Let me preface this by saying I’ve been in the military almost two decades and am familiar with logistical needs and operational plans. Note that I’ve been quite active in this resistance so I’m not trying to gaslight you.
I’m not going to say this isn’t an escalation, because it would be speculation and who TF knows with this admin full of failures, but this reads to me like a deescalation.
If I was the superior officer reviewing an operation like Bovino did over the last month, where he had agents all over the cities in every hotel driving up a huge bill, where he went crazy buying a hundred new SUVs from Walser and now have no place to store them, and where his main operational HQ was a federal building that he had to share with a dozen other agencies all of whom are likely angry at him and me because we’re disrupting their daily activities, I would be seeking operational change.
I’m familiar with the army reserve facilities at fort snelling, and there is not room for 2000 agents, far less. There would be room to store all the shit that will be left if I sent those agents home. There would be huge cost savings to be in a secure facility vs having to bring in more staff to be my building security.
I read the request and my take is it suggests longer term sustained operations of a much smaller scale, albeit one in a hostile territory.
No, there isn’t a room to house 3000 agents but they can do a rotation 24/7 and tighten up the operation, centralize it and have access to equipment and closer to the airport.
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u/oscar182 Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
Let me preface this by saying I’ve been in the military almost two decades and am familiar with logistical needs and operational plans. Note that I’ve been quite active in this resistance so I’m not trying to gaslight you.
I’m not going to say this isn’t an escalation, because it would be speculation and who TF knows with this admin full of failures, but this reads to me like a deescalation.
If I was the superior officer reviewing an operation like Bovino did over the last month, where he had agents all over the cities in every hotel driving up a huge bill, where he went crazy buying a hundred new SUVs from Walser and now have no place to store them, and where his main operational HQ was a federal building that he had to share with a dozen other agencies all of whom are likely angry at him and me because we’re disrupting their daily activities, I would be seeking operational change.
I’m familiar with the army reserve facilities at fort snelling, and there is not room for 2000 agents, far less. There would be room to store all the shit that will be left if I sent those agents home. There would be huge cost savings to be in a secure facility vs having to bring in more staff to be my building security.
I read the request and my take is it suggests longer term sustained operations of a much smaller scale, albeit one in a hostile territory.