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  • Third country deportations with no due process are wrong, period, and we will keep fighting these illegal actions in court.”

    True, but also… How much are these flights to South Sudan by way of Djibouti costing taxpayers?

    That sounds way more expensive than just keeping these specific convicted felons locked up

    And they just turn them loose once they get to south Sudan? Sure, it’s far off but it isn’t exactly the moon. They can go pretty much anywhere they want

    They’re essentially just releasing covicted felons on the world














  • Direct commissions happen all the time.

    Civilians who have special skills that are critical to sustaining military operations, supporting troops, health and scientific study are able to receive a direct commission upon entering service. These officers usually occupy leadership positions in law, science, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nurse corps, intelligence, supply-logistics-transportation, engineering, public affairs, chaplain corps, oceanography, merchant marine affairs, and more.

    The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps exclusively use a DCO program to commission their officers.

    Technically they qualify for any benefit any other soldier with their rank would be eligible for. Though, I doubt they would ever claim anything considering their private benefits far exceed anything they would get from the government, even at the rank of Lt Colonel

    They could issue orders to lower ranking soldiers under the general authority of their rank, but they would be issuing those orders to servicemembers under someone else’s command…which wouldn’t fly with that commander

    The offices these kind of people work in is very casual, much like a civilian office where no one holds any particular rank