Middletown Native and URI Grad General Flynn Named By Trump to Head NSA

Rhode Island native General Michael Flynn has been asked by President Elect Donald Trump to head one of America’s top national defense posts.

Flynn has been a strong supporter of Trump over the past year and a top national defense advisor. He was on the short list to serve as Vice President for Trump.

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Rhode Island U.S. Senator Jack Reed tweeted about the appointed hours before the President-Elects team made the appointment public. And expressed concerns about Flynn's appointment.

As GoLocal reported in September of 2011:

With two of her sons in the military, Helen Flynn has the right to worry on many days of the year, last Tuesday, however, was not one of them. On September 6th Helen Flynn felt nothing but pride as her son Charlie Flynn was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, joining his brother, Michael Flynn, who is a Major General and special assistant to the deputy chief of staff G-2 of the Army—that’s a lot of stars for one Middletown family.

It’s exceptionally rare for two brothers to attain the rank of General, let alone for one to preside over the other’s promotion ceremony—as Michael did when he pinned the star onto Charlie’s uniform last Tuesday.

“As you can imagine with a large family, we’ve had many, many enjoyable and heartfelt moments over the years,” said Clare Eckert, Charlie’s older sister, “but Charlie’s promotion tops the chart of special and proud memories.”

Eckert isn’t exaggerating about the size of the family either—Charlie is one of nine siblings, all of whom managed to be present for the promotion ceremony at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Family members came from as far away as Canada and California for the event, where Michael spoke eloquently about the humble heroism of his brother’s time in Iraq—which included protecting vital road access to the Green Zone.

 

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