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https://couragetoresist.org/stop-deporting-russian-war-resisters-sign-the-petition-now/#Russia #ukraine #peaxe @peqxe

https://couragetoresist.org/stop-deporting-russian-war-resisters-sign-the-petition-now/

#Russia #ukraine #peaxe @peqxe

https://vfp4ukraine.org/#Peace #UkrainePlease share widely.

https://vfp4ukraine.org/

#Peace #Ukraine

Please share widely.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/03/16/family-says-fort-hood-soldier-found-dead-faced-sexual-harassment/#FortHood #Military...

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/03/16/family-says-fort-hood-soldier-found-dead-faced-sexual-harassment/

#FortHood #Military #USArmy

https://www.vietnamfulldisclosure.org/david-harris-1946-2023/#Peace @peaxe@a.gup.me #Antiwar @antiwar #VietnamWar

https://www.vietnamfulldisclosure.org/david-harris-1946-2023/

#Peace @peaxe@a.gup.me #Antiwar @antiwar #VietnamWar

"Trail of Tears - In discussing the history of how Native Americans were forced from their lands in the southeastern United States...

"Trail of Tears - In discussing the history of how Native Americans were forced from their lands in the southeastern United States during the 1830s, a Marine Corps textbook describes what is widely known as the “Trail of Tears” as a “march” and a “trek” to lands west of the Mississippi River that spanned several months and thousands of miles. But the text omits any mention of the brutal reality of that mass removal: Thousands of Native Americans died along the way."

#Genocide #JROTC

"In introducing freshmen students to the idea of leadership, a Marine Corps textbook offers the Confederate general Robert E. Lee as an...

"In introducing freshmen students to the idea of leadership, a Marine Corps textbook offers the Confederate general Robert E. Lee as an example to emulate. Lee, the textbook says, “showed, in his attitude and appearance at Appomattox, that he was an officer and a gentleman.”

#JROTC #RobertELee

". . . But a textbook used in the Navy’s J.R.O.T.C. program offers a different analysis than either one of them, saying: “This...

". . .
But a textbook used in the Navy’s J.R.O.T.C. program offers a different analysis than either one of them, saying: “This amendment prevents the government from forbidding citizens to own weapons.”

#JROTC #Navy #SecondAmendment #GunViolence #Guns

"One typical civilian classroom textbook in California, dealing with the #2ndAmendment, informs students that the courts have allowed...

"One typical civilian classroom textbook in California, dealing with the #2ndAmendment, informs students that the courts have allowed the government to regulate firearms. A Texas textbook in a similar section on constitutional amendments does not include information about how the courts have interpreted the amendment. . .

"Two of the Navy’s textbooks examine why the U.S. military did not succeed in Vietnam, a failure that continues to be scrutinized and...

"Two of the Navy’s textbooks examine why the U.S. military did not succeed in Vietnam, a failure that continues to be scrutinized and debated to this day. One section is titled “Restrictions Hinder Victory” and describes how political leaders limited who and where the military could bomb.

“According to many analysts, America lost the Vietnam War largely because of these limitations,” the other textbook says.

#JROTC #USMilitary

"Mr. Zunes noted that the textbook called it an “unfortunate incident” and downplayed the culpability of the U.S. military, saying...

"Mr. Zunes noted that the textbook called it an “unfortunate incident” and downplayed the culpability of the U.S. military, saying the airliner had approached the Navy vessel “in what seemed to be a threatening manner.” But a Navy investigation found that the aircraft had been “on a normal climb” out of Iran and “within the established air route” toward Dubai."

#JROTC #Iran #USNavy #Navy

"A Navy textbook puts a defensive spin on a disastrous 1988 incident in the Persian Gulf, when a U.S. Navy missile cruiser shot down an...

"A Navy textbook puts a defensive spin on a disastrous 1988 incident in the Persian Gulf, when a U.S. Navy missile cruiser shot down an Iranian passenger jet inside Iranian airspace. All 290 people aboard #IranAirFlight655 were killed. . .

#jrotc

"A Navy textbook describes the U.S. bombing of Libya in 1986, carried out in response to an attack at a dance club in Germany.The U.S....

"A Navy textbook describes the U.S. bombing of Libya in 1986, carried out in response to an attack at a dance club in Germany.
The U.S. conducted the bombing “with the agreement of most of its European allies,” it says. But Stephen Zunes, a professor at the University of San Francisco who specializes in Middle East politics and who reviewed excerpts from the J.R.O.T.C. textbooks, noted that Spain and France were so opposed to the bombing that U.S. flights had to go around their airspace." #jrotc

. . . “If a lady leaves the table at any time, the gentleman who seated her rises and assists with the lady’s chair,” the book...

. . . “If a lady leaves the table at any time, the gentleman who seated her rises and assists with the lady’s chair,” the book says.

