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The US military went woke, now it can't find recruits
Israel National News ^ | 07/04/2022 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 07/05/2022 10:21:55 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

The Army is at only 40% of its recruiting numbers for the fiscal year despite raising its maximum enlistment bonus from $40,000 to $50,000. It now offers new recruits up to $10,000 for showing up to basic training in 30 days. And is no longer even asking them for a high school diploma.

"We've never offered $50,000 to join the Army," Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, head of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, said.

While the Army runs anime lesbian wedding ads, it’s pushing away the recruits it needs, young patriotic men from traditional backgrounds. When the Biden administration’s brass decided to mandate vaccinations, they automatically rejected the 60% of potential recruits who aren’t.

By Obama’s second term, male Army ROTC cadets were being forced to march in women’s high heels. Under Biden, that escalated to mandatory transgender pronoun training while figuring out living arrangements for men who suddenly decide that they’re really women.

The Army has stopped worrying about winning wars and is instead working to establish the “Army as a global leader in DEI”. That’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Obama's Army Secretary Eric Fanning’s had already ordered mandatory implicit bias training for “soldiers and employees in senior leadership and management positions”. The Army is now preparing for the prospect of accommodating men in women’s housing and deploying HIV positive men.

While the Army brass complains that it can't find recruits, even with gay wedding ads, transgender housing and HIV positive deployment, it's been kicking out unvaccinated soldiers…

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: recruiting; socialengineering; usmilitary; woke
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To: Starboard
They are defending other countries borders, not our own.

How so?

We have fewer troops deployed overseas then we have had in many decades. Yet during both the Cold War and post-Cold War period, and during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan when we had literally hundreds of thousands of troops actually fighting overseas, recruitment was much stronger. And we're not even at war now.

The recruiting problem has absolutely nothing to do with deployment of US troops overseas, or overseas alliances. Zip. Zero. Nada.

The problem is that the military has deliberately adopted leftist social policies that discourage many young men from joining the military. If you don't support "diversity, equity, and inclusion", oppose "toxic masculinity" and "whiteness", and support transgenderism, you aren't welcome.

That means a whole lot of people who might otherwise enlist choose not to. That's why recruiting numbers suck. Hell, recruiting numbers would probably be better if we were still fighting a real war and couldn't afford to do that crap.

41 posted on 07/05/2022 11:34:55 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Jan_Sobieski
And is no longer even asking them for a high school diploma.

Milley's morons may be even more dangerous to themselves and others than McNamara's Morons.

42 posted on 07/05/2022 11:36:50 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: Karl Spooner

They will survive (even through the Great Tribulation) all the way to Armageddon.

Then, the world’s armies, under Satan’s anti-messiah, will attempt to make war against Jesus Christ at His Second Coming.

It will be the last mistake that they will ever make. For eternity.

Revelation 19:19

King James Version

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+19%3A19&version=KJV

Yes, Satan’s anti-messiah will, more than likely, pretend to be a christ.

That’s why they hate the Bible.

They don’t want the truth getting out.


43 posted on 07/05/2022 11:39:17 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: KingLudd
KingLudd @38: "Milley’s coat sleeve is 2” too long."

What?!? But the ChiComs promised they would make him a uniform that would fit perfectly, in exchange for him betraying the U.S. about any attacks planned against the ChiComs.

44 posted on 07/05/2022 11:42:20 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: SaveFerris

(him that sat on the horse)

Him that sat on the horse is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Jesus Christ is Lord.

Whether the world 🌍🌎 likes it or not.

Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

(there’s some sort of spyware hacking my phone making it difficult to post)


45 posted on 07/05/2022 11:44:16 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: Carl Vehse

I’ll bet his pants are 2in too long as well.


46 posted on 07/05/2022 11:45:26 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SamAdams76
Your story about why most young men join the military -- especially the Marine Corps -- is dead-on. They join to prove their toughness, enjoy masculine pursuits, and then chase girls with their buddies when the Platoon Sergeant tells them they're dismissed. And perhaps most importantly, to let everyone else know what kind of a man they are by serving.

But now, masculinity is "toxic", and the military is deliberately telling potential male recruits that women and transgenders can and will do everything they can do. So...why join? Especially when part of your new job requirement will be to sit into classes indoctrinating you into that crap, and you can't speak out against it.

This shortfall in recruits is a very serious problem, and it isn't just going to go away on its own.

47 posted on 07/05/2022 11:46:13 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: PGR88

Need to toss in there the Ukraine War.

Those kids are not willing to go fight...’that war.’


48 posted on 07/05/2022 11:51:25 AM PDT by EBH (Let God Sort Them Out. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: Karl Spooner

I believe Satan somehow indwells the Antichrist.

People think some person here or there isn’t smart enough, isn’t energetic enough......

Revelation 13 says the Dragon gives him his power and his authority.

That’s why Michael the Archangel said the Lord rebuke you Satan during their dispute over Moses’ body.

