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Gen. Terry Haston, the adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, also announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that Master Sgt. Robin Brown, the SNCO whose videotaped re-enlistment ceremony created a firestorm online, has been removed from her full-time job with the Tennessee Joint Public Affairs Office and is facing other administrative actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haston also said that another Tennessee Air National Guardsman \u2014 an unidentified SNCO who videotaped the event \u2015 has been removed from his job as unit first sergeant and has been reprimanded. That SNCO will stay in the Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown could be identified in the video because she said her name as part of the re-enlistment oath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Randy Harris, the director of joint public affairs for the Tennessee Military Department, refused to identify the other airmen who have been punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Jones, a spokesman for the joint public affairs office for the Tennessee National Guard, said that it was an official re-enlistment ceremony. Brown\u2019s children were not in attendance, Jones said, but the video was made for them to watch later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, screenshots of an online conversation that were posted online showed someone from the Tennessee Military Department initially said the ceremony was \u201cnot an official reenlistment.\u201d Jones said it was unknown who wrote that, or why it was initially said to have been unofficial. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/04\/16\/air-national-guard-3-star-dinosaur-puppet-re-enlistment-video-unacceptable\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dinosaur-puppet.PNG.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air National Guard 3-star: Dinosaur puppet re-enlistment video unacceptable<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A video of an Air National Guard master sergeant reciting her oath of re-enlistment while using a dinosaur hand puppet has drawn a rebuke from a three-star general.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am absolutely embarrassed that a senior officer and a senior NCO took such liberties with a time-honored military tradition,\u201d Haston wrote. \u201cThe Tennessee National Guard holds the Oath of Enlistment in the highest esteem because that oath signifies every service member\u2019s commitment to defend our state, nation and the freedoms we all enjoy. Not taking this oath solemnly and with the utmost respect is firmly against the traditions and sanctity of our military family and will not be tolerated.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Tennessee National Guard leadership as a whole is appalled by the actions of these individuals, which do not represent our nation\u2019s service members nor the airmen and soldiers of Tennessee,\u201d Haston continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the video, Brown wears a dinosaur puppet on her right hand and has the puppet mouth the words as she recites her re-enlistment oath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown\u2019s re-enlistment ceremony took place on Friday. By Saturday, it had been reposted on the unofficial Air Force amn\/nco\/snco Facebook page and quickly went viral, drawing widespread scorn online from many who felt her actions were disrespectful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colonel was also criticized for allowing the ceremony to proceed with the puppet, as well as for not raising his own right hand and for not having the oath memorized. He read the oath off of a piece of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Lt. Gen. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, posted a statement on Facebook blasting the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m equally shocked and dismayed by this event that mocks such a cherished and honorable occasion,\u201d Rice said. \u201cThis action goes against our very foundation.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Master Sgt. 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