Dear Lieutenant General Mark Andrew Brilakis,
Many thanks for your service to our nation, I will not bloviate on how critical recruiting quality men and women is to the defense of our nation. I understand how important this is to you.
You and our U.S. Marines are at the tip of the spear. I spent over three years as a Special Programs/Officer Programs Recruiter in New Mexico. Our headquarters was in Phoenix, AZ. I recruited folks out of the desert, sent them to Officer Candidate School and then the U.S. Navy trained them. Many are still serving today.
In regards to the loss of life at your recruiting station in Tennessee. I send my deepest sympathies to you, the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting command and the families of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, from Springfield, Mass., Lance Cpl. Skip "Squire" Wells, of Marietta, Ga., Sgt. Carson Holmquist, of Grantsburg Wisc. and Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, of Chattanooga.
Note the "Gun Free Zone" sign on the bullet riddled glass door to the Chattanooga Marine Corps. Recruiting Station office.
It was during the presidency of George H.W. Bush that the U.S. Department of Defense issued a directive in February 1992 affecting the carrying of firearms on bases by military personnel. That directive was eventually implemented through a regulation 190-14 issued by the Department of the Army in March 1993, two months after President Clinton assumed office.
I urge you to disregard all unconstitutional directives and regulations and arm up your men and women as the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution allows. These men and women are on the front line recruiting those who are willing to die for our Constitutional Republic. They too deserve and have an unalienable right to protect themselves from the likes of Mohammed Youssef Abdulazeez as they go about their mission critical daily duties.
This would have helped prevent the Fort Hood shootings by Islamist "Soldier of Allah" Major Nidal Hassan who was ignored by his chain-of-command out of fear of being called racist Islamophobes.
It would also have prevented the June 1, 2009, attack on a Little Rock U.S. Army Recruitment Center by Carlos Bledsoe, a.k.a. Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, who killed Pvt. William "Andy" Long and severely injured Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula.
Every single recruiting office under your command must be protected. If you get blowback I suggest you send those who disagree a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
I will copy this email to all my friends who are currently recruiters and they will arm themselves, sir. They will not be left out in the cold like turkeys while cold blooded Islamic Muslim fascists are running rampant across this nation with no fear of apprehension or prosecution from those currently sitting in the White House, the people's house.
Write up a Commanding General Directive to arm all your recruiters immediately. Disregard all unconstitutional directives and regulations that came out of the White House under former Presidents George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton.
Very respectfully,
Senior Chief Geoff Ross
Surface Warfare/Air Warfare
U.S. Navy (Retired)
Navarre, Florida