The Dragon is that powerful (for now).

And we idiotic, sinning humans gave him his temporary throne as god of this world.

That’s why John weeps in Revelation. No man could open the scroll and loose the seals but Jesus Christ the Lamb will.

First seal: the rider on the white horse - Satan’s anti-messiah.

The first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Hang on, planet Earth 🌎 🌍.

You ain’t seen nothing yet. /with apologies to BTO


49 posted on 07/05/2022 11:54:55 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: EBH
Ukraine has zero to do with this. First, because we're obviously not even fighting over there. Second, because we just finished nearly two decades of constant war overseas one recruiting was strong. Believe it or not, a lot of the tougher kids are more likely to enlist if they think they'll get to go and shoot at somebody. But right now, we're at peace anyway.

The problem is 100% the wokism.

50 posted on 07/05/2022 12:03:16 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Jan_Sobieski; 100American; 21twelve; 2nd amendment mama; A Conservative Thinker; ...
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam and leftism.

While the Army brass complains that it can't find recruits, even with gay wedding ads, transgender housing and HIV positive deployment, it's been kicking out unvaccinated soldiers…

Anyone want to re-enlist in today's fabulous army?

Ping out to the Daniel Greenfield Ping! List.

As always, please FReepmail me if you want on or off the esteemed Daniel Greenfield ping list.

51 posted on 07/05/2022 12:13:02 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Say it’s One Two Three What are they fighting for? Well they don’t give a damn, if they gotta call a dude “Ma’am!


52 posted on 07/05/2022 12:22:27 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I’m almost looking forward to the next war the Deep State Neocons get us into. I’m eager to see the trannies and the “I was raised by two mommies” types fight it......and die.....which they will and in huge numbers....because they are not remotely militarily competent. I doubt the enemy is going to care in the slightest about their pronouns.


53 posted on 07/05/2022 12:35:57 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Jan_Sobieski

From Israel National News, a repeat but still.

The rest of the world is watching this with slack jaws in disbelief of the destruction taking place here.


54 posted on 07/05/2022 12:46:05 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: dragnet2
I’m trying to understand, what kind of person in their right mind would be willing to fight and die for this fraudulent government, full of lying corrupt misfits.

This.
55 posted on 07/05/2022 12:46:17 PM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32; Jan_Sobieski; 100American; 21twelve; 2nd amendment mama; dfwgator; Joe Brower; ...

By Obama’s second term, male Army ROTC cadets were being forced to march in women’s high heels.

Under Biden, that escalated to mandatory transgender pronoun training while figuring out living arrangements for men who suddenly decide that they’re really women.

The Army has stopped worrying about winning wars and is instead working to establish the “Army as a global leader in DEI”. That’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Daniel Greenfield ...

56 posted on 07/05/2022 1:08:54 PM PDT by GOPJ (MAGA POWER - - President Trump's endorsement record is 144-10)
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To: texas booster
While the Army brass complains that it can't find recruits, even with gay wedding ads, transgender housing and HIV positive deployment, it's been kicking out unvaccinated soldiers…

Anyone want to re-enlist in today's fabulous army?

Maybe some fabulous fashionista could redesign the tired drab uniforms... I'm sure that would bring in recruits... /s

57 posted on 07/05/2022 1:18:56 PM PDT by GOPJ (MAGA POWER - - President Trump's endorsement record is 144-10)
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To: EBH

Nobody wants to get into a meat-grinder at the “Russian front”.


58 posted on 07/05/2022 1:22:40 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

It’s not just the military; it’s the whole military culture the woke are trying to destroy.

Happening everywhere. I work at the library of a religious college, and we can’t find any traditionally-oriented employees among the young. Older librarians/library staff are retiring. Libraries are becoming left-wing institutions, and the only ones running them will have tats and purple hair.


59 posted on 07/05/2022 1:59:24 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

The US has 724 billionaires. If just one to three of them got together, they could easily fund an American Foreign Legion, based off the French model. Advantages:

1) All its officers and administrators would be prior service American officers, as well as most of its senior NCOs. But its soldiers would be the “best and brightest” from around the world, not just US citizens.

2) It would be based “offshore”, outside of US jurisdiction, and any deals with the USG or friendly powers would be by contract. They would have full right of refusal for bad contracts.

3) Most of what they would do would not be combat operations, but “peacekeeping”, defending civilians from hostile armed groups, and humanitarian aid missions. This could save the US military billions of dollars. They could also provide consultancy services to persecuted civilians on how to mostly passively protect themselves.

Disadvantages:

The US government usually hates “mercenary” organizations, and seeks to screw them over whenever the chance arises. They can be two faced, acting friendly then betraying. They will also seek to get control over them by any means possible. They will monitor them then turn over information to the enemy.

They will give them all the fairness of January 6th defendants.


60 posted on 07/05/2022 2:55:50 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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