If you were president, what is the first thing you would do?

Sgt Joe LaBranche — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:05:53 -0400

Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made May 18 at 2016 11:10 PM

SSG Roger Ayscue — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:10:09 -0400

Reverse the drawdown. Make sure that the US Military had everything needed to fight and win anywhere in the world.
Then, I would reverse the Affordable Care Act and begin to dismantle the Socialism that is creeping in the past decade.

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made May 18 at 2016 11:11 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:11:21 -0400

Order a review of Executive Orders, and cancel any that didn't make sense.

Response by SPC Darren Koele made May 18 at 2016 11:14 PM

SPC Darren Koele — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:14:28 -0400

Just like another post said, review executives and start doing away with them. There are more important things, but this is one thing that is fully under my control and within my authority.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2016 11:16 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:16:04 -0400

Nominate a new Supreme Court Justice and get the hearings started so we don't have a tie like we do now.

Response by SSG Dennis Grossmann made May 18 at 2016 11:17 PM

SSG Dennis Grossmann — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:17:09 -0400

Cut any monetary aid to unfriendly nations, set up housing for homeless vets, balance the budget,increase military spending, do away with the DEA, TSA, ATF, and make them part of ICE or the border patrol. Close our borders, re establish list ties with countries we have neglected. And make healthcare truly affordable.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2016 11:17 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:17:12 -0400

Executive Order to give our service members back pay on COLAs that have not kept with inflation the last few years.

CPO Tim Dickey CPT Pedro Meza CPT L S MAJ Joshua Goforth MAJ David Potter MAJ Private RallyPoint Member @maj COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F.

Response by SN Greg Wright made May 18 at 2016 11:20 PM

SN Greg Wright — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:20:01 -0400

I'd bring home every single serviceperson who's host country didn't want them there. Okinawa? Boom, baby. Free. Good luck with China. Iraq? Oh man, so easy. Say hello to Assad for me! Afghanistan? Hey. We all need room to herd our goats. Have at it.

Oh, and I'd kick two 'allies' to the curb, who so patently obviously need that curb time: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made May 18 at 2016 11:20 PM

Cpl Justin Goolsby — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:20:20 -0400

Cut the fat. Sick of reading stories about how we paid to get birds drunk or paid to see if a bee sting on the penis would hurt. We need common sense again. No more stepping on eggshells.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2016 11:21 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:21:52 -0400

Severe punishment for every executive who has made a profit from outsourcing American jobs. Reinstate every single pink slipped soldier (or simply give them whatever money they would have made in the remainder of their service). Decriminalize ALL illegal drugs. Dismantle every private prison that has collected fines from states that didn't meet the agreed upon minimum occupancy rate. Legislation providing for forced sterilization of dead beat dads.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2016 11:24 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:24:25 -0400

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS Sgt Kennedy's ideas are right on!

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2016 11:30 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:30:10 -0400

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Emergency Symposium and production halt. I would have at least a month or more shutdown and not waste anymore taxpayer's money and get the damn thing fixed or cut back the production and free up the money to keep the A-10s all upgraded for the price of less than 10 new overpriced F-35s LTC Stephen F. SSG(P) Christopher Erickson SSG Roger Ayscue SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SGT Private RallyPoint Member TSgt Joshua Copeland TSgt Scott C. Brammer SGM Erik Marquez CSM William DeWolf CSM David Heidke SFC William Farrell

Response by CPT Joseph K Murdock made May 18 at 2016 11:31 PM

CPT Joseph K Murdock — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:31:55 -0400

Find a way to finish the wars.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made May 18 at 2016 11:33 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:33:07 -0400

Sgt Joe LaBranche I would resolve to be a man of faith in God and ensure I spent time with Him in prayer and reading His word each day.
I would honor my wife as First lady of the land.
I would gather the best group of advisers I could muster to serve on my staff - not yes men but solid thinkers and people who can both think on their feet and act quickly and purposefully without passing the buck.
I would institute a review of all previous POTUS Executive Orders and get recommendations from trusted advisers on which ones to keep and which to rescind.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 18 at 2016 11:39 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:39:44 -0400

Reactivate the 4 battleships. Who cares of a Mk-whatever toprpedo can make it sink itself. It would not have any problem getting volunteers. I agree with SSg Ayscue.

