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Army Secretary Denies Army Is Becoming ‘Woke,’ Emphasizes ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs’
Cybercast News Service ^ | October 11, 2022 | 4:31pm EDT | Micky Wootten

Posted on 10/11/2022 4:04:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai

When asked about how the army plans on addressing the concerns of its soldiers while dealing with ongoing recruitment struggles, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth emphasized the importance of “positive command climates and inclusion,” and rebuked accusations that the Army is becoming “woke.” […]

“You know, we get criticized, frankly, sometimes, for being woke,” said the secretary. “I’m not sure what woke means, I think woke means a lot of different things to different people. But first of all I would, if woke means, you know, we are not focused on war fighting, we are not focused on readiness, that doesn’t reflect what I see at installations all around the country or overseas when I go and visit.”

“But I think we do have a wide range of soldiers in our army, and we’ve got to make them all feel included, and that’s why a lot of our diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are important,” concluded Wormuth. […]

During the press conference, Secretary Wormuth stated that among the things that she believes are “most important,” are “keeping the Army apolitical and keeping it out of the culture wars.” …

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


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: army; homosexualagenda; woke; wormuth
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

It’s the most fair system that I believe to have been conceived, in all walks of life really.


41 posted on 10/11/2022 7:02:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Unless our goal is to make the Chinese and Russians die from laughing, Our army is more of joke than even woke.


42 posted on 10/11/2022 7:08:11 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: Olog-hai

I agree. Plus, it’s kind of nice when you.intwraxt with a meritocratic society. Everything. Just works much better.


43 posted on 10/11/2022 7:17:12 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: ohioman

I agree. The military has gone to sh*t. It’s a good thing Jo Jo found the Ukies to take on the Russkis. We couldn’t do it.


44 posted on 10/11/2022 10:36:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Brandon! FJB.)
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