What is the question? Was he right to whistelblow or right to retire? At his level, his position has a large amount of politicization already. I would think that, as a Major, you're already experiencing that. I'm experiencing it for sure. One bad CO and, if you don't play along, he or she can ruin your career. I've seen RDMLs try it. If you think a LTC isn't an inherently political position, you're in for a rude awakening I fear.

From my perspective, it sure seemed like he tried to stay apolitical but you can't. Any time you speak out against a "leader" like President Trump, you're going to be punished. The SecDef should have stood up for service members. I'm concerned that you thought it was a Senator holding up 1000 promotions and ignoring that the President was holding up a single promotion out of spite. I would have hoped that other LTCs would have stood up and said, "No...he was selected just like I was. I'll stand up with him. Where is the brotherhood in saying you should sacrifice one person's career who was trying to fulfill his oath to the Constitution and was targeted for retribution by the Commander in Chief?

He was summoned by congress. He followed his oath to the American people. His integrity is intact. I question those who would have had him testify othen than he did.

He didn’t use his chain of command and was trying to punch well above his pay grade. He was foolish to wear his political beliefs on his sleeve and be used as a pawn.

The strength of the American armed forces is their apolitical stance. In America, civilians controlled the use of force and that is the way it should be. However the culture of service, honor and brotherhood is (I hope) the culture of the military. LTC Vindman broke faith with all of that when he went to the press because He didn’t like the policy of the current occupant of the White House. That’s a betrayal of military honor and one more step toward changing the US military into a third world political mob.

Vindman never had a true case. He was only out to get the President. There was NOTHING wrong with the phone call but IDIOT Vindman wanted it to appear so.

Treason. That is really all I have to say.

duty, honor, country, no where does the constitution say that the president is above the law or the ucmj.

Man y’all are some glutens for punishment. These comments remind me of all those sugar cookie I endured at Knox

Something got to be wrong with our military members when you follow wrong over what’s right. That tells me you are no different from LT General Flynn. Your integrity is in question. Don’t let this so call president lead you right off a cliff.

LTC Vindman was assigned to a post in support of the National Security Council. Very dicey business, given that national security policy is a very politically controversial battlefield.