Sickening.
Very, hubby says BS. 20 yr career USN. 58-78. Vietnam Veteran, Operation Frequent Wind.
As I was scrolling down, the word that came to my mind was indeed yours, “sickening”. However, there’s no telling how assiduously all of what’s delineated here will actually be implemented. Or HOW it will be implemented. On one level all this moral scolding and official virtue-signalling could be something the average sailor could tell himself he already does, on another level ALL members of the rank and file Armed Services are in the worst position possible. ALREADY in a hierarchy which USED to be an opportunity to prove excellence and commitment now is being twisted into something else. And what more captive an audience could there be than the rank and file/ All this “vetting” to weed out any possible difference of opinion politically is possibly the scariest development and tendency of ALL I have seen proposed.These men are being told that their having a job at all (in an economy which may not get on its feet ever, with Dems in power) depends entirely on toeing the New Army’s line. And it’s entirely political, it has nothing to do with violating any traditional Military rules.
The “Progressive” Leftists at Foggy Bottom have turned our fighting forces into a bunch of cupcakes. This is all by design. It is just to whittle down our ability to fight and nothing more.