Thanks for always responding to DM and when I ping you :). It's been simultaneously comforting and terrifying to see military leaders feel the need to weigh in on President Dipshit's foolishness. Toolbags like Pompeo are no reflection of you or any institutions you may have in common.
As of some memos pushed out from on high, and two or three briefs in the last 24 hours, it seems (edit: in my personal opinion) that the Army (idk about the rest) has come to a consistent and correct page on this. Unfortunately that's all I can say about it but trust that, as an apolitical body, we seem to be standing fast against the political agents that would like us to break that habit. Couple guys lost their jobs or used their blessing of retirement in defense of that, too.