235 Retired Military Officers Publicly Endorse President Trump for Re-Election

Read full text below of 235 Retired Military Leaders' letter publicly endorsing President Trump

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — “As senior leaders of America’s military, we took an oath to defend the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic. At present, our country is now confronted with enemies here and abroad, as well as a once in a century pandemic,” said 235 Retired Senior Military leaders in a joint letter released Monday, Aug. 14th endorsing President Donald Trump for re-election.
 
"As president, he will continue to secure our borders, defeat our adversaries, and restore law and order domestically."

The letter also takes aim at the Democrat's nominee, Joe Biden, criticizing him and former President Barack Obama for harming military strength through “a series of ill-considered and debilitating budget cuts” during their administration.

Signed by eight 4-Star and 42  3-Star Generals or Admirals, the letter calls the 2020 Presidential Election the most important since the United States’ inception.
 
“The 2020 election affords the American people an urgently needed opportunity to affirm their devotion to the Constitution of the United States and to the American way of life.

"As retired military officers, we believe that Donald J. Trump has been tested as few other presidents have, and is the proven leader to confront these dangers,” the endorsers said in their letter.

It names off list of crucial or imminent threats – such as Socialism and Marxism or defense spending cuts – as some of the most detrimental issues confronting Americans’ security and way of life.
 
“The Democrats’ opposition to border security, their pledge to return to the disastrous Iran nuclear deal, their antagonism towards the police and planned cuts to military spending will leave the United States more vulnerable to foreign enemies,” read the letter.

“The proposed defense cuts by the Democrats will, in our professional judgment, create a potentially perilous situation for the United States during a time of great external and internal threats to our Nation,” the letter states.

 
“For these reasons, we support Donald Trump’s re-election. We believe that President Donald Trump is committed to a strong America. As president, he will continue to secure our borders, defeat our adversaries, and restore law and order domestically,” the letter says. “We urge our fellow Americans to join us in supporting the re-election of Donald Trump for President.”

Read the full text of the letter below:
 

Open Letter from Senior Military Leaders

The 2020 election affords the American people an urgently needed opportunity to affirm their devotion to the Constitution of the United States and to the American way of life. As senior leaders of America’s military, we took an oath to defend the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic. At present, our country is now confronted with enemies here and abroad, as well as a once in a century pandemic. As retired military officers, we believe that Donald J. Trump has been tested as few other presidents have and is the proven leader to confront these dangers.

It can be argued that this is the most important election since our country was founded. With the Democratic Party welcoming to socialists and Marxists, our historic way of life is at stake.

During the Obama/Biden administration, America’s armed forces were subjected to a series of ill-considered and debilitating budget cuts. The Democrats have once again pledged to cut defense spending, undermining our military strength.

The Democrats’ opposition to border security, their pledge to return to the disastrous Iran nuclear deal, their antagonism towards the police and planned cuts to military spending will leave the United States more vulnerable to foreign enemies.

President Trump’s resolute stands have deterred our enemies from aggression against us and our allies. The proposed defense cuts by the Democrats will, in our professional judgment, create a potentially perilous situation for the United States during a time of great external and internal threats to our Nation.

For these reasons, we support Donald Trump’s re-election. We believe that President Donald Trump is committed to a strong America. As president, he will continue to secure our borders, defeat our adversaries, and restore law and order domestically.

We urge our fellow Americans to join us in supporting the re-election of Donald Trump for President.

