I'm A Soldier of WAR.

I'm a Specialist in the Army. I make tanks hit their target with percision. I emphasize presision because I'm a woman. One of two women who had to fight to get an all-male company to fire the first tanks me and my female partner worked on. Did I say we were assigned to an ALL-MALE company. Thousands of men. We went out in the woods every other month to practice war games where accuracy was the ultimate goal and confidence in equiptment and manpower. I had something to prove and prove I did. Target hit dead center! Now, we were flooded with requests for the service only two women soldiers could provide for a country. Yes, Germany.

That was my first inroduction to the Army 30 years or so ago. I'ved aged. But the memories of military life lingers.

The flight to Saudi Arabia for the First Gulf War was filled with uncertainty buy soldiers who never thought they would see war. And to say America was woefully unprepared for war is an understatement. They had not outfitted a large force such as the one deployed during the First Gulf War in decades. Thing dry rot you know. Soldiers had inadequate gear and they knew it also. 

The overseas flight of armed military personnel, with everything needed for their survival if needed strapped to their backs, was a quiet flight of contemplation. For me, my main goal of my journey was never to sit or stand next to a person who I believed to be a weak link. My survival was on my mind. You could tell it was on other people's minds as the weak links were searching out the strongest to CLING to. Not me though. Yes, I was my brother's keeper, but let's start with something I can work with please. A warm up person until I get the flow too. No, I was not one of the weak links. I trained every other month for this for 3 years.

It's wild waiting to fight and kill. You think about it. CAN I KILL? I HAVE NO OPTION NOW. Its difficult to not do anything in war except kill when your life expectancy rate (lowest for Army) is given to you and if your are captured as a woman, expect to be raped often and by several. There were rumors of a draft floating around. I can only imagine civilian's terror as those trained and equipted were not feeling confidence in their abilities, imagine how people with no training would feel. It's all a sad business.

Dropped off in the desert with the only detail being is that you are 20 miles from the active bombing (front line) where we were already setup gives a sense of not being grounded. Information was being despensed on a need to know bases and I was sure there was more I needed to know. the night sky echoed shadows of orange, gold and white from nearby targets being hit. It was a terrifying yet beautiful sight against the blackness of the desert with no man made horizon. I blank canvas of fiery light/

Those who had already been there for months, trying to find ways to get discharged, dishonorably if necessary, was playing out daily. People desparate not to face WAR no longer cared or had shame about their reputation. They only cared about getting home, which took you being on the verge of death to be released of your fear of war. I must even say, women resorted to getting pregnant. The Army caught on and made the women stay past a preganancy termination perion, then discharge them. The Red Cross stepped in several time with "no's" about some practices the Army employed and they stopped this way of curbing discharges during war. Then there were those ready to get this OVER with so they can leave the Spring desert with daily temps of 116. No one was wishing for Summer. Then there were those with grudges eager for revenge. Their first shot would be FRIENDLY FIRE and the higher ups in rank knew there was a target on their back. They were mission oriented with many missions on their mind.

There were the VOLUNTEERS for a sensitive mission who signed up and waited to be called for the assignment. This one was refueling the FRONT lines. These men were the most eager for the war to be over. These were MY guys. They played volleyball hard and laughed hard. They would have drank hard if liquer was allowed in the country. Military can always sniff out a drink wherever it is. But is was nowhere. Finally, one night in the early hours of day taking over night, they got the call. Everyone knew, it (war) had started on the ground. The guy next to me on his cot, smiled before he left and I hoped his family and I would see his smile again.

It was a SHORT war. I didn't fire a shot even the one time I should have and I'm praise myself that I didn't and also berate myself for not shootoing. The memories of war are LONG. Seeing someone's gas mask in a bunker with GAS sirens blasting fail, was traumatic for everyone watching him lower his head knowing if this one is real, he would die before our eyes. Memories are LONG.

The Army is singularly the proudest part of my life after MOTHER. Soldier, wearing uniform saying I will FIGHT for my country's freedom and even injustice that threatens our allies form a brotherhood of spirit forever. That feeling is beyond description. I once put on my country's uniform, boarded a flight to DEFEND democracy. My military life wasn't easy and there was SEXISM on a level no human should have to endure. But, I was also PROTECTED by my country. My country said if she is willing to volunteer to give her life in defense of her country, passes academic AND physical tests, then she can. And I DID. Now it is seen as trying to be a MAN! What?

To see Black people as well as women being mistreated by Pete Hegseth is unbearable. My country deserves MORE. If a woman can survive the NEAR DEATH experience of CHILDBIRTH, then she can be a darn good SOLDIER. Hours of hard painful labor is more THAN any man can endure thank you. Now we are delicate flowers. Really? Or too dumb for any good, but we raise your children with your trust and many times without your help. Dumb people raise DUMB people. Don't be so NEGATIVE about yourself Pete. 