Response by Alan K. made May 18 at 2016 11:39 PM

Alan K. — Wed, 18 May 2016 23:39:58 -0400

BORDERS...............! nobody said Borders Then E/O's, Vet's/VA, Immigration and the other hundred things. My head hurts just thinking about it.

Response by SSgt James McDaniel made May 19 at 2016 12:00 AM

SSgt James McDaniel — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:00:37 -0400

Term limits for the House and Senate. Career politicians need to be stopped. #2 would be that all members of the House and Senate will be provided no other option for Health benefits than those that are offered to Military and veterans. Watch how quickly that gets cleaned up! # 3 All House and Senate members PAST AND PRESENT will receive the same pension/retirement plan as the Armed Services. Those 3 items will highlight a multitude of problems with regards to both the dwindling benefits of our armed services and with the ridiculous luxuries the american tax dollars are paying for. Term limits will make lobbying exponentially more expensive thus limiting its power. forcing them to abide by uniformed services standards of welfare and living will also lower costs AND improve care for military families. I could go on but those 3 things would change this country immensely and would cost $0 from the tax payers.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 19 at 2016 12:11 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:11:36 -0400

Seek to get HistoryNet to get GOA George Marshall on their 100 Greatest Generals list plus a couple more and remove Mao and a a couple more. I'm pretty sure I can Exec Order that.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 19 at 2016 12:11 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:11:50 -0400

My nine year old daughter says she would have Honduras, New Zealand and Japan fight against ISIL and kick their butts LOL. We did not buy a Dodge Hellcat

Response by Capt Richard I P. made May 19 at 2016 12:27 AM

Capt Richard I P. — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:27:13 -0400

Attention congress: in accordance with my oath to support and defend the constitution, it is incumbent on me to support the constitution whenever it comes into conflict with other laws. All laws infringing on the right of the people to keep and bear arms including and since the NFA of 1934 are inherently unconstitutional. Repeal them all. Until you do I will be assigning a legal team to prepare pardons for all persons convicted held and punished for non-violent violations of any of these laws, and I will be signing their pardons as rapidly as their cases can be adequately prepared.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made May 19 at 2016 12:35 AM

CPT Jack Durish — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:35:49 -0400

Thank God for the opportunity to serve and ask his help because it's going to be a big job saving America and a lot of people aren't going to be happy with what I'm about to do

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 19 at 2016 12:39 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:39:48 -0400

Reaffirm our committment to Israel. Do not scold the only democratic country in a non-democratic and draconian/corrupt and divided and fighting ISIS and each other Arab world.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 19 at 2016 12:49 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:49:08 -0400

Druggies are like zombies. They get infected by drugs and are hooked. They are everywhere. Rich
and poor allike are getting hooked and/or dying on fentanyl or heroin and cocaine.

Let us work with the host governments and along side them send our brigades into the jungle and double our SF forces and send our infantry and use USAF A-10s to destroy and eradicate the drug cartels base camps in Mexico (if they let us) and all of Central and South America. Let us have the DEA use more aircraft and intercept the subs that bring in tons of coke. The drugs have affected my 2 step daughters and millions like them. We need to confront and/or destroy the FARC and others that sell drugs and buy arms that destabilize countries and affect our families and ones getting hooked here at home. This will also hurt the gangs that kill so many innocent people in the inner city.

Response by SGT Charles W. made May 19 at 2016 12:56 AM

SGT Charles W. — Thu, 19 May 2016 00:56:13 -0400

I would fire as many people as humanly possible in the Legislative Branch and replace them with citizens who have the skill sets for the jobs that are currently unemployed. So killing 2 birds with one stone, decreasing unemployment, and putting people in power who actually care about the country and aren't trying to make government their career. I think there should be a cap on how many times a person can be elected to office. Just my opinion. I would have my new Fed do out a new budget to decrease pork spending and decrease our national debt, and reverse any of the bills put fourth before the HOR that I and the American people don't agree with and clean up the outdated ones.

Response by SSG William Jones made May 19 at 2016 1:36 AM

SSG William Jones — Thu, 19 May 2016 01:36:18 -0400

Build our military back up.