Signed, 

  • Gen. Alfred Hansen, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • Gen. William R. Looney III, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • Gen. Lance Smith, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • ADM. Mark Fitzgerald, U.S, Navy Retired
  • ADM. Thomas B. Hayward, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • ADM. Jerome L. Johnson, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • ADM. Leighton Smith, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • ADM. Steven White, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • LTG Edward Anderson, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG Emil “Buck” Bedard, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • LTG William G. Boykin, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG Dennis Cavin, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG James Chambers, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Matthew T. Cooper, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • LTG Gordon E. Fornell, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Jay Garner, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG Stan Green, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG Earl Hailston, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • LTG D.J. Heljlik, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • LTG Timothy A. Kinnan , U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG James M. Link, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG Frederick McCorckle, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • LTG Thomas McInerney, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Thomas J. Owen, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Garry L. Parks, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • LTG Clifford H. Rees, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG James C. Riley, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Richard M. Scofield, U.S Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Leroy Sisco, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG Ellie G. Shuler, Jr., U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Hubert G. Smith, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG David Teal, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Garry Trexler, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Ronald L. Watts, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG R. L. Wetzel, U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG John W. Woodmansee, Jr. U.S. Army, Retired
  • LTG John L. Woodward Jr., U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • LTG Michael W. Wooley, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • VADM Edward Briggs, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM Toney M. Bucchi, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM E.W. Clexton, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM W. J. Hancock, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM Gordon Holder, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM William Dean Lee, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
  • VADM James W. Metzger, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM James Pappas, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM John M. Poindexter, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM Robert J. Spane, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM Edward Straw, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • VADM Jerry Unruh, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • MG Joseph Arbuckle, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Paul Bergson, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Casey D. Blake, US. Air Force, Retired
  • MG William G. Bowden, U.S. Marines, Retired
  • MG Edward Bracken, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Patrick Brady, MOH, U.S Army, Retired
  • MG David Burford, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG H. Hale Burr, Jr. U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Thomas Carter, U.S Air Force, Retired
  • MG Carroll Childers, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Peter W. Clegg, U S .Army, Retired
  • MG Jeffrey Cliver, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG John Closner, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Richard S. Colt, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Wesley Craig, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG James Cravens, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG James D. Delk, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Robert E. Dempsey, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Travis Dyer, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Neil Eddins, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG David Eidsaune, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Fred E. Elam, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Peter Franklin, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG David C. Garza, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG Brian I. Geehan, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Timothy F. Ghormley, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG Francis C. Gideon, Jr. U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG William A. Gorton, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG John S. Grinalds, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG John Gronski, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Gary L. Harrell, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Bryan Hawley, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG John W. Hawley, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Robert R. Hicks Jr. U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Geoff Higginbotham, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG Bobby Hollingsworth, U.S. Marine Corp, Retired
  • MG Jerry D. Holmes, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Clinton V. Horn, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Dewitt T. Irby, Jr. U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Donald L. Jacka, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG William K. James, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Alan D. Johnson, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG David J. Kaucheck, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Michael C. Kerby, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG John A. Leide, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Vernon Lewis, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Thomas Lightner, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG James E. Livingston, MOH, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG Robert E. Livingston, Jr. , U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Jarvis Lynch, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG O. G. Mannon, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Clay T. McCutchan, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Paul Mock , U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Bruce Moore, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG William A. Navas, Jr. U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG George Norwood, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Ray O’Mara, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Joe S. Owens, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Richard Perraut, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Ronald G. Richard, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG Ernest O. Robbins II, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG H. Douglas Robertson, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Nels Running, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG John P. Schoeppner, Jr. U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Richard A. Scholtes, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Gregory Schumacher, Us. Army, Retired
  • MG Richard Secord, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Mark Solo, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Melvin Spiese, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG James Stewart, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Michael P. Sullivan, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG Paul Vallely, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Russell L. Violett, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Kenneth W. Weir, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • MG Geoffrey P. Wiedeman, Jr., U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Gary C. Wattnem, U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Richard Wightman, Jr., U.S. Army, Retired
  • MG Michael N. Wilson, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • MG Albert Zapanta, U.S. Army, Retired
  • RADM Philip Anselmo, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Stephen Barchet, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Jon W. Bayless, Jr., U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM James B. Best, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Stanley D. Bozin, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Bruce B. Bremner, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADL Norman Campbell, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM James J. Carey, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Arthur Clark, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Jay Cohen, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADL David Cronk, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Ernest A. Elliot, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM James. R. Fowler, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Albert Gallotta, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM William J. Gilmore, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Andrew A. Granuzzo, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM John G. Hekman, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Donald E. Hickman, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Steve Israel, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RDML Grady L. Jackson, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Ronny Jackson, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM John Graham King, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Jon Kreitz, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Charles Kubic, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADL Bobby C. Lee, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Douglas E. Lee, U.S Navy, Retired
  • RADM Frederick L. Lewis, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Edward S. McGinley II, U. S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM John H. McKinley, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Ralph M. Mitchell, Jr., U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RAML Robert Moeller, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Douglas M. Moore, Jr., U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM John A. Moriarty, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM David R. Morris, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM William E. Newman, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Robert Owens, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM John F. Paddock, Jr. U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Marc Pelaez, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Russell S. Penniman, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Leonard F. Picotte. U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM David P. Polatty III, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Brian C. Prindle, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Michael Roesner, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Norman T. Saunders, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
  • RADM William R. Schmidt, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • READM Scott Semko, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Doniphan B. Shelton, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Robert Shumaker, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Bernard J. Smith, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Alton Stocks, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Thomas E. Stone, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Barton D. Strong, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Jeremy D. Taylor, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM William E. Terry, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Robert P. Tiernan, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Lenn Vincent, U. S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM George Wagner, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM H. Denny Wisely, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Ray Cowden Witter, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • RADM Charles B. Young, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • BG John Allen, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG John Arick, U.S Marine Corps. Retired
  • BG Mark Beesley, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Charles L. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG William A. Bloomer, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • BG Frank Bruno, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Jimmy Cash, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Clifton C. Clark, Jr. U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Keith B. Connolly, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Philip M. Drew, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Curtis Emery II, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Terry Ethridge, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Robert L. Floyd II, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Jerome V. Foust, US Army, Retired
  • BG C. William Fox, Jr. MD, U.S.Army, Retired
  • BG Norman R. Ham, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG David A. Herrelko, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG C. J. Hindman, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Stanislaus J. Hoey, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Thomas Honeywill, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Tamhra Hutchins-Frye, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG James Johnston, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Charles Jones, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Robert Jordan, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Douglas E. Lee, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Ronald S. Mangum, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Thomas P. Maney, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Michael P. McRaney, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG James M. Mead, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • BG Joseph Mensching, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Bruce Miketinac, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Daniel L. Montgomery, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Hans Mueh, U. S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Michael I. Neil, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
  • BG Joseph Oder, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Guido J. Portante, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG Teddy E. Rinebarger, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Douglas J. Richardson, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Steven A. Roser, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Michael Scholes, U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG George L. Schulstad, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG David B. Warner, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG William O. Welch, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Robert V. Woods, U.S. Air Force, Retired
  • BG Robert H. Woods, Jr. U.S. Army, Retired
  • BG David Zalis, CH, U.S. Army, Retired
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