternoon. The lead vehicle in the convoy, which has the numbers 94-77575 painted along the top of its rear (and can be clearly seen at the start of this video), had Trumps blue Make America Great Again flag flying from the back right.
One of the videos was shot by Steve Thompson, 32, of Shepherdsville, around 11:30 a.m. Sunday while he was on I-65 northbound between the Brooks and Gene Snyder exit. Thompson was on his way to pick up feed for his goat farm. The Trump flag can be seen at the 00:26 mark.
I just thought it was just a bunch of military vehicles, Thompson said. I was surprised because I figured you wouldnt be able to fly anything on a Humvee other than an American flag.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article129725734.html#storylink=cpy
An apparent military convoy in Louisville was seen Sunday morning flying a Trump campaign flag, which would be a violation of Defense Department regulations around political activity.
Two videos featuring a convoy of about eight tan colored Humvees with no license plates began circulating around Facebook and Reddit Sunday afternoon. The lead vehicle in the convoy, which has the numbers 94-77575 painted along the top of its rear (and can be clearly seen at the start of this video), had Trumps blue Make America Great Again flag flying from the back right.
One of the videos was shot by Steve Thompson, 32, of Shepherdsville, around 11:30 a.m. Sunday while he was on I-65 northbound between the Brooks and Gene Snyder exit. Thompson was on his way to pick up feed for his goat farm. The Trump flag can be seen at the 00:26 mark.
I just thought it was just a bunch of military vehicles, Thompson said. I was surprised because I figured you wouldnt be able to fly anything on a Humvee other than an American flag.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article129725734.html#storylink=cpy
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Either military flying Trump flag or fascist militias gearing up (Original Post)
uhnope
Feb 2017
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braddy
(3,585 posts)1. A grocery run by the local Buddhist monastery?
C_U_L8R
(45,000 posts)2. Trump Army ??? Wha...
If this is anything like Trump University or Trump Steaks or Trump... Whatever,
it'll be like real-life reruns of Gomer Pile.
Is this another Erik Prince production?
citood
(550 posts)3. When we drew down in Iraq, the military sold alot of trucks
I perused their website - the hardest part was going to California or some other place to pick up the truck. But some of them had less than a hundred hours on them...5 tons and other stuff...for ridiculous prices, like $5k.
These may have come from a similar sale, and be in private hands now.
I have no idea what Kentucky's rules for having them on the road is (emissions, bumper height, tags).
Abouttime
(675 posts)4. I hope it's not our military
If it is the soldiers should be severely reprimanded or even tossed out of the service.
On the other hand if it's a militia we've got serious problems.