He is building a military for White people and their concerns. Women are being told don't concern yourself with men's business. This cancellation of promotions of Black people and women in a county's patriotic activity is saying, "THIS ISN'T YOUR COUNTRY TO BE CONCERNED WITH." Racists feel good about this. It is erasure. This is the STRONGEST warning shot letting everyone know who this country belongs to.

I started by saying, "I'm a soldier." That will always be true for anyone who ever put on a military uniform. It can't be TAKEN or DENIED. Hegseth should feel and know this. America is in my blood and I'll always defender her in my way. I'M A SOLDIER OF WAR against any enemy of AMERICA either FOREIGN or DOMESTIC. I've EARNED it! I raised my hand and SWORE a life-lonf oath to my country. Violence isn't the answer. THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD. 

As a reminder, There are approximately 350,000 to 400,000 Black and African American active-duty and select reserve members serving in the United States military. Black Americans make up about 20% of the total active-duty force, maintaining a high level of representation across the branches. The Trump administration has an out-and-out attack on Black America. If the largest group of military enlistees left the military, our national defense and readiness would be hurt. Racists don't care. As Mohamad Ali said, "Why defend a country that does,'t defend you." I'm encouraging Black military to leave. The slap in the face of NO PROMOTIONS is horrendous. How can any Black person fight for that?

Over 227,000 women serve on active duty in the U.S. military, making up approximately 17.9% of the total active-duty force. If you count the National Guard and Reserves, that number swells to over 400,000 women. The breakdown of female representation varies by branch: Air Force: 21.7%, Navy: 21.1%, Space Force: 19.1%, Army: 16.0%, and  Marine Corps: 10.0%. Historically, women have also expanded into leadership and combat roles, making up roughly 20% of all commissioned military officers. What if they say they are tired of this harrassment and sexism? Can the military afford to lose their numbers along with Blacks? 

Sooner or later, these people in uniform have to make a decision. They are given illegal orders and thrown under the bus when the public reacts. They are shark food basically in the destruction of the military. That is the IMPORTANCE of minorities and women in the military for the Trump administration.

An estimated 48,000 to 80,000 active-duty and reserve service members in the United States military identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. This represents roughly 2.2% to 6.1% of the total U.S. armed forces personnel, with a significantly higher representation among female service members. Minority groups represent approximately 31.2% of the active-duty U.S. military, equating to roughly 407,000 service members. Breaking this down, about 18.4% of active-duty troops self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, while over 20% identify specifically as Black or African American. That is a combined total of 707,000 military personal that the Trump administration HATES with not shame or hiding!!!! 

Approximately 68.8% of active-duty U.S. military personnel, or about 897,00 individuals, self-identify as White. Across the total force of roughly 1.3 million active-duty troops, the Department of Defense notes that racial and ethnic minorities make up the remaining 31.2%. If all of the hated WALKED AWAY, our United States militay would consist of 190,000 Caucasian people to fight to continue to protect THEIR majority STATUS?

SEE my POINT? All the HATED people ARE America's military. Add those totals together of Blacks, minorities, women, and gay people and it's massive (707,000). ALL minorities should LEAVE the military UNTIL they are treated with respect and admiration for their protection and service to America. Let Hegseth form the military with that group since it's THEIR America. They should be willing to fight for what they believe in without the assistance from the TARGET of their hatred and public cruelty. I will keep saying this until PEOPLE wake up and QUIT helping people to DESTROY you/us. I am also wonder how many minorities are ICE agents. You're community is next in the domestic WAR on immigration for the same or DIFFERENT PENDING reasons. Those detainment centers are in specific places for specific reasons. THEY so far, have not begun to fill up. Watch this space.

 

Anti-Christ 101

For years, no, centuries, people have been looking out for the BEAST from the book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. Everyone looking, believes the Beast will be horrific looking, fierce, and easy to point out. Confidence has abounded for centuries with the certainty ANYONE would be able to recognize the Beast of Revelation.

With the climate in America of delusion, out-right lies, and several possibilities of truth, Americans turned to the Bible, Revelation to be exact, as an explaination for a President filled with corruption, vengence, racism, sexism, and sexual assault aligations. Since the introduction of Donald Trump as president, people have been saying HE is the Anti-Christ. This was something I was hesitant of saying. I mean the alarm has been sounded several times only to end in public humiliation and ridicule. I was not eager to join that list of dooms day sayers. That is until I reread Revelation for the 6th time in my life. There was something different this time though. I FINALLY understood this book. I was amazed! Am I now willing to stand and say this is the end of the world as predicted in the Bible?

