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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
Number: of 75974 
Subject: Send in the Elite Unit!
Date: 10/04/25 4:37 PM
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I had to post this and send it to my old buddies, because they call the 82d Airborne "elite". :)

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as “lawless mayhem,” according to images of messages provided to the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The messages, casually exchanged last weekend in a crowded, public space, show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the deployment of the Army’s 82nd  Airborne, an infantry division that has been parachuted into combat zones in both world wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan. If the administration were to send in the Army division, it would almost certainly be challenged in court under federal laws limiting how the military can be used domestically.

https://archive.fo/KjLD4#selection-531.0-535.173

Yes, I am Airborne. That we are elite is news to us. :) We mostly are parachuted in to take specific locations and hold till the regular troops get there.
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Author: Lambo 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Send in the Elite Unit!
Date: 10/04/25 8:35 PM
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“82nd is like our top tier [quick reaction force] for abroad. So it will cause a lot of headlines,” he added. “Probably why he wants potus to tell him to do it.”

Yes, top tier quick reaction force! :)
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Author: Steve203 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Send in the Elite Unit!
Date: 10/04/25 8:49 PM
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Yes, top tier quick reaction force! :)

Yup. The EO creating the SA out of the National Guard was only issued a month ago. It will take a while to issue all the brown shirts.

Steve
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Send in the Elite Unit!
Date: 10/04/25 9:07 PM
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Yup. The EO creating the SA out of the National Guard was only issued a month ago. It will take a while to issue all the brown shirts.

Steve


Wait till it snows and we can do a snow jump into Dope's neighborhood. :) ICE will break his door down looking for Antifa.
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