I am proud that Navy LT and Mrs. Ridge Alkonis will be my guests for the State of the Union.

Ridge was unjustly imprisoned by the Japanese government for 507 days after they denied him access to an attorney and a translator and coerced a confession. I started working with his…

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Here we go again, Meta Instagram

After deleting the BringRidgeHome account a few days ago, we needed government assistance in getting it restored.

Now, two days later, you’re taking our IG page down again on false accusations (business reviews, money, romance have nothing…

Thanks, Meta, for getting this resolved!

BringRidgeHome Instagram back up and running.

🚨Instagram permanently deleted the BringRidgeHome IG today without warning.🚨

The account had over 20k followers and had accumulated millions of views across posts/reels/stories.

Who’s behind this censorship? Japan? DoD?

Suspicious since those two entities have been most…

Serious question—

Does no one else seem shocked that there’s a deal saying “we’re good with people illegally entering the country if it’s just a few thousand a day”?

That doesn’t seem like a secure border. 🤷‍♂️ I dunno maybe I’m just naive to how huge an improvement that would be…

The US Navy has proven again that its willing to allow its outstanding lesser grade personnel to be imprisoned & career ruined for fear of insulting an ally. If this case had been in Russia, Alkonis would've been designated wrongfully detained immediately.
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Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sen. Pro-Tem Bart Hester and I witnessed the conditions at the border first hand last year. I said then and I repeat today my support for Arkansas standing with Texas to secure the border.

Look at what happened to Alkonis even with high levels of support from advocates.

Imagine if it was a young enlisted soldier or a service members spouse or teenage child being arrested—-this happens every year and they don’t have a lawyer with them while imprisoned and…

It’s a sickening reality that the 100,000 U.S. service members and military dependents in Japan have no right or access to legal counsel or translation if accused of a crime or arrested by Japanese authorities.

Senior DoD officials and even a general confirmed that the Japanese…

I’ll go on the record anytime to discuss the details and intricacies of the Ridge Alkonis case.

There’s a lot of misinformation/disinformation about the Alkonis case, and the U.S. Navy is the source of most of it.

Have nothing to hide—and I guarantee the Navy, OSD, SecNav, &…

If revoking Alkonis’s promotion was actually about committing a “crime” and not about politics,

then why didn’t the Navy revoke the promotion 2.5 years ago when Alkonis was originally convicted??

Answer that.

Because—

The Navy knew Alkonis wasn’t actually culpable, that he…

Jack McCain Really disappointed to see this from you, Jack.

Japan’s legal system is internationally known as hostage justice. They’ve refused numerous country visits and human rights recommendations from the UN HRC for huge issues around their legal system—99.9% conviction rate, known…

Secretary Austin’s DoD Office of Inspector General also refused to investigate my allegations of the U.S. Navy misleading Congress.

Over 7-months ago I submitted an IG complaint to the U.S. Navy concerning misconduct and abuse of power by Rear Admiral Carl Lahti (commander, 在日米海軍司令部), concerning his treatment of LT Ridge Alkonis.

After interviews with the Navy’s Inspector General team, my complaint was forwarded…

I’d encourage Jack McCain, Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 , and others who want to pile on with the hate on Ridge Alkonis to look at what the Navy’s own report said about Alkonis.

Do you really thing that after truly reviewing what happened with all of the details, context, and nuance associated…

It’s completely out of line and unprofessional for the Secretary of the Navy and Flag Officers to be basing mid-grade officer promotions on the views of someone’s “supporters” who post on social media.

Absolutely an abuse of power.

The U.S. Navy is unjustly punishing LT Ridge Alkonis because the Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and flag officers didn’t like the media and political attention Alkonis garnered.

In the military's final summary report on the Ridge Alkonis case, the Navy stated:

'No misconduct or wrongdoing is being alleged from any U.S. military or U.S. civilian authorities.'

'The incident does not warrant promotion delay or removal, and LT Alkonis should be allowed to…

The Navy selected Ridge Alkonis to be promoted based on his exemplary leadership and performance!

His commanding officers regularly recommended him for early promotion and early command.

Yet now, the Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has baselessly denied Alkonis the promotion he earned in 2021.