Gen. Stanley McChrystal, on a C-130. Photo by Mark O'Donald, US Navy, Nato
McChrystal Had To Go
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Our "favicon," the small image which generally appears in the browser address bar or on tabs for a given site, is the International Code of Signals (ICS) flag which stands for both the letter "K" (KILO in the NATO alphabet), and for the message "eI wish to communicate with you."
The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
In Morse, the letter "K" is represent as Dash - Dot -- Dash.
The ICS also has a subset, the Medical Signal Code, which uses three-character phrases to communicate brief medical messages.
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A lawyer and former Marine said:
“I’ve heard several debates.
“It should be self evident that the president must be in charge and his subordinates must be loyal to him. Any public communications regarding the chain of command and particular the president simply cannot not be tolerated by those wearing the uniform. It is a simple concept that the senior officer bears responsibility for the words and conduct of the subordinates. It is simply another thing to communicate your displeasure with the president’s policy directly to the president. Our civilian leadership makes policy and military leadership executes the policy objectives of the executive branch. It is that simple
“I am really not sure what was said or in what context, but I’m confident the president felt he had some of his very senior leadership out of control and needed to flex his muscle. The last thing our men and women in uniform need is for controversy to exist publicly between the president and the upper echelons of leadership.”
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