Angela Hood’s Post

Read it and read it again. What are we doing today in government or corporate policy to individuals, groups, subsets… that 80 years from today will be seen as similar? Figure it out and get after fixing it - today!

As a conservative, I see a problem with white privilege and believe it's the duty of whites and majority populations to support minorities and marginalized communities: The grandchildren of oppressors had a head start compared to the patriots of the 761st Tank Battalion who fought Nazis abroad and at home. Even if you are white and disadvantaged, imagine how much worse it would be if your family were black. We need affirmative action and protections for those denied opportunities over centuries. However, empowerment doesn't come from handouts. We must create training and experience opportunities for minorities to achieve merit-based success, while providing support nets to help them recover when they fall. Empower minorities economically by creating jobs and business opportunities. Do not treat them as dependent on aid, DEI, or any new form of segregation the left proposes.

I would like to share my latest article on the urgent need to revamp the Service complaints process within the UK Armed Forces. At Bolt Burdon Kemp, we propose a comprehensive manifesto aimed at improving efficiency, transparency, and fairness. The current system is inefficient and unfair. Key proposals in the manifesto include: 1. Independence and Transparency: Establishing an independent body to handle complaints, ensuring transparency and impartiality. 2. Efficiency and Timeliness: Implementing measures to speed up the resolution process, reducing the backlog and long waiting times currently experienced. 3. Support and Protection: Providing better support and protection for complainants, including legal advice and safeguards against retaliation. 4. Accountability and Oversight: Enhancing accountability within the chain of command and ensuring rigorous oversight of the complaints process. These changes aim to create a fairer, more efficient system that better serves the needs of service personnel, thereby improving trust and morale within the Armed Forces. Read more about our proposals and join the conversation on how we can create a better system for those who serve our country. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eSxDSv4p #MilitaryLaw #ServiceComplaints #ArmedForces

Most people don't want the truth, they want their comfortable beliefs validated…….This is the present state of our inquiries conducted by public agencies and reporting by media. @adgpi In the Armed Forces Presiding officers are required to be more careful to avoid future litigation. The cruel mindset of fixing a person for that crucial period with the knowledge that by the time the victim gets justice the stakeholders will be out of Command and their aim of damaging & harassing the individuals will be fulfilled. That's why the judiciary needs to come heavily on the legal advisers and competent authorities for their criminal liability as punishable under IPC sec 166, 166A, and 167. Army Act Sec 45, 47 and 57 ( as well as subsequent Sections in the Airforce & Navy) are more severe and grave in nature. The day the criminal accountability & liability will begin in this nation. There will be a drop in fake cases & subsequent litigations. INTROSPECT!! https://lnkd.in/gzQnP58G

Many of you are asking for solutions and how to prepare for what's coming to America. So I turn to the experts. I'm NOT in law enforcement or the military - and so I'm the wrong person to give advice. BUT that is why I've assembled a Board of Advisors at Law Enforcement Today that's the heads of the largest police groups in the country, including sheriffs, US Marshals, combat veterans and a team of experts. Every day, I've got police chiefs, sheriffs, SWAT leaders, etc. reaching out asking how they can better be prepared. So here's some practical advice: -Bring in as much of that "big and scary" military gear as you can get your hands on. Make sure it's accounted for and trained with. I understand that Biden has made this incredibly difficult - but become a hoarder of it. -Make sure EVERY one of your officers rotates through some kind of training with SWAT (a regional team if you don't have one locally). Make sure they get significant range time. Make sure they get training on how to save lives when NOT equipped with medical supplies. -Put together a local program that empowers and trains civilians. Even better if you can build relationships with local combat veterans. -Make sure you have an emergency management plan in place that assumes worst case scenario - lack of comms, lack of electricity, lack of internet, and an assumption that what you have in town is what you'll have for months - and that's IT. No supply chain. Hoarding. Roving gangs. Take your nightmare scenario.... play it out... and prepare for THAT. REPOST - every agency and officer in America needs to see this. MUCH more to come soon. #Lawenforcement #Thinblueline

FBA Qui Tam Section presents: [Virtual] Trends in TRICARE Fraud — Webinar Wednesday, November 15 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST This panel will discuss all aspects of TRICARE, a DOD healthcare program that provides civilian health benefits to military service members, reservists, retirees, and their dependents. Panelists from the Defense Health Agency, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and Department of Justice will provide an overview of the TRICARE program, explain how it differs from other federal healthcare programs such as Medicare, and discuss trends in TRICARE fraud cases. Register now: https://ow.ly/IZmU50Q7rUy

A new law will require the #Pentagon to start compiling data in 2024 on #overdoses within the ranks and to make available to troops an antidote for opioid overdoses, as the U.S. continues to battle increasing casualties from the #fentanylcrisis. Previously, overdoses within the #military, fatal and non-fatal weren't systematically tracked. The Defense Department will now have to maintain information such as what substances were involved in an overdose, whether doctor-prescribed drugs were also involved in an overdose, and how many overdoses are deemed intentional or accidental, following the passage of the annual defense policy bill last month. For more information: https://bit.ly/3S47xOu

Insurgency is a law and order, and not a military problem. Anti-insurgency operations should be handled by a strong police force and not just relegated to the military. The police has to take charge of internal security affairs while the military the external ones. Both armed organizations become weaker if one does the job of another. Ultimately both will fail to do its own mission. The armed forces should stop doing the job of the police. The latter should be properly strengthened and made fully-capable of performing its internal security mission. The presence of policemen all over the country make them more knowledgeable in their respective areas. They are also the closest and the quickest ones who can respond. Military units do not have enough personnel to cover all municipalities and they would diverted from their primary mission. Their use at times is an overkill and anxiety-causing. The police can be proactive and be always a step ahead of the insurgents. It should be empowered instead of being relieved of a primary responsibility. The military could concentrate on its own adequacy in providing external defense. A country needs to have armed services that are fully capable of doing their designated missions.

#AmericanCrisis | Is this too alarmist? Would be interested in #LawEnforcement perspectives here. Leveraging #Veterans and civilians not in official LE roles but properly vetted and willing to support sounds like a good part of the solution. In an environment where the threats are increasing while military and law enforcement recruiting is significantly down, we are going to have to learn to leverage more resources. Better to start that conversation now.