Army officials said in a statement that their pages were designed to “teach cadets about customs, courtesies and etiquette referring to military balls and other formal events.”"

#USArmy #JROTC #Feminism

ETIQUETTE: "A Marine Corps textbook tells female cadets that, in uniform, they should wear lipstick and shape their hair in an...

ETIQUETTE: "A Marine Corps textbook tells female cadets that, in uniform, they should wear lipstick and shape their hair in an “attractive feminine style.”

In an era when women are fully integrated into combat jobs, an Army textbook details how men should not sit “until all the ladies at his table are seated.” It recommends that men help women sit down. . ."

#JROTC #Feminism

More on Drugs: "One textbook implies that Kurt Cobain died because of a heroin addiction, omitting the fact that it was a gun that...

More on Drugs: "One textbook implies that Kurt Cobain died because of a heroin addiction, omitting the fact that it was a gun that ended his life."

#GunViolence #USMilitary #JROTC

". . . saying that voters who approved such measures “do not necessarily understand how harmful a substance like marijuana...

". . . saying that voters who approved such measures “do not necessarily understand how harmful a substance like marijuana is.”

“These new laws may make it seem as if it’s safe or ‘OK' to use marijuana,” the textbook says. “However, it’s not OK!”

Air Force officials, in response to a query from The Times, said they would be reviewing that section for possible revision."

"DRUGS - The textbooks give students an overview of the dangers of alcohol and drugs, warning especially about marijuana. One textbook...

"DRUGS - The textbooks give students an overview of the dangers of alcohol and drugs, warning especially about marijuana. One textbook from the Navy falsely claims that marijuana is more likely to cause lung cancer than cigarettes.

An Air Force textbook published during a time when states were approving both medicinal marijuana and broader legalization measures offers a critical take of those trends . . .

#GulfOfTonkin - "A textbook produced by the U.S. Air Force informs students that the United States entered the Vietnam War after the...

#GulfOfTonkin - "A textbook produced by the U.S. Air Force informs students that the United States entered the Vietnam War after the North Vietnamese attacked a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964.

But the authors never mention a key part of the story: It was the report of a second, full-on attack two days later that led Congress to approve America’s escalated involvement in Vietnam — and that attack, history eventually revealed, never happened.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/us/jrotc-textbooks.html?unlocked_article_code=ccU42NjfS2fpotsB60V6zlo_kPvoOAmdsu_gsfsM8NjgmnLptfDvojWoIebSvUmHyEC1ljC3673uCdt5eF-T0cAsFMixf2tg7pDx44eEVlPwnH4tFdnd0YAiW-x6yvadGk9gMskb6w-urlQJBisntZMUYG6n_cu_x7fCS0AzMiq3iRMRTuXGEFzKJ9BEnSH54kIsjPjk3idNhqYBpTc33sXEhknQLVPbiVnCwWxgcVCX4_YRsZfTHSgXSpKFn5SgJ75R_AdtxfjJdhU9-lNcp8Fp4MgcN6cyYLpfyDW-Kf5VJDn6ZVyRbkKjn5avfvhGmPS1DEk&smid=share-urlImportant...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/us/jrotc-textbooks.html?unlocked_article_code=ccU42NjfS2fpotsB60V6zlo_kPvoOAmdsu_gsfsM8NjgmnLptfDvojWoIebSvUmHyEC1ljC3673uCdt5eF-T0cAsFMixf2tg7pDx44eEVlPwnH4tFdnd0YAiW-x6yvadGk9gMskb6w-urlQJBisntZMUYG6n_cu_x7fCS0AzMiq3iRMRTuXGEFzKJ9BEnSH54kIsjPjk3idNhqYBpTc33sXEhknQLVPbiVnCwWxgcVCX4_YRsZfTHSgXSpKFn5SgJ75R_AdtxfjJdhU9-lNcp8Fp4MgcN6cyYLpfyDW-Kf5VJDn6ZVyRbkKjn5avfvhGmPS1DEk&smid=share-url

Important story from the NY Times (link is to a "gifted"/non-paywall article) on the ways that #JROTC textbooks distort the real story of US history.

Shameful that the #USMilitary is not only breaking the law by forcing students in my locales to take JROTC classes against their will, but also by using said classes to share outright disinformation.

Read on in this thread for examples...

#DOD #USArmy #USMC #USNavy #USAF #Antiwar @antiwar #peace @peace

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/us/military-recruitment-schools-minorities-reaj/index.html#JROTC and many school districts that work with...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/us/military-recruitment-schools-minorities-reaj/index.html

#JROTC and many school districts that work with them are breaking the law, forcing students of color to enroll in #MilitaryRecruiting training to be able to graduate.

And... predictably it is #BIPOC students who are the most likely victims of this illegal forced indoctrination.

#Antiwar @antiwar
#USMilitary #ROTC #Peace @peace