Would hate to see their PLF. Broken legs everywhere.
Your description is roughly accurate but needs a few clarifications.
Rogers went to Trump while Trump was still president-elect, and thus not the CinC. It was still Obonehead at that time.
Rogers didn't "resign". He was relieved of command at the end of his tour of duty in 2018 and retired, after serving more than 2 years as the NSA Director, Commander of CyberCom and the 10th Fleet under President Trump.
He didn't just say, "Ok, now you're sworn in, Don, I'm taking a powder."
Shit happened under Admiral Rogers' watch and he made sure he was on top of it - for the specific purpose of putting a stop to it all.
Once again, Rogers did not resign. See >>7621935 and video for the change of command ceremony of Admiral Rogers, who completed a full tour as NSA Director/ CyberCom Commander and retired shortly after being relieved of those duties.
It was a routine change of command.
Rogers stayed for more than 2 years of Trump's presidency in order to do what needed to be done to track the assholes and put them in position to be caught.
You've never served in the military.
My comment about Admiral Rogers being relieved of command is entirely accurate, the video is posted in >>7622000
That is how it is done in the military. Commanders generally do not retire while in command (there are rare exceptions, the most common exceptions being for medical reasons.)
You're relieved of command at the end of your tour, at a ceremony, where the new commander assumes the duties. Flags - and responsibilities - pass from the old commander to the new.
Do you comprehend now?
The DS wanted to fire Admiral Rogers before he went to Trump. They're afraid of him because of what he controlled - literally ALL the info.
A middle of the night dump would have started a revolution worldwide, and that would have ended poorly for pretty much everyone in high places.
THAT'S why they didn't fuck with him.
No, I am saying that the usual way of doing business is a change of command ceremony before retirement.
The change of command ceremony dates back hundreds of years and still serves the same purposes today as it did then. Everyone in the chain of command is present and gets to witness the official orders being read relieving the outgoing commander from duty and appointing the new officer who will be in charge. Every member of the command present gets to physically SEE who the new commander is - which can make a bit of difference in a command that has thousands of troops.
If the relieved commander (the guy no longer in charge) is at the point of retirement, he is transferred into a temporary unit for outprocessing.
There is a shit-ton of paperwork and briefings to be done when someone retires. They don't just hand you the 20 year pocket watch, throw you a dinner and tell you, "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."
Although, admittedly, that last would be a useful way to dismiss about half of the O-6's and above in the services.
10 USC 6323, OPNAVINST 1811.3A Voluntary Retirement for Active Duty Officers
You can find both, and more, at https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/career/retirement/OfficerRetirements/Pages/OfficerRetirementLaws.aspx