{"id":108566,"date":"2014-02-20T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=75f3bb61e75fda46225970573490b3de"},"modified":"2014-02-20T05:51:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T05:51:29","slug":"wisconsin-national-guard-adjutant-general-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/wisconsin-national-guard-adjutant-general-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin National Guard: Adjutant General responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-KyjEod5QCMM\/UwWXnyV4K3I\/AAAAAAAADgc\/UzOH0gxYbPE\/s1600\/WI+NG.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-KyjEod5QCMM\/UwWXnyV4K3I\/AAAAAAAADgc\/UzOH0gxYbPE\/s1600\/WI+NG.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday I shared some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/assolutatranquillita.blogspot.ca\/2014\/02\/wisonsin-national-guard-where-is-your.html\" >Gold Star Families&#8217; reactions<\/a> to a few of the WI NG actions.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Wisconsin Adjutant  Major General Donald P. Dunbar issues a statement.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>A statement from the Wisconsin Adjutant General to the entire military family:<\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">February 19 2014<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span><br \/><\/span><span>The recently revealed inappropriate photos and commentary posted to a social media site by a Soldier under  my command are unacceptable. I am taking this matter very seriously.  Upon learning of this incident, I ordered an investigation and we will  wait until that is concluded to evaluate appropriate action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Military funeral honors are a sacred  trust, and that is why this issue has generated such a public outcry.  The general public is understandably upset, and I understand the anger  and response that it has caused. For those of us who wear or have worn  the cloth of our nation\u2019s uniform, this story cuts like a knife. I fully  understand why so many veterans have expressed outrage. Lastly, I am  acutely aware of the pain that this story must have caused for our Gold  Star family members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I deeply regret the pain this has caused, and personally apologize to the entire military family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Donald P. Dunbar Maj Gen, Wisconsin National Guard<\/span><br \/><span>The Adjutant General<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wisguard.dodlive.mil\/2014\/02\/19\/a-statement-from-the-wisconsin-adjutant-general-to-the-entire-military-family\/\" >(source) <\/a><\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>I am assured by somebody who knows Major General Dunbar that he is sincere, and will pursue this matter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>This is not going away.&nbsp; Stay tuned.<\/span><\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/blogspot\/rnoHn\/~4\/rnwMMWQj7jE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-KyjEod5QCMM\/UwWXnyV4K3I\/AAAAAAAADgc\/UzOH0gxYbPE\/s1600\/WI+NG.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-KyjEod5QCMM\/UwWXnyV4K3I\/AAAAAAAADgc\/UzOH0gxYbPE\/s1600\/WI+NG.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday I shared some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/assolutatranquillita.blogspot.ca\/2014\/02\/wisonsin-national-guard-where-is-your.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Star Families&#8217; reactions<\/a> to a few of the WI NG actions.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Wisconsin Adjutant  Major General Donald P. Dunbar issues a statement.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span><b>A statement from the Wisconsin Adjutant General to the entire military family:<\/b><\/span><br \/><span><b>&nbsp;<\/b><span>February 19 2014<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><span>The recently revealed inappropriate photos and commentary posted to a social media site by a Soldier under  my command are unacceptable. I am taking this matter very seriously.  Upon learning of this incident, I ordered an investigation and we will  wait until that is concluded to evaluate appropriate action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Military funeral honors are a sacred  trust, and that is why this issue has generated such a public outcry.  The general public is understandably upset, and I understand the anger  and response that it has caused. For those of us who wear or have worn  the cloth of our nation&rsquo;s uniform, this story cuts like a knife. I fully  understand why so many veterans have expressed outrage. Lastly, I am  acutely aware of the pain that this story must have caused for our Gold  Star family members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I deeply regret the pain this has caused, and personally apologize to the entire military family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Donald P. Dunbar Maj Gen, Wisconsin National Guard<\/span><br \/><span>The Adjutant General<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><br \/><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wisguard.dodlive.mil\/2014\/02\/19\/a-statement-from-the-wisconsin-adjutant-general-to-the-entire-military-family\/\" target=\"_blank\">(source) <\/a><\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>I am assured by somebody who knows Major General Dunbar that he is sincere, and will pursue this matter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><span>This is not going away.&nbsp; Stay tuned.<\/span><\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/blogspot\/rnoHn\/~4\/rnwMMWQj7jE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-108566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}