Response by Capt Michael Greene made May 19 at 2016 3:01 AM

Capt Michael Greene — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:01:03 -0400

Get the key to that door!

Response by SPC Kayle Benedix made May 19 at 2016 3:10 AM

SPC Kayle Benedix — Thu, 19 May 2016 03:10:11 -0400

There are so-many things that I would change if I were elected President. I think the 1st thing I would do would be to give all Disabled Veterans a significant raise on their disability checks. All politicians would receive a mandatory pay cut and would never have the ability to "vote" themselves another raise again. No politician should ever make more than the average American Citizen makes. I would also put mandatory term limits on ALL elected & appointed offices to include the Supreme Court Justices.

Response by MSgt Richard Rountree made May 19 at 2016 4:58 AM

MSgt Richard Rountree — Thu, 19 May 2016 04:58:50 -0400

Appoint a conservative, rule of law, judge to the Supreme Court to fill the current vacancy.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made May 19 at 2016 6:55 AM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Thu, 19 May 2016 06:55:27 -0400

Clean house, and get rid of Obama Care.

Response by SGT Loren Hammons made May 19 at 2016 7:52 AM

SGT Loren Hammons — Thu, 19 May 2016 07:52:49 -0400

Fly somewhere on Air Force one.... Party time.

Response by CSM David Heidke made May 19 at 2016 8:39 AM

CSM David Heidke — Thu, 19 May 2016 08:39:11 -0400

Build a wall
Fix immigration
fix the tax code
defend the US
That's pretty much all I would do.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made May 19 at 2016 9:50 AM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Thu, 19 May 2016 09:50:31 -0400

Sgt Joe LaBranche First thing I would do is make efforts to freeze government spending. The only money to go out is to pay salaries. Not presidential and congressional salaries, but the salaries for the low level employees. Next work to balance the budget. Sorry Air Force, F-35 and B-21 are out. Cut out all unnecessary programs. Try to salvage the future for our children. This would hurt everyone in the wallet, I know. It would piss off those living on the government teat to no end. Next is fixing Social Security. It was paid into as a retirement plan, not put out there for the government to turn into a legal ponzi scheme. So get that back to solvent.
If by this time I have not been shot, stabbed, burned in effigy, or impeached, then we work on Veterans Affairs and getting that mess fixed. Once we have our domestic house in order, then we can look at where we need to, and where we can afford to send foreign aid. So basically I would not be popular because I would have congress folks on both sides of the aisle, and the lobbyists that make them rich outraged to the point that they would not want to do anything that helps me achieve my goals.

Response by SFC Joseph McCausland made May 19 at 2016 10:04 AM

SFC Joseph McCausland — Thu, 19 May 2016 10:04:05 -0400

If I were President, the first thing I would do... is call a closed-door meeting with both Houses and read them the riot act.... and then, I would ask them to sign a simple pledge to "Put America First"
I would end with... "When I address the American People for the first time I will tell them that every House member and every Senator on this list, has pledged that they will put American "First" above all and... for the American people to keep close tabs on their elected officials and if they are back to their same old tricks, IE, stonewalling, obstructing and kowtowing to "special interest" groups, to hold them "fully" accountable the next time they are up for re-election".

Speaking of "special interests groups and lobbyists", I would outlaw them all from conducting business on any Federal ground and I would remind both sides of the table, that if they break the law during the course of conducting business and if convicted of a federal crime, they will receive the maximum sentence prescribed by the law with "plea-bargaining" off the table.

Wishful thinking of course.... but wouldn't it be great?

Response by MSgt Wayne Morris made Jun 9 at 2016 1:02 PM

MSgt Wayne Morris — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:02:07 -0400

Sign an Executive Order that makes it illegal for Congress to pass any law that they or their families are exempt from, cut all Congressional and Executive pay by 50%, cut all Federal Funds to self proclaimed Sanctuary cities and then resign because the stink in DC is really bad and would need the fresh air.

Response by SPC Sheila Lewis made Jun 9 at 2016 2:16 PM

SPC Sheila Lewis — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:16:03 -0400

The first thing I would do is thank the American voter/taxpayer, assure them they are safe and secure on my watch, repeal NAFTA, bring manufacturing jobs back to America, repeal any recent Executive Orders. Yes, my first day would be busy but productive.