So, what is all THIS End Time's talk anyway. Many scholars believe it has already occurred. As with everything with God, things repeat until He stops them from repeating. Thats why there have been so many times when people believed the end was near. It has repeated throughout history and different scholars can point to different times when it could have been believed Revelation had begun. This repeat and wolf cry is PART of the "No man will know the day or the hour the Lord will surely come." Makes sense, yes? But there were elements missing and people went by THEIR country's disasters and misfortune. Revelation is GLOBAL contastrophy. Global retribution/judgement by God. It's about humanity, but depends on Israel who is conducting an autroscious war at this very moment. I happen to be a person who believes Revelation is yet to come, a Futurist.

Futurist/Evangelical Perspective
In many literalist and dispensationalist end-times views, Israel's existence and future are absolutely central to the events in the Book of Revelation. In this framework.

• The Tribulation: A seven-year period of tribulation is largely focused on the redemption and protection of the nation of Israel. 
• The 144,000: Revelation 7 specifically references the sealing of 144,000 bond-servants, split evenly among the twelve tribes of physical Israel. 
• The Remnant: Prophecies such as Revelation 12 describe a "woman" (symbolizing Israel) who gives birth to the Messiah and is protected by God from Satan's persecution in the wilderness.
• Every time there is a conflict in or around Israel, many see it as a sign of the quickly approaching end times. The problem with this is that we may eventually tire of the conflict in Israel, so much so that we will not recognize when true, prophetically significant events occur.
• Trump is doing something different than in times past. He is THREATENING countries everywhere with one thing or another. Other countries are afraid of him. He is reaking chaos everywhere for NO reasosn except his own entertainment and feeling of power to HUMILIATE. What is most firghtening is him putting his name, image, and number (47) on everything he can imagine with the no END in sight. His name is on money, airports, prescription accounts, and more everyday. Soon, my name will be changed by presidential order to Donald Trump. People have known the number of the Beast, "666." But, is there more.
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The primary passage warning against taking the MARK, NAME, or SIGN of the antichrist (the "beast") is Revelation 14:9-11. It states that anyone who receives the mark on their forehead or hand will face severe eternal judgment. Now we have entered something totally different than other End Times scenareos. Trump is even taking over how information reaches the masses and what it is. Hitler wasn't as bad as Trump. Trump wants all other minorities ERASED from Earth. People at Risk: Up to 318 million people are experiencing acute crisis-level hunger across 68 countries. Highest Concern: Over 1.4 million people worldwide are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (Phase 5 of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification).

Yes, we have entered into a BEASTLY TIME. Whether you believe in Revelation or not, the ugly description of a monsterous evil person with no BOTTOM to his cruelty and thirst to humiliate and vengence extrodinare exists in the White House and possibly Israel. Their joining in war against Iran shows no regard for human life. Even Pope Leo had words. Oh, yeah, the EVANGELICALS have declared war on every religion except Christianity (even Catholicism). WHAT?

I don't know what we are living now with meteors falling everywhere, natural disasters that make you wonder, and earthquakes. The 3 ways throughout Revelation that God uses for punishment are FAMINE, EARTHQUAKES, PLAGUES. Robert Kennedy will issue forth the plague deal I'm sure.

In the Book of Revelation, these catastrophic events are central to the apocalyptic narrative. They appear a combined total of 31 times, with the specifics below detailing how often each is mentioned and where: 

• Earthquakes: Mentioned 6 times. They mark key transitional moments in God’s judgment, ranging from cosmic shifts to the final, unprecedented global event:
  • Revelation 6:12, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 11:19
  • Revelation 16:18 (which describes a quake "such as was not since men were upon the earth") 
• Plagues / Pestilence: Mentioned 17 times in the original Greek translation (often translated as "plagues," "blows," or "stripes"). These occur across several sequences, including the plagues associated with the trumpets and the seven "last plagues" in the bowl judgments.
  • Highlighted chapters include Revelation 9, 11, 15, and 16. 
• Famine: The specific word famine (or hunger/starvation) is mentioned 8 times. Famine is fundamentally characterized as the primary consequence of the events surrounding the third horseman of the apocalypse.
  • Revelation 6:8 is a major reference where the rider on the pale horse (Death) brings famine

Someone is taking note. Yes, there has been a notable, documented increase in adult convert baptisms worldwide, even as traditional infant baptisms have generally declined. 

This shift is highlighted by several recent global trends:

• Mass Ocean Baptisms: Ministries like Baptize the World (formerly Baptize California) have spearheaded synchronized, large-scale water baptisms. Their global events have resulted in tens of thousands of people being baptized across dozens of countries, representing a major surge in public professions of faith. 
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The faith recently reported the highest number of convert baptisms in its 195-year history, with every region globally seeing substantial increases. 
• Catholic Conversions in the West: While overall global Catholic baptism figures have largely stabilized alongside population growth, many Western dioceses are reporting significant spikes in adult baptisms. For instance, dioceses in France, Spain, and England have reported some of their highest rates of adult catechumen baptisms in decades. 
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  Where we are headed I do not know. Where I DO NOT want to head is VERY clear in my mind. NO MARK, IMAGE, OR NAME FOR ME to be on the safe side.