Cowboy,
Thanks for your support and courage. Fully concur with Brownie Bug as well. I was only disconnected for 5 days. It was a small price to pay for being loyal to our core military values of Duty, Honor, Country in a responsible manner.
You shouldn’t have to worry about being banned. We in the military all enjoy free legal advice and I had some assistance in forwarding to USAA a recent legal opinion in an ongoing federal court case from Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald who stated: "Once it is a public forum, you can't shut somebody up because you don't like what they're saying".
Quick story on the state of things. A few days ago I posted the comments from 3 military legends who spoke of those who show disrespect to our flag. Those 3 included:
1.) U.S. Army Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez. A U.S. Army Green Beret and Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient.
2.) 4-Star Admiral, Retired, Bill McRaven. Navy SEAL and Former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command who oversaw the takedown of OBL.
3.) 4-Star Admiral Harry Harris. Current Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command and recently nominated by the President to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Australia.
After posting their 3 comments on those who show disrespect to our flag, some new member of USAA referred to those 3 military legends as “typical grunts who don’t understand civilian issues”. We decided to leave that very unfortunate comment alone.
I eat lunch every day at an MWR Club on a military base not too far from the Pacific Command HQs. The news is always on the TV and at some point during each lunch period a USAA commercial comes on. Let me just say it’s not a pretty picture in that club when that commercial comes on each day. That is a true and unfortunate story.