TAMPA, Fla (WFLA) — A judge ordered the Signal group chat members who discussed military strikes before and during their execution to keep those messages. That’s due to a lawsuit filed claiming some federal officials are not complying with the law.

Some Republican leaders said there was no classified information in the released messages. Many Democrats are calling for resignations. And local veterans are reacting to the situation.

“That sounds like a war plan to me,” said Jay Alexander, the vice president of the Pinellas County Veterans Democratic Caucus.

“I didn’t see anything there that would suggest that it required classification,” said Gary Clark, a retired Air Force Colonel.

The messages, published by a journalist mistakenly added to a group chat with senior officials, discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels. Some read in part “more F-18’s launch”, “strike drones on target,” and “just confirmed with CENTCOM, we are a go for mission launch.”

Gary Clark’s last assignment was with CENTCOM at MacDill Airforce Base. He said military action is far more detailed, down to exact coordinates and routes.

“Would anybody in Washington know that? No, they wouldn’t know that. That would all take place either between this headquarters and the folks out there just like it did in Desert Storm,” Clark said.

Jay Alexander served in Operation Just Cause and said the messages showed a classified conversation being had by people too high up in the ranks.

“I was a private in the army, I would never, if I heard that I would go, ‘Oh (expletive)’. Pardon my French,” Alexander said. “There was an old saying in World War 2, ‘loose lips sinks ships’.”

Clark said this was a succession mission, and said this mistake will never happen again.

“How many shortstops have sat on the bench all season, never made an error, and they were named most valuable player? The thing is if you’re not doing anything then you’re not going to make a mistake. But if you’re doing something, you’re going to make a mistake,” he said.

Alexander said he wants leaders to be held accountable, and to pay more attention because he said it could’ve been worse.

“I think we compromised ourselves, the integrity we have is not looking good to the world,” Alexander said.

Senators are pushing for formal reviews by the Department of Defense. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the messages were sensitive information, but not classified, and said we should be talking about how it was a very successful operation.