As some of you know, I recently wrote about the United States military and its expanding efforts to adopt “wokeness” in support of this Administration’s social justice and equity agendas. These efforts have not gone unnoticed by our adversaries, Russia and China, and are producing a military that is less trained and less ready than any time since World War II.
Now we are confronted with a new dilemma. As reported by NBC News: Every branch of the military is struggling to make its 2022 recruiting goals, officials say. With a record low number of Americans eligible to serve, and few of those willing to do it, this "is the year we question the sustainability of the all-volunteer force,” said an expert.
This is a question worth pondering since it can quite possibly have an impact on every household in America.
So, what is going on here? The NBC Report goes on to tell us … The pool of those eligible to join the military continues to shrink, with more young men and women than ever disqualified for obesity, drug use or criminal records.
Last month, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville testified before Congress that only 23% of Americans ages 17-24 are qualified to serve without a waiver to join, down from 29% in recent years. An internal Defense Department survey obtained by NBC News found that only 9% of those young Americans eligible to serve in the military had any inclination to do so, the lowest number since 2007.
With these types of numbers, it is doubtful that our military could storm a beach in Normandy … or beat back the Tet Offensive … or bring Saddam to heal in 100 hours … or recapture the city of Fallujah from insurgents.
So, now the obvious has begun --- Military.Com just announced: The Army is tossing its mandate for potential recruits to have a high school diploma or GED certificate to enlist in the service, in one of the most dramatic moves yet in the escalating recruiting crisis hitting the entire Defense Department. This is not the only change announced this week. The Military.Com piece goes on to say … The change follows another shift in policy this week when the service relaxed its tattoo rules, allowing potential recruits to enlist with tattoos on their hands and neck, which previously needed waivers.
Additionally, the military has tried offering more monetary incentives with enlistment bonuses and VA education bucks --- and still the numbers fall. Could it be that the audience that makes up the majority of the All-Volunteer Force, the nation’s conservatives, is not enchanted by the military’s “WOKE” message? Yes, it is! It is even very likely that … in a divided nation, where a substantial number of the youth are physically unqualified and not interested in serving the nation … the few remaining patriots who would serve are simply turned off by a military that debates the proper way to fly the Gay Pride Flag and that is teaching it’s Officer Corps the tenets of Critical Race Theory.
Lowering the enlistment standards will result in a force that is unable by mental acuity to operate the highly technical equipment that is common in today’s military. Today’s infantrymen carry more than just a rifle. They are equipped with advanced communications equipment, power supplies and iPhones, which are all equipped to perform specific military functions. The turret of the M1A2 SEP 3 would make WWII General George Patton’s head swim.
Soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines all must be capable of reading and understanding the instructions that come with equipment they are expected to use. Even something as simple as a camouflage net … and they are not as simple as they look … if improperly used, can be a serious failure to an infantry unit.
I am sure that you can see where this going. America’s military is in trouble and that is because America itself is in trouble. This Administration’s ineptitude goes far beyond the gas pump and the border. It has put the entire security apparatus of this country in serious jeopardy. But wait … we can always count on the Dems, with some help from the RINO’s, to have another trick up their sleeve. At the start of this piece, I said the military’s Woke Agenda and resulting decline in recruitment could have an impact on every household in America. Well, here it comes … A bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has voted in favor of a proposal to require women to register for the draft.
As reported on June 17, 2022 in the Daily Citizen: According to House Representative Chip Roy, who is adamantly opposed to the forcible conscription of women, the Senate Armed Services Committee debated in private on June 15th an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to force women to register for the draft. Later that day, the proposal passed with support from the majority of senators from both parties.
Now understand that this is not a done deal yet. We have not yet reverted back to conscripting our military – at least not yet. But you can be sure that, if the military continues to miss their recruiting goals, it will not be long before conscription comes back to America and with it will come the involuntary conscription of America’s women. And when that day arrives, you can bet the Dems will have no problem defining “what a woman is”.
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