I’ve posted my appreciation and adoration of #AlvinHolsey before, and I’ll do it again! Thank you!
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#Admiral #AlvinHolsey
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Adm. #AlvinHolsey, the commander of US Southern Command, is an honorable man. Everyone can understand why he stepped down as the orders of #Trump and #PeteHegseth amount to extrajudicial killings.
But regretfully that leaves these men free to appoint compliant men.
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The top #US #military officer overseeing ops in #LatinAmerica met privately with lawmakers Tues, days before he is due to step down from his position prematurely amid tension with the #Trump admin & its deadly “counternarcotics” campaign there.
Adm #AlvinHolsey, head of #SOUTHCOM, met in a […]
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Admiral pushed out by #Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers
Adm. #AlvinHolsey, who oversees #military operations in #LatinAmerica, has voiced concern about the #Trump admin’s activities there.
#law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD […]
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#PeteHegseth pushed Adm. #AlvinHolsey to resign because of his belief that the strikes #Trump ordered were illegal-WSJ
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Admiral #AlvinHolsey stepped down because he correctly had doubts about the strikes against the boats.
He already had issues with #PeteHegseth.
The man had a distinguished career and even was trusted planning the #Panama adventure #Trump dreamed about.
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When Admiral Holsey stepped down in September, it was clear #PetitePete #Haugeseth was demanding our navy do unconstitutional things. #WarCrimes #DoTheRightThing
#BeLikeAlvin
#NavyAdmiral #AlvinHolsey
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#PeteHegseth called #Admiral #AlvinHolsey to address the admiral's refusal to carry out fishing boat attacks. Holsey informed Hegseth that he had no intention of carrying out an illegal order after 40 years in the U.S. Navy. #whitenationalists
#USPOL LIB DEM
#blacksky #liberaldemocrats
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The Four-Star Who Walked Away Mid-War Admiral Holsey and the Breaking Point Inside the Pentagon White Rose USA (November} Admiral Alvin Holsey didn’t storm out of SOUTHCOM. He didn’t plead his case on cable news or leak to friendly reporters. He did something far more unsettling. He left quietly, early, and in the middle of an active lethal campaign that carried his signature on every operational line. That’s the kind of silence Washington should actually fear, because it’s the kind that means the institution itself has started to feel the floor shift. The timeline is the part the White House hopes you never look at too closely. The boat-strike campaign began on September 2, 2025. The first engagement killed eleven people, including the remaining survivors who were hit by a controversial follow-up missile. By mid-November there had been twenty-one strikes and eighty-three deaths. These weren’t cartel gunboats. Many were fishing skiffs and migrant craft; civilian vessels under international law and that distinction matters to anyone who still cares about the difference between counter-narcotics operations and war crimes. Every one of these strikes ran through Holsey’s area of responsibility. Each target packet, each justification, each battle damage assessment passed somewhere across his desk. When you’re a four-star running a combatant command, you don’t get to claim ignorance. If the law is solid, you defend the operation. If the law starts to shimmer, you feel it. By October 6, that shimmer had become a crack. CNN later confirmed a tense Pentagon meeting involving Holsey, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine. SOUTHCOM’s legal advisers raised concerns: the combatant status of the people being killed, the authority for lethal force, the question of proportionality, and whether these missions could withstand scrutiny from the courts or the world. The meeting didn’t resolve the concerns. It hardened them.
Ten days later, Holsey announced he would retire. No explanation. No justification. Just a perfectly crafted statement about duty, honor, and the Constitution after nearly four decades of service. Admirals like Holsey don’t churn out of command after eleven months unless something fundamental has shifted underneath them. He wasn’t the type to grandstand. Holsey was known for running cold, steady, exact. When precise people leave early, the problem isn’t temperament. It’s the terrain. This is where the story leaves the Pentagon and enters the political bloodstream. A group of six Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain still under the UCMJ — released a video reminding service members that their oath is to the Constitution and that illegal orders must be refused. This wasn’t a civics lesson. It was a signal directed at command. And it came at a moment when the officer corps had already felt the internal strain. The White House responded the only way insecure administrations respond: with intimidation. Instead of explaining the legal theory behind the strikes, instead of addressing the casualties, instead of defending the doctrine, they sent the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division to “contact” the lawmakers for interviews. You don’t deploy counterterrorism agents against elected officials unless you think the chain of command is wobbling. The public may not have noticed the tremor yet. The political operators did.
Add one more layer. On September 23, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro stood before the UN and formally asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the United States for these strikes. That was unprecedented. And while the UK hasn’t issued any formal withdrawal, reporting indicates that some allies were quietly distancing themselves from the operation. You don’t need a coalition memo to know when partners are backing away from your battlefield. Some will say Holsey simply retired. That this is coincidence. Sure. Coincidences happen. But they usually don’t arrive bundled with internal legal objections, escalating civilian casualties, ICC pressure, and the FBI leaning on lawmakers for quoting the oath every E-1 memorizes in basic training. Patterns are patterns. What Holsey did wasn’t dramatic. But it was decisive. A combatant commander stepping out mid-mission isn’t just changing jobs. He’s removing his name from the legal trail investigators will follow later. He’s refusing to be the hinge between an unlawful order and the officer who carried it out. He’s stepping aside before the history books start taking attendance. Democracies don’t collapse all at once. They fray at the edges first — in quiet rooms, in strained meetings, in polite statements from people who know exactly which line has just been crossed. Holsey didn’t shout. He didn’t need to. His silence is the loudest evidence in the whole affair. And the louder the White House screams at lawmakers instead of explaining the law, the clearer it becomes who actually feels threatened. Holsey walked because he saw the edge. And he wasn’t about to go over it with the people giving the orders.
Annotated Sources Boat-strike timeline, casualties, and follow-up missile • CNN: First strike on September 2, 2025 kills eleven; survivors hit by follow-up missile. • Wikipedia aggregate: Twenty-one strikes, eighty-three deaths by mid-November. October 6 Pentagon meeting and legal concerns • CNN: Tense meeting involving Hegseth, Holsey, and Chairman Dan Caine; SOUTHCOM lawyers question legality, combatant status, proportionality. Holsey’s October 16 resignation • Reuters: Holsey announces retirement after less than a year in command. • AP/Guardian: Early departure noted as unusual for a combatant commander. Lawmakers’ oath video • CNN: Video by Senator Kelly, Rep. Slotkin, and four other Democratic House members; explicit invocation of refusal of illegal orders; Kelly under UCMJ. FBI Counterterrorism Division inquiry • New York Times: CTD agents contact lawmakers for interviews after the video. Colombia’s ICC request • President Gustavo Petro’s September 23, 2025 UN General Assembly speech formally requesting an ICC investigation. Ally distancing • Contextual reporting indicating quiet unease among partners; no formal UK withdrawal confirmed. #Holsey #SOUTHCOM #Pentagon #BoatStrikes #WarCrimes #UCMJ #MarkKelly #Hegseth #ICC #Colombia #RuleOfLaw #ChainOfCommand #WhiteRoseUSA #Accountability #MilitaryEthics
The Four-Star Who Walked Away Mid-War
#AdmiralHolsey and the Breaking Point Inside the Pentagon
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Admiral #AlvinHolsey didn’t storm out of SOUTHCOM. He didn’t plead his case on cable news or leak to friendly reporters ..
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![2025-11-29: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/pete-hegseth-denies-ordering-deaths-narco-boat
"[...] Internally, Department of Defense officials have been quietly raising concern about the boat strikes. A senior military lawyer disagreed with the Trump administration that the strikes are lawful and was later sidelined by other officials, NBC reported. And Adm Alvin Holsey, the commander overseeing the attacks against boat strikes, stepped down in October. Although the reason behind Holsey’s departure is unknown, the New York Times reported he had raised internal concerns about the attacks on the boats."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lftldd4k2bnecjcxja2zz2d7/bafkreibqmlv3df6pa2w6opgbbp3pquwwlqypk6jugd776tt7t3ll74kage)
2025-11-29: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/pete-hegseth-denies-ordering-deaths-narco-boat "[...] Internally, Department of Defense officials have been quietly raising concern about the boat strikes. A senior military lawyer disagreed with the Trump administration that the strikes are lawful and was later sidelined by other officials, NBC reported. And Adm Alvin Holsey, the commander overseeing the attacks against boat strikes, stepped down in October. Although the reason behind Holsey’s departure is unknown, the New York Times reported he had raised internal concerns about the attacks on the boats."
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#AlvinHolsey #Venezuela #illegalOrders #unlawfulOrders #MilitaryOffenses #debunkWHpropaganda
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Non disclosure agreements ( #Pentagon #NDAs) come after admiral #AlvinHolsey stepped down over concern about the strikes against #Venezuela
I guess #PeteHegseth continues with his drive to hide #Trump mistakes and violations of national and international law
#Colombia
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You KNEW when Adm. #AlvinHolsey, left his job as head of the U.S. #SouthernCommand | #SouthCom
It also means #ilDouchey is going declare #MartialLaw ‘…because #LatinAmericans…”
🍁 #CANpoli 🍁 #CDNpoli 🍁 #CanadaSky 🌌 #Canadiana
#LatinAmerica
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🕊️ Petro y Holsey: alianza por un Caribe libre de violencia 🌅#SeguridadCaribeña #GustavoPetro #AlvinHolsey #DiplomaciaAlternativa #CaribeLibre #Narcotráfico #PazRegional #ColombiaCaribe #MafiasTransnacionales #Desmilitarización
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@sanders.senate.gov @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social @theguardian.com Adm. #AlvinHolsey steps down in less than a yr & everyone ignores it. This regime's performing extrajudicial killings & threatening the security of Sovergn Nations e.g #Putin. This' very serious Cong. needs to address immediately!
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @nytimes.com
Adm. #AlvinHolsey steps down less than a yr in & everyone ignores it. This regime's performing extrajudicial killings & threatening the security of Sovergn Nations e.g #Putin. This' very serious & Congress needs to address immediately!
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Don't ever be like Hitlers GESTAPO. Be like #ALVINHOLSEY
When you take an #Oath, it is to the #Constitution, even if the #CommanderandChief orders you, if it's #UNLAWFUL or #UNCONSTITUTIONAL IT IS YOUR #DUTY TO #DISOBEY
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#EEUU. El almirante #AlvinHolsey dejará el Comando Sur a finales de año tras apenas un año en el cargo, en un movimiento sorpresivo marcado por tensiones internas en el #Pentágono y una creciente escalada militar de Estados Unidos. en el mar #Caribe.
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US-Admiral tritt nach Angriffen in der Karibik zurück https://wp.me/p36Ae-1e1L Der für den umstrittenen US-Militäreinsatz in der Karibik zuständige Marineadmiral Alvin Holsey hat überraschend seinen Rücktritt angekündigt. #Southcom #AlvinHolsey #Rücktritt #Venezuela
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Who wants to hear more from US #Navy #Admiral #AlvinHolsey as to why he abruptly retired from his position as the top commander of the southern #Caribbean yesterday whilst today (10/17/25) it is learned there are two survivors of Trumpstein & #Hegseth bombing of “supposed” cartel boats?
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Who wants to hear more from US #Navy #Admiral #AlvinHolsey as to why he abruptly retired from his position as the top commander of the southern #Caribbean yesterday whilst today (10/17/25) it is learned there are two survivors of Trumpstein & #Hegseth bombing of “supposed” cartel boats?
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#Fired
Adm. #AlvinHolsey became the leader of U.S. #SouthernCommand only in November, overseeing an area that #encompasses the #CaribbeanSea and waters off #SouthAmerica. These types of postings typically last between three and four years.
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👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
THIS. IS. A. TRUE. AMERICAN. HERO. ADMIRAL ALVIN HOLSEY, US NAVY.
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Be like him. #Navy #Army #USCG #AirForce #USMC #NationalGuard Follow. Your. Oath. To. The. Constitution.
#AlvinHolsey #AdmiralHolsey
If the US cones out of this we need a statue of him. #NeverTrumpD’Arc
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#AlvinHolsey #petehegseth #Venezuela
This is the first one that I know of , but once the military starts receiving orders from the clown in charge of the Pentagon to attack civilians many , many of them will refuse to do it , and that will damage our military;
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Wikipedia Edit History entry for Alvin Holsey Added his membership of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
Alvin Holsey
Edited anonymously from the US House of Representatives on Friday, Oct 17, 2025 at 9:19 EDT
#AlvinHolsey #Congress #Wikipedia
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U.S. Southern Command commander admiral #AlvinHolsey steps down over the illegal attacks on boats from #Venezuela ordered by #Trump.
#InternationalLaw still applies
Some people still think Trump isn't above the law. Not every military man likes to be a propaganda tool
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