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== Comments on civil-military relations ==
== Comments on civil-military relations ==
In July 2020, U.S. Army general [[Mark Milley]], Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a House Armed Services Committee hearing that prominent Army bases named for rebel generals are divisive and can be offensive to black people in uniform. He has recommended creating a commission to study the matter.<ref name="Divide military">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/0de66cefecce9384114f75d593dbe610 |title=Milley: Confederate names on Army bases divide the military |publisher=Associated Press |date=July 9, 2020 |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |author=Burns, Robert}}</ref> On July 24, 2020, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed (86 to 14 in favor) Senate Bill S.4049,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4049/text#toc-idec688b7a950f4c0c98a74f539c84e0d4 |title=S.4049 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 |work=116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=July 23, 2020}}</ref> their version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision that all 10 Army bases named after prominent Confederate military leaders be renamed.<ref name="npr-2020jul24">{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/24/894976141/senate-approves-defense-bill-with-provision-to-rename-bases |title=Despite Trump's Veto Threat, Senate Approves Provision To Rename Military Bases |website=NPR |date=July 24, 2020 |first=Scott |last=Neuman}}</ref> On this issue, Mulroy said, American soldiers "should serve on bases that are named after the heroes that have sacrificed and fought for our country, not against it" and suggested that they should be renamed after [[Medal of Honor]] recipients instead.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/reversal-army-now-open-conversation-renaming-bases-named/story?id=71151951</ref>
In July 2020, U.S. Army general [[Mark Milley]], Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a House Armed Services Committee hearing that prominent Army bases named for rebel generals are divisive and can be offensive to black people in uniform. He has recommended creating a commission to study the matter.<ref name="Divide military">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/0de66cefecce9384114f75d593dbe610 |title=Milley: Confederate names on Army bases divide the military |publisher=Associated Press |date=July 9, 2020 |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |author=Burns, Robert}}</ref> On July 24, 2020, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed (86 to 14 in favor) Senate Bill S.4049,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4049/text#toc-idec688b7a950f4c0c98a74f539c84e0d4 |title=S.4049 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 |work=116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=July 23, 2020}}</ref> their version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision that all 10 Army bases named after prominent Confederate military leaders be renamed.<ref name="npr-2020jul24">{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/24/894976141/senate-approves-defense-bill-with-provision-to-rename-bases |title=Despite Trump's Veto Threat, Senate Approves Provision To Rename Military Bases |website=NPR |date=July 24, 2020 |first=Scott |last=Neuman}}</ref> On this issue, Mulroy said, American soldiers "should serve on bases that are named after the heroes that have sacrificed and fought for our country, not against it" and suggested that they should be renamed after [[Medal of Honor]] recipients instead.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/reversal-army-now-open-conversation-renaming-bases-named/story?id=71151951</ref>
In September 2020, ''The Atlantic'' reported that [[Donald J. Trump]] considered Americans who were casualties of war to be "Losers" and Suckers" and was against disabled veterans being allowed to march in military parades.<ref name="TA-20200903">{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Jeffrey |title=Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'|quote=The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ |date=September 3, 2020 |work=The Atlantic |accessdate=September 4, 2020}}</ref> Mulroy, who has four goddaughters that are all gold star daughters, said that he did not know what was said, but did know that our military cemeteries are hallowed ground and always will be and that no person that would be embarrassed by our wounded veterans should, "ever hold any elected office let alone be the President of the United States.“<ref name="defenseone.com">https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2020/09/trumps-reported-loser-remarks-give-biden-opening/168260/</ref>
== References ==
== References ==