Hicks Public Service Recognition Week Address

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks delivers a message on May 9, 2024, in recognition of Public Service Recognition Week.
---------------
Your military is an all-volunteer force that serves to protect our security and way of life, but Service members are more than a fighting force. They are leaders, humanitarians and your fellow Americans. Get to know more about the men and women who serve, who they are, what they do, and why they do it.
For more on the Department of Defense, visit: www.defense.gov
---------------
Keep up with the Department of Defense on social media!
Like the DoD on Facebook: / deptofdefense
Follow the DoD on Twitter: / deptofdefense
Follow the DoD on Instagram: / deptofdefense
Follow the DoD on LinkedIn: / deptofdefense

[@marjetica7504]

- I also wrote a lawsuit that Slovenia didn't used EOC and didn't PREVENTED TERORIST ATTACK WITH UNITED STATES LASER!

[@WalterCruz-USA]

God Bless America.🇺🇸🦅⚡️⚡️💀✝️🙏🏻God Bless Department of Defense.🇺🇸🦅⚡️⚡️💀✝️🙏🏻

[@fujironakombi-m1l]

You are used to confronting weak countries.

[@phampton16]

Absolutely totally agree 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@marjetica7504]

- I also wrote a lawsuit against Slovenia that is beating and stealing from me in ZEUS LASER (command room is in Ljubljana, Slovenia)

[@marjetica7504]

SPAWN FBI!

[@marjetica7504]

Hello!

[@marjetica7504]

HELP!

[@TimothyWaldronSemple]

19 May 2024. Dispatch: Justice for Senior Airman Roger Fortson USAF. There is a scene in Squid Game where a character describes the loadout of the hero detective's revolver: a blank round in the barrel, then a rubber bullet, then lethal rounds in the remaining chambers. I have never been a police, I am ignorant of the challenges they face, yet I wonder if such a loadout might be possible. Certainly we need to improve and standardize escalation-of-force training across all American police departments. Here is how police escalation-of-force could go: 1. Shout "Police" to identify & announce officers of the law 2. Give verbal commands ("freeze" "put your hands up" "drop the weapon") 3. Fire a blank round warning shot into the ground 4. Fire a rubber bullet into the assailant's center-of-mass (or employ taser or other non-lethal weapon) 5. Employ lethal force I rarely see American police fire warning shots anymore. Why has this practice disappeared? I think we need to collect the badge of the officer who shot Senior Airman Fortson USAF. Answering the door to one's own home with a gun in one's hand - safely pointed at the floor - is not a crime in America. Americans have the right to defend our homes & lives. Senior Airman Fortson did not know who was at his door - did the officer identify himself as police? Why did the officer only give a verbal command to drop the weapon after he shot Senior Airman Fortson? We need better & standardized escalation-of-force training across all American Police departments. God save the Air Force. God save the Police. God save our country. May God comfort the grieving family & loved ones & Air Force teammates of Senior Airman Fortson. Christ have mercy upon us all. Very Respectfully, In Christ, Timothy Waldron Semple 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force IRR Commanding

[@phampton16]

Thank you all God Bless America 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@TimothyWaldronSemple]

21 May 2024. Evening Poem: The Drummer Drives the Bus Seven months I've been here already I'm the 1st backup drummer for the house band we practiced tonight while the bar was closed ninety glorious minutes on the noise machine This alone should be sufficient sign from God that I should buy a house and settle here I try to make a rhythm for my Cat's life an unspoken understanding she wakes, I greet her, I feed her I let her out, wedging my sneaker in the door so she can return at speed if need be While she has her adventure I go about my chores scoop the litter box take out the trash sweep the floor The Drummer, he is like the dishwasher in a restaurant kitchen, the beating heart of the whole operation The Drummer, he drives the bus for the other musicians, carries them along with his beat not too many fills, not too many dramatic pauses - be a servant to the other musicians like a humble dishwasher My Cat's sharp meow is like a high-hat her soft mewing is like a ride cymbal Her percussive feet running to and fro across this wooden floor are the snare drum and when she wakes me up purring her purr is the heartbeat of a bass kick drum I like it here I hope they'll let me stay - TWS kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqCllKdveN2jirc

[@BoyByeok]

🙏

[@StrikeForceGarcia]

I am deeply committed to public service and its potential to elevate our nation. I value its impact on society and am eager to join you in this mission to achieve greatness together. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TimothyWaldronSemple]

Tank Battle of 73 Easting, Operation Desert Storm: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2XFaKyibp6qotE

[@Rev17thru22]

All incidence should reported promptly through the chain of command see sec 4

[@fujironakombi-m1l]

FUNK USA ZV0

[@particles343]

☮

[@DrBlueRX]

I’m absolutely elated to know I’ll be contributing to social security until I’m 90 without seeing a dime. Thank you guys so much. Proud to be an American slave.

[@fujironakombi-m1l]

GO RUSSIA 🇷🇺

[@TimothyWaldronSemple]

Oh Snap JRBJ got to meet Lucy Liu. Perks of the job. Happy Asian/Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Diversity makes America strong, for we alone combine the cultural knowledge of all nations in one nation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH7FgGqsidqLftk