USN 3-Star wants your vote..

JJ_BPK · 11-04-2019, 06:51

We need your vote to prevent this..

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This Retired Navy Vice Admiral Wants to Unseat Another Military Officer in the Senate, 3 Nov 2019, Military.com | By Gina Harkins

Retired Vice Adm. Michael Franken has been thinking about running for office since before he left the Navy.

Franken did three legislative affairs tours during his 36-year military career. When the flag officer retired in 2017 and went back to his home state of Iowa, he said he felt his experience and perspective was well-suited to cut through some of the inaction he sees in Washington.

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Republicans in Congress aren't doing enough to stand up to President Donald Trump, Franken says, and the Democrats aren't doing enough to fight climate change.

He went on to describe how, when President George W. Bush ordered the Pentagon to prepare for the invasion of Iraq, he -- the most junior officer at the table at the time -- alone voted against the war.

Franken said he's seen too many leaders in Washington "unsheathe our sword way too quickly and for the wrong reasons."

"I will do my very best to keep your sons and daughters from fighting an unnecessary conflict," he said.

The retired admiral credits his many years spent operating overseas with giving him the expertise to serve in the Senate during a complex national security environment. He served as commanding officer of the destroyer Winston S. Churchill and served in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Back stateside, while serving with the Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs, Franken said he watched as some lawmakers pushed the military to keep outdated programs in place for political reasons. That, he said, can become a burden.

**Box** · 11-04-2019, 07:59

Are we voting on whether of not he walks the plank?
That sailor should have been tossed over board with the rest of the trash.

HardRoad · 11-04-2019, 11:21

Any relation to Al Franken? They sure talk alike.

cbtengr · 11-04-2019, 11:43

Climate change is sure weighing heavy on this Iowan's mind.
When it comes to elections Iowan's are pretty unpredictable but one thing we are not is socialists.

PSM · 11-04-2019, 11:49

Bio:

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Vice Admiral Michael T. Franken
Retired Oct. 1

Vice Adm. Michael T. Franken is from rural Iowa and graduated from the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska and from the College of Physics at the Naval Postgraduate School. He attended the Brookings Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI program, the Darden School and various other executive education courses.

Franken’s previous flag assignments include service as the initial director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), special assistant to the director of the Navy Staff, the Joint Staff J5 (Strategic Plans and Policy) interim chief of staff, the Department of the Navy Chief of Legislative Affairs, command of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HoA) in Djibouti, Africa, and nearly three years as vice director, Strategy, Plans and Policy (J5) at U.S. Central Command.

His formative operational assignments were in guided missile destroyers. He was the first commanding officer of USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and served in USS King (DDG 41), USS Dahlgren (DDG 43) and USS Barry (DDG 52). As commodore, he commanded Destroyer Squadron 28 and Task Group 152.0 for the Eisenhower Strike Group.

Franken served as the U.S. Africa Command’s deputy for military operations. He was responsible to the commander for promoting the national security interests of the United States by strengthening the security capabilities of African nations, to include the conduct of military operations that create an environment conducive to development and responsible governance.

Ashore, Franken served in six operational staffs ranging from two readiness squadrons to a four-star fleet command. In Washington, D.C., he served two tours and a fellowship in congressional affairs for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy; in the Navy staff as the political-military chair in the Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) Executive Panel (N00K); in Information, Plans and Strategy’s (N3/N5) Deep Blue staff; in the Assessments Division (N81) in support of Navy’s representation in the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC); and in the Joint Staff’s Joint Operations Division (J5 and J33). He presented the worldwide orders book to Secretary Donald Rumsfeld from 2003 to 2005 and was the first military officer to serve as a legislative fellow for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Updated: 6 February 2018

https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/n....asp?bioID=474

No mention of any relationship to Stuart Smalley.

tom kelly · 11-04-2019, 12:29

STAY RETIRED:

miclo18d · 11-05-2019, 05:34

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when President George W. Bush ordered the Pentagon to prepare for the invasion of Iraq, he -- the most junior officer at the table at the time -- alone voted against the war.

I didn’t realize that we, as soldiers, sailors, or Marines, got to vote on whether or not we went to war.

I must have been on sick call in basic training the day that class happened.

Smh

Badger52 · 11-05-2019, 06:36

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Originally Posted by cbtengr

When it comes to elections Iowan's are pretty unpredictable but one thing we are not is socialists.

Let me know when & I'll get my covert Ukrainian-emigre' persona to come down to Maquoketa and vote against this professional self-inflated staffette.