DAN QUINN AND CHRIS MINTZ: EXAMPLES OF WHAT ARMY PRIDE SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT

ARMY CAPTAIN DAN QUINN, A SPECIAL FORCES OFFICER, LEFT A CAREER THAT HE LOVED DUE TO UNWILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE HIS MORAL SCRUPLES FOR A BAD COMMAND POLICY.  HE WOULD NOT STAND SILENT WHILE A YOUNG AFGHAN BOY WAS ROUTINELY SODOMIZED BY AN AFGHAN POLICE OFFICIAL AND WAS SENT HOME FOR HIS ACTIONS.  THE BOY WAS LITERALLY HELD AS A SEX SLAVE WHILE OUR COMMAND OFFICIALS, AWARE OF IT, LOOKED THE OTHER WAY.

SOLDIER CHRIS MINTZ SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE LEAVING SERVICE, RECENTLY BECOMING A LOCAL HERO IN OREGON FOR HIS COURAGE IN PHYSICALLY CHALLENGING A GUN WIELDING MANIAC AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN OREGON WHERE HE WAS ENROLLED.  HIS MILITARY TRAINING KICKED IN AND HIS QUICK ACTION LIKELY SAVED MANY LIVES BY ALLOWING STUDENTS TO ESCAPE A FURTHER ONSLAUGHT AFTER THE PERPETRATOR HAD KILLED AND WOUNDED MANY. MINTZ WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES AS HE CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE ASSAILANT SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE.

WHY DO MEN OF THIS CALIBER EITHER CHOOSE TO LEAVE, OR ARE ASKED TO LEAVE ACTIVE DUTY, BY TODAY'S ARMY WHICH IS SO MUCH IN NEED OF GOOD QUALITY MEN?.  IS IT BECAUSE OF THE WAVE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING WHICH IS NOW THE ORDER OF THE DAY?  OR IS IT DUE TO TODAY'S SCORN BY OFFICIAL POLICY FOR  CHRISTIAN BELIEVING SOLDIERS OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH? AND WHY HAVE ARMY OFFICIALS LOST THEIR MORAL COMPASS AS THEY WILLINGLY SACRIFICE THIER CONSCIENCE FOR CAREER ASPIRATIONS?  SOMETHING IS DREADFULLY WRONG WITH THE ARMY THAT I SERVED IN AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER MANY YEARS AGO.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS ON THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT EDITION OF NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE.  I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US, IT'S SOMETHING ALL FREEDOM LOVING AMERICANS NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND ITS NOT A GOOD SIGN FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT.