The Chamberlain Network

BALTIMORE — we're one day away.

Join us tomorrow at the Baltimore War Memorial for an evening of storytelling, reflection, and community centered on Black and African American veterans.

When: Sat, June 20, 5pm EDT
Where: Baltimore War Memorial
Tickets:

Our Stories, Our Truth National Storytelling Tour: Baltimore A National Tour Honoring the Legacy of Us

Tonight at 6 PM ET.

It's not too late to join The Chamberlain Network's June member call. We'll share what we're working on, where there's room to take action, and answer your questions — alongside a community of veterans standing up for democracy. New faces always welcome.

Register now: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/eazic3FeSv2SiUPZi6yZUA

Tomorrow. 6 PM ET.

Join The Chamberlain Network's monthly member call — where veterans connect, plug in, and get to work protecting democracy. We'll share what we're working on, where there's room to take action, and answer your questions. New faces always welcome.

This month's session covers what's happening with mail-in voting — Executive Order 14399, the USPS proposed rule, and Watson v. RNC at the Supreme Court — plus updates and ways to get engaged.

Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/eazic3FeSv2SiUPZi6yZUA

Federal agents raided the Ohio Organizing Collaborative’s offices, targeted staff homes, and seized devices.

It is a gross abuse of power to use federal law enforcement to intimidate people helping their communities participate in democracy.

Free and fair elections depend on the people and organizations doing this work without fear.

Read TCN’s full statement:
https://www.chamberlainnetwork.us/the-report/ohio-fbi-raid-ooc

A $500,000 Carnegie grant to the Chamberlain Network will fund an annual fellowship for veterans — among the most trusted voices in American public life — to lead local civic initiatives, while training a broader network of veterans to engage publicly on civic issues.

New from .org : a year after troops were first sent to LA, a look at the costs of putting servicemembers on American streets.

Their findings:— escalation, disillusionment in the ranks, and politicization are predictable outcomes.

https://www.justsecurity.org/141479/year-later-military-personnel-police-american-streets/

A Year Later: Ordering Military Personnel to Police American Streets One year since Trump sent the National Guard to LA, a new report warns military deployments produce escalation and disillusionment.

By a vote of 215–208, the House adopted H. Con. Res. 86, directing the President to seek congressional authorization for continued hostilities with Iran—or withdraw U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities.

When Americans are sent into danger, the country owes them a mission Congress has debated, an authority Congress has defined, and a decision Congress is willing to put its name on.

Congress has begun to do the job the Constitution assigns it.

For that, we who swore an oath to defend that Constitution are thankful.

Read our full statement:
https://www.chamberlainnetwork.us/the-report/the-chamberlain-network-applauds-house-passage-of-iran-war-powers-resolution

For troops overseas and citizens abroad, voting isn't a walk to the polls. A ballot has to make a round trip — out across bases, ships, foreign mail, then all the way back.

It's a tradition that runs from 1813 to today.

The point is simple: serving far from home shouldn't cost you your vote.

Here's how voting overseas works, and the story of the military voting while deployed, which traces back long before 1986.

Military or overseas voter? → http://FVAP.gov

Secretary Hegseth personally intervened to block the promotions of at least seven Navy officers who had been selected by a board of senior Navy admirals, the latest in a series of firings driven by his anti-diversity agenda rather than the performance

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List (Gift Article) The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-diversity stance rather than based on merit.