The next day, June 2, Milley issued a one-page memo, “SUBJECT: Message to the Joint Force,” to the chiefs of all the military services and top combatant commands. It was a reminder to the military of their duty, and a recentering for himself, one day after the chaos alongside Trump in Lafayette Square. Near his signature, Milley scrawled out an additional message in longhand: “We all committed our lives to the idea that is America—we will stay true to that oath and the American